Stan Greenberg


Stanley Bernard Greenberg is an American Democratic pollster and political strategist. He is a founding partner at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a political research and campaign company headquartered in Washingto, D.C., that is closely affiliated with the Democratic Party. He advised the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, as well as hundreds of other candidates and organizations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and around the world - including Gerhard Schröder, the former Chancellor of Germany, and Tony Blair, the former British prime minister.

Life and career

Greenberg grew up in Washington, D.C., and has a Jewish background. A political scientist who received his bachelor's degree from Miami University and his Ph.D. from Harvard, Greenberg spent a decade teaching at Yale University before becoming a political consultant. His 1985 study of Reagan Democrats in Macomb County, Michigan, became a classic of progressive political strategy and the basis for his continuing argument that Democrats must actively work to present themselves as populists advocating the expansion of opportunity for the middle class. As the pollster for Clinton in 1992, Greenberg was a major figure in the famed campaign "war room".
He is the CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a polling and consulting firm, and co-founder of Democracy Corps, a non-profit organization which produces left-leaning political strategy.
Greenberg's current and former corporate clients include British Petroleum, British Airways, Monsanto Company, and General Motors.

Controversies

During his work for the Austrian SPÖ in 2001, Greenberg was criticized by FPÖ leader Jörg Haider because of his negative campaigning.
In May 2010 Greenberg was linked to a controversy involving White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. As a House member, Emanuel had lived for five years in a rent-free D.C. apartment jointly owned by Greenberg's wife, Democratic House member Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, and Greenberg. During this time, Emanuel served as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which awarded large polling contracts to Greenberg's firm.
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Greenberg's work for BP became controversial. Greenberg's firm has been called a "prime architect" of BP's effort to rebrand itself as a green petroleum company. As early as 2002, critics had deemed that effort "greenwashing".

Personal life

Greenberg is married to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, who currently represents Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Financial disclosures filed in Congress indicate that DeLauro is a multimillionaire.

Books

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