Mary Matalin

Mary Matalin served as assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. She hosted CNN's "Crossfire, " was founding cohost of "Equal Time, " and recently starred in Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's "K Street." She also co-authored with her husband, James Carville, the bestselling "All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President." She and Carville reside in Virginia with their daughters, Matalin "Matty" Carville and Emerson Normand Carville, as well as...See more

Mary Matalin served as assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. She hosted CNN's "Crossfire, " was founding cohost of "Equal Time, " and recently starred in Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's "K Street." She also co-authored with her husband, James Carville, the bestselling "All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President." She and Carville reside in Virginia with their daughters, Matalin "Matty" Carville and Emerson Normand Carville, as well as three dogs, four cats, two hamsters, and two turtles (two of which coincidentally are ingredients in her husband's gumbo). At PTA meetings, she is known to remind people that she is an expert on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, having married one in 1993. See less