about Rick Tyler

Author, Political Consultant and Analyst

Rick is a founding partner of Foundry Road Strategies, a strategic, communications consulting firm specializing in helping their political and corporate clients reach their leadership potential by honing their communications skills.

Specializing in:

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  - Campaign Management

  - Media Training

  - Debate Prep

  - Public Speaking

  - Message Development

  - Communications Strategy

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Rick Tyler is a thought-provoking Political Analyst for the MSNBC Cable News Network offering a broad perspective to unfolding political events. Eschewing partisan spin, Rick gives his audience an unvarnished analysis of the meaning behind political posturing calling balls and strikes without regard to who strikes out.

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Rick is the author of Still Right: An Immigrant-Loving, Hybrid-Driving, Composting American Makes the Case for Conservatism published by Thomas Dunne Books.

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A professional political strategist, Rick has helped hundreds of candidates prepare for the rigors of campaigning for public office. He is Co-Founder of Foundry Strategies, a strategic, communications consulting firm specializing in helping political and corporate clients reach their leadership potential by honing their communications skills.

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Rick was the National Spokesperson for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’ presidential campaign. In the 2012 election cycle, Rick was a senior advisor and spokesman to the Winning Our Future PAC, a pro-Newt Gingrich for President Super PAC. Prior to joining the PAC, Rick was a key member the former House Speaker’s team for more than a decade serving as Gingrich’s advisor and spokesperson.

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As lead trainer for GOPAC and faculty trainer for The Leadership Institute, Rick has trained thousands of candidates, citizens and public officials and their staffs in the United States and countries around the world including Canada, Italy, Greece, Japan, Latvia, and Israel to lead successful campaigns for elected office.

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Rick has been invited to speak to many professional groups, committees, and state legislative caucuses. He was a guest lecturer at both the Institute for Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the Robert J. Dole Institute for Politics at the University of Kansas and is currently a guest lecturer at the Global Center for Political Engagement and The George Washington University.

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A gifted communicator, Rick has appeared thousands of times on national television news shows including MSNBC; Fox News Channel; CNN; CBS News; NBC News; ABC News; PBS; HBO; CNBC; CBN; Bloomberg News; BBC; CBC; RTE and Al Jazeera.

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