Simon Rosenberg

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Simon Rosenberg
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Born (1963-10-23) October 23, 1963 (age 60)
Education Tufts University (BA)

Simon Rosenberg (born October 23, 1963) is a Democratic political strategist and blogger. He was the founder of New Democrat Network (NDN), a centrist think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. [1]

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According to the 2015 book How to Hack a Party Line: The Democrats and Silicon Valley, Rosenberg and NDN were instrumental in shifting control of the Democratic Party away from labor unions and toward Silicon Valley businesses. [2] Rosenberg said in 1999, "Our problem as a party is that the biggest source of our venture capital now comes from labor, which is a group that's becoming less and less important, and representing less and less of a percentage of American voters. [...] We have to replace labor's investment in the party with investment from another source, and hopefully from a source that's growing." [2]

Rosenberg shuttered NDN in March 2024. [3]

Background

Rosenberg was born on October 23, 1963, in New York City to Peter and Louise Rosenberg. He attended the Walden School (New York City) and then public schools in Wilton, Connecticut. He is a 1981 graduate of Wilton High School, and a 1985 graduate of Tufts University. In 1985, Rosenberg moved to New York City to work for ABC News, where he spent two years before joining the Dukakis for President Campaign in Des Moines, Iowa. [4]

He co-founded the New Democrat Network in 1996. He dissolved the organization in 2024. [5]

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References

  1. "Simon Rosenberg: Schmoozing With the A-List". Washington Post. January 11, 2024. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Miles, Sara (2001). How to hack a party line: the Democrats and Silicon Valley. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[ page needed ]
  3. Brownstein, Ronald (February 23, 2023). "Why This Democratic Strategist Walked Away". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Simon Rosenberg, president of NDN". Politico . October 23, 2018.
  5. Rosenberg, Simon (March 5, 2023). "America, the Democratic Party Are Entering A New Age - New Thinking, New Approaches Required Now". www.ndn.org. Retrieved July 12, 2024.