Probably the most prominent American political consultant, Dick Morris is almost universally credited with piloting Bill Clinton to a stunning comeback re-election victory in 1996 after the President lost congress to the Republicans two years before.  Called “the most influential private citizen in America” by Time magazine, Morris helped steer Clinton to the center and away from the liberal policies he had pursued in his first two years in office.  Morris is also credited with advising Clinton to sign the welfare reform bill of 1996 and getting him to back a balanced budget, both key centrist position.

 

Morris has become a familiar figure as a commentator for the FOX News Channel  He makes over four hundred appearances each year and is well known for hard hitting, nonpartisan, objective commentary about the U.S. political scene.  He writes a weekly column for The New York Post and The Hill Magazine in the U.S. and The National Post in Canada.  In November of 1999, Morris founded a web site in the U.S. called vote.com where people may log on to vote on major issues of the day.  Their opinions are then e-mailed to their Senator and Congressman and to other significant decision makers.  In the site’s first 11 months of operation, over one million voters registered their e-addresses and zip codes and cast more than 15 million votes.  Vote.com is now rated by Media Metrics and PC Data as one of the most trafficked web sites in the world.

 

Dick has written numerous books. Many have become best-sellers including:  Behind the Oval Office, his memoir about the Clinton years and Off With Their Heads, about the war on terror. Best-sellers co-authored with his wife, Eileen McGann, include: Rewriting History, a biography of Hillary Clinton; Because He Could, about Bill Clinton and Condi vs. Hillary, promoting Condoleezza Rice for president.  His most recent book, also co-authored with his wife Eileen, is:  Outrage:  How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Rip-offs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off. . .And.

 

As part of his work with vote.com, Dick Morris, along with his wife, lawyer Eileen McGann, founded legalvote.com, an online jury focus group service.  They have conducted online focus groups in over 100 cases and their clients include two of the top insurance companies in the U.S. as well as many of the major plaintiff lawyers in the nation.

 

Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann live in Florida.