Mary Matalin

Both Sides Now: Spitzer-Matalin on Chase Chastened & Bain Targeted

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.20.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgEliot & Mary debate how a bad bet in London -- shades of AIG! -- produced "told you sos" from those wanting a strong Volcker Rule. Is Regulation still evil? Then: the two debate opening partisan attacks on Bain and Debt.

WATCH: James Carville And Mary Matalin Shill For Maker's Mark

Posted 05.16.2012

Much has been written about the opposites-attract romance of James Carville, a Democratic commentator and strategist, and Mary Matalin, his wife and R...

Both Sides Now: Reagan/Matalin on Their Biases, Ryan-Buffett, Polls, Tattoos

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.22.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpg Through the looking glass of their families and early years, Reagan/Matalin analyze Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind. Can Left & Right hear each other or be merely riders of reason on the elephant of intuition?

Cable News Networks Give Pundits New Perk

www.washingtonpost.com | Posted 04.09.2012

For professional political talkers, a cable-news contract used to be the ultimate. The residuals were limousine rides, paychecks, e-mails from names n...

Both Sides: Is Scalia a Pol in Robes? What If Races Reversed in Shooting?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.02.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgMatalin and Kuby clash over health and race. If five Republican justices again rule along party lines, who are the judicial activists? What about Fox's complaint about a rush-to-judgment in Trayvon -- i.e., the Sherrod-Wright cable network? Then: Gaffe-Gate!

Both Sides: Watch the Track, Not the Horse Race: Gas, Health, Afghanistan

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.18.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgReagan and Matalin skip who's up-down in the GOP contest to debate spurting gas prices, the constitutionality of "Obamacare" and our exit strategy from Afghanistan post- massacre. Then: do presidential speeches ever matter, Mr. Reagan?

Both Sides: Obama's GOP SmackDown and Mitt's Mutt

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.11.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgSpitzer and Matalin debate the serious and silly: Was Obama's "get-off-my-plane" presser against Iran 'bluster' effective? Does comedy of Maher/Stewart = Limbaugh's smears? And: is GOP race down to 'man-on-dog' vs. dog-on-car?

Both Sides Now: More War? U.S. in Iran, Syria, Afghanistan

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.05.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpg Huffington-Matalin debate U.S. military policy in Iran, Syria and Afghanistan after a decade of costly failures. Do war whoops resemble pre-Vietnam, pre-Iraq? And did St. Rick jump the shark by being so stridently anti-contraception and college?

Both Sides Now: Spitzer/Matalin on Santorum as SNL's Church Lady and Murray=OWS?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 02.27.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgMatalin and Spitzer debate whether Santorum's religious conservatism has veered into Church Lady Comstockery ("Is it Satan?"). Will Mitt's money win Michigan? Then: why did the GOP cave and is Charles Murray the cultural equivalent of OWS?

Both Sides Now: What Economy? It's the Culture War, Stupid

HuffPost Radio | Posted 02.13.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgHuffington and Matalin debate "War on Catholics" vs. "War on Women". The legal rights of non-catholic employees in publicly funded hospitals... or a 2000 year church doctrine. Then: guess who wins shootout between Clint and Karl over Chrysler ad?

Both Sides Now: Can Romney Rebound With an Atlas Shrugged Speech?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.23.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgSpitzer and Matalin debate Romney's taxes, Gingrich's racial coda and the key to Keystone. Can Mitt alter his image with a 30 minute national address on "the moral basis of capitalism"?

Both Sides Now: Mitt's Pyrrhic Victories?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.15.2012

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgArianna and Mary debate: Resolved, Romney's the very likely nominee, but the less likely president because GOP rivals have exposed three wounds -- trust? Bain job-killer? divided party?

Both Sides Now: Iraq -- End of an Error

HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.18.2011

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgIf the base can't embrace Mitt's switches and Newt's swagger, is it their fault or voters unhinged by Fox and Obama?

Both Sides Now: Spitzer and Matalin Debate the Economy and Latinos

HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.11.2011

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgSpitzer and Matalin focus on the Big Two 2012 issues: go back to Bushonomics or stick with Teddy Obama? And there's consensus that GOP anti-immigrant rhetoric risks losing Hispanic voters and swing states. Like Texas?

Both Sides Now: Can the Final Three Pass Their 2012 Character 'Stress Tests'?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.04.2011

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgMatalin and Rosen debate personal flaws of the Final Three. Obama a loner? Romney a phony? Newt a blowhard with "baggage"?

Both Sides Now: If Debates Are the First Primary, Is Gingrich Winning?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 11.28.2011

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2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgMatalin and Reagan discuss whether a reality show called "GOP debates" are choosing survivors. Is Newt smart and experienced or a "lobbyist and liar"? Then: will we attack Iran, too?

Eat Turkey, Bite Tongue

Christie Mellor | Posted 01.16.2012

Christie Mellor

Surely we can serve up some pie while keeping our pie-holes from blurting out something about Palin's crass, naked opportunism or how just how bizarre the Republican Presidential candidates are.

Both Sides Now: GOP Week To Forget: Ohio, 'Personhood,' Perry

HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.13.2012

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2011-11-07-bothsidesnow.jpg Spitzer and Matalin debate whether GOP electoral losses -- on labor rights and making zygotes like corporations -- signals voter backlash to Tea Party extremism. Should voters now forget Perry... and a Bain-Cain ticket?

Cruising With Mary Matalin & James Carville

Posted 01.10.2012

Politicos Mary Matalin and James Carville are joining the lengthy roster of cruise-headlining celebrities. The duo will headline a March sailing from ...

Visiting Lecturer!

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Republican political consultant Mary Matalin has accepted an appointment as a visiting distinguished lecturer in political science...

Both Sides Now: War On Fraud Or Voters? GOP 'Fight Club'?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.23.2011

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2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg Matalin and Reagan differ on Voter ID laws that could undermine the right to vote. And will Obama win future GOP debates if Romney and Perry continue to audition for Fight Club?

Both Sides Now: Are 99%'ers More Popular Than Romney?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.17.2011

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2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg Matalin & Reagan debate why Romney is the perennial boy-next-door. Will Teavangelicans ever say "I do"? And how did Occupy Wall Street make the Mayor of Wall Street blink?

Both Sides Now: Does 99% = a 2012 Majority? A Drone Proliferation Treaty?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.09.2011

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2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg "We're the 99%" has helped shift media and public attention back to inequality and jobs. Matalin and Rosen debate whether it's more a hippie flash mob or Paris '68... and will the killing of al-Awlaki mean more Drones by more nations? Then: Slutwalks.

Both Sides Now: Obama's "Math" Adds Up To "Happy Warrior"?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 09.25.2011

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2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg Obama's Martin Luther moment? The wealthiest earn twice the share of national income yet enjoy tax rates a third lower over past 30 years. Given economic emergency, time to increase rates and close loopholes? On BSN, Matalin and Rosen half agree.

Both Sides Now: Debating Vaccine, Jews & Inequality

HuffPost Radio | Posted 09.18.2011

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2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg Arianna and Mary alternately agree and clash over the HPV vaccine -- women's health or big brother -- Obama & Jews in Queens & Israel, and the quiet crisis of growing inequality in America.