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Our team has three decades of experience, with more than 800 campaigns in 18 states. We provide general consulting and media services.
02/11/2025
Matt Dole from our firm had an op-ed picked up by USA Today about the similarities between the attribute that allowed General U.S. Grant to win the Civil War and the need for Elon Musk to have that same attribute in the war on spending.
Trump and Musk might just save us from trillions of dollars of US debt | Opinion This fiscal war − against the national debt − must be fought knowing that the casualties will be high.
03/14/2024
Mark Weaver from our firm was featured on the podcast Beyond the Polls, an election podcast with Henry Olsen. Check it out to hear Mark's comments on Ohio's upcoming primary elections, including discussion of the races in the Ohio House and Senate!
The Buckeye of the GOP Storm The Ohio primaries are fast approaching, so we're off to the Buckeye State. Longtime Republican strategist Mark Weaver breaks down the top contests, including the tight, three-way race to take on…
02/14/2023
Matt Dole from our team had an op-ed published on the Daily Caller and covers a lot of territory - George Santos, the Debt Ceiling, Joe Biden, Social Security and even a cameo from Stephen King!
DOLE: Fiction Wins Out Over The Cold, Hard Truth Of Social Security’s Future Our politicians love to create fictions for themselves, but they mask very real crises that need solutions rather than blame — such as Social Security.
12/16/2021
Mark Weaver from our firm was interviewed about President Trump's impact on the GOP.
Most Republicans want Trump to run again despite investigations, poll says As former President Donald Trump’s potential legal troubles mount, he continues to hint at a 2024 run for the White House and experts say a wave of investigations is unlikely to present much of an obstacle to a comeback. “We won the first time, and the second time we won by even more. An...
11/04/2021
In this article, Mark Weaver from our firm discusses the recent GOP successes at the polls.
Youngkin offers post-Trump playbook for GOP that isn't quite post-Trump Former President Donald Trump promptly seized upon Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia gubernatorial election Tuesday night as a validation of his “Make America Great Again” movement. “I would like to thank my BASE for coming out in force and voting for Glenn....
10/19/2021
Newsweek magazine just published an op-ed by our leader, Mark Weaver, about how recent school board flare-ups obscure a key tenet of our republic: elected officials are accountable to citizens - not the other way around.
School board fights are a crucial reminder: In America, we citizens rule | Opinion Citizenship in a Democracy means we run the joint, to put it simply. All the suits and pantsuits on Capitol Hill and in the state capitols report directly to us. And this is just as true for local school boards.
10/03/2021
The Toledo Blade just published Mark Weaver's OpEd tribute to his friend, client, and legal mentor retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Andy Douglas. Andy died last week at age 89.
Please share if you knew Andy.
As published in the Toledo Blade on October 3, 2021. ANDY DOUGLAS: A PROUD SON OF TOLEDO WITH A STATEWIDE LEGACY
07/01/2021
Mark Weaver from our firm spoke to Sinclair TV News about Republican Governors sending National Guard to help protect the border.
GOP governors embrace call to send troops to border amid surge in crossings Republican governors across the country have raced to fulfill a request from Texas and Arizona to send personnel to help secure the southern border, assailing President Joe Biden’s immigration policies as they echo former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on an issue of vital importance....
02/14/2021
A good post from a friend of our firm. Worth 3 minutes of your time!
Don't bother, Nikki — Reverse Spin February 14, 2021 Don't bother, Nikki by Dan Curry Right out of the playbook it comes. After years of backing Donald Trump, it was time to distance herself. She hired consultants. She made a speech. And she had those consultants arrange an interview with the Washingtonest of Washington publications....
02/10/2021
Mark Weaver from our firm was interviewed this week by Politico. The topic was the political ramifications surrounding the impeachment hearing in the Senate.