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TIME IDEAS How Much Could Change in the Race Next Year? Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012 Penn: If there is one thing that has been true about every pundit’s prediction so far about 2011, it’s that it’s been […]
By MARK PENN Published December 21, 2011 With the Republican primaries now just weeks away, the range of observers who are watching polls and assessing campaign strategies is expanding beyond political wonks and news junkies. While politics has always been an avid spectator sport, lately it’s become a field that […]
Mark Penn considers the statistical likelihood of a third-party candidate in the US presidential election in this video from the gala dinner of The Economist’s World in 2012 Festival on December 1st 2011 in New York City.
TIME IDEAS Is There Anything Left in Politics to Be Thankful For? Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012 Penn: There is one thing that all Democrats and possibly the country can be thankful for — the Republican presidential primary […]
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 […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.