Barack Obama needs a new editor-in-chief. The use of dashes in his campaign memos is out of control. Brazen. Reckless. Alarming.
Today’s 347-word memo to supporters, written by Campaign Manager David Plouffe, reaches a new low. It contains seven dashes, shaking out to a formidable rate of one dash per 50 words. That’s almost impossible — [...]

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Obama’s staff is not only blowing through dollars with blinding speed, it’s also using dashes with reckless abandon.
His staff seems to consider the punctuation mark an effective way to appear conversational. In reality, it makes a memo choppy and incorrect.
Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, recently sent out a memo praising Obama’s performance in the Friday [...]

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