Mark McKinnon
Mark McKinnon
Mark McKinnonis an American political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer. He was the chief media advisor to five successful presidential primary and general election campaigns, and is a co-founder of No Labels, an organization dedicated to bipartisanship and political problem solving. He served as vice chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., which was acquired by the international communications consultancy Hill & Knowlton Strategies, and was president of Maverick Media. McKinnon is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and co-host of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
It's just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It's not enough anymore to 'Just do it.' Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.
If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.
Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.
As a Republican, I never expected to be working with Hillary Clinton.
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.
It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.
Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.
Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows.
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.
To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.
America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.