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Kenneth Brian "Ken" Mehlman (born August 21, 1966) is an American businessman, attorney, and political figure who held several national posts in the Republican Party and the George W. Bush Administration. Mehlman managed Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and subsequently chaired the Republican National Committee from 2005–07.
After leaving the RNC, Mehlman worked for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and, in 2008, subsequently joined Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a multinational private equity firm, as Global Head of Public Affairs. In 2007, Mehlman was appointed by Bush to a five-year term on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council . In 2013, Mehlman joined the Mt. Sinai Hospital Board of Trustees in New York.
In 2010, Mehlman came out as gay in an interview with journalist Marc Ambinder, making him one of the few prominent openly gay figures in the Republican Party. After coming out, Mehlman advocated for the recognition of same-sex marriage.
Mehlman was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is one of two sons born to Judith and Arthur Mehlman. His father was director of MuniMae and a former partner at KPMG, for which he was the head of the firm's auditing department in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Mehlman's brother, Bruce, works as a lobbyist at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti.
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In an interview with Larry King, Bill Maher outed GOP Chair Ken Mehlman. CNN later edited the clip in later airings of the program.
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC explains why he doesn't accept (newly out of the closet) former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's apology for helping an anti-gay party and campaign.
Ken Mehlman talks with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts about the marriage equality cases pending at the Supreme Court and the growing bipartisan support for the freedom to marry.
Joe Jervis (JoeMyGod.com) & Charles Moran (Log Cabin Republicans) discuss Ken Mehlman coming out!
SuperReturn U.S. - http://www.informaglobalevents.com/ytsrusvep • The notion of private equity using more and more operational expertise to generate returns and improve businesses -- what makes KKR different in this respect? How do you stand out from other firms as most claim the same thing? • One of the main differences we have is that we have 60 people in our firm who are operational experts and these experts go into a company for a period of 18-24 months and focus on the specific business area that we think that company can operationally enhance. • Why the focus on operations -- why does it seem to be the hot topic? The private equity industry is first and foremost about solving problems for companies and how we can make them better. Operational focus takes this alignment to the next l...
Re-election Chair for Bush-Cheney Ken Mehlman parsed data to target individual voters. View from the Top: October 4, 2006 All videos from the View from the Top speaker series: http://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC5C14B375A7F2FEA8
Ken Mehlman is the Global Head of Public Affairs at KKR. In late 2012, he launched Project Right Side, which was created to convince more conservatives to support marriage equality. He serves on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and is also a trustee of M. Sinai Hospital of New York, Franklin & Marshall College, and the American Enterprise Institute's National Council. Transcript: What is the single best way to get Republicans to support marriage equality? Ken Mehlman: It's interesting. As I've thought about this and as I've learned from a lot of people who have worked on this for many years and who are professionals at it. I really think it's best to think about this not in terms of Republicans or Democrats or Independents, but what's the best way for people to be...
As part of NYU Stern's Block Lunch event series, hosted by Dean Peter Henry, former chairman of the Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman, head of Global Public Affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., engaged with more than 100 MBA students. October 1, 2012 Learn more about events at NYU Stern: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/events/index.htm
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC talks to gay rights activist Mike Rogers on now openly gay former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's hypocrisy and how the media helped hide his sexuality. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tytnation Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/theyoungturks Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungturks-20 Support The Young Turks by becoming a member of TYT Nation at http://www.tytnetwork.com/member-options/ Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. In exchange, we provided members only bonuses! ...
Ken Mehlman, Head of Public Affairs at KKR and former Republican National Committee Chairman, sits down with GLG's Head of Public Affairs Richard Socarides to discuss the importance of overcoming confirmation bias when making decisions, how setbacks during the 2000 U.S. presidential election led to a revolution in political data modeling, and his role with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Ken Mehlman is currently KKR’s Global Head of Public Affairs, overseeing the firm’s global external affairs activities, including corporate marketing, regulatory affairs, and public policy and communications. He also leads KKR's Environmental Social Governance (ESG) programs for the firm and its portfolio companies. Before joining KKR, Mehlman led a bipartisan public policy and regulatory practice at th...
In an interview with Larry King, Bill Maher outed GOP Chair Ken Mehlman. CNN later edited the clip in later airings of the program.
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Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC talks to gay rights activist Mike Rogers on now openly gay former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's hypocrisy and how the media helped hide his sexuality. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tytnation Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/theyoungturks Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungturks-20 Support The Young Turks by becoming a member of TYT Nation at http://www.tytnetwork.com/member-options/ Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. In exchange, we provided members only bonuses! ...
SuperReturn U.S. - http://www.informaglobalevents.com/ytsrusvep • The notion of private equity using more and more operational expertise to generate returns and improve businesses -- what makes KKR different in this respect? How do you stand out from other firms as most claim the same thing? • One of the main differences we have is that we have 60 people in our firm who are operational experts and these experts go into a company for a period of 18-24 months and focus on the specific business area that we think that company can operationally enhance. • Why the focus on operations -- why does it seem to be the hot topic? The private equity industry is first and foremost about solving problems for companies and how we can make them better. Operational focus takes this alignment to the next l...
Ken Mehlman is the Global Head of Public Affairs at KKR. In late 2012, he launched Project Right Side, which was created to convince more conservatives to support marriage equality. He serves on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and is also a trustee of M. Sinai Hospital of New York, Franklin & Marshall College, and the American Enterprise Institute's National Council. Transcript: What is the single best way to get Republicans to support marriage equality? Ken Mehlman: It's interesting. As I've thought about this and as I've learned from a lot of people who have worked on this for many years and who are professionals at it. I really think it's best to think about this not in terms of Republicans or Democrats or Independents, but what's the best way for people to be...
Ex-RNC Chair Reveals He's Gay Former Republican National Committee chair and George W. Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman has publicly revealed that he's gay. Mehlman spearheaded Bush's 2004 reelection. He went on to head the Republican Party between 2005 and 2007 as it pushed several anti-gay initiatives. In an interview with The Atlantic magazine, Mehlman said he decided to come out of the closet in part to help campaign for gay marriage.
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC explains why he doesn't accept (newly out of the closet) former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's apology for helping an anti-gay party and campaign.
There have been some surprising turns in this year's mid-term elections with Alaskan Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Joe Miller leading incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the primaries and the nomination of newcomer Ben Quayle, son of former VP Dan Quayle, to the Republican ticket in a Phoenix, Arizona district. Amidst all this, Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and former campaign manager for George W. Bush's 2004 re-election bid, made the public announcement that he is gay. He told The Atlantic in an interview, "It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life. Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I've told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and ...
Ken Mehlman talks to Thomas Roberts of MSNBC News about the Prop 8 hearing, marriage equality, and what he has done to help it. Partial Transcript: Thomas Roberts: And our special guest at the top of the hour, former RNC chairman, Ken Mehlman, Richard Socarides, former president of Equality Matters, and openly gay former congressman of Rhode Island, David Cicilline. Gentleman it's great to have you here, but I wanna start with our exclusive interview with Ken Mehlman, former RNC chairman and former campaign manager for President George W. Bush's 04 campaign, and Ken publically you came out in 2010. Ken Mehlman: I did. Thomas Roberts: And Ken it's been written that you are the highest profile gay Republican in American history. It's crossed the wires from Reuters saying that the US Su...
Joe Jervis (JoeMyGod.com) & Charles Moran (Log Cabin Republicans) discuss Ken Mehlman coming out!
In an interview with Larry King, Bill Maher outed GOP Chair Ken Mehlman. CNN later edited the clip in later airings of the program.
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC explains why he doesn't accept (newly out of the closet) former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's apology for helping an anti-gay party and campaign.
Ken Mehlman talks with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts about the marriage equality cases pending at the Supreme Court and the growing bipartisan support for the freedom to marry.
Joe Jervis (JoeMyGod.com) & Charles Moran (Log Cabin Republicans) discuss Ken Mehlman coming out!
SuperReturn U.S. - http://www.informaglobalevents.com/ytsrusvep • The notion of private equity using more and more operational expertise to generate returns and improve businesses -- what makes KKR different in this respect? How do you stand out from other firms as most claim the same thing? • One of the main differences we have is that we have 60 people in our firm who are operational experts and these experts go into a company for a period of 18-24 months and focus on the specific business area that we think that company can operationally enhance. • Why the focus on operations -- why does it seem to be the hot topic? The private equity industry is first and foremost about solving problems for companies and how we can make them better. Operational focus takes this alignment to the next l...
Re-election Chair for Bush-Cheney Ken Mehlman parsed data to target individual voters. View from the Top: October 4, 2006 All videos from the View from the Top speaker series: http://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC5C14B375A7F2FEA8
Ken Mehlman is the Global Head of Public Affairs at KKR. In late 2012, he launched Project Right Side, which was created to convince more conservatives to support marriage equality. He serves on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and is also a trustee of M. Sinai Hospital of New York, Franklin & Marshall College, and the American Enterprise Institute's National Council. Transcript: What is the single best way to get Republicans to support marriage equality? Ken Mehlman: It's interesting. As I've thought about this and as I've learned from a lot of people who have worked on this for many years and who are professionals at it. I really think it's best to think about this not in terms of Republicans or Democrats or Independents, but what's the best way for people to be...
As part of NYU Stern's Block Lunch event series, hosted by Dean Peter Henry, former chairman of the Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman, head of Global Public Affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., engaged with more than 100 MBA students. October 1, 2012 Learn more about events at NYU Stern: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/events/index.htm
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC talks to gay rights activist Mike Rogers on now openly gay former RNC chair Ken Mehlman's hypocrisy and how the media helped hide his sexuality. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tytnation Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/theyoungturks Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungturks-20 Support The Young Turks by becoming a member of TYT Nation at http://www.tytnetwork.com/member-options/ Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. In exchange, we provided members only bonuses! ...
Ken Mehlman, Head of Public Affairs at KKR and former Republican National Committee Chairman, sits down with GLG's Head of Public Affairs Richard Socarides to discuss the importance of overcoming confirmation bias when making decisions, how setbacks during the 2000 U.S. presidential election led to a revolution in political data modeling, and his role with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Ken Mehlman is currently KKR’s Global Head of Public Affairs, overseeing the firm’s global external affairs activities, including corporate marketing, regulatory affairs, and public policy and communications. He also leads KKR's Environmental Social Governance (ESG) programs for the firm and its portfolio companies. Before joining KKR, Mehlman led a bipartisan public policy and regulatory practice at th...
Janet Voûte, Global Head of Public Affairs at Nestlé, moderates a panel with Barbara Byrne, Vice Chair of Investment Banking at Barclays and Ken Mehlman, Global Head of Public Affairs at KKR at the Shared Value Leadership Summit.
As part of NYU Stern's Block Lunch event series, hosted by Dean Peter Henry, former chairman of the Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman, head of Global Public Affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., engaged with more than 100 MBA students. October 1, 2012 Learn more about events at NYU Stern: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/events/index.htm
In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy of gaining political support for certain candidates in the Southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans. Hitchens' books: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag;=tra0c7-20&linkCode;=ur2&linkId;=7d003f18a0506229f225ec2f864ae762&camp;=1789&creative;=9325&index;=books&keywords;=hitchens Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage ...
Christopher Hitchens: Southern Strategy, Savings & Loan Scandal, Cuba Hotels & Tourism (2000) In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy of gaining political support for certain candidates in the Southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans. Hitchens' books: Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and ...
Christopher Hitchens: Southern Strategy, Savings & Loan Scandal, Cuba Hotels & Tourism (2000) In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy of gaining political support for certain candidates in the Southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans. Hitchens' books: Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and ...
In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy of gaining political support for certain candidates in the Southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans. Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation. The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon and Republican Sena...
In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy of gaining political support for certain candidates in the Southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans. Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation. The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon and Republican Se...
Dr. Patrick Slattery hosted the show today, with Dr. David Duke joining midway through. The respected international affairs commentator Rev. Mark Dankof was the guest. Dr. Slattery started the show by referencing an article on DavidDuke.com that names the top bureaucrats at the Departments of State and Treasury, names that were all Jewish. Mark Dankof pointed out that this was nothing new, and referenced the still powerful former Jewish Secretary of State from the Nixon administration Henry Kissinger. He noted that Kissinger is now involved in the Jeb Bush campaign for the Presidency, and lent his support to a major New York fund-raiser for Bush organized by Ken Mehlman, the Jewish and Gay activist who was appointed Chairman of the Republican Party by that great Christian and family values...
Today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8. The Court is considering whether Proposition 8 violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Enacted in November 2008, Proposition 8 eliminated the fundamental right of gay and lesbian Californians to marry. On December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Perry to review the landmark federal court of appeals ruling that upheld the decision of the federal district court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. On February 28, 2013, the United States Government filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of the Plaintiffs challenging Proposition 8. Theo...
Re-election Chair for Bush-Cheney Ken Mehlman parsed data to target individual voters. View from the Top: October 4, 2006 All videos from the View from the Top speaker series: http://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC5C14B375A7F2FEA8