Matthew Dowd

ABC News

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Political commentator for ABC News and founding partner of ViaNovo, an international-management and communications consulting firm; chief strategist for then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; chief campaign strategist for the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign

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