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'{{Infobox person |image=Trippi relaxing.jpg |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|06|10}} |nationality=American |occupation=Political strategist }} '''Joseph Paul Trippi''' (born June 10, 1956) is a longtime [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] strategist who has worked on several [[Gubernatorial]], [[United States Senate]] and [[Congressional]] campaigns, including [[Jerry Brown]] for Governor of [[California]] and, most recently, [[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]] for U.S. Senate in [[Alabama]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/26/16810116/doug-jones-alabama-polls-roy-moore|title=The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama|work=Vox|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Brown-scraps-Schwarzenegger-s-tinsel-2461312.php|title=Brown scraps Schwarzenegger's tinsel|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref> He has worked for several Democratic presidential campaigns, most notably as manager of Howard Dean's groundbreaking 2004 campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/howard-dean-joe-trippi-campaign-democrat|title=Joe Trippi's Wild Ride|last=Albert-Halaban|first=Lisa DePaulo,Gail|date=2006-10-31|work=GQ|access-date=2018-01-29|language=en}}</ref> He currently serves as a campaign strategist for Janet Garrett's congressional campaign in Ohio's 4th district against incumbent Rep. [[Jim Jordan (American politician)]], and as a political commentator for [[CNN]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cnncommentary.com/2018/01/03/joe-trippi-joins-cnn-as-political-commentator/|title=Joe Trippi joins CNN as political commentator|date=2018-01-04|work=CNN Commentary|access-date=2018-01-29|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Early career== Trippi began his career in the mid-1970s working on several local elections in San Jose, California,<ref name="American Arguments">{{cite book |last = Fineman|first = Howard |author-link = Howard Fineman |date = 2008|title = The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country|publisher = Random House Publishing Group|page = 239|isbn = 978-1-4000-6544-8}}</ref> before leaving college a few credits shy of graduation to join Ted Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1980.<ref name="Happiness at Fox News">{{cite web |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/politics/magazine/108839/how-joe-trippi-found-happiness-fox-news |title=How Joe Trippi Found Happiness at Fox News |last=DePaulo |first=Lisa |date=October 19, 2012 |website=The New Republic |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> Trippi served as Deputy Campaign Manager for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley's successful reelection bid in 1981 and again when Bradley ran for governor in 1982.<ref name="American Arguments" /><ref name="Bradley Effect">{{cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-10-29/news/0810280651_1_bradley-effect-voter-registration-drive-black-candidates |title=Time Seen Overtaking Racial 'Bradley Effect' |last=Decker |first=Cathleen |date=October 29, 2008 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref><ref name="Maine Coup">{{cite web |url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294153576.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+29%2C+1983&author=David+Nyhan+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=MONDALE+AIDE+PULLS+OFF+COUP+IN+MAINE |title=Mondale Aide Pulls off Coup in Maine |last=Nyhan |first=David |date=July 29, 1983 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=2015-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019182203/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294153576.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+29%2C+1983&author=David+Nyhan+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=MONDALE+AIDE+PULLS+OFF+COUP+IN+MAINE |archive-date=2015-10-19 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> During Bradley's gubernatorial campaign, Trippi installed one of the first in-house computers for a political campaign: the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]-[[PDP11]].<ref name="American Arguments" /><ref name="First Campaign">{{cite book |last=Graff |first=Garrett M. |authorlink=Garrett Graff |date=2007 |title=The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |page=43 |isbn=978-0-374-15503-2}}</ref> Trippi used it for fundraising and targeting.<ref name="Soul of Politics">{{cite web |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/508831/how-technology-has-restored-the-soul-of-politics/ |title=How Technology Has Restored the Soul of Politics |last=Trippi |first=Joe |date=December 18, 2012 |website=MIT Technology Review |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> [[File:Pdp-11-40.jpg|thumb|left|upright|150px|alt=Example of the PDP-11 series|Example device using the [[PDP-11]]/40 model (pictured at bottom)]] ==Political campaigns== ===1984 presidential election=== Trippi remained in California to hold his first and only government position as Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy's Deputy Chief of Staff,<ref name="Maine Coup" /> before overseeing several successes in Vice President [[Walter Mondale]]’s [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1984|1984 campaign]] for the Democratic presidential nomination. Starting with a come-from-behind victory at the Maine State Convention,<ref name="Maine Coup" /> Trippi eventually managed operations as the state director in Iowa and Pennsylvania, where Mondale won by 30 and 14 points respectively.<ref name="California Shakeup">{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/23/Shakeup-in-Mondale-California-campaign/1581462081600/ |title=Shakeup in Mondale California Campaign |last=Cervantes |first=Niki |date=August 23, 1984 |website=UPI |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref> ===Various campaigns, 1984-88=== Following the Mondale campaign, Trippi joined Senator Ted Kennedy’s [[Political Action Committee|PAC]], the Fund for a Democratic Majority, as Deputy Director under Paul Tully. At the time, [[Bob Shrum]] was chairman of the committee, but he soon resigned to start the media firm Caddell, Doak and Shrum, taking Trippi with him to be Vice President of the firm.<ref name="Kerry's Brain">{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/20/kerrys-brain |title=Kerry’s Brain |last=Auletta |first=Ken |date=September 20, 2004 |website=New Yorker |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref><ref name="Politics Lost">{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Joe |authorlink=Joe Klein |date=2006 |title=Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You’re Stupid |publisher=Random House |pages=57–60 |isbn=978-0739326145}}</ref> During Trippi’s tenure at what became Doak and Shrum, the firm worked on several media campaigns for gubernatorial and senatorial candidates including those of Virginia Governor [[Jerry Baliles]], Senator [[Alan Cranston]] of California, Senator [[Barbara Mikulski]] of Maryland, and Pennsylvania Governor [[Robert P. Casey|Bob Casey]].<ref name="No Excuses">{{cite book |last=Shrum |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Shrum |date=2007 |title=No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner |publisher=Simon & Schuster |pages=155–59 |isbn=978-0743296519}}</ref> Shrum has attributed Trippi with conceiving and producing the famous spot on Cranston’s campaign, "Zschau’s Greatest Hits".<ref name="Politics Lost" /> ===1988 presidential election=== {{external media |float=right |width=200px |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/v/L1df9V40RDQ?start=11&end=72 Gephart "Hyundai" TV Spot], YouTube video}} In 1987, Trippi left Doak and Shrum to work on [[Gary Hart]]’s [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1988|1988 presidential bid]] with former colleague Paul Tully as deputy political director, later joining Dick Gephardt's team as deputy campaign manager after Hart withdrew from the race.<ref name="Gary Hart">{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-10/opinion/op-34487_1_gary-hart |title=Gary Hart: First in the Party Polls and Last in the Hearts of Fellow Candidates |last=Brownstein |first=Ronald |date=January 10, 1988 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2015-10-20}}</ref> There, Trippi was instrumental in the creation of the "Hyundai" ad, a television spot which received praise for launching Gephardt from last place in the polls to winning the Iowa caucuses.<ref name="Politics Lost 112-13">{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Joe |authorlink=Joe Klein |date=2006 |title=Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You’re Stupid |publisher=Random House |pages=112–13 |isbn=978-0739326145}}</ref><ref name="Oversimplified">{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-02/news/mn-305_1_ad-gephardt |title=Politics : But It Is Called Oversimplified : 'Hyundai' TV Ad Boosts Gephardt |last=Risen |first=James |date=March 2, 1988 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2015-10-20}}</ref> ===1992 presidential election=== During the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1992|1992 election cycle]], Trippi consulted on the Presidential campaigns of Governor [[Douglas Wilder]] of Virginia and [[Jerry Brown]] of California.<ref name="Wilder campaign">{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-26/news/mn-1326_1_black-voters/2 |title=Wilder Shifts Campaign's Focus to Woo Black Voters : Democrats: The presidential hopeful fails to make inroads with his message of fiscal conservatism |last=Fulwood III |first=Sam |date=December 26, 1991 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2015-10-21}}</ref> For Brown's campaign, Trippi and colleague Joe Costello orchestrated the first successful use of an 800 number in politics, raising $8 million by advertising the number on television and during debates.<ref name="American Arguments" /><ref name="Financing 1992">{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Herbert E. |last2=Corrado |first2=Anthony |date=1995 |series=American Political Institutions and Public Policy |title=Financing the 1992 Election |volume=Volume 9 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |page=74 |isbn=978-1563244377}}</ref> ===Various campaigns, 1992-2004=== Throughout the rest of the 1990s, Trippi worked as a media consultant and producer for multiple successful congressional races, including [[Ron Wyden]]’s run for Oregon's Senate seat, [[Jim Moran]]'s in Virginia’s 8th district, and [[Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky]]'s in Pennsylvania’s 13th district, which had been held by a Republican for almost 90 years.<ref name="No Amateurs">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Dennis W. |date=2001 |title=No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy |publisher=Routledge |page=265 |isbn=978-1135962722}}</ref><ref name="The Figther">{{cite web |url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2014/may/14/fighter/ |title=The Fighter: Longtime Congressman Celebrated by Alexandria Democrats |last=Pope |first=Michael Lee |date=May 14, 2014 |website=Connection Newspapers |access-date=2015-10-21}}</ref><ref name="Mad Dash">{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-07-23/news/26025471_1_congressional-races-campaign-spending-fec-reports-show |title=Suburban Races May Be Expensive In House Contests, There's A Mad Dash To Raise And Spend Funds. One Could Cost As Much As $2.5 Million |last=Landry |first=Peter |date=July 23, 1992 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=2015-10-21}}</ref> In 2002, when five Democratic congressmen were redistricted into Republican majority districts and forced in contests against Republican incumbents,<ref name="Redistricting Trouble">{{cite web |url=http://cnsnews.com/news/article/2002-redistricting-could-spell-trouble-democrats |title=2002 Redistricting Could Spell Trouble for Democrats |last=Rossomando |first=John |date=July 7, 2008 |website=CNS News |access-date=2015-10-27}}</ref> Trippi worked as a strategist and media consultant for Congressman [[Tim Holden]], the only one of the five to win.<ref name="Holden Reflects">{{cite web |url=http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22241862/congressman-tim-holden-reflects-congress-years |title=Congressman Tim Holden Reflects on Congress Years |last=Latimer |first=John |date=December 21, 2012 |website=Lebanon Daily News |access-date=2015-10-21 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ===2004 presidential election=== {{further|Blog for America|Howard Dean presidential campaign, 2004#Fundraising|selfref=yes}} As national campaign manager for Vermont Governor [[Howard Dean]]’s [[Howard Dean presidential campaign, 2004|presidential campaign in 2004]], Trippi used online technology to organize what he envisioned would become "the largest grassroots movement" in presidential politics at the time.<ref name="Dean.com">{{cite web |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/deancom |title=Dean.com |last=Lizza |first=Ryan |date=June 2, 2003 |website=The New Republic |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> One of these methods included the blog entitled Blog for America where the campaign could communicate directly with supporters.<ref name="Killer App">{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/47274/joe-trippis-killer-app |title=Joe Trippi's Killer App |last=Tischler |first=Linda |date=October 1, 2013 |website=Fast Company |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> Another was DeanTV, an online streaming platform playing videos and clips from the campaign trail.<ref name="Web-Savvy">{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/24/nation/na-dean24 |title=Web-Savvy Staff Helps Dean Weave His Way Up |last=Getlin |first=Josh |date=September 24, 2003 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> The campaign also developed technology for a social media site that enabled supporters to connect and campaign for Dean together.<ref name="Politics Lost 177">{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Joe |authorlink=Joe Klein |date=2006 |title=Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You’re Stupid |publisher=Random House |page=177 |isbn=978-0739326145}}</ref> Through this innovative use of the Internet for small-donor fundraising, "Dean for America" raised more money than any Democratic presidential campaign to that point – all with donations averaging less than $100.<ref name="Killer App" /> ===Various campaigns, 2004-2017=== Trippi joined Jerry Brown again in 2006 serving as media consultant and strategist for his successful bid for California Attorney General.<ref name="True Believer">{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16034613 |title=Trippi a True Believer in Brown’s Cause |last=Harmon |first=Steven |date=September 9, 2010 |website=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> During this cycle he also produced the media for [[John Hall (New York politician)|John Hall]]’s winning campaign for New York’s 19th district congressional seat.<ref name="Hall Hires">{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2006/04/hall-hires-trippi/ |title=Hall Hires Trippi |last=Byrdson |first=Nicole |date=April 5, 2006 |website=New York Observer |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> [[John Edwards]] hired Trippi in 2007 as a senior adviser for his [[John Edwards presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]].<ref name="John Edwards">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/10/22/ST2007102202383.html |title=With Trippi's Rise, Some See a New John Edwards |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=October 23, 2007 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> He also worked as media strategist and a senior adviser<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-our-candidate-beat-roy-moore/2017/12/19/5c1157ee-e4e2-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Jones could have mercilessly attacked Moore. He didn’t, and he won.|last=Trippi|first=Joe|date=2017-12-19|work=Washington Post|access-date=2017-12-24|last2=Maslin|first2=Paul|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> for [[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]]' successful campaign in the [[United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017|2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama]], running for the seat left open when [[Jeff Sessions]] was appointed as [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]]. ==Recent work== In 2010, Trippi was a senior strategist and media consultant in Jerry Brown’s successful run for reelection as California Governor.<ref name="True Believer" /> The Brown ads Trippi & Associates produced received four [[American Association of Political Consultants#Activities|Pollie]] awards for excellence in political media and [[Time (magazine)|TIME magazine]] named one ad, "Echo," the best ad of 2010.<ref name="Time Echo">{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2035319_2035153_2035141,00.html |title=Jerry Brown, "Echo" - The Top 10 of Everything of 2010 |last=Sorensen |first=Adam |date=December 9, 2010 |website=Time |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref><ref name="Pollie Echo">{{cite web |url=http://www.theaapc.org/downloads/Pollies/2011/winnersbook2011pollies.pdf |title=20th Annual Pollie Awards & Conference |publisher=The American Association of Political Consultants |format=PDF |access-date=2015-10-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219012235/http://www.theaapc.org/downloads/Pollies/2011/winnersbook2011pollies.pdf |archivedate=2015-02-19 |df= }}</ref> [[Andrew Romanoff]], who challenged the incumbent Senator [[Michael Bennet]] in the [[United States Senate election in Colorado, 2010|2010 Colorado Senate election]], announced his campaign had hired Trippi as one of its four new consultants.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/joe-trippi-3-other-consul_n_442740.html.accessdate=2010-01-29 | archive-url=https://archive.is/20120906034328/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/joe-trippi-3-other-consul_n_442740.html.accessdate=2010-01-29 | dead-url=yes | archive-date=September 6, 2012 | title=Joe Trippi, 3 Other Consultants Sign On With Romanoff | accessdate=2010-01-29 | work=The Huffington Post | first=Ethan | last=Axelrod | date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref> Trippi worked on a number of recent House victories for Representatives [[Tulsi Gabbard]], [[Janice Hahn]], [[Mark Takano]], and [[Seth Moulton]].<ref name="Our Ads">{{cite web |url=http://www.trippi.co/our-ads/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610085936/http://www.trippi.co/our-ads/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2015-06-10 |title=Our Ads |website=Trippi.co |access-date=2015-10-22 }}</ref> Moulton, a former Marine from Massachusetts, won in a shocking come-from-behind upset.<ref name="Moulton's Mission">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/seth-moultons-mission-113272 |title=Seth Moulton’s Mission |last=Schreckinger |first=Ben |date=December 2, 2014 |website=Politico |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> The campaign overcame millions in outside spending to beat 18-year incumbent [[John F. Tierney|John Tierney]] in the primary and [[Richard Tisei]] in the targeted general election.<ref name="Moulton Cruises">{{cite web |url=http://www.wbur.org/2014/11/05/moulton-beats-tisei-sixth |title=Newcomer Moulton Cruises Past Tisei In 6th |last=Becker |first=Deborah |date=November 5, 2014 |website=WBUR |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> In a recent article from ''The Boston Globe'', Moulton recalls nationally renowned pollster Mark Mellman telling him to quit the race because it would be "statistically impossible" to win.<ref name="Pollster Quit">{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/05/26/rep-seth-moulton-recalls-pollster-told-him-quit-race/CqM2oLODGk6RPzxALbjJvN/story.html |title=Congressman Recalls Pollster Told Him to Quit Race |last=O’Sullivan |first=Jim |date=May 26, 2015 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref> In 2017 Trippi worked on the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions on behalf of former US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama [[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]].<ref name=":0" /> In his victory speech, Jones referred to Trippi as the "greatest political consultant in the world".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/12/politics/speech-doug-jones/index.html|title=Read Doug Jones' victory speech|work=CNN|access-date=2018-04-15}}</ref> After the historic come from behind victory in Alabama, Trippi is currently working for Democratic candidates in both of the 2018 U.S. Senate campaigns in Mississippi. Trippi is working with Howard Sherman for seat currently held by incumbent [[Roger Wicker]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yallpolitics.com/2018/04/12/senate-candidate-howard-sherman-makes-intro-statewide-radio-buy-on-urban-radio-stations-and-the-ads-are-priceless-mssen/|title=Senate candidate Howard Sherman makes intro statewide radio buy on urban radio stations . . . and the ads are priceless #mssen {{!}} Yall Politics|website=yallpolitics.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-15}}</ref> and with former Secretary of Agriculture [[Mike Espy]] in the special election for the Senate seat vacated by [[Thad Cochran]] who decided to resign for health reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrat-mike-espy-announces-bid-for-senate-seat-in-mississippi/2018/04/06/e7026f36-39c0-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html|title=Democrat Mike Espy announces bid for Senate seat in Mississippi|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|date=2018-04-06|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-15|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 2018, Trippi is working on the campaign of Janet Garrett, a retired schoolteacher and union leader running to unseat the conservative founder of the Freedom Caucus, U.S. Rep. [[Jim Jordan (American politician)|Jim Jordan]], in Ohio's 4th congressional district.<ref>https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/06/opponent_jan_garrett_reports_f.html</ref> ==International work== Trippi has also worked on international political campaigns over the years. In 1993, Trippi worked for then-[[Panhellenic Socialist Movement|PASOK]] leader [[Andreas Papandreou]]’s successful campaign of [[Prime Minister of Greece]], as well as for his son, [[George Papandreou]] in 2007.<ref name="No Amateurs" /> Trippi advised former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] in 2005.<ref name="Bit Blair">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/04/AR2005050402092.html |title=Once Again, Americans Doing Their Bit for Blair |last=Balz |first=Dan |date=May 5, 2005 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> In 2006, he worked for [[Romano Prodi]] on his winning race for [[Prime Minister of Italy]].<ref name="Web Campaigning">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/trippi-web-campaigning-110015 |title=Trippi on Web Campaigning |last=Schrobsdorff |first=Susanna |date=May 18, 2006 |website=Newsweek |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> In 2008, Trippi helped [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] and [[Zimbabwe]]’s opposition party, the [[Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai|Movement for Democratic Change]] receive the most votes over [[Robert Mugabe]] in elections marred by violence.<ref name="Lobbying Africa">{{cite web |url=http://www.theafricareport.com/North-Africa/lobbying-in-africa-nightmare-on-k-street.html |title=Lobbying in Africa: Nightmare on K street |date=November 28, 2014 |website=The Africa Report |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> He also brought media attention to Mugabe’s democratic subversion and violence which led to a [[Morgan Tsvangirai#Unity government|unity government]] and Tsvangarai becoming the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.<ref name="Lobbying Africa" /> As part of the unity government, Tsvangirai designated [[Roy Bennett (politician)|Roy Bennett]] as Deputy Minister of Agriculture on February 10, 2009. But Mugabe refused to swear Bennett into office, and three days later Bennett was arrested and charged with treason.<ref name="MDC Minister">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mdc-minister-charged-with-treason-after-airport-arrest-1609193.html |title=MDC Minister Charged with Treason after Airport Arrest |last=Howden |first=Daniel |date=February 14, 2009 |website=The Independent |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Tsvangirai’s party reported that Bennett was being denied food in prison.<ref name="Bennett Food">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aWPa1X8clhyY |title=Zimbabwe Police Deny Bennett Access to Food Following Arrest |last=Latham |first=Brian |date=February 14, 2009 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Trippi led an international campaign to put pressure on Mugabe to release Bennett,<ref name="Bennett Bail">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/4978764/Zimbabwe-court-releases-Roy-Bennett-on-bail.html |title=Zimbabwe Court Releases Roy Bennett on Bail |date=March 12, 2009 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> and days after his release on March 12, Bennett thanked Trippi for his efforts.<ref name="Bennett Interview">{{cite interview |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/1600-pa.-avenue/29782004#29782004 |last=Bennett |first=Roy |subject-link=Roy Bennett (politician) |last2=Trippi |first2=Joe |interviewer=[[David Shuster]] |title=Online activism help frees Zimbabwe's Bennett |work=[[1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (TV series)|1600 Pennsylvania Avenue]] |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Trippi was hired by the [[Libertas.eu|Libertas political party]] to work on their campaign for the [[2009 European Parliament election]].<ref name="Declan Interview">{{cite episode |title=Declan Ganley interview |url=http://www.4fm.ie/profile.asp?id=1 |series=McGurk on 4 |station=[[Classic Hits 4FM|4fm]] |location=Dublin |airdate=2009-03-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404214453/http://www.4fm.ie/profile.asp?id=1 |archivedate=2009-04-04 |df= }}</ref> In January 2010, [[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]] reported that Joe Trippi was working in Iraq to help launch a secular moderate Shiite party: the Ahrar party headed by [[Iyad Jamal Al-Din]].<ref name="Hired Guns">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/01/19/iraqs-new-hired-guns.html |title=Iraq’s New Hired Guns |last=Hastings |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Hastings (journalist) |date=January 19, 2010 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> A day later, Hastings also reported that 20 of Ahrar’s candidates had been struck from the ballot.<ref name="Candidates Banned">{{cite web |url=https://michaelhastings.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/joe-trippi-heads-to-baghdad-more-candidates-banned-iraqracy-v/ |title=Joe Trippi heads to Baghdad, more candidates banned (Iraqracy V) |last=Hastings |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Hastings (journalist) |date=January 20, 2010 |website=The Hastings Report |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Beginning in October 2011, Trippi advised on the implementation of the recommendations of the [[Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry]], which was tasked with looking into the [[Bahraini uprising of 2011|incidents]] that occurred during the period of unrest in Bahrain in February and March 2011,<ref name="FARA Exhibit">{{cite web |url=http://www.fara.gov/docs/6060-Exhibit-AB-20111219-2.pdf |title=Exhibit B to Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended |website=Foreign Agents Registration Unit (FARA) |format=PDF |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref name="BICI Homepage">{{cite web |url=http://www.bici.org.bh/ |title=Homepage |website=Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> saying he "had no problem working for them" because they were "one of the progressive countries in the Middle Eastern Gulf."<ref name="Bahrain ...">[http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/23/bahrain U.S. not "standing idly by" in Bahrain - Salon.com]</ref> The commission released a 500-page report which criticized security forces and provided [[Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry#Conclusions and observations of the report|various conclusions, observations, and recommendations]] to the government.<ref name="BICI Report">{{cite web |url=http://www.bici.org.bh/BICIreportEN.pdf |title=Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |date=December 10, 2011 |publisher=Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |format=PDF |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Trippi ended his work in Bahrain in April 2012.<ref name="Ends Bahrain">{{cite web |url=http://www.odwyerpr.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4644-Trippi-Ends-Bahrain-Work.html |title=Trippi Ends Bahrain Work |last=McCauley |first=Kevin |date=June 12, 2012 |website=O'Dwyer's Inside News of Public Relations & Marketing Communications |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> Also in 2011, Trippi provided strategic support for the campaign of [[Goodluck Jonathan]] in the Nigerian presidential election.<ref name="Goodluck Name">{{cite web |url=http://thinkafricapress.com/article/nigerian-elections-2011-goodluck-may-need-live-his-name |title=Nigerian Elections 2011: Goodluck May Need to Live up to His Name |last=Dearn |first=Mark |date=March 28, 2011 |website=Think Africa Press |access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827145114/http://thinkafricapress.com/article/nigerian-elections-2011-goodluck-may-need-live-his-name |archive-date=August 27, 2014 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> ==Other work and advocacy== Apart from campaign politics, Trippi has been involved in many other facets of the political world. He was named a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government,<ref name="Harvard Trippi">{{cite web |url=http://www.iop.harvard.edu/joe-trippi |title=Joe Trippi |website=Institute of Politics at Harvard University |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> and at the New Politics Institute, a Think Tank of the New Democratic Network.<ref name="NPI Trippi">{{cite web |url=http://www.newpolitics.net/node/39 |title=Joe Trippi |website=New Politics Institute |access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126205642/http://www.newpolitics.net/node/39 |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> He also serves on the advisory board to nonpartisan organization Why Tuesday? that encourages increased voter participation.<ref name="Why Tuesday?">{{cite web |url=http://www.whytuesday.org/author/joe/ |title=Joe Trippi |website=Why Tuesday? |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> He founded the consultancies Trippi & Associates and Trippi International in 2004.<ref name="Trippi Homepage">{{cite web |url=http://www.trippi.co |title=Homepage |website=Trippi.co |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> He has had roles on various cable and broadcast networks, previously as a contributor on MSNBC and a political analyst on CBS News, and currently as a contributor on Fox News.<ref name="MSNBC Trippi">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5438181/ns/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews/t/joe-trippi/#.VdeA11NViko |title=Joe Trippi - msnbc - Hardball with Chris Mathews |website=NBC News |access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref name="Fox Trippi">{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/joe-trippi/bio/#s=r-z |title=Joe Trippi Biography |website=Fox News |access-date=2015-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015213008/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/joe-trippi/bio/#s=r-z#s=r-z |archive-date=2015-10-15 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> Trippi has consulted with a number of leading non-profits and corporations including the Humane Society of the United States, the American Cancer Society, Best Friends Animal Society, Monster.com, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, SES Americom, Corning, LabCorp, IBM, Lionsgate Films, BestBuy, and Wave Systems.<ref name="Fox Trippi" /> ==Personal life== Trippi is a resident of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. ==Published work== * {{cite book| author = Joe Trippi| title = The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything| date = 2004-07-06| publisher = William Morrow| isbn = 978-0-06-076155-4 }} == References == {{Reflist|30em}} * [https://www.pbs.org/now/shows/409/index.html A NOW on PBS 2008 interview with Joe Trippi] ==External links== * [http://www.joetrippi.com/ Joe Trippi's official blog] *{{C-SPAN|Joseph Trippi}} {{Fox News personalities}} {{Libertas topics}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trippi, Joe}} [[Category:American campaign managers]] [[Category:American political consultants]] [[Category:Media theorists]] [[Category:San Jose State University alumni]] [[Category:John F. 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