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Since its launch in 2005, this blog has evolved into a unique community of interesting, intelligent, witty and engaged participants hosted by Craig Crawford. For more about our regulars see Trail Mixers in our Blogroll. For a sampling of our discussions see Best Comments.
"Craig Crawford is one of Washington DC's most popular pundits. His wit and wisdom are featured almost daily on national television and radio programs." (Diane Nine, Nine Speakers Inc.)
Crawford blogs daily at CQPolitics.com and his writings appear regularly in newspapers and web sites throughout the country. A contributing news analyst for MSNBC, he is often featured on a variety of national television and radio programs, such as MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and WABC's "Imus in the Morning." With CQ Video Producer Andrew Satter, Craig also presesnts weekly video commentaries on the web (see Video Trail Mix).
Before joining Congressional Quarterly in 2003, Crawford was Editor-in-Chief of The Hotline, an online news digest that is an institution inside the Beltway and out. Prior to running The Hotline, Crawford was a reporter for The Orlando Sentinel, joining the newspaper's Washington Bureau in 1989.
Crawford practiced law in Florida, specializing in products liability, before becoming a journalist. He also once ran unsuccessfully for a state legislative seat in Orlando (1982), and worked in three Democratic presidential campaigns (1976-84: Jimmy Carter, John Glenn, Walter Mondale), so he has seen both sides of the media and politics world. Although no longer practicing law, Crawford is still a licensed attorney in the Florida Bar
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A former United States Senate page (1972, appointed by Sen. Ed Gurney, R-Florida) and White House Press Office Intern (1977, Carter Administration), he has lived in Washington, DC, since 1989 with his partner, David Blank, and was hailed by The Washington Post as "one of the capital's most celebrated journalists" in a profile published May 18, 2000.
Craig's first book, "Attack the Messenger," published by Rowman & Littlefield, is available in hardcover and paperback on Amazon.com. His second book for Rowman & Littlefield, "The Politics of Life," is now available on Amazon.com. His new book, with co-author Helen Thomas, the dean of the White House press corps, is "Listen Up, President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do" (Scribner 2009, Now available on Amazon.com).
For TV & radio broadcast inquiries, Craig is represented by Myles Hazleton of N.S. Bienstock. His literary and speaking agent is Diane Nine of Nine Speakers.
(Scribner, 2009)
Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do
by Helen Thomas and Craig Crawford
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