Matt K. Lewis

Matt K. Lewis

Lewis in 2007
Residence Alexandria, Virginia
Employer The Daily Caller and The Week
Known for Commentary
Website mattlewis.org

Matt Lewis is a writer, commentator and blogger with The Daily Caller and a contributing editor for The Week.

Background and education

Lewis was raised in Myersville, Maryland. He is a graduate of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and is based in Alexandria, Virginia.[1] He has a pet pug named 'Uncle Rico' after a character in the film Napoleon Dynamite.[2]

Career

As a writer, Lewis has contributed to Townhall.com,[3][4] AOL's PoliticsDaily.com,[5] Human Events and The Daily Caller.[6] In his early career, Lewis served as director of grassroots for the Leadership Institute, a nonprofit conservative training organization,[7] for which he organized and led workshops around the United States.[8]

In March 2007, Lewis was one of two bloggers invited on John McCain's campaign tour bus on a visit to New Hampshire for an interview with the candidate.[9] That September, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich acknowledged in an interview with Lewis that he was considering a presidential run.[10] Lewis is the editor of The Quotable Rogue: The Ideals of Sarah Palin in Her Own Words, published in 2011.[11]

Lewis was selected as a "Rising Star of Politics" by Politics Magazine in 2002[12] and by the American Conservative Union as "Blogger of the Year" in 2012.[13]

Lewis' book Too Dumb to Fail: How the GOP Betrayed the Reagan Revolution to Win Elections (and How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots) was published in January 2016, receiving attention from The New York Times,[14] The Weekly Standard,[15] and other publications.[16]

Media appearances

Lewis is a frequent commentator on cable television and radio, a political contributor for CNN as of 2016,[17] with multiple appearances on Real Time with Bill Maher.[18][19] Since February 2009, he has represented the conservative viewpoint on Bloggingheads.tv's weekly discussion of U.S. politics, opposite Bill Scher.[1]

See also

Conservatism portal

References

  1. 1 2 "About Matt Lewis". mattlewis.org. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  2. http://www.mattklewis.com/?p=6287
  3. Ruffini, Patrick (2007-01-13). "Matt Lewis Now Blogging at Townhall". PatrickRuffini.com. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. Anderson, Karen (2009-02-16). "Coming & Going". Politics Magazine. Campaigns & Elections. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. Calderone, Michael (2009-04-09). "Sweet, Lawrence join AOL politics site". Politico. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  6. Betsy Rothstein (8 February 2011). "The Daily Caller Successfully Woos Politics Daily’s Matt Lewis". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  7. "Speaker Bios". Philanthropy Roundtable. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  8. Reed, Theresa (2003-07-03). "Republicans Get Emotive". Portland Mercury (Portland, Oregon). Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  9. Dayton, Soren (2007-03-26). "A view from the Straight Talk Express". eyeon08.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  10. Seelye, Katharine Q. (2007-09-29). "Gingrich Tiptoes Toward a White House Bid". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  11. W. James Antle III (July 21, 2011). "The Quotable Rogue". The American Spectator. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  12. "Rising Stars of Politics, 2002". Campaigns & Elections Magazine. April 2002.
  13. Bill Hobbs (February 11, 2012). "Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis Named "Blogger of the Year"". CPAC. American Conservative Union. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  14. Wooldridge, Adrian (2016-01-19). "‘Why the Right Went Wrong’ and ‘Too Dumb to Fail’". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  15. "How 'The Stupid Party' Earned Its Name". Weekly Standard. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  16. "When a movement is ‘upward upward,’ how high can it go? - The Buffalo News". www.buffaloNews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  17. "CNN.com - Transcripts". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  18. Josh Feldman (July 12, 2013). "Bill Maher Panel Descends Into Shoutfest Between GOP Guests And Cornel West Calling Obama ‘War Criminal’". Mediaite. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  19. "Overtime: June 19, 2015". HBO Real Time with Bill Maher. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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