Microtransactions and Beyond
By MARK PENN October 18, 2010 Most things in politics are cyclical. The two parties trade power, popular support, and even politicians as regularly as the seasons. One exception to this rule, however, is party reputation. For years, Republicans have been seen as the party of negativity—the party of innuendo […]
By MARK PENN Published July 9, 2010 Despite their support of checks and balances and desire for minimal changes in the Constitution, the American public favors a series of populist changes in our system of government, according to the results of a poll on the US Constitution prepared by Penn […]
By MARK PENN Published June 1, 2010 President Obama’s political career and clout have never been in a more perilous state than this week as he faces mounting crises, plummeting poll numbers, and solutions that remain just out of reach. The list of problems has become almost endless — the […]
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 […]
By MARK PENN Published March 5, 2010 The idea of jamming major legislation through Congress usually crops up whenever there’s serious popular desire for change, and equally serious Congressional resistance. In the past, reconciliation has typically only ever made it to the table when one factor of Congress — at […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.