His management and press relations responsibilities have ranged from the 1980 Reagan/Bush mid-western presidential effort, to the 1980 George Bush for President campaign, as well as the Andrew H. Card, Jr. gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts, and U.S. Senate, House and state legislative races nationwide. His work as National Communications Director for the Republican Coalition for Choice established his reputation as a thoughtful and talented writer capable of dealing with complicated, sensitive issues with imagination, subtlety and tact.Then read what Stephen Spoonamore writes about him:
I know Michael Cudahy as a friend. I know him also as a fellow Moderate Republican turning to Howard Dean. He is a modest, kind and dedicated man who has worked for many years in the backround of the GOP. He did so honestly and well, working for many bipartisan issues. I applaud him for this letter. I applaud him for this call for bipartisan exchange. I applaud him for his bravery in stepping forward. I hope many others will follow his example. He is a man who does not shout out from the right and who does not wish to be shouted at from either side. He is a man who calmly speaks with all parties in the center. I think good things can come from this. Calm, brave, respectful speaking. I hope so.Now - read what Michael Cudahy wrote at Greater Democracy which has created a small tsunami in the political mud puddle. A small sampling:
Governor Dean projects a complete unwillingness to be afraid, and that is the key to taking these people out. From what I am hearing from friends inside the Republican Party, they are deeply concerned by the Dean campaign because they do not know how to deal with it.Later in the piece, he says:
I guess I would say to people who have been terrified by President Bush and his administration, "do not be afraid of all Republicans, because there are millions of Republicans who are wonderful caring people. Citizens who embrace the traditions and policies of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower......reach out to them.........and create a radical center where all of us can work together -- even when we disagree."
What would [my deceased father, a lifelong Republican] think about a world where intelligent, hard working people can not get a job because they are over the age of 45 -- because it costs corporations too much money to employ them?Welcome home, Michael.
What would he think about a world where health insurance and health care costs my family of four $17,000 a year?
What would he think about a government led by a Republican president that is prepared to deficit spend to the tune of $500 billion a year or spend $2.5 trillion over a five year period on a war in a country where we do not belong, while 51,000,000 working people go without health insurance?
This country finds itself in a position where "failure is simply not an option." Like the people who are worried by the policies of the current administration, I too am concerned as to what would happen were Bush/Cheney or more accurately Cheney/Bush and Karl Rove got their way for another four years. It is of grave concern to my wife and it is the reason she has encouraged me to return to the business -- because she believes there are tools and relationships I can bring to the fight that can help Howard Dean become the next president of the United States.
But that success will come much easier if there are welcoming hands reaching out to us.
Welcome home.
