Political Insider Mary Matalin to Speak at 2006 Leadership Trust Meeting
Mary Matalin formerly served as assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney, and was the first White House official to hold that double title.
Before joining the Bush/Cheney White House, Matalin hosted CNN’s critically acclaimed debate show, Crossfire. Mary Matalin is the former founding co-host of the Washington-based political weeknight talk show, Equal Time, which premiered in May 1993 on CNBC. She served as cohost until shortly after the 1996 national political conventions. Her political astuteness and antics contributed to the show’s being called “the best talk show on television” by Knight Rider News Service. Matalin’s humor, straightforward discussion, and ability to discuss the hottest political issues in Washington helped to make the show one of the most talked about programs in the network’s history.
Mary has made frequent television appearances as a political commentator, and has written for various periodicals including Newsweek and The Los Angeles Times. Matalin also co-authored the bestselling political campaign book All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President with her husband, James Carville, who was the chief campaign strategist for Clinton/Gore in 1992. Her most recent book, Letters to My Daughters (April 2004), was named a Book of the Month Club selection as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post bestseller lists. Letters to my Daughters was also selected for a condensed version by Reader's Digest.
Matalin took her sharp wit and free-spirited political repartee to the airwaves during her own three-hour afternoon radio program on the CBS Talk Radio Network. The Mary Matalin Show highlighted current events, featured distinguished guests and listener calls. Talkers Magazine listed Matalin as one of The 100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
Matalin has been active in politics since college, starting at the grassroots level in local and statewide campaigns in her native Illinois. The Reagan Revolution brought her to Washington, D.C., where she served in a number of roles on the Republican National Committee and for President George H.W. Bush.
Mary Matalin now runs Threshold, a new conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster.
Mary and her husband, James Carville, reside in Virginia with their daughters, Matalin “Matty” Carville and Emerson “Emma” Carville.
