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Can the Republican Candidates Recover From Their Recent Implosion? Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012 Penn: Republican presidential candidates are daily violating President Reagan’s 11th Commandment — Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republicans. From debate finger-pointing to […]
How Much Trouble Is Obama Really In? Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012 Penn: Obama is resilient. He proved in 2008 that he knows how to size up a tough spot and come out swinging. This time around he is […]
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Burson-Marsteller Chief Mark Penn on How to Handle a Crisis “As a leader, you have to balance the desire to say something right away with the need to get the facts,” Mark Penn, chief executive officer of Burson- Marsteller, says in Bloomberg Businessweek’s Sept. 26 edition. “People typically err on […]
By MARK PENN Published Septermber 18, 2011 Barack Obama is careening down the wrong path towards re-election. He should be working as a president, not a candidate. He should be claiming the vital center, not abandoning it. He should be holding down taxes rather than raising them. He should be […]
By MARK PENN Published Septermber 12, 2011 America continues to look for its true spirit in a post 9/11 world. Just as the Vietnam war reset expectations about America in the world, so 9/11 changed America’s outlook in the opening of the 21st century. Coming off of the Clinton administration […]
By MARK PENN Published August 2, 2011 The 11th hour budget deal may save the country from default but is unlikely to save either the president or the Republicans from continued political fallout for taking the country near the brink of financial calamity. While the 1996 budget deal made winners […]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Democratic Strategist Mark Penn explains which base has been strengthened by the debt battle. Watch the video at MSNBC.com
By MARK PENN Published July 19, 2011 At the end of the day, I’d be surprised if there is a government shutdown coming out of the debt-ceiling negotiations — the Republicans learned in 1995 just how devastating that can be. People may want smaller government, but no government is something […]
By MARK PENN Published June 30, 2011 Just 10 years into a new century, more than two-thirds of the country sees the past decade as a period of decline for the U.S., according to a new TIME/Aspen Ideas Festival poll that probed Americans on the decade since the tragic events […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.