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Matthew Dowd

Matthew Dowd is American commentator, best-selling author and MSNBC political analyst. He was the chief strategist for the Bush–Cheney 2004 presidential campaign and the chief political analyst for ABC News for more than a decade.

Matthew Dowd is American commentator, best-selling author and MSNBC political analyst. He was the chief strategist for the Bush–Cheney 2004 presidential campaign and the chief political analyst for ABC News for more than a decade.

Latest from Matthew Dowd

104d ago

More than 25 years ago, doctors advised my pregnant wife and me to escape Texas

Texas didn't just start becoming an unwelcome place for women with nonviable pregnancies. My family suffered 25 years before Kate Cox did.
671d ago

Texas shooting aftermath highlights the danger of these 4 American gun myths

Instead of relying on mythology, let's base our commonsense gun reform debate on data.
687d ago

4 polling takeaways ahead of the 2022 midterm election

This election is likely to be one of the most important in at least a generation. And we need to free our analysis from old mantras that are no longer applicable.
727d ago

Americans are mostly united on Ukraine. We need the same unity on America.

This is a crucial moment to stand up for the ideals in our Constitution.
745d ago

Disinformation and extremism exported from America is old and as dangerous as ever

Propaganda and lies that emerge in the United States can embolden dictators abroad.
762d ago

Biden's greatest task: remind us what it means to be an American

Biden has yeoman’s work to do in his coming State of the Union speech.
771d ago

The blinkered selfishness uniting Catholic Church and GOP leaders

As a lifelong, now-lapsed Catholic, and as a proud American, I am both saddened and angered by the selfishness and power-seeking of our gatekeeping institutions.