Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Mitt Romney's clear Gordon Bowen connection

There's a big feature today in The New York Times today about presidential candidate Mitt Romney's advertising strategy—of spending a lot of money early so that his national reputation can catch up (and in some cases surpass) those of his better known rivals. What the story doesn't mention is that one person allegedly working on the campaign is Gordon Bowen, now, of course, of mcgarrybowen, but probably better known for working on the Coke business at McCann-Erickson in the 1990s when the brand had its bizarre flirtation with Michael Ovitz and CAA. Note I said allegedly there, but even though my reporting on this is limited to a few reliable sources and some strategic searching this morning, I'd put some money on Bowen being part of Team Romney. (And, no, it's not just because Mormons—which both Bowen and Romney are—are known for sticking together.) Exhibit A: Bowen and Romney worked together on the Salt Lake City Olympics back in 2000, when Romney was president of the Games' organizing committee. In Googling Mitt Romney and Bowen, I somehow got to a post by Craig Romney on Five Brothers, the group blog of all five Romney boys, in which someone commented how he'd met Craig back in 1993 at a fundraiser at Gordon Bowen's house in SLC. It also turns out young Craig works at a New York ad agency as a music producer, but his blog doesn't say which. His MySpace page, however, does, and you guessed it—he works at mcgarrybowen.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The allegedly "screamingly-clean-team" of Mitt and his overly gregarious & focused wife could not withstand tales of Gordon's sordid past...thus, perhaps Mitt & Co. plan to low profile Gordon's involvement....

Anonymous said...

That's interesting. What do you mean by Gordon Bowen's "sordid past"?

Anonymous said...

Oh... it's sordid, alright.

Anonymous said...

sordid in what way?

Anonymous said...

The inaccuracy of the phrase "sordid past" lies not in the first word of the phrase, but in the second.

Gordon's not the sort to learn from his mistakes. He's not the sort even to worry so much about covering them up.

His is the sort of arrogance that assumes that he can talk his way out of anything, no matter how heinous the transgression. So far, he seems to be right.

Anonymous said...

I am trying to find one of his stepsons.. we were very good friends and I am worried about him .. if anyone has info of his whereabouts .Please let me know . Thank you guesgrl517@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I know all of his step sons, which one are you looking for?

Anonymous said...

Gordon Bowen. Is that the same guy who was the owner/operator for the Burger King back in 1998-1999 in Sandy, Utah?

Anonymous said...

Sordid as in murdering people, ritualistically torturing them, cannibalism, wearing human skins, sex slaves, abuse of the worst kinds. It's in the utah county sherrif victim statements related to the David leavitt and David hamblin case. Think beyond Hannibal lecter.