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Rules for Political Prognostication in an Era in which No Rules Apply
After the surprise outcome of the 2016 election it has become…
They’re Playing Our Song
A sidebar to the presidential cattle call in Iowa…
Hawthorn Group Names David Nassar Chief Strategy Officer and EVP
June 19, 2019
Hawthorn Group names David Nassar Chief Strategy…
Hawthorn Group names David Nassar Chief Strategy…
Hawthorn Group Welcomes Summer Interns
For immediate release
June 6, 2019
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June 6, 2019
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For (Missouri) History Buffs
To Hawthorn Friends & Family
WARNING: This is for true…
WARNING: This is for true…
The State of Politics: Heading Toward 2020
Issue Advocacy on Steroids
The early presidential campaign season provides huge opportunities…
Preliminary Thoughts on the 2019 Races
To Hawthorn Friends & Family --
In the absence of any…
In the absence of any…
Hey Amazon: It’s 2019 not 1920
Citizens, not powerbrokers, are the key to the deal and corporations…
Media Release: Henry Rubin Named Vice President
The Hawthorn Group’s Director of Client Services, Henry A. Rubin, has been named Vice President, effective immediately. Rubin has been with Hawthorn since 2016 and has served as Director of Client Services for the public affairs firm since May 2018.
A Post Election View From Across the Potomac
While we'll spend weeks pouring over who voted (and didn't vote) on Tuesday (as well as during the up to six weeks of early voting) and why (and why not), we've had several requests for a "simple, clear summary of what happened."
Election Eve Analysis
‘Tis the day before the most expensive (and, possibly, most bitter) mid-term election in American history. To borrow a phrase, in 36 hours “our long national nightmare” will be over (actually an even longer nightmare – the campaigns for 2020 – has already started).
Midterm 2018 Headlines
In the shadow of the architectural gem, Union Station, was privileged to address the Kansas City Chamber...
Wave Election Forecasting
Honored to participate recently at the National Archives forum…
Eyebrow-Raising November 7 Headlines
We are approaching the home stretch. Contemplate these eye-raising headlines at dawn November 7 that will have you brewing another pot of coffee:
Election Landscape Updates
As we survey the election landscape three weeks out the House is getting bluer and the Senate redder. Republicans are retreating in vulnerable congressional contests even conceding Kansas 3 to a Native American LGBT lawyer.
LIPTON OR BIGELOW?
It may be “the economy stupid” but the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that despite Republicans controlling the White House and Congress, they “didn’t have a clear advantage among voters who said the economy was the most important or a very important issue.”
Labor Rocked in Little Rhody?
On the heels of Missouri’s astounding beatdown of its right-to-work law earlier this month, organized labor faces a formidable challenge in Rhode Island’s public union-disaffiliation campaign, an offshoot of the SCOTUS ruling in June...
West Virginia Political Drama
West Virginia is a small state – and since it's my wife's home state (and the late Matt Reese's), I must speak respectfully – but the political drama unfolding with the impeachment of the entire state supreme court has the makings of a novel.
Reflections on Yesterday’s Voting
To all the commentary flooding the airways and web this morning (and even the few newspapers that still exist), let me add but three points: