shutdown - Culloton + Bauer Luce

Cooler Heads Prevail, Especially in Politics

Conor Culloton, Assistant Account Executive White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has one of the wildest, most demanding jobs in communications. His job is to present on-message stories regarding President Obama to the press. Being on-message in many industries is hardly as controversial as it is for a Press Secretary in politics. To compound Carney’s

Super Committee Begat Sequester, Sequester Begat Fiscal Stubbornness, Fiscal Stubbornness Begat Continuing Resolution, Continuing Resolution Begat Standoff, Repeat

Patrick Skarr, Account Supervisor I feel as though we’re living in a dream, wherein television has become reality, and reality occupies television. All of the radio waves have somehow meshed the Nov. 19 episode of The West Wing, aptly named, “Shutdown,” into the minds of capitol hill strategists and politicians. We’ve seen theatrics on both