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Mark McKinnon says he did no work against Obama

Media consultant Mark McKinnon says he did nothing to hurt Barack Obama politically during last fall's presidential election. Yesterday, I posted here about a piece in Vanity Fair, which reported that McKinnon helped John McCain's running mate, soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov....


Sarah Palin had a Texan 'horse whisperer'

A critical piece on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the current issue of Vanity Fair says Austin campaign media consultant Mark McKinnon played an as-yet-unreported role in late September debate prep of the Alaska governor/hockey mom. Writer...


Lance Armstrong for governor? Senator? Commissioner of Cycling?

In an interview with Mark McKinnon, veteran Austin and Washington political consultant, Lance Armstrong again refuses to rule out a future in politics. Most of the interview, published on the news Web site The Daily Beast, deals with Armstrong's foundation...


McKinnon doesn't work here, does he?

Former Bush media chief Mark McKinnon quit the John McCain campaign, as we reported last year, saying he respected Barack Obama's history-making campaign so much he didn't want to work against him. But then McKinnon kept showing up in McCain...


Mark McKinnon won't make ads for McCain after all

The Fix reports that Austin ad man Mark McKinnon will follow through with his pledge not to help Republican John McCain against Barack Obama. Of course, McKinnon talked about this with our own Wayne Slater during the earlier campaign....

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