Eric Hollander–Pulse Pod 15

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This week on the Cygnal Pulse Pod (Ep. 15), Brent Buchanan and Chris Kratzer take a break from talking about politics. Instead, they discuss the importance of reflecting on the past year and planning for the year ahead.

Our guest is Eric Hollander, a GOP Operative, who just successfully managed Darrell Issa’s comeback bid in California. Eric also managed Ted Cruz’s reelection in 2018. Eric was working in sports broadcasting when he started volunteering for the Giuliani for President campaign and realized he should have always been in politics and never looked back.

What you will learn:

• What was the race that put Eric on the map?
• What does Eric do differently than other operatives?
• Why should campaigns keep going to areas where they know their candidate will win?
• What’s a lesson that he had to learn the hard way?
• What should EVERY campaign do?
• What’s the best piece of advice Eric’s been given in politics?
• What would Eric be doing if he weren’t in politics?

They said what?

• “Use your polling, use your data, oppo-research, and spend the money on it. It will help you strengthen and also make smart decisions in your strategy.” – Eric Hollander
• “The hardest part was trying to convince my candidate to make sure we ran a very aggressive campaign. […] People believed that we were going to win so we had to keep the momentum going from the primary and convince the people on the ground that this was a race.” – Eric Hollander
• “They knew how to press my candidate’s buttons.” – Eric Hollander
• “Don’t believe the public polling.” – Eric Hollander
• “Vesting money in your online fundraising. It is huge and it is a trend that needs to keep happening.” – Eric Hollander
• “Good leaders challenge their own thinking.” – Eric Hollander