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Rich Galen has been described as "what you get when you cross a political hack with a philosopher." Rich Galen's career includes work in and out of politics, in and out of the United States. Rich Galen did a tour of duty in Iraq where he went at the request of the White House. The assignment - which was to have lasted about eight weeks, stretched into six months. While there, Rich Galen was responsible for bringing the message of the positive aspects of what the coalition was doing in Iraq back to Middle America.
Rich Galen has been press secretary to Dan Quayle, when the former Vice President was a Congressman and a U.S. Senator; and to Newt Gingrich when Gingrich was House Republican Whip and, in 1996 became the communications director of the political office of Speaker Gingrich. Rich Galen also has extensive non-US experience. At the time of the dissolution of the Communist governments in Eastern Europe, Rich Galen was one of a select number of Americans sent over to help build a democratic political infrastructure. He spent a significant amount of time in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and what was then Czechoslovakia.
Rich Galen is a senior advisor to the world-wide public relations firm, Manning, Selvage & Lee in Washington, DC. Mr. Galen has been married for over 30 years. He and his wife, Susan, live in Virginia. They have one son, Reed, who is 29 years old.
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Rich Galen (Feb 08, 2012)
There were election events last night in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado.
Missouri was a primary, but it was a state-wide beauty contest. No delegates were at stake.... more
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Rich Galen (Feb 06, 2012)
The Nevada GOP couldn't get the votes counted. By halftime of the Superbowl CNN.com was reporting that a full day after the caucuses only 83 percent of the precincts had been... more
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Rich Galen (Feb 03, 2012)
Once again, Donald Trump trumped the rest of the world and made a grand opera out of an otherwise modestly interesting situation.
You may be aware that the Republican... more
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Rich Galen (Feb 01, 2012)
No campaign for President is a straight line upward. Some campaigns are a flat line; some are a straight line down, but no Republican in a contested cycle has ever run the... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 30, 2012)
The polls in South Carolina and Florida have been the statistical equivalent of a zero-gravity flight: Sharp climbs followed by steep dives.
On Monday January 16 - five... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 27, 2012)
The 19th debate in this GOP primary season was held in Florida. This is the last one before Tuesday's primary. From this point on, the pace of primaries and caucuses... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 25, 2012)
One of the big things about the State of the Union address is talking about which Cabinet Secretary has been sent to an undisclosed location in case the Capitol Building goes... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 20, 2012)
The Lad came East to visit with some clients and had dinner with the Mullings Director of Standards and Practices and, as happens at family dinners in Your Nation's Capital,... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 17, 2012)
When political professionals get together to discuss things like ads, campaign tactics, and debates they know the only thing that matters in the end is:... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 16, 2012)
Some of you might have noticed that I like to do TV; which is to say I will go anywhere, anytime, to be on with anyone, on any TV outlet including "Bob's TV Network" (BTV)... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 13, 2012)
This is the first of an occasional series of what I am calling "Obama's America."
While the political elite are focused on the Republican primary fight, the rest of... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 11, 2012)
Let's review the concept of winning:
Winning, in our culture, means coming in first. You don't win by coming in second or fifth. You win by coming in first.
Mitt Romney... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 06, 2012)
A political campaign is like a wedding or the launch of a space vehicle in that the planning and activity starts sometimes years in advance, reaches a frenzied pitch in the... more
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Rich Galen (Jan 04, 2012)
At long last, real voters cast real votes on behalf of real candidates. One down, 49 to go and that doesn't include American Somoa, Guam, the District of Columbia and other... more