We dig the fun campaign emails
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:39 AM by Mark Murray
From NBC's Mark Murray
Politics -- particularly in a presidential cycle -- can be a nasty, divisive, and cynical business. That's why it's refreshing to see some of the front-runner campaigns show off some humor in their email memos (both morning and weekly) to the press. We're definitely fans.
The pioneer of these emails was ubiquitous Romney spokesguy Kevin Madden, who sends out the daily "Romney Rundown," which lists Romney's schedule and other important info. But the best part is the good humor -- like this from earlier in the month: "Good morning, folks- TGIF. By the way…I know for a fact that Terry Sullivan down in our South Carolina office only pays $12 for his haircut. And you can tell just by looking at him."
Recently, Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz began issuing a "weekly update" email to reporters summing up the candidate's week. Friday's included this: "Greetings from the Chapel Hill pizza parlor, our new office free of 'suspicious packages,'" referring to the campaign's evacuation due to a suspicious package.
And the Giuliani camp is the latest to get into the act, with spokeswoman Maria Comella's "Morning Update," which includes this: "PS. I know all of you have it nailed down that while serving as Mayor, Rudy Giuliani cut taxes 23 times. It’s time you learned some new stuff. Get excited for your 'fun fact of the day.'" Today's was that Giuliani attended weekly meetings on judicial selections while serving in the Reagan Administration.
Riveting stuff? No. A nice break from the daily grind? Definitely. And certainly not a bad way to slowly work the cynicism out of the national press corps.
