Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) serves as host of "Scarborough Country," weeknights 10-11 p.m. ET on MSNBC.


Prior to the launch of "Scarborough Country" in April 2003, Scarborough served as a regular contributor to MSNBC, providing on-air commentary and analysis. Scarborough's experience has included guest-hosting spots on all of the major cable news networks and many other guest appearances on both network and cable news programs.


Joe Scarborough served as a member of Congress from 1994-2001. While in office, he served on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee. After leaving Congress, he was named by President Bush to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, where he served with Labor Secretary Chao, national labor officials and business leaders. Currently, Scarborough is on leave from the law firm Levin, Papantonio, where he concentrated his practice in securities litigation and environmental law.


Scarborough resides in Florida with his wife, Susan, and their children.

Blog Entries by Joe Scarborough

Remembering John Lennon, 29 Years Later

237 Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 05:22 PM (EST)


It's hard to believe it's almost been 30 years since I heard Howard Cosell deliver the news on Monday Night Football that John Lennon had been killed.

I was still in high school when John Lennon died so I was too young to remember the Beatles as anything more than...

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Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage

181 Comments | Posted November 2, 2009 | 07:28 PM (EST)


Tomorrow night's election results will be read, discussed and interpreted for weeks to come. But even before the first vote is counted, we can probably draw some conclusions from those races.

VIRGINIA

Let's start in the South. A big Republican win in Virginia will not be an earth mover, but...

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Thank You, Mr. President

1347 Comments | Posted October 2, 2009 | 02:47 PM (EST)


Count me as one conservative who is disappointed that President Obama's hometown will not be hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.

Chicago is a beautiful city that would have made a perfect backdrop for the Olympics. The President was right to fly to Copenhagen to try to land the games, not...

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The Loyal Opposition

Posted February 20, 2009 | 10:58 AM (EST)


One of the more hopeful aspects of Barack Obama's historic campaign in 2008 was his call for a new style of politics. It was a message that was appealing even to those of us who did not agree with many of his political views.

As I said repeatedly on "Morning...

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The Loyal Opposition

Posted January 20, 2009 | 06:50 PM (EST)


What can a good Republican say about the week that has unfolded?

I'm not sure.

Barack Obama has captured the imagination not only of Washington and America, but also of the world.

He has delivered the most compelling inaugural speech in 48 years.

He has brought an era of good...

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The MoveOn Dust-Up, the GOP's Self-Righteous Indignation, and Winning the White House

Posted September 21, 2007 | 02:37 PM (EST)


"How many times do we charge up the hill and run straight into enemy fire before we figure this shit out?"

I remember an angry Republican asking that question to no one in particular in a crowded GOP conference. The government was shut down, the public was testy and Bill...

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Debate Reaction: Winners and Losers

Posted April 27, 2007 | 03:35 PM (EST)


Barack Obama strolled across the Columbia Marriott this morning looking relaxed in a black sweatsuit. Shaking hands with hotel workers and walking over to a group of reporters, the man roundly panned by political pundits last night looked as if he didn't have a care in the world.

And...

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Pity Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

Posted April 26, 2007 | 06:09 PM (EST)


With 973 Democratic candidates jammed onto a small stage tonight, there will be little chance for the frontrunners to "win" this first presidential debate. But with a gaggle of pundits and talking heads hiding behind every palmetto tree in South Carolina, expect either Hillary or Barack to be declared the...

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As the Crow Fights

Posted April 24, 2007 | 10:33 AM (EST)


I spent Saturday with Sheryl Crow and Laurie David. No fist fights. No verbal insults. Just a couple of Hollywood heavyweights and a red state guy talking about saving the planet.

Whether you agree or disagree with their environmental message, I suspect you would be impressed with these...

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Is Bush an idiot?

Posted August 16, 2006 | 05:33 PM (EST)


The greatest political gift a politician can receive from enemies is the gift of being underestimated.

Democrats have always played into Republican presidents' hands by dismissing them as dimwitted dunces who somehow stumbled their way into the most powerful position on Earth.

Eisenhower was supposedly a dope who frittered away...

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Why Lieberman's Loss is the Democrats' Gain

Posted August 8, 2006 | 05:41 PM (EST)


The conventional wisdom for tonight's Connecticut primary seems to be that a Joe Leiberman loss will yank the Democratic Party so far left as to make other Democratic candidates unelectable this fall. The logic is laughable and similar to what I heard from Republican leaders in 1994.

That was the...

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Sudan Suffering in Silence

Posted May 13, 2005 | 01:26 PM (EST)


It is hard to turn away. It is even harder to keep staring.

The daily images that stream out of Sudan are heartbreaking. The scale of suffering seems unprecedented.

But it is not.

This has happened in Africa before. A million Rwandan citizens were hacked to death in the mid-1990's.

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