Matthew Dowd

Congratulations, President Obama, for Safeguarding Religious Freedom!

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Religion, Matthew Dowd, Meet the Press, Birth Control, George Will, David Brooks, This Week, Alex Castellanos, Contraception, Affordable Care Act, Obama, US Conference Catholic Bishops, Catholic Birth Control, Catholic Church, Politics News

Catholic women who choose to use birth control are making that decision based on one of the most cherished beliefs in the Catholic faith: the primacy of conscience.

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Even as Romney Recovers, Newt's Attacks Are Killing His Chances In the Fall

David Paul | Posted 03.30.2012

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The world is different now from when Karl Rove and Matthew Dowd crafted a political strategy in a world with no center. Today, the center looms, and Republican chances are zero if they cannot win the suburbs.

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On Immigration Reform, GOP Candidates Should Ask "What Would Reagan DO?"

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Ronal Reagan, Dick Armey, President Obama, Rep. Lamar Smith, Joe Arpaio, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Immigration Reform, Matthew Dowd, Michele Bachmann, Latino Voters, Republican Presidential Debate, DREAM Act, America's Voice, Immigraiton, Politics News

The latest Republican presidential debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, will undoubtedly feature endless paeans from the candidates to our nation's 40th President. Yet on the issue of immigration, the Republican 2012 field has a lot to learn from the Gipper.

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Matthew Dowd Slams Media And Both Parties For Attacking WikiLeaks

National Journal | Matthew Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judging by the press accounts, Washington is still buzzing over WikiLeaks' release of classified U.S. government information, with both Republicans an...

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Common Theme of Gulf Oil Spill, Wall Street Collapse: Unrestrained Corporate Recklessness

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aig, Goldman Sachs, Matthew Dowd, Massey Coal Mine, Faa, Bp, Wall Street Crisis, Aviation Safety, Gulf Oil Spill, Barney Frank, Citibank, Republican Party, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, Business News

International corporations have no loyalty whatsoever to our country or its welfare. They are huge, free-floating international organizations dedicated to only one goal: making as much money as possible for themselves.

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Think Again: On TV News, "Right" Makes Right

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News apparently thinks it's appropriate to invite former political advisor to George W. Bush, Matthew Dowd, to guest host ABC's This Week next week.

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Matthew Dowd Guest-Hosting 'This Week' On ABC

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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While ABC's "This Week" continues to search for a permanent host, former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd will guest-host the program this Sunday. Dowd i...

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Noonan's 'Catastrophic Success' Argument Was Better When Matthew Dowd Originally Made It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Barack Obama, Media Criticism, Peggy Noonan, Matthew Dowd, Eat the Press, Media News

In today's Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan is a-flutter with concern that "passage of the health-care bill will be, for the administration, a catast...

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GOP Wages Internal Debate Over Tax Increase For Afghan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two former advisers to George W. Bush had a spirited debate on Sunday morning over the possibility of a surtax to pay for a troop escalation in Afghan...

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Matthew Dowd: GOP Playing With Fire On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd, who was something of a reliable GOP heretic during the 2008 campaign, offered another off-message moment on Sunda...

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The Most Unlikely Bedfellows In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Team of Rivals, Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon, Ana Marie Cox, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Rahm Emanuel, Team of Rivals, David Axelrod, The Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Media News

Ever since the Season of Transition began, it hasn't escaped the media's attention that President-Elect Barack Obama has been signing up his political...

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Obama's Foreign Policy Team Earns High Praise, But Concern About Clintons

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his foreign policy team on Monday, the names expected to fill out the squad were widely praised on t...

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Sunday Watch 11-02-08: In Which the Guesswork Pageant Flutters to an End

Todd Gitlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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While McCain campaign manager Rick Davis affected not the slightest care in the world, Obama chief strategist David Axelrod refused to play the prophecy game.

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Bush Strategist: McCain Knows He Put Country At Risk With Palin Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for hi...

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Report: McCain Camp Divided Over Facing Clinton, Obama

Texas Monthly | Evan Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night I moderated/facilitated a conversation at the Headliner's Club in Austin between old (and still) friends and (possibly future) collaborator...

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ABC's Latest Hire: Former Bushie

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Dowd started out as a Democratic operative, then helped engineer George W. Bush's winning White House campaigns before growing disenchanted an...

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