About the Author

J. Mark Powell
J. Mark Powell is VP of Communications at Ivory Tusk Consulting, a former TV journalist and author of the political thriller “Tell It Like Tupper.” He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: When America Was Terrified of Ketchup
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: 1948, Political Polling’s Epic Fail
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: America’s Biggest Political Blunder, 50 Years Later
- Holy Cow History: How the FITN Primary Got to be First
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Moscow’s Major Miscalculation
- Remembering Bob Dole
- Holy Cow! History: The Forgotten First Fatality
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: When the Army Took Back the Medal of Honor
- Worst POTUS Inauguration Ever? Ask President Grant.
- Voter Fraud’s Greatest Hits
- Before Biden’s Basement, There Was McKinley’s Front Porch
- Is The Filibuster Finished?
- Trump’s White House Convention Speech Is Politics As Usual

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