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Members of Political Consultants

Name Served Since
Michael Feldman - (D)

Michael Feldman is a Founding Partner of the Glover Park Group, and directs strategy for a range of corporate clients.

 2007
David Plouffe - (D)

David Plouffe is a Democratic Party campaign consultant and currently works as the Campaign Manager for the Obama campaign.

 1996
Ed Rollins - (R)

Rollins is best known for his work as National Campaign Director to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election in which Reagan won 49 states. Before this he served as Assistant to the President for Political Affairs.

 1993
Carter Eskew - (D)

Carter Eskew, a founding partner of the public relations firm Glover Park Group, was the chief strategist for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. Eskew has also advised Senators Tom Harkin, David Pryor, Joe Lieberman and Chris Dodd.

 2007
Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips is a writer and commentator, largely on politics, economics, and history. Formerly a Republican Party strategist, Phillips has become disaffected with his former party, and is now one of its harshest critics.

 1968
John Sasso 1980
Bob Shrum 1980
David Gergen

David Gergen is currently a professor of public service at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and director of its Center for Public Leadership. He is also editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Report.

 1980
Mary Matalin - (R)

Mary Joe Matalin 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.

 1992
James Carville - (D)

James Carville, is an American political consultant, commentator, media personality and pundit. He gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton.

 1992
Paul Begala - (D)

Paul Begala is a political consultant, an advisor to President Bill Clinton, and former co-host of CNN's Crossfire.

 1992
Jill Alper - (D)
Mary Beth Cahill - (D)

Mary Beth Cahill served as the campaign manager of Senator John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. She was Kerry's second campaign manager.

 2003
Kellyanne Conway - (R)

Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is CEO and President of the Polling Company Inc. a privately-held corporation founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC and maintains an office in New York City.

 1995
Tad Devine - (D)

Tad Devine was chief political consultant for Al Gore's 2000 United States presidential campaign. He worked for John Kerry in 2004, and has managed several campaigns abroad.

 2000
Matthew Dowd - (R)

Matthew John Dowd was the chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney '04 presidential campaign, and has also consulted to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos.

 2004
Patti Solis Doyle - (D)

Patti Solis Doyle is Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign Manager, and executive director of Hillpac- often referred to as "Hillary, inc". Solis Doyle has been an assistant or adviser to Senator Clinton since she was First Lady of Arkansas.

 1994
Stanley Greenberg - (D)

Stanley B. Greenberg is Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. He has served as polling advisor to President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, Prime Minister Tony Blair, and President Nelson Mandela.

 2007
Brian McCabe - (Conservative)

Brian McCabe is a conservative political strategist, and partner in the political consulting firm DCI Group. A 1991 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, McCabe splits his time between Washington, DC and New Hampshire

 2002
Mark McKinnon - (R)

Mark McKinnon is vice chairman of Public Strategies, as well as president of Maverick Media. He is a former advisor to President George W. Bush's presidential campaigns, and currently advises 2008 GOP hopeful John McCain.

 2007
Mark Mellman

Mark Mellman is is CEO of The Mellman Group, a polling and consulting firm.

 2001
Mark Penn - (D)

Penn was President Bill Clinton's pollster and political adviser for the 1996 re-election campaign and throughout the second term of the administration. He has advised Tony Blair, and is currently Hillary Clinton's top presidential campaign strategist.

 1975
Joe Trippi - (D)

Joe Trippi has worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Dick Gephardt. Most notably, he worked on 2004 Howard Dean campaign. He is currently helping 2008 hopeful John Edwards.

 2004
Michael Whouley - (D)

Michael Whouley is a Democratic political consultant. Whouley was a key strategist for Bill Clinton, serving as his field director during the 1992 election. He is considered one of the best field strategist in politics.