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Pols and journalists flock to Washington lawyer Robert Barnett

By A. James Memmott   |   July 11, 2008 at 8:15am   |   0 Comments

There have to be other lawyers in Washington besides Robert B. Barnett, but lately it would seem that Barnett is getting all the work.

Scott McClellan comes from ‘tell-all’ tradition

By A. James Memmott   |   May 28, 2008 at 3:02pm   |   8 Comments

When Scott McClellan was named George Bush’s White House press secretary in 2003, The New York Times referred to his “tell-all-dad,” Barr McClellan.

A kinder, gentler Rove?

By Carol Eisenberg   |   April 4, 2008 at 10:15am   |   0 Comments

Meet the new Karl Rove.

Karl Rove crosses over to the Mac side

By A. James Memmott   |   March 27, 2008 at 9:00am   |   1 Comments

Casting directors looking to fill the part of Karl Rove in a movie account of the second Bush presidency might turn to John Hodgman, the actor who plays “PC” in the Apple Inc. commercials.

Romney microtargeting voters

By Muckety   |   July 15, 2007 at 8:56pm   |   0 Comments

Mitt Romney made a fortune at Bain Capital relying on business analytics.

Now he’s applying similar tactics to his presidential campaign, hiring Alex Gage, the expert used by Karl Rove in George W. Bush’s re-election.

Gage uses data-mining techniques to predict the behavior of voters, clustering them into groups such as “Flag and Family Republicans.” The approach is similar to that used by demographic marketing companies such as Claritas.


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