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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In last night’s speech to the nation,   President Obama announced executive action   to protect up to five million undocumented workers from deportation.

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The Presidential election is close.  Mitt Romney  makes a speech;  Barack Obama  appears on a talk show, a super PAC saturates the airwaves with an ad...

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The Presidential election is close. Mitt Romney makes a speech; Barack Obama appears on a talk show, a super PAC saturates the airwaves with an ad...

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