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Jeffrey Birnbaum

Award-Winning Journalist & President of BGR Public Relations

Bipartisan political analysis spanning every major form of media
Former columnist for “The Washington Post” and “The Washington Times”
Named one of “Washington’s 50 Best and Most Influential Journalists”
Discusses the current political climate and its effect on business

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Jeff Birnbaum is an award-winning author, television commentator, and the president of BGR Public Relations. He has been a columnist for The Washington Times, where he previously served as managing editor of digital, in charge of multimedia and online news. On television he was a political analyst for Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio and previously long appeared as a regular panelist on PBS’s Washington Week.

Birnbaum utilizes his extensive experience studying politics and politicians to address how hot topics affect the current crop of presidential hopefuls and the state of America on the world stage. A commentator who analyzes both sides of the political playing field through every possible mode of media, his observations and intuitions are highly regarded among his peers and help contribute to some of the most astute political scrutiny in the press. Audiences get a firsthand account of Birnbaum’s expertise and candor during each presentation. He covers the intersection of business and politics and national politics with an emphasis on Congress, the White House, lobbying, and presidential campaigns.

Politicking in Print. During his award-winning career in journalism, Birnbaum worked for the premier news outlets in the United States. Birnbaum was a columnist for The Washington Post and The Washington Times. Prior to that, he spent seven years as Fortune magazine’s senior writer and as the chief of its Washington, DC, bureau. He also spent two years as a senior political correspondent for Fortune’s sister publication, TIME magazine. Before joining TIME in 1995, Birnbaum worked for The Wall Street Journal for 16 years. He was the Journal’s White House correspondent and a congressional and tax reporter. In 1994 won the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award for excellence in feature writing about the Clinton presidency. Washingtonian magazine also selected him as one of “Washington’s 50 best and most influential journalists.”

Birnbaum is the author of four books. His first, Showdown at Gucci Gulch, was written with Alan Murray in 1987. This chronicle of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 won the American Political Science Association’s coveted Carey McWilliams Award. In 1992, Birnbaum’s second book, The Lobbyists, was a Washington Post best-seller. Madhouse – Birnbaum’s third – detailed Clinton’s White House. His latest, The Money Men, examines campaign fund-raising.

Network Handicapping. In 1998, Birnbaum was hired as a Fox News contributor. He was for many years Fox News Radio’s chief political analyst and helped anchor election nights and major political events since 2004. Birnbaum was also a regular commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered.

Political Outlook and the Next Election. Jeffrey Birnbaum is a political commentator, analyst, columnist, and author who has spent his career concentrating on what is happening in Washington. Birnbaum analyzes both sides of the political playing field through every possible mode of media. His observations and intuitions are highly regarded among his peers and help contribute to some of the most astute political scrutiny in the press. Audiences get a firsthand account of Birnbaum’s expertise and candor during each presentation. With the expertise that only decades of experience can bring, he addresses the current political outlook, how hot topics affect the current crop of presidential hopefuls, and the state of America on the world stage.

The Intersection of Business and Government. Birnbaum offers an insider’s look at the intersection of business and government. From how corporations affect policy to the public versus private sector debates, he offers his viewpoint as someone who has studied lobbyists and politicians for decades.

Taxes. As a former tax reporter and the author of Showdown at Gucci Gulch, which chronicles the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and won the American Political Science Association’s coveted Carey McWilliams Award, Birnbaum can speak authoritatively to tax issues, proposed tax plans, and the best (and worst) potential changes to the tax code.

Lobbying in Washington. In his own words, Jeffrey Birnbaum “set up the Washington lobbying beat.” From his decades of experience at The Washington Post, The Washington Times, TIME, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal covering Congress, the presidency, and politics, Birnbaum knows the ins and outs of lobbying in Washington. In 1992, his second book, The Lobbyists, was a Washington Post best-seller and a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize. His latest, The Money Men, also examines campaign fund-raising. Birnbaum addresses what it takes to get legislation passed in our modern political system and the status of lobbying on the Hill.

Politics and Economics.