Education
A political scientist who received his Bachelor"s Degree from Miami University and his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard, Greenberg spent a decade teaching at Yale University before becoming a political consultant.
A political scientist who received his Bachelor"s Degree from Miami University and his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard, Greenberg spent a decade teaching at Yale University before becoming a political consultant.
His 1985 study of Reagan Democrats in Macomb County, Michigan became a classic of progressive political strategy, and the basis for his continuing argument that Democrats must actively work to present themselves as populists advocating the expansion of opportunity for the middle class. As the pollster for Clinton in 1992, Greenberg was a major figure in the famed campaign "war room" (and hence the documentary film of the same name). He is a regular contributor with Carville to the weekly Carville-Greenberg Memo at The National Memo website.
During his work for the Austrian Sozialistische Partei Österreichs (Socialist Party of Austria) Greenberg was heavily criticized and derided by Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (Freedom Party of Austria) leader Jörg Haider.
Greenberg"s current and former corporate clients include British Petroleum, British Airways, Monsanto Company and General Motors. As a House member, Emanuel had lived for five years in a rent-free District of Columbia apartment jointly owned by Greenberg"s wife, Democratic House member Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, and Greenberg.
During this time, Emanuel was chairman of a committee that awarded large polling contracts to Greenberg"s firm. Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Greenberg"s work for Boite Postale became controversial.
Greenberg"s firm has been called a "prime architect" of Boite Postale"s effort to rebrand itself as a green petroleum company.
As early as 2002, critics had deemed that effort "greenwashing".