Mark Penn

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Hmm, Clinton Democrat Mark Penn throws big Senate fundraiser for independent Charlie Crist

2010-08-11 04:36:44

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'The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election' by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

2009-08-09 00:00:00

The Battle for America 2008 The Story of an Extraordinary Election Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson Viking: 432 pp., $29.95 For the record, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist for the 2008 Democratic primaries, Mark Penn, remarked in a March 2007 memo...

Richardson says pressure from Clinton camp really ticked me off

2008-04-12 00:00:00

Before he endorsed Barack Obama, before he drew the wrath of the Clintons and was likened to Judas, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson nearly endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. But Richardson hesitated, and as the Democratic campaign turned...

Clinton camp splits on message

2008-02-21 00:00:00

Before the Iowa caucuses, senior aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fell into a heated argument during a 7:30 a.m. conference call about the basic message their candidate was delivering to voters. Mark Penn, chief strategist and pollster, liked...

The ugly truths about campaign strategy

2008-08-19 00:00:00

POLITICAL consultant Mark Penn came in for a lot of outrage last week when a March 2007 strategy memo for Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign surfaced. In it, Penn suggested exploiting Barack Obama's "multicultural, diverse" boyhood as a "very strong...

What undid Hillary Clinton

2008-06-08 00:00:00

On Wednesday afternoon, Hillary Rodham Clinton visited her Arlington, Va., campaign headquarters and disclosed that she would finally concede her long primary fight. That same afternoon, a fierce storm system developed over northern Virginia and unleashed...

Clinton toeing the line of campaign negativity

2007-12-20 00:00:00

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't tell Iowa voters that in his younger days, her chief rival for the Democratic nomination behaved badly. She never lays out incidents from Sen. Barack Obama's past that could be exploited in a general election contest;...

One rival standing, Obama takes aim

2008-01-31 00:00:00

With the field of candidates whittled down to just two, Sen. Barack Obama painted the choice Democrats now face in stark terms Wednesday, arguing that he is the most electable in November, because Republicans are armed and ready for Sen. Hillary Rodham...

The polarizing express

2007-12-16 00:00:00

The online retailer Cafe Press, which allows users to sell their own products over the Internet, currently stocks 440,000 unique items relating to Hillary Clinton. Feeling the holiday spirit? You can purchase the "Hillary Is a Devil" Christmas ornament....

A Bush-Kerry Fight to Define Populism

2004-02-15 00:00:00

The stage is being set for a general election campaign shaped by dueling forms of populism, with Democrats accusing President Bush of favoring the rich and Republicans preparing to wield cultural issues against John F. Kerry, the front-runner for the...

On this Easter, let's renew the American spirit of optimism

2013-03-31 00:00:00

There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. — Matthew 28:2 Before sunrise this Sunday morning, my family and worshippers at Macedonia Missionary...

to an easy reelection in 1996. But Penn was not versed in tough elections. Despite its fearsome reputation, many of the decision-makers in the Clinton campaign had never worked in a presidential primary.

2008-06-03 14:54:08