Peter D. Hart

Peter D. Hart is the chairman of Peter D. Hart Research Associates since 1971, and is a Senior Counselor to [http://www.tmgstrategies.com TMG Strategies] . Together with Robert Teeter, Mr. Hart and his company have provided NBC News and The Wall Street Journal with polls since 1989. More than 40 U.S. senators and 30 governors, among them Hubert Humphrey, Lloyd Bentsen, Jay Rockefeller and Bob Graham, were represented by Mr. Hart. [http://www.hartresearch.com/about/bios/index.html Senior Staff Bios – Peter Hart] , Peter D. Hart Research Associates, accessed on August 19 2007]

NGOs and institutions like Smithsonian Institution, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Habitat for Humanity, the ACLU, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kennedy Center are clients of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, as well as corporations such as Boeing, Time-Warner, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, IBM, Fannie Mae, AT&T, and Tiffany & Co.. [see above] ] [http://igs.berkeley.edu/about_igs/hart_bio.html Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley | IGS National Advisory Council | Peter Hart] , UC Berkeley, accessed August 19 2007]

Mr. Hart received his BA at Colby College in 1964. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/477/000130087/ Peter D. Hart] , nndb, accessed on August 19 2007] During the last decade, Hart lectured public policy at Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and at UC Berkeley. [see above] ]

According to the biography published on the Peter D Hart Research website, the American Association of Political Consultants (AACP) gave Peter Hart in 2002 the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Campaign Consulting. [see above] ] However, there is no indication on the AACP's website of his Lifetime Achievement Award. According to the AACP, no one received such an award in 2002. [ [http://www.theaapc.org/content/pollieawards/lifetime.asp American Association of Political Consultants] , American Association of Political Consultants, accessed on August 18 2007] .

Hart is frequently invited to major television programmes, such as Meet the Press, The Today Show, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, to discuss public policy issues. [http://gspp.berkeley.edu/academics/affiliates/hart.html Goldman School of Public Policy – Peter D. Hart, Visiting Professor] , Goldman School of Public Policy, accessed on August 19 2007]

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