November 04, 2010

Flack Profile: Jonathan Collegio

101022_collegio_376 Jonathan Collegio is director of communications for American Crossroads, the preeminent conservative 527 political campaign organization in Washington DC. Collegio serves as chief spokesperson and grassroots, online and media strategist for the organization.

Hometown: Jacksonville, Oregon

Ducks or Badgers? Go Donald.

iPhone or Blackberry? Berry.

Where do you get your news? Politico’s Playbook and Morning Score, Wall Street Journal, RealClearPolitics.

Biggest surprise of the mid-term election? Harry Reid doing 9% better on the actual ballot than any public poll taken the week before the election.

Biggest disappointment? Harry Reid, doing 9% better…

Are anonymous donors good guys or bad guys?  Depends on which team they give to. Our donors are all obviously good guys. Funniest is the notion that “shady” anonymous donors will be able to pressure new members of Congress. How can they? They’re anonymous! Seriously – a lot of Bizzaroworld doubletalk about donors this cycle. Before McCain Feingold, virtually all large political contributions were 100% transparent. The so-called “good government watchdog” folks who decry the current system are the ones responsible for the current system!

Untold story of the mid-term election? In the 63 House seats that flipped from Democrat to Republican, Democrats spent on average 20% more than Republicans. Ya can’t make it up.

Best dresser? Rob Collins or Karl Rove? No man should be required to answer a question like that.

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