Craig Crawford is one of Washington, DC's most popular news commentators. As a Contributing Editor for Congressional Quarterly, he blogs daily at CQPolitics.com. Crawford's wit and wisdom are featured almost daily on a variety of national television and radio programs including "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "Hardball with Chris Matthews" on MSNBC, where is a contributing analyst. 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. A former United States Senate page (1972, appointed by Sen. Ed Gurney, R-Florida) and White House Press Office Intern (1977, Carter Administration), he currently lives in Washington, DC, 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. 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.
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Craig Crawford may be contacted at ccrawford@cq.com.