Microtransactions and Beyond
By MARK PENN Published April 20, 2010 The prediction that passage of health care followed by an impressive agenda of global nuclear and Wall Street regulatory reform would lift up the administration by showing aggressive leadership seems to be one of those strategies that looks good on paper but so […]
Obama should learn from Clinton, political strategist says What the Obama presidency needs now is “a good dose of Clintonism,” the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign said today. Mark Penn, who first went to work for the Clintons in 1994 when then-President Bill Clinton hired him as […]
By MARK PENN Published January 27, 2010 It’s the Super Bowl of politics – the SOTU is watched in some years by up to 60 million people, and it’s usually the President’s best opportunity to address the country, tell them his plan, and bolster his approval. What could have been […]
By MARK PENN Published January 20, 2010 Once again an initially popular Democratic president tries to pass healthcare reform, raise taxes on the wealthy and expand domestic spending. And once again the voters send a sharp signal that they want him to chart a more centrist course. As Yogi Berra […]
Obama’s first year: Mark Penn’s take President’s slide in the polls is “cause for concern,” but not irreversible. Mark J. Penn, who served as the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, has some views about where President Barack Obama stands near the end of his first year in office. […]
Democratic strategist Mark Penn appeared on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report yesterday to discuss approval ratings for Congress and President Obama. Watch the video at CNBC.com
By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published November 18, 2009 Unemployment has hit double digits in the U.S., and in some areas of the industrial Midwest, it is approaching 16%. Joblessness in many parts of this country is destructive beyond belief. The […]
By MARK PENN Published November 17, 2009 Is President Barack Obama governing from the left or from the center? It’s a question no one quite seems to have a clear answer to. The post-ideological positioning that worked so well during the campaign is not proving as effective at holding the […]
Men: The Second Sex? It’s increasingly a woman’s world, as boys and men lose ground at school and at work. A chance to redefine manhood? …These days, outside top City circles, being a man does not signify first-class status. In much of modern life, maleness means coming second… …Mark Penn, […]
Pinning Down the New American Shopper It’s about information, value, and being green: Today’s discriminating consumers are careful about how they spend, and they’re concerned about the planet By Mark Penn and E. Kinney Zalesne The consumer that marketers have had a lot of fun selling to over the last […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.