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Doug Schoen
Born(1953-06-27)June 27, 1953(age 71)
EducationHarvard University(BA,JD)
University of Oxford(PhD)

Douglas Schoen(born June 27, 1953) is an American lawyer,political analyst,author, lobbyist, and conservative commentator. In 1977, he co-founded the political consulting firmPenn, Schoen & Berland,and was hired by PresidentBill Clintonand Ukrainian steel oligarchVictor Pinchuk.From 2009-2021 he worked forFox News,and since 2021 forNewsmax TV.

Education[edit]

Schoen attendedHorace Mann Schoolin New York City.[1]Schoen went to high school withMark Pennand then worked together with him onThe Harvard Crimson.[citation needed]While still a high school student, he canvassed theUpper West SideforDick Morris.[2]He graduated fromHarvard College(magna cum laude) andHarvard Law School.[1][3]

Career[edit]

Consulting work[edit]

While still at Harvard, Schoen first worked as an independent political consultant forLouis Gigante,who ran forNew York City Councilin 1973.[4]

In 1977, he co-founded the political consulting firmPenn, Schoen & Berlandwith political strategistsMark Penn.[4]Michael Berlandjoined the firm in 1987.[4]Schoen worked for the political campaigns of politicians includingJay Rockefeller,Richard ShelbyandEvan Bayh.[4]Following the 1994United States elections,PresidentBill ClintonhiredDick Morris,who brought on Schoen and Penn. Schoen worked on the 1996 campaign as well in survey analysis.[2][4]Schoen also began doing corporate work beginning in the 1980s.[4]

In 2000, Ukrainian steel oligarchVictor Pinchukhired Schoen on a $40,000 per month retainer.[5]In 2004, Schoen introduced Pinchuk toHillary Clinton.[5]He also did work for theHillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008and later became associated with thePeople United Means Actionmovement of disaffected Clinton supporters who refused to supportBarack Obama.[6][7]Schoen was a consultant forJeff Greenein the2010 Florida Senate election.[8]

The firm was sold toWPP plcin 2001.[4]Schoen left the firm later to work for news media.[4]In 2010, Schoen hosted a fundraiser forRepublicancongressional candidateJohn Gomez.[9]

Pinchuk donated $13.1 million to theClinton Foundationin the years after Schoen's introduction.[5]In 2011, Schoen registered as aforeign agentlobbying on behalf of Victor Pinchuk.[5]Between September 2011 and November 2012, Schoen arranged nearly a dozen meetings between Pinchuk and senior State Department officials, includingMelanne Verveer.[5]In September 2015, Pinchuk donated $150,000 to theDonald J. Trump Foundationin exchange for a 20-minute video appearance byDonald Trumpshown at a policy conference that year in Kiev.[10]Michael Cohensolicited Schoen for the donation from Pinchuk, which was the largest outside donation the Trump Foundation received that year.[10]In March 2017, former Trump aideMonica Crowleyregistered as a foreign agent working for Pinchuk under Schoen's direction.[11]

Media[edit]

Fox News[4]hired Schoen as a political analyst in 2009[12][13]andNewsmaxhired Schoen as a columnist. In 2010, he authored a book on theTea Party movementwithScott Rasmussen.[4]He has been writing a regular column forForbesmagazine beginning in July 2016 with a column "Donald Trump Through The Years".[14]

Newsmax TVannounced that Schoen would be leaving Fox News and on January 19, 2021, Schoen joined Newsmax TV as an Analyst.[15]

It was reported in 2019 that he joinedMike Bloomberg'sexploratory 2020presidential campaignas a pollster.[16]

Schoen served on the Advisory Council ofRepresent.Us,anonpartisananti-corruption organization.[17][verification needed]

Views[edit]

Schoen has identified as a member of the Democratic party, but has frequently criticized the party and taken positions on various political topics at odds with the party's views. Schoen's critics have called his identification as a Democrat "phony" and calculated to help his Fox News career.[18]Steve Benencalled Schoen the quintessential "Fox News Democrat" and said he is "actively hostile towards [Democrats] and the party's agenda."[19]

In 2010, Schoen said that lower taxes would be a successful Democratic strategy, opposed PresidentBarack Obama'sAffordable Care Act,and said that President Obama should not run for reelection in2012.[20][21]

He has stated that President Obama divided the country along partisan lines, and said that theAffordable Care Acthas been a "disaster" for the Democratic Party.[20][21]

Schoen has been critical of theOccupy Wall Streetprotest movement. In a 2011The Wall Street Journalop-ed,he wrote, "President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement—and it may cost them the 2012 election."[20][22]He believes that the protesters represent "an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radicalredistribution of wealth,civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence, "and that their common bond is" a deep commitment to left-wing policies. "[20][22]Schoen believes that the Democratic Party should not appeal to voters who support taxing oil companies and the rich, but rather to voters in the middle who want lower taxes.[19][20][23][24]

In an interview withNPRon January 26, 2021, Schoen advocated against thesecond impeachment of Donald Trump,claiming it was divisive and distracting.[25]

Works[edit]

  • Enoch Powell and the Powellites,Palgrave Macmillan,1977.
  • The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World,HarperCollins,2007[26]
  • Declaring independence: the beginning of the end of the two-party system,New York:Random House,2008,ISBN9781400067336,OCLC173683636
  • The threat closer to home: Hugo Chávez and the war against America,New York:Free Press,2009,ISBN9781416594772,OCLC213839994
  • Hopelessly divided: the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond,Lanham, Md.:Rowman & LittlefieldPublishers, 2012,ISBN9781442215238,OCLC759173285
  • The Nixon effect: how Richard Nixon's presidency fundamentally changed American politics,New York; London:Encounter Books,2016,ISBN9781594037993,OCLC891619019
  • America in the age of Trump: opportunities and oppositions in an unsettled world,New York: Encounter Books, 2017,ISBN9781594039478,OCLC969830291
  • The End of Democracy: Russia and China on the Rise, America in Retreat,Regan Arts,2020[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^abWeisberg, Jacob(August 7, 1995)."Who is Dick Morris?".New York.pp. 34 et seq.RetrievedNovember 3,2010.Penn and Schoen are... city bred prodigies.The two attended Horace Mann together and became a political team at Harvard, where they worked on the WeinerCrimson.... As pollsters, the Laurel and Hardy-ish pair are known for a hard quantitative bent.... But if Penn and Schoen are moderates....
  2. ^abStengel, Richard; Pooley, Eric (November 18, 1996)."Masters of the Message".Time.RetrievedNovember 1,2016.
  3. ^"About Doug".powerofthevote.com.RetrievedNovember 3,2010.
  4. ^abcdefghijJohnson, Dennis W. (November 7, 2016).Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting.Oxford University Press.ISBN9780190272692.
  5. ^abcdeChozick, Amy(February 13, 2014)."Trade Dispute Centers on Ukrainian Executive With Ties to Clintons".The New York Times.p. A19.RetrievedApril 11,2018.
  6. ^Benen, Steve,"Clinton pollster urges senator to go relentlessly negative"ArchivedJune 25, 2008, at theWayback Machine,Salon.com,April 16, 2008.
  7. ^Greenwald, Glenn,"Douglas Schoen and Hillary's slimy pollsters",Salon.com,September 27, 2008.
  8. ^"Dems worry about a subprime billionaire in Florida",Politico,April 28, 2010.
  9. ^"Fox News 'Democratic Pollster' Fundraising For GOP".The Huffington Post.October 7, 2010.RetrievedNovember 1,2016.
  10. ^abSchmidt, Michael S.;Haberman, Maggie(April 10, 2018)."Mueller Investigating Ukrainian's $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance".The New York Times.p. A1.RetrievedApril 11,2018.
  11. ^Gramer, Robbie (March 14, 2017)."One-Time Trump National Security Pick Registers As Foreign Agent for Ukrainian Oligarch".Foreign Policy.RetrievedApril 11,2018.
  12. ^Schoen, Douglas E (November 5, 2009)."What the Voters Said".Fox News.RetrievedJanuary 26,2021.
  13. ^Schoen, Doug (January 26, 2021)."OPINION: Doug Schoen".Fox News.5 November 2009 - 21 January 2021
  14. ^"Doug Schoen, Contributor | Policy",Forbes.Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  15. ^Johnson, Ted (January 19, 2021)."Doug Schoen Joins Newsmax TV As Analyst".Deadline.RetrievedJanuary 26,2021.
  16. ^Costa, Robert,"Bloomberg builds an all-star political team — and he might not even run".The Washington Post.January 31, 2019.RetrievedFebruary 19,2020.
  17. ^"About | Represent.Us".End corruption. Defend the Republic.RetrievedNovember 2,2016.
  18. ^Thrush, Glenn."Doug Schoen:" Democrat "?".Politico.RetrievedNovember 1,2016.
  19. ^abBenen, Steve (October 18, 2011)."Doug Schoen isn't helping his reputation".Political Animal blog.Washington Monthly. Archived fromthe originalon March 18, 2016.RetrievedOctober 19,2011.
  20. ^abcdeLee, MJ,Schoen warns W.H.: Don't back 'Occupy',Politico,October 18, 2011.
  21. ^abSchoen, Douglas E., andPatrick H. Caddell,"Opinion | One and done: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012",The Washington Post,November 14, 2010.
  22. ^abSchoen, Douglas,"Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd: In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters. Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway",The Wall Street Journal,October 18, 2011.
  23. ^Paybarah, Azi,"Survey: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters are unhappy Democrats who want more influence",Capital New York, October 19, 2011.ArchivedOctober 19, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  24. ^Legum, Judd,"Doug Schoen Grossly Misrepresents His Own Poll Results To Smear Occupy Wall Street",Think Progress, October 18, 2011.
  25. ^McCammon, Sarah (January 26, 2021)."Trump Impeachment Trial Could Further Polarize Nation, Analyst Says".NPR.RetrievedJanuary 26,2021.
  26. ^"About the book",powerofthevote.com.Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  27. ^"About the book",Simonandschuster.com.Retrieved December 4, 2020.

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