- Dick Morris
Dick Morris (born November 28, 1948 in New York City) is an American political author, newspaper columnist, and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant. Morris is best known for managing Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election to the office of President of the United States. His tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, … - Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For most of his career prior to his employment at the White House, Rove was a political consultant. Rove's election campaign clients have included George W. Bush (2000 and 2004 presidential elections, 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections), … - James Carville
James Carville (born October 25, 1944), is an American political consultant, commentator, media personality and pundit. Known as the "Ragin' Cajun", Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful 1992 presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. Carville was the co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since its cancellation, he has appeared on CNN's new program, … - George Stephanopoulos
George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and political adviser. He is currently ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show "This Week". Prior to joining ABC News, he was a senior political adviser to the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and later became Clinton's communications director. He is married to actress Alexandra Wentworth, with whom he has two daughters. - Lee Atwater
Harvey Leroy "Lee" Atwater (February 26, 1951 - March 29, 1991) was an American Republican political consultant and strategist. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Newberry College, a small private Lutheran institution in Newberry, South Carolina. Atwater was a trusted advisor of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove. - Bob Shrum
Robert M. "Bob" Shrum, (born 1943) is an American political consultant. Shrum was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania and raised in Los Angeles, and he is a graduate of Loyola High School of Los Angeles, Georgetown University (where he was a top debater) and Harvard Law School. He began his political career as a speechwriter, first for John Lindsay and Edmund Muskie and later for George McGovern. Shrum worked for Jimmy Carter for nine days in his 1976 campaign. - Mary Matalin
Mary Joe Matalin (born September 19, 1953) is an American political strategist and consultant. She is known for her work with the Republican Party. She was an assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney until 2003. In April 2004, she published the book "Letters to My Daughters". In March of 2005, Matalin was chosen to run a new conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster. - Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, often known by his username and former military moniker "Kos" ("kōs"), is the founder and main author of Daily Kos, a weblog focusing on progressive, liberal, and Democratic Party politics. Moulitsas currently resides in Berkeley, California, with his wife and two children. - Jason Dodson
Jason Michael Dodson, Sr. (October 2, 1976-), is a professional consultant, musician, Freemason, theologian, and conceptual artist/writer, born in Columbus, Ohio. Dodson founded his own non-profit organization in 2001 called The Parable Institute, and founded the online funk musician's community The New Funk Order in 2003. He is best known for this along with his musical works, writings, and sociopolitical advisory work. - Paul Begala
Mr. Begala's experience in corporate communications included having served as Senior Vice President of the communications strategy firm Public Strategies, Inc. where his clients included such industry leaders as Coca-Cola and Southwest Airlines. - David Sirota
David Sirota is the bestselling author of the books "Hostile Takeover" (2006) and "The Uprising" (2008). He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network - both nonpartisan organizations. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com. - Joe Trippi
Joe Trippi is a long-time American Democratic campaign worker and consultant. A mainstay in presidential politics, Trippi has worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Dick Gephardt. Most notably, he served as campaign manager for presidential candidate and former Vermont governor Howard Dean. He is currently working for the presidential campaign of former Senator John Edwards. - David Axelrod
David Axelrod is a Democratic political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is perhaps best known for his work on the campaign of Barack Obama in for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and for President in 2008, the campaign of Deval Patrick for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006, and for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Axelrod is the senior partner of AKP Message & Media, and was a political writer for the Chicago Tribune. - Mark Penn
Mark J. Penn is worldwide CEO of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and the president of the polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates. - David Gergen
David Gergen is a professor of public service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1995, first as Counselor to the President and then as Special Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State. He served as director of communications for President Reagan and also held positions in the administrations of Presidents Nixon and Ford. - Arthur J. Finkelstein
Arthur J. Finkelstein (born 1946) is a United States Republican Party political operative. He has directed a series of campaigns, considered to be quite successful, to elect conservatives in the United States and Israel in the past 25 years. He runs Arthur J. Finkelstein and Associates, a political consulting firm based in Irvington, New York, which handles his clients. - Brian McCabe
Brian McCabe is a conservative political strategist, a partner in the Republican political consulting firm DCI Group, and the president of Progress for America. PFA and DCI have close ties, since Progress for America's fund-raising and ad buying is run by employees of DCI Group. A 1991 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, McCabe splits his time between Washington, DC and New Hampshire, where he also heads a news-clipping service called Custom Scoop - Stan Greenberg
Stanley Bernard Greenberg (born May 10, 1945) is a leading Democratic pollster and political strategist who has advised the campaigns of the Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry, as well as hundreds of other candidates and organizations in the United States and around the world, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair. A political scientist who received his Bachelor's Degree from Miami University and his Ph.D. from Harvard, … - Chris Lacivita
American political consultant Chris LaCivita, is currently an employee of Crosslink Strategy, a conservative lobbying and political consulting firm founded by John McCain advisor Terry Nelson. LaCivita is often mentioned for his role as media advisor to the Swift Boat Veterans. A former US Marine, LaCivita was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds received while serving in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. - Karen Hughes
Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is a Republican politician from the state of Texas. She currently serves as the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State with the rank of ambassador. She resides in Austin, Texas where she is an elder in her church, Westlake Hills Presbyterian. - Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailes (born May 15, 1940) is the president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group. - David Wilhelm
David Wilhelm (born October 2 1956) is an American political operative and businessman. A native of Appalachian Ohio, Wilhelm is a venture capitalist who focuses on spurring sustainable economic growth in areas that tend not to receive much investment. He received his B.A. from Ohio University, Master in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and honorary doctorates from Ohio University and the University of Charleston. - Kevin Phillips
Kevin Phillips (born November 30, 1940) is an American writer and commentator, largely on politics, economics, and history. Formerly a Republican Party strategist, Phillips has become disaffected with his former party over the last two decades, and is now one of its harshest critics. He is a regular contributor to the "Los Angeles Times" and National Public Radio, and is a political analyst on PBS' "NOW with Bill Moyers". - Michael Whouley
Michael Whouley is a Democratic political consultant who specializes in get out the vote operations. Whouley is President of the Dewey Square Group, a consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists. Whouley was a key strategist for Bill Clinton, serving as his field director during the 1992 election. Following Clinton's innaguration, Whouley became a lobbyist on behalf of pro-NAFTA interests. - Jim Jordan
James Jordan is an American political figure. During 2002 and 2003, he was the campaign manager of John Kerry, running for President of the United States. However, he was fired and replaced with Mary Beth Cahill in November of 2003; the widespread media perception was that Kerry was dissatisfied with his position in the race (at the time, he trailed Howard Dean in polls and fundraising, though he went on to win the nomination; see 2004 Democratic primary). - Craig Shirley
Craig Shirley is President and CEO of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, the public relations, marketing, and government affairs firm he originally founded in 1984. The firm has become internationally recognized over the years among public opinion leaders and the national media with clients such as the Allied Pilots Association, Crown Publishing, Northpoint Technology, Simon and Schuster Publishing, Westinghouse, the Orphan Foundation of America, Freedom Alliance, … - Joe Rospars
A BSD founding partner, Joe spent 2007 and 2008 as the New Media Director for Obama for America, the successful Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, where he oversaw all online aspects of the unprecedented fundraising, communications and grassroots mobilization effort. At Obama for America, Joe led a wide-ranging program that integrated design and branding, web and video content, mass email, text messaging, and online advertising, organizing and fundraising. - Mary Beth Cahill
Mary Beth Cahill is an American political figure, who served as the campaign manager of Senator John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. She was Kerry's second campaign manager; she replaced Jim Jordan in November of 2003, after Jordan was fired by Kerry. She was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts by a large, politically active, Irish-Catholic family. - H. Lee Cheek Jr.
H. Lee Cheek, Jr. (born 1960-10-27), is the Chair of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division and Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Georgia. He received his bachelor's degree from Western Carolina University, his M.Div. from Duke University, his M.P.A. from Western Carolina University, and his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. Dr. Cheek taught at Brewton-Parker College from 1997-2000, … - Cliff Schecter
Cliff Schecter is a veteran campaign strategist and political commentator. Schecter is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and was a guest columnist for United Press International from 2002-2004. His work has been featured in a variety of publications including The Miami Herald, The American Prospect, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Fordham Urban Law Journal, The Washington Monthly and Salon.com. - Ed Rollins
Ed Rollins (born March 19, 1943) is a Republican campaign consultant and advisor who has worked on a number of high profile political campaigns in the United States. Edward Rollins was born in Boston, Massachusetts where he was raised in a Democratic household. His family later moved to California where Rollins attended California State University, Chico. Rollins later served in a number of Republican staff positions in the California State Assembly. - Victor Kamber
Victor Kamber (born 1943) is a labor union activist and political consultant in the United States. A Republican, he worked for the AFL-CIO in the 1970s before forming The Kamber Group, a public relations firm, in 1980. The Kamber Group worked for Democratic Party candidates and labor unions for 25 years, becoming one of the most well-known "boutique" P.R. firms in Washington, D.C. Kamber sold The Kamber Group in 2005 to Carmen Group Lobbying, … - Bill Hillsman
William Gerard Hillsman, Jr. (born August 14, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American political consultant and advertising executive best known for his offbeat, populist political ads. He works and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A graduate of Carleton College, Hillsman worked for various ad agencies until founding his own, North Woods Advertising, in 1985. - Brett Doster
Brett Stanton Doster is a Political consultant and Political Activist in the Florida He is known as on of the top Grassroots Organizers in the State of Florida, especially for the Republican Party and for Conservative causes in general. He previously served as the Campaign Manager for the Tom Gallagher for Governor Campaign and the Florida Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign. - Celinda Lake
Celinda Lake is a prominent pollster and political strategist for the Democratic Party in the U.S.A. She has worked for several influential organizations and individuals including AFL-CIO, SEIU, Emily's List, The White House Project, Planned Parenthood, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Governor Janet Napolitano, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senator Blanche Lincoln. Lake focuses especially on women candidates and women's concerns. - Karl Frisch
Karl Frisch (born February 21, 1978 in Inglewood, CA) has worked for numerous candidates and political organizations since 1996. He served as multimedia communications director and member of the renowned web-team for Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. In 2005, Frisch worked as press secretary for Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) on the House Rules Committee helping to lead the fight against Republican ethics abuses in Washington. - Kirk Fordham
Kirk Fordham (born April 4 1967 in Rochester, New York, USA) has served on the staff of various U.S. Republican Party politicians. Fordham was largely unknown outside Washington until he found himself in the middle of the Mark Foley scandal. Fordham had worked for Foley, as his chief of staff and campaign manager from 1995 to 2004. Later, he was chief of staff to U.S. Representative Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY), who, in 2006, … - Dan Estes
Daniel Dwain Estes (born February 17, 1972) is an American neo-conservative political consultant based in Salem, Oregon. For much of his career, Estes has worked almost exclusively with conservative Republican clients, despite his rather moderate and pragmatic positions on several social issues. Initially a student of biology and chemistry, Estes quickly gravitated towards politics at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, majoring in International Affairs, … - Patrick Killen
Patrick Killen (born 1979) is an American public affairs and political consultant. - Doug Bailey
Doug Bailey is "a legendary Republican consultant" and founder of The Hotline and also one of the initial three men who started reaching out to others to start Unity08. He is starting a new centrist party for the 2008 presidential elections to try to unite the country. He appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his cause
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