Following the Democrats’ 2010 midterm election losses, Mark Penn spoke with Chris Matthews on Hardball about former President Bill Clinton’s big midterm losses and subsequent rebound. Can President Obama draw upon lessons learned by Clinton? Watch the video at MSNBC.com
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published August 3, 2009 It’s a common lament in America that we spend too much time working for “the man.” But these days, more and more of us are the man. According to the Census, more […]
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By MARK PENN Published July 9, 2009 Unless some tough decisions are made soon, rising jobless figures will most likely hit what could be a public opinion and political tripwire: 10 percent unemployment. If and when the country crosses that line, it will be the No. 1 news story for […]
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Women are victors in ‘mancession’ Gender roles are being rewritten in America as men bear the brunt of job losses THE economic crisis is sweeping away men’s jobs at a faster rate than those of women in America, heralding the onset of a so-called “mancession”. New unemployment figures have revealed […]
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By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published April 21, 2009 In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans […]
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