Mary Matalin New OrleansEditor in chief of Threshold Editions, the new political imprint of Simon & Schuster; board member of the Cheney Cardiovascular Institute. 
Power/Influence:Served the Republican National Committee (RNC) during the Reagan Revolution. She was national voter-contact director for the Reagan-Bush campaign; senior strategist in President George H.W. Bush’s campaign; RNC chief of staff and deputy campaign manager for political operations. She advised President George W. Bush on national and homeland security, energy, and the economy. She regularly appears on television, offering colorful and insightful punditry — often against her Democratic strategist husband James Carville. Role in Campaign ’08:Matalin tells Newsmax she has no official role during this political season, although she emphasizes, “I plan to support and help John McCain in any way I can.”
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