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{{Short description|American political commentator and consultant (born 1948)}} | |||
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|name = Dick Morris | |||
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|known_for=Frequent commentary on Fox News | |||
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|birth_name = Richard Samuel Morris | |||
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|11|28}} | |||
|birth_place = New York City, U.S. | |||
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|party = ] (before 1996)<br>] (since 1996) | |||
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'''Richard Samuel Morris''' (born November 28, 1948)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Z2IxQEACAAJ|title = Systems and how to Describe Them|isbn = 9780335026135|last1 = Mayon-White|first1 = Bill|last2 = Morris|first2 = Dick|year = 1982| publisher=Open University Press }}</ref> is an American author, ], and former ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Conason |first=Joe |date=2008-04-09 |url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2008/09/jon-stewart-ann.html |title=Daily show |publisher=comedycentral.com |access-date=2008-03-09}}</ref><ref>* {{cite news |last=Conason |first=Joe |date=2003-06-12 |url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/12/morris/index.html |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080307134435/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/conason/2003/06/12/morris/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |title=Setting Dick Morris straight |work=Salon.com |access-date=2004-10-14 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040615012643.oukbjuqc |title=Clinton ex-adviser gives boost to Britain's anti-EU party |date=2004-06-15 |publisher=EUBusiness |access-date=2004-10-14| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040628084521/http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040615012643.oukbjuqc| archive-date = June 28, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Morris |first=Dick |date=2003-06-12 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-morris061203.asp |title=Setting the Record Straight: An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton |journal=National Review Online |access-date=2004-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/august96/panel_morris_8-29.html |title=NewsHour Transcript: The Morris Resignation |date=1996-08-29 |publisher=Online NewsHour |access-date=2004-10-14}}</ref> | |||
'''Dick Morris''' (born November 28, 1948) is an American ] author and ] who previously worked as a ], ], and general ]. | |||
A friend and advisor to ] during his time as ] and since his 1978 run,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/style/hillary-clinton-dick-morris-national-enquirer-donald-trump.html|title = Dick Morris Takes Aim at Hillary Clinton from a Tabloid Perch|newspaper = The New York Times|date = July 9, 2016|last1 = Stanley|first1 = Alessandra}}</ref> Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue ] policies of ] that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the ] by advising him to adopt more moderate policies.<ref name=Time>{{cite magazine|title=Who is Dick Morris?|last=Pooley|first=Eric|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985043,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929024634/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985043,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2008|date=September 2, 1996|access-date=2008-09-17}}</ref> The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/chapters/4.html |title=Frontline: The Clinton Years |access-date=2007-12-27}}</ref> Clinton's communications director ] has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/stephanopoulos4.html |title=Frontline: the clinton years: interviews: george stephanopoulos |publisher=PBS |date=1995-06-13 |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref> Morris went on to become ] of Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election as president, but his tenure on that ] was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had not only solicited a prostitute but also allowed her to listen in on conversations with the President. | |||
As of 2000, Morris wrote a weekly column for the '']'' that is carried nationwide, and contributes columns and blogs to both the print and online versions of '']''. He is also president of Vote.com.<ref name="turn-off">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/aug/28/newmedia.usa2000|title=Online politics proves a turn-off|last=Martinson|first=Jane|date=August 28, 2000|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2009-04-09 | location=London}}</ref> By 2005, Morris had emerged as a harsh critic of the Clintons and wrote several books that criticize them, including ''Rewriting History'', a rebuttal to then-U.S. Senator ]'s '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-06-21 |title=Rewriting History |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?182473-1/rewriting-history# |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=]}}</ref> | |||
Morris was the strategist for Republican ]'s campaign in the ],<ref name=Mihos>{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1176439 | title=Dick Morris to Head Christy Mihos' Gov Campaign |date=2009-06-03 |first=Thomas |last=Grillo |newspaper=] |access-date=2009-07-25}}</ref> and supported ] in 2012. He has appeared in the past on ] for political commentary, especially appearing on '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/04/18/dick-morris-karl-rove-and-laura-ingraham-weigh-in-on/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123192701/http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/04/18/dick-morris-karl-rove-and-laura-ingraham-weigh-in-on/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-23 |work=Foxnewsinsider.com |title=Dick Morris, Karl Rove and Laura Ingraham Weigh In |date=2012-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/05/07/whos-poaching-americas-resources/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123133727/http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/05/07/whos-poaching-americas-resources/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-23 |work=Foxnewsinsider.com |date=2012-05-07 |title=Who's Poaching America's Resources}}</ref> After the 2012 presidential election, Morris did not appear on Fox News for three months, and the network ultimately opted not to renew his contract.<ref name="Politico">{{cite web | url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/dick-morris-out-at-fox-news-156210.html |title=Dick Morris out at Fox News |publisher=] |date=2013-02-05 |access-date=2013-02-05}}</ref> | |||
More recently, Morris has emerged as a harsh critic of the Clintons and has written several books that criticize them, including ''Rewriting History'', a rebuttal to ] ]'s ''].'' Morris said that he would leave the United States if Hillary Clinton were elected president in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/12/19/104142.shtml?s=al&promo_code=2B2E-1 |date=2006-12-19 |title=Dick Morris: I’m Leaving if Hillary Wins |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> | |||
== Early life == | |||
Currently, Morris is strategist for Republican ]'s campaign in the 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial race.<ref name=Mihos>{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1176439 | title=Dick Morris to Head Christy Mihos' Gov Campaign |date=2009-06-03 |first=Thomas |last=Grillo |publisher=] |accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref> | |||
Morris was born in 1948 in New York City, New York, the son of writer ], an early proponent of confessional ], and attorney Eugene J. Morris.<ref>{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Miller|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/10/16/sybil_exposed_memory_lies_and_therapy/singleton/|title="Sybil Exposed": Memory, lies and therapy|work=Salon|date=October 16, 2011|access-date=October 17, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016222638/http://www.salon.com/2011/10/16/sybil_exposed_memory_lies_and_therapy/singleton/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended ] in New York City,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D61538F933A15753C1A963958260 |title=President's Guru Goes Public; Back Home, Dick Morris Tells Tales From the Clubhouse |first=Alison |last=Mitchell |date=1995-10-20 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2007-11-02}}</ref> where he was active on the debate team. He managed ]'s campaign for ]. Morris was also involved in the first campaign of ] for New York State Assembly in 1970. Morris graduated from Stuyvesant in 1964, then attended ], where he earned a Bachelor of Arts ], graduating in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fastenberg|first=Daniel|date=June 2006|title=Liberal ... and Proud of It|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/may_jun06/features2.html|access-date=July 12, 2021|website=Columbia College Today}}</ref> At Columbia, he roomed with Nadler.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stone|first=Kurt F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&q=Dick+Morris+%22columbia+college+today%22&pg=PA533|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|date=2010-12-29|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7738-2|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | |||
Morris attended ] in New York City,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D61538F933A15753C1A963958260 |title=President's Guru Goes Public; Back Home, Dick Morris Tells Tales From the Clubhouse |first=Alison |last=Mitchell |date=1995-10-20 |publisher=] |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> where he was active on the debate team. He managed ]'s campaign for ]; Nadler has since gone on to represent New York in the ]. Morris was also involved in the first campaign of Richard Gottfried for New York State Assembly in 1970. Morris graduated from Stuyvesant in 1964, then attended ] where he earned a ] ], graduating in 1967. | |||
==Morris and the Clintons== | ==Morris and the Clintons== | ||
Morris first worked with Bill and ] during Bill Clinton's successful 1978 bid for ]. Morris |
Morris first worked with Bill and ] during Bill Clinton's successful 1978 bid for ]. Morris did not have a role in Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, which instead was headed by ], ], ], and ]. After the 1994 midterm elections, in which Republicans took control of both houses of the ] and gained considerable power in the states, Clinton once again sought Morris' help to prepare for the ]. | ||
In his writings, Morris "recounts the First Lady’s numerous kindnesses to his aging (and of course Jewish<ref>{{cite news | |||
Morris did not have a role in Clinton's successful 1992 Presidential campaign, which instead was headed by ], ], ], and ]. After the 1994 mid-term election where ] took control of both houses of the ] and gained considerable power in the states, Clinton once again sought Morris' help to prepare for the ]. It was Morris who proposed a strategy that is now referred to as "]," where Clinton would appeal to a diverse group of voters by distancing himself from both the ] and Republican parties. | |||
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=== Prostitute scandal === | ||
On August 29, 1996, Morris resigned from the Clinton campaign after tabloid reports stated that he had been involved with a prostitute, Sherry Rowlands, as reported by '']''. A New York ] newspaper, '']'', had obtained and published a set of photographs allegedly of Morris and the woman on a Washington, D.C., hotel balcony. News of the impending publication broke during the third day of the 1996 Democratic Convention. The '']'' reported unverified claims that in order to impress Rowlands, Morris invited her to listen in on his conversations with President Clinton. It was reported that Rowlands worked for $200 an hour and that after he solicited her for sex, Morris gave Rowlands access to President Clinton's campaign speeches before they were delivered and also let her hear the President's voice during a telephone conservation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-01-9609010307-story.html|title=The Dick Morris Story: An Affair To Not Remember|first=Clarence|last=Page|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=September 1, 1996|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> According to Rowlands, Morris had a fondness for sucking toes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/morris020399.htm|title=Dick Morris, High on the Critical List|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Howard|last=Kurtz|date=February 3, 1999|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>McCaslin, John, "Inside the Beltway," The Washington Times, September 5, 1996</ref><ref>Hall, Allan, "I'd Like to Bed Hillary; Kinky aide called the First Lady 'Twister' and Bill 'Monster'," The Mirror, August 30, 1996</ref> It was also alleged he had an out-of-wedlock child from an affair with a Texas woman.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/morris.htm |title=Dick Morris, 1996 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= 1998-07-21|access-date=2010-10-09}}</ref> | |||
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On August 29, 1996, Morris resigned from the Clinton campaign after reports surfaced that he had been involved with a prostitute. A New York ] newspaper, the '']'', had obtained and published a set of photographs of Morris and the woman on a ], hotel balcony. News of the impending publication broke during the third day of the 1996 Democratic Convention. The '']'' reported unverified claims that in order to impress the woman, S. Rowlands, Morris invited her to listen in on his conversations with President Clinton. <ref>, Washington Post</ref><ref>McCaslin, John, "Inside the Beltway," The Washington Times, September 5, 1996</ref><ref>Hall, Allan, "I'D LIKE TO BED HILLARY; Kinky aide called the First Lady 'Twister' and Bill 'Monster'," The Mirror, August 30, 1996</ref> | |||
Morris resigned on the same day that Bill Clinton spoke and accepted the nomination at the ]. |
Morris resigned on the same day that Bill Clinton spoke and accepted the nomination at the ]. In his resignation statement, he said that "while I served I sought to avoid the limelight because I did not want to become the message. Now, I resign so I will not become the issue."<ref name=Resign>{{cite news|title=Call-Girl Story Costs President A Key Strategist|last=Berke|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/30/us/call-girl-story-costs-president-a-key-strategist.html|date=August 30, 1996}}</ref> In his response, President Clinton praised Morris as a "friend", and publicly thanked him for his years of service. Privately, several of Clinton's aides were furious that in his resignation statement Morris credited himself with helping the President "come back from being buried in a landslide" and that Morris ended by comparing himself to ].<ref name="Skunk" /> | ||
Morris was featured on two consecutive covers of '']'' magazine. The September 2, 1996 issue, which was released before the prostitute story broke, featured Morris as "The Man Who Has Clinton's Ear."<ref name="Time" /> The following week, the cover featured Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, and the headline read "The Morris Mess: After the Fall."<ref name="Skunk">{{cite journal|title=Skunk at the Family Picnic|lastname=Pooley|firstname=Eric|journal=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985081,00.html|date=September 9, 1996|accessdate=2009-03-25}}</ref> | |||
Morris was featured on ] of '']'' magazine. The September 2, 1996 issue, which was released before the prostitute story broke, featured Morris as "The Man Who Has Clinton's Ear".<ref name="Time" /> The following week, the cover featured Morris and his wife, ], and the headline read "The Morris Mess: After the Fall".<ref name="Skunk">{{cite magazine|title=Skunk at the Family Picnic|last=Pooley|first=Eric|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985081,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113074909/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985081,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2005|date=September 9, 1996|access-date=2009-03-25}}</ref> | |||
===Later work=== | |||
In his 1997 book ''],'' Morris wrote that, following an argument in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, he strode toward the exit and was tackled by Clinton. In 2003, Morris further stated that Clinton cocked his arm back to throw a punch, but Hillary Clinton pulled her husband off Morris. In both versions of the story, she consoled Morris and apologized to him, stating that Bill only behaved such with those he cared for most. According to Morris, she did this to keep him quiet about the incident. He says the incident was the reason for denying Bill Clinton's request to work on the 1992 campaign; whether this actually happened and Clinton's side of the story is not known. | |||
] wrote a book ''Why Just Her'' in defence of the ''"Washington Madam"'', ]. In it, he wrote that Morris was a client of Palfrey's escort agency, and the first individual he (Sibley) planned to call in Palfrey's defence.<ref name=WhyJustHer /> | |||
Morris has become a vocal and regular critic of the Clintons since his departure, in particular Hillary Rodham Clinton and her bid for the presidency. Morris has written extensively about the Clintons (see below) and also contributed to ], a documentary about Rodham Clinton when she was still a 2008 Presidential candidate.<ref></ref> Later, after former President Bill Clinton's comments about the similarities between the Obama win and the win of Presidential candidate Rev. ] in 1988, Morris put out an article on his blog that asserted that this was Clinton's way of injecting race into the political campaign.<ref></ref> | |||
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=== Later work === | ||
In his 1997 book, ''Behind the Oval Office'', Morris wrote that, following an argument in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in May 1990, he strode toward the exit and was tackled by Clinton. In 2003, Morris further stated that Clinton cocked his arm back to throw a punch, but Hillary Clinton pulled her husband off Morris. In both versions of the story, she consoled Morris and apologized to him, stating that Bill behaved as such only with those he cared for most. According to Morris, she did this to keep him quiet about the incident. He says the incident was the reason for denying Bill Clinton's request to work on the 1992 campaign.<ref>''National Review'': An open letter to Hillary Clinton. Dick Morris, June 12, 2003.</ref> | |||
On November 5, 2007, when asked about ]'s allegation of experiencing sexism during the Democratic Presidential primary debates in the months prior to the Iowa caucuses, Morris commented that "When a woman wants to be president, she shouldn't complain based on gender. You can't say I'm going to take my toys and go home because the big boys are picking on me. What happens when the boys in the Middle East, or the boys who run Russia, or the boys that run China, start picking on you? Are we going to have a president of the United States saying the boys are picking on me? This is what Hillary always does, whenever she gets under fire, she retreats behind the apron strings."<ref name ="sexism">{{cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080904.WBwbStumped082120080904105211/WBStory/WBwbStumped0821|title=Things that are fine, except when they're not|last=Agrell|first=Siri|date=September 8, 2008|publisher=Globe and Mail|accessdate=2009-04-05}}</ref> | |||
Morris has become a vocal and regular critic of the Clintons since his departure, in particular Hillary Rodham Clinton and her bid for the presidency. Morris has written extensively about the Clintons (see below) and also contributed to '']'', a documentary about Rodham Clinton when she was still a 2008 presidential candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hillarythemovie.com/about.html |title=About |publisher=Hillarythemovie.com |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref> Later, after Bill Clinton's comments about the similarities between ]'s popularity and that of presidential candidate ] in 1988, Morris put out an article on his blog that asserted that this was Clinton's way of injecting race into the political campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2008/02/04/super-tuesday-outlook-obamas-surge/ |title=Super Tuesday Outlook: Obama's Surge At |publisher=Dickmorris.com |access-date=2010-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712042918/http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2008/02/04/super-tuesday-outlook-obamas-surge/ |archive-date=July 12, 2010 |df=mdy}}</ref> | |||
On September 2, 2008, during the ], Morris said, in reference to personal attacks on 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee ] and her children, that "A man would never have had to go through this." Morris elaborated that the attacks on her ability as a mother of five to balance family life and the duties of the Vice Presidential office reflected a "deep ] that runs through our society."<ref name="sexism"/><ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2008/09/03/stand-by-sarah-shes-still-a-winning-pick</ref> | |||
== Political consulting == | |||
These statements were juxtaposed by ] in a video on '']'' which was later widely circulated online.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/04/jon-stewart-hits-karl-rov_n_123852.html</ref> | |||
As of August 2009, Morris lends his name and assistance to the League of American Voters, an advocacy group for seniors to defeat the ]. He has been described as "America's most ruthless political consultant" in the BBC documentary '']'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/AdamCurtisCenturyoftheSelfPart4of4_0 |title=Century of the Self Part4 of 4 |access-date=2007-11-02}}(Dick Morris segment at ~34:45)</ref> which chronicled how he brought ] to politics for the first time. | |||
Morris has consulted for candidates in other countries of the western hemisphere, including the campaigns of ] for ] (1999), ] for ] (1999), ] for ] (2000), and ] for ] (2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000015/001577.htm |title=Guyana opposition party hires Clinton's former campaign manager |publisher=Caribbean Net News |date=2006-05-12 |access-date=2010-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904234654/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000015/001577.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref> | |||
==Other work== | |||
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===Political consulting=== | |||
As of August, 2009, Morris lends his name and assistance to the League of American Voters, a group targeting seniors to try to defeat the Obama health care reform. He has been described as America's most ruthless political consultant in the BBC documentary Century of the Self Episode 4,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archive.org/details/AdamCurtisCenturyoftheSelfPart4of4_0 |title=Century of the Self Part4 of 4 |accessdate=2007-11-02}}(Dick Morris segment at ~34:45)</ref> which chronicled how he brought lifestyle marketing to politics for the first time. Morris told Clinton the way to winning was to throw out all ideology and treat politics as a consumer business—to target the swing voters and identify their personal desires and whims and then promise to fulfill them. (Century of the Self Part 4 ~36:00). Targeting the worries of the swing voters became all that mattered and issues such as the ] were the issues that became relevant. American suburbanite voters were running America's domestic policy and some of its foreign policy in the 1990s as the Clinton administration developed their political stance and strategies based on popular opinion polls, for example, the bombing of Bosnia. (Century of the Self Part 4 ~41:00). | |||
Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, are behind , a site intended to register non-scientific political public opinion on various issues. | |||
Morris has also consulted for candidates in other countries of the western hemisphere, including the campaigns of ] for President of ] (1999), ] for President of ] (1999), ] for President of Mexico (2000), and ] for President of ] (2006). | |||
Morris worked as a strategist for ], who sought the Republican nomination to run for ] in 2010 against incumbent ] overseeing strategy, polling, and advertising.<ref name=Mihos /> At the Republican state convention, Mihos lost to ] by 89 percent to 11 percent; by failing to reach 15 percent, Mihos did not qualify for a ] against Baker.<ref>{{Citation| last = Bierman| first = Noah | title = After spot on ballot is denied, Mihos says he won't run again| newspaper = ]| date = April 18, 2010| url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/18/after_spot_on_ballot_is_denied_mihos_says_he_wont_run_again/| access-date = 2012-01-15}}</ref> | |||
Morris and Eileen McGann are behind , a site intended to register non-scientific political public opinion on various issues. | |||
== Guest commentator and political prognosticator == | |||
Dick Morris is currently working as a strategist for ], a Republican candidate for ] running to unseat incumbent ]. Morris will "oversee strategy, polling, and advertising for Mihos."<ref name=Mihos/> | |||
Since leaving Clinton's employ in 1996, Morris has said he has become profoundly "disillusioned" with the actions of the Clintons in the late 1990s. He has since formed a career as a political commentator and critic of the Clintons (particularly Hillary), appearing on ] programs such as '']'', '']'', and '']'', and on various local and nationally ] radio ]. Morris is also a regular columnist and Pundits Blogger for ], a nonpartisan daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., and for ], a conservative online news website.<ref>]</ref> Morris regularly makes predictions about candidates' chances of winning elections during these appearances. | |||
===Guest commentator and political prognosticator=== | |||
Since leaving the Clintons' employ in 1996, Morris has said he has become profoundly "disillusioned" with the actions of the Clintons in the late 1990s. He has now formed a career as a political commentator and critic of the Clintons (particularly towards Hillary), appearing on ] programs such as '']'', '']'', and the '']'', and on various local and nationally ] radio ]. Morris is also a regular columnist and Pundits Blogger for ], a nonpartisan daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., and for ], a conservative online news website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/The_Hill_%28newspaper%29 |title=The Hill (newspaper) |accessdate=2008-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/Morris.shtml |title=Dick Morris |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmaxstore.com/nm/newsmax_pundits.cfm |title=NewsMax Pundits |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> | |||
Regarding the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, he initially stated that ]'s candidacy could be written off right away. He had earlier discussed the likelihood of Dean defeating ] after early strong showings by the former ] governor. Kerry defeated Dean and all his other rivals and won the nomination. | |||
Morris regularly makes predictions about candidates' chances of winning elections during these appearances. In a 2005 book on the upcoming 2008 Presidential campaign, Morris stated that it is most likely that Hillary Clinton would face ] for the presidency. Morris critics reacted by mocking his mistaken predictions of past races. Regarding the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, he initially stated that Howard Dean's candidacy could be written off right away. While ultimately vindicated, he had discussed the likelihood of Dean defeating John Kerry after early strong showings by the former Vermont governor. Kerry defeated Dean and all his other rivals and won the nomination. Additionally, Morris predicted that Hillary Clinton would face a "nightmare"{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} in her 2006 Senate race against moderate Republican candidate ], whose campaign subsequently collapsed within a matter of two months after repeated crushing defeats in the opinion polls due to her husband's alleged ] ties. He even went so far as to suggest that Clinton would "give up"{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} and drop out to focus on her 2008 campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200512220002 |title=Morris correctly predicted early withdrawal from New York Senate race—but got candidate wrong |date=2005-12-21 |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102322,00.html |title=Bush's Weapon Against Dean |date=2003-11-05 |first=Dick |last=Morris |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> | |||
In a column in ''The Hill'' on June 22, 2005, Morris predicted that Hillary Clinton would face her "worst nightmare" in her 2006 Senate race against Republican candidate ], whose campaign subsequently collapsed within a matter of two months after repeated crushing defeats in the opinion polls due to her husband's alleged ] ties. He even went so far as to suggest that Hillary Clinton would drop out to focus on her 2008 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/4025-helping-hillary-now-will-hurt-the-republicans-later/ |title=Helping Hillary now will hurt the Republicans later|work=The Hill|first=Dick |last=Morris |date=2005-06-21 |access-date=2012-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102322,00.html |title=Bush's Weapon Against Dean |date=2003-11-05 |first=Dick |last=Morris |access-date=2007-11-02 | work=Fox News}}</ref> | |||
In 2005 Morris wrote that ] "has the capacity to shape the second ] term in the same way ] shaped his first term—not only in rebuilding ] but in taking preventative steps around the nation to bolster our defenses against natural and man-made disasters and terror strikes. Responding to disasters is a source of presidential strength and popularity, and Bush is about to show how it is done."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/4021-bush-will-rebound-from-katrina-missteps/ |title=Bush will rebound from Katrina missteps |first=Dick |last= Morris |newspaper=The Hill |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In August 2011, Morris began a petition on his website opposing federal funding for the ] ] community center, that the center is "designed to celebrate the attacks that killed 3,000 Americans", and that the center "train the same kinds of terrorists who caused the... attacks". | |||
===2008 election=== | |||
In a 2005 book on the 2008 presidential campaign, Morris stated that it was most likely that Hillary Clinton would face ] for the presidency. Morris's critics reacted by mocking his mistaken predictions of past races. Appearing on Fox News' '']'' on January 29, 2008, Morris said that those voting for ] were "at the moment... those that can't decide which they don't like more—a black or a woman getting elected". Morris elaborated that ] showed some Edwards voters were unsure if a woman or an African-American, in reference to then Democratic Primary front runners Hillary Clinton and ], could get elected to the presidency for the first time in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/30/dick-morris-says-edwards-voters-dont-like-the-black-or-female-candidate |title=Dick Morris: Edwards voters don't like the 'black' or the 'female' |first=Joh |last=Amato |date=2008-01-30 |access-date=2008-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209012427/http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/30/dick-morris-says-edwards-voters-dont-like-the-black-or-female-candidate/ |archive-date=February 9, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref> | |||
In the weeks leading up to the 2008 election, Morris correctly predicted that Obama would win the election in a landslide, but incorrectly predicted that Obama would win Missouri, Arkansas, North Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee, and West Virginia by comfortable margins, while Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina would be tossups. Of those states, Obama only won North Carolina in a close margin.<ref name="Roll Call">{{cite web |url=https://rollcall.com/2016/06/07/dick-morris-history-of-getting-it-wrong |title=Dick Morris' History of Getting It Wrong |author=Garcia, Eric |work=Roll Call |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> | |||
After Obama won the 2008 election, Morris was critical of him. In early 2009, Morris said: "Those crazies in ] who say, 'We're going to kill ] agents because the UN's going to take over'? Well, they're beginning to have a case."<ref>''Your World with Neil Cavuto'', Fox News Channel, March 31, 2009.</ref> In April 2009, Morris keynoted an animated debate at the ] on the topic "Resolved: Save Capitalism from President Obama".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/ypu/minutes/ypu-2009-04-21.html |title=Untitled |access-date=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805212444/http://www.yale.edu/ypu/minutes/ypu-2009-04-21.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
Morris further wrote that Hurricane Katrina would mark Bush's second term the same way 9/11 marked his first term, saying: "Katrina has the capacity to shape the second Bush term in the same way September 11 shaped his first term—not only in rebuilding New Orleans but in taking preventative steps around the nation to bolster our defenses against natural and man-made disasters and terror strikes. Responding to disasters is a source of presidential strength and popularity, and Bush is about to show how it is done."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehill.com/dick-morris/bush-will-rebound-from-katrina-missteps-2005-09-07.html |title=Bush will rebound from Katrina missteps |first=Dick |last= Morris |date=2005-09-07 |accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> | |||
Appearing on Fox News' '']'' on January 29, 2008, Morris said that those voting for ] were "at the moment... those that can't decide which they don’t like more—a black or a woman getting elected".{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Host ] asked if he was "saying that Edwards voters are bigots?"{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Morris elaborated that exit polls showed some Edwards voters were unsure if a woman or a Black American, in reference to then Democratic Primary front runners Hillary Clinton and ], could get elected to the Presidency for the first time in '08.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/30/dick-morris-says-edwards-voters-dont-like-the-black-or-female-candidate |title=Dick Morris: Edwards voters don’t like the ‘black’ or the ‘female’ |first=John |last=Amato |date=2008-01-30 |accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> | |||
===2012 election=== | |||
After Obama won the 2008 election, Morris was critical of him. In early 2009, Morris said: "Those crazies in ] who say, 'We're going to kill ] agents because the ]’s going to take over'? Well, they’re beginning to have a case."<ref>{{Citation| last = Lyons| first = Gene|author-link = Gene Lyons|title = The Knothead Party| newspaper = ]| year = 2009 | date = April 9, 2009| url = http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/256882/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Morris: 'Those crazies in Montana who say, "We're going to kill ATF agents because the U.N.'s going to take over" -- well, they're beginning to have a case' | publisher = ]| date = March 31, 2009| url = http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903310038 | format = video| accessdate = 2009-04-10}}</ref> In April 2009, Morris keynoted an animated debate at the ] on the topic | |||
During the ], Morris received widespread attention for his inaccurate predictions and controversial statements about candidates. In a March 2011 column for '']'', Morris predicted that Obama would not win a second term as president.<ref>Deutsch-Feldman, Ezra and Fitzgerald, Michael (2011-03-24) , '']''</ref> In July 2012, Morris predicted that Mitt Romney would choose Florida Senator ] as his running mate as an effort to court the Latino vote; Romney ultimately chose ].<ref name="Roll Call"/> In August 2012, Morris predicted that Bill Clinton was going to vote for ], but that he would still speak in favor of Obama because "his wife is hostage."<ref>''Hannity'', Fox News Channel, July 31, 2012.</ref> | |||
"Resolved: Save Capitalism from President Obama". The motion narrowly failed.<ref>http://www.yale.edu/ypu/minutes/ypu-2009-04-21.html</ref> | |||
In October 2012, Morris was a speaker at a special meeting of the Republican Caucus of the ] to discuss claims that Obama was using ] techniques to create a ] dictatorship controlled by the United Nations under the guise of promoting ] and ]. Speaking at the event, Morris argued that Obama's aim was to join with the United Nations to "force everyone into the cities from whence our ancestors fled."<ref>''Atlanta Journal Constitution'': . November 12, 2012.</ref> | |||
===Foreign political consultant=== | |||
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Morris worked with the ] in their campaign before the ]. The party, which advocates withdrawal from the ], won 12 of ]'s 78 seats. | |||
On the day before the ], Morris predicted on his website and in an article in '']'' that the Republican candidate, ], would win the presidency in a landslide "approaching the magnitude of ]'s against ]." Specifically, he stated that Romney would win 325 ] and that Obama would win 213.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/133691-prediction-romney-325-obama-213/|title=Prediction: Romney 325, Obama 213|first=Megan|last=Ruyle|newspaper=The Hill |date=November 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Morris">{{cite web|last=Morris|first=Dick|title=Prediction: Romney 325, Obama 213|date=November 6, 2012 |url=http://www.dickmorris.com/prediction-romney-325-obama-213/#more-10128.html|publisher=DickMorris.com|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> Obama ended up winning 332 electoral votes with Romney winning 206, meaning Morris was off by 119 electoral votes. He explained the logic behind his prediction in a video posted at his website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moris |first=Dick |title=Prediction! Dick Morris TV: Special Election Alert! |url=http://www.dickmorris.com/prediction-dick-morris-tv-special-election-alert.html |publisher=DickMorris.com |access-date=7 November 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> He made this prediction in the face of an overwhelming consensus among expert pollsters leading up to election night that Obama would win at least the Electoral College and likely the popular vote.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Jeremy|title=On Fox News, A mistrust of Pro-Obama Numbers Lasts Late Into the Night|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/web-sites-and-networks-focus-on-claims-of-fraud-and-intimidation.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-07}}</ref> Morris wrote on his website, "On Sunday, we changed our clocks. On Tuesday, we'll change our president."<ref name="Morris" /> With regard to his prognostications, Morris announced on '']'' two days before the election that after the election "either I'm gonna have to go through a big reckoning, or they are."<ref>''Fox & Friends'', Fox News Channel, November 4, 2012.</ref> ] mocked the idea on '']'', calling Dick Morris the "King of Wrong Mountain" and claiming that pundits live in a "reckoning-free zone."<ref>{{cite web |last=LoGiurato |first=Brett |title=Jon Stewart Shreds Dick Morris, 'King of Wrong Mountain' |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-election-predictions-obama-romney-daily-show-2012-11.html |website=Business Insider|access-date=2012-12-07}}</ref> Morris was the least accurate major pundit in predicting the 2012 presidential election.<ref name=VoteSeeing>{{cite web |url=http://www.voteseeing.com/2012/11/2012-presidential-prediction-rankings.html |title=2012 Presidential Prediction Rankings|website=voteseeing.com |access-date=2012-12-07}}</ref> | |||
In 2004 and 2005, he and his wife had acted as campaign consultants to the successful ] Presidential campaign in ]. Morris reports that he insisted on the use of ]s as a means of potentially exposing ] tampering. He argues this played a significant role in forcing the government of then President ] to acquiesce to a new poll when the official results of the first varied materially from the exit surveys. Interestingly, faced with a similar (though smaller) divergence between exit polling and election returns, he took the opposite stance in a 2004 article in ''The Hill'' when he suspected "foul play" on the part of the exit pollsters in the U.S. Presidential race.<ref>http://thehill.com/dick-morris/those-faulty-exit-polls-were-sabotage-2004-11-04.html</ref> | |||
Mexico 2004; Morris outlined the strategy of the negative campaign that would be used against the ] and ]: “The PRD would be a disaster for Mexico, the country would go in the same direction as Chávez and Castro.”{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} That is to say, López Obrador would be “a danger to Mexico,”{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} as Rob Allyn said in an article published on April 3, 2006, published in the New York Post. | |||
In Morris's article in ''The Hill'', he identified some "key mistakes" by the Obama campaign, which he stated would cost Obama the election: | |||
In a November 13, 2007 press conference in ], ], Morris announced that he would be offering his consultancy services ] for the campaign to elect ] as President of Kenya in the ] running on the ] ticket. | |||
* The campaign "bet the farm on negative ads in swing states." | |||
* Obama never moved to the political center. | |||
* The Obama campaign did not consider Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota swing states. | |||
* Obama "became nothing more than a nasty partisan" instead of trying to look presidential. | |||
* Obama offered nothing more than "a grab-bag of special-interest pleadings for single women, unions, college kids and minorities". | |||
* Obama underperformed in the ]. | |||
* Obama was slow to release information about the ]. | |||
* Obama returned to campaigning too quickly after ]. | |||
On November 7, 2012, the day after the election, Morris published an article in ''The Hill'' titled "Why I was wrong".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/134048-why-i-was-wrong/|title=Why I was wrong|first=Megan|last=Ruyle|date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> Morris stated that he had "egg on his face" and that the "key reason for my bum prediction is that I believed, mistakenly, that the 2008 surge in black, Latino and young voter turnout would recede in 2012 to 'normal' levels. Didn't happen. These high levels of minority and young voter participation are here to stay. And, with them, a permanent reshaping of our nation's politics." In a subsequent interview on Fox News, Morris added: "I called it as I saw it from the polling and I did the best I could and I also worked very hard for Romney." He elaborated on the latter point by explaining that he thought it was his duty to help the Romney campaign by countering pessimism about Romney's chances.<ref>''Hannity'', Fox News Channel. November 12, 2012. Video available at </ref> | |||
With four weeks to the National Elections, an editorial in one of the leading dailies called into question the legalities of Dick Morris' consulting work from the perspective of his presence in, and lack of legal ability to work in Kenya "pro bono" or "through the back door".<ref>The Standard, November 22, 2007: </ref> | |||
===Other elections=== | |||
The outcome of the December 27, 2007 elections in Kenya is still disputed due to allegations of electoral fraud and rigging by the incumbent president, ], the ] and erroneous reporting by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). Massive protests and tribal tensions have since erupted between the president's ] tribe and the majority of other tribes not favorably aligned to the outcome. Major mediations have commenced between concerned parties, including possible formation of a coalition and/or interim government until reelections are performed. | |||
In March 2021, it was reported by '']'' that he was meeting with ] in New York, "encouraging him to take on the party he once led".<ref>{{cite web|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/us/politics/trump-republican-fundraising.html/|title=Trump, Hungry for Power, Tries to Wrestle Away G.O.P. Fund-Raising|first1=Annie|last1=Karni|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|date=March 9, 2021|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> | |||
== Foreign political consultant == | |||
===Morris' DVD=== | |||
Morris worked with the ] in their campaign before the ].<ref name="ukip">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4162497.stm |title=UKIP's secret weapon? |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |first=Nick |last=Assinder |date=14 January 2005 |access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> The party, which advocated withdrawal from the ], won 12 of the United Kingdom's 78 seats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3805929.stm |title=Leaders meet MPs over EU results |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 June 2004 |access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> | |||
Morris has appeared in the documentary film '']'', a response to ]'s ] film, '']''. He also wrote the ]. | |||
In 2004 and 2005, he and his wife had acted as campaign consultants to the successful ] presidential campaign in ].<ref name="ukip" /> Morris reports that he insisted on the use of ]s as a means of potentially exposing ] tampering. He argues this played a significant role in forcing the government of then President ] to acquiesce to a new poll when the official results of the first varied materially from the exit surveys. Faced with a similar (though smaller) divergence between exit polling and election returns, he took the opposite stance in a 2004 article in ''The Hill'' when he suspected "foul play" on the part of the exit pollsters in the US presidential race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/dick-morris/those-faulty-exit-polls-were-sabotage-2004-11-04.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115232437/http://thehill.com/dick-morris/those-faulty-exit-polls-were-sabotage-2004-11-04.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2008 |title=Dick Morris |work=The Hill|access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref> | |||
===Tax troubles=== | |||
Morris had been labeled as one of the biggest tax delinquents in his home state of Connecticut, owing an estimated $280,000 in unpaid taxes and a total of $452,367 in unpaid taxes and fees.<ref>http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6134720</ref><ref name="a.abcnews.com">http://a.abcnews.com/Business/PersonalFinance/Story?id=4650368&page=3</ref> In 2003 the IRS filed a $1.5 million tax lien against him. Morris said that he has reached an agreement with Connecticut and his name will be removed from the next delinquency list. Morris says that he is committed to paying his taxes: "Following a difficult period in my life, I fell into arrears. But since then, I have paid almost $3 million in state and federal taxes."<ref name="a.abcnews.com"/> | |||
In a November 13, 2007 press conference in ], ], Morris announced that he would be offering his consultancy services ] for the campaign to elect ] as President of Kenya in the ] running on the ] ticket. With four weeks to the national elections, an editorial in one of the leading dailies called into question the legalities of Morris' consulting work from the perspective of his presence in and lack of legal ability to work in Kenya "pro bono" or "through the back door".<ref>''The Standard'', November 22, 2007: {{usurped|1=}}</ref> | |||
==Books== | |||
]'s ''Living History'' with his book ''Rewriting History''.]] | |||
Morris has written several books. He authored '']'' (subtitled ''The next great presidential race'') (ISBN 0-06-083913-9) in which he argues that only ] could block Hillary Clinton's anticipated 2008 bid for the White House. He co-authored this book with his wife, Eileen McGann. | |||
The outcome of the December 27, 2007, elections in Kenya is still disputed due to allegations of electoral fraud and rigging by the incumbent president, ], the ] and erroneous reporting by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). Massive protests and tribal tensions have since erupted between the president's ] tribe and the majority of other tribes not favorably aligned to the outcome. Major mediations have commenced between concerned parties, including possible formation of a coalition and/or interim government until reelections are held. | |||
Previously he wrote a pair of books criticizing the Clintons, again co-authored by his wife, Eileen McGann. ''Rewriting History'' (ISBN 0-06-073668-2) was published in May 2004 as a rebuttal to Hillary Clinton's book, '']'' (ISBN 0-7432-2224-5). In it, he argues that Hillary Clinton has presented a false "nice" persona in the book. Morris instead remembers her as manipulative, cold, and single-minded in her pursuit of power. Similarly, Morris and McGann wrote ''Because He Could'' (ISBN 0-06-078415-6) in response to Bill Clinton's memoir ''My Life'' (ISBN 0-375-41457-6). | |||
Morris has also written ''Behind the Oval Office: Winning the Presidency in the Nineties'' (ISBN 1-58063-053-7), a retrospective of his work with the Clintons that was published soon after his resignation from the campaign in 1996. Other books include ''Power Plays: Win or Lose—How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game'' (ISBN 0-06-000444-4), ''The New Prince'' (ISBN 1580631479 ),''Vote.com: How Big-Money Lobbyists and the Media Are Losing Their Influence, and the Internet Is Giving Power Back to the People'' (ISBN 1-58063-163-0)and "Outrage" (ISBN 978-0-06-119540-2). | |||
== Radio and TV host == | |||
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann's latest collaboration is ''Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want To Kill Talk Radio, The Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, And Washington Lobbyists For Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us...And What To Do About It '' (ISBN 9780061718663), published in June 2008. Its jacket copy states, "In this hard-hitting call to arms, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann reveal the hundreds of ways American tax-payers are routinely fleeced--by our own government; by foreign countries like Dubai that are gobbling up American interests and spending millions to influence government decisions and American public opinion; by Washington lobbying firms that are pushing the agendas of corrupt foreign dictators on Capitol Hill; and by hedge-fund billionaires collecting huge tax breaks courtesy of the IRS." The book also predicts how election of Obama would ruin the economy and lead to a stock market collapse. | |||
Following the 2012 election, Morris did not appear on Fox News for almost three months. On February 5, 2013, Fox announced that it would not renew Morris' contract.<ref name="Politico" /> In addition to his numerous inaccurate predictions, Morris had been criticized for accepting paid ads on his Website from candidates whom he discussed on the air, a clear conflict of interest.<ref>. ], 2013-02-05.</ref> | |||
Beginning in 2013, Morris' Super PAC For America disbursed approximately $1.7mm for "fundraising" to the television network, ].<ref>Federal Election Commission: {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130411120248/http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00489781/838801/sb/ALL |date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Emails from both Morris and Newsmax were paid for by Super PAC for America. Some media outlets speculate that Morris took advantage of Super PAC For America donations by paying Newsmax for fundraising which in turn paid Morris large sums of money to 'rent' his email list.<ref>{{cite web|work=The American Prospect|url=http://prospect.org/article/dick-morris-con-artist|title=Dick Morris, Con Artist|first=Paul|last=Waldman|date=December 7, 2012|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>The Young Turks: {{YouTube|PzneOkkhb5A|Dick Morris Cashed in on Bogus Election Predictions}}.</ref> Morris was a regular guest on multiple Newsmax shows, such as ''American Agenda'', '']'' and '']''. In 2021, Morris launched a weekly half-hour show on ], ''Dick Morris Democracy''. | |||
His latest book is "Catastrophe", which was released in June 2009. | |||
Morris was host of a daily radio talk show on ] in ], from 2013 to 2015. Morris cited his desire to campaign for 2016 Republican candidates as his reason for leaving.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/Dick-Morris-announces-hes-leaving-WPHT.html |title=Dick Morris announces he's leaving WPHT |date=October 22, 2014 |publisher=philly.com |access-date=2015-05-07}}</ref> In 2021, Morris launched a one-hour radio program on ] in New York City, airing from noon to 2 PM on Sunday afternoons with co-host Doug DiPierro.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dick Morris Show Presented by Patriot Gold Group {{!}} 77 WABC |url=https://wabcradio.com/podcast/dick-morris/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=wabcradio.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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*{{cite web |last=Conason |first=Joe |date=2003-06-12 |url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/12/morris/index.html |title=Setting Dick Morris straight |publisher=Salon.com |accessdate=2004-10-14}} | |||
*{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/bios/Morris-bio.shtml |title=Dick Morris Biography |publisher=NewsMax.com |accessdate=2004-10-14}} | |||
*{{cite web |url=http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040615012643.oukbjuqc |title=Clinton ex-adviser gives boost to Britain's anti-EU party |date=2004-06-15 |publisher=EUBusiness |accessdate=2004-10-14}} | |||
*{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Dick |date=2003-06-12 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-morris061203.asp |title=Setting the Record Straight: An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton |journal=National Review Online |accessdate=2004-10-14}} | |||
*{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/august96/panel_morris_8-29.html |title=NewsHour Transcript: The Morris Resignation |date=1996-08-29 |publisher=Online NewsHour |accessdate=2004-10-14}} | |||
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Morris has appeared in, and wrote the screenplay for, the documentary film '']''. The film was a response to ]'s ] film, '']''. | |||
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== Personal life and tax problems == | |||
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He failed to pay a variety of state and federal taxes beginning in 1996. In 2010, he declared that he had reached an agreement with the State of Connecticut, and that he is committed to paying his taxes: "Following a difficult period in my life, I fell into arrears. But since then, I have paid almost $3 million in state and federal taxes."<ref name="a.abcnews.com">{{cite web |url=http://a.abcnews.com/Business/PersonalFinance/Story?id=4650368&page=3 |title=From O.J. to Dick Morris: Taxes Go Unpaid – ABC News |publisher=A.abcnews.com |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183907/http://a.abcnews.com/Business/PersonalFinance/Story?id=4650368&page=3 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, the lien that had been placed on his house was lifted.<ref><!-- Terrible source, but seems accurate -- please improve! --></ref> | |||
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Morris has written several books, many co-authored with his wife, Eileen McGann. He authored ''Condi vs. Hillary'' in which he argues that only ] could block Hillary Clinton's anticipated 2008 bid for the White House. | |||
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''Rewriting History'' was published in May 2004 as a rebuttal to Hillary Clinton's book, '']'' ({{ISBN|0-7432-2224-5}}). In it, he argues that Hillary Clinton has presented a false "nice" persona in the book. Morris instead remembers her as manipulative, cold, and single-minded in her pursuit of power. Similarly, Morris and McGann wrote ''Because He Could'' in response to Bill Clinton's memoir '']'' ({{ISBN|0-375-41457-6}}). | |||
=== Bibliography === | |||
* ''Behind the Oval Office: Winning the Presidency in the Nineties'' (1997) {{ISBN|1-58063-053-7}} | |||
* ''Vote.com: How Big-Money Lobbyists and the Media Are Losing Their Influence, and the Internet Is Giving Power Back to the People'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-1580631051}} | |||
* ''The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1580630795}} | |||
* ''Power Plays: Win or Lose – How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game'' (2003) {{ISBN|978-0060004439}} | |||
* ''Rewriting History'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-06-073668-2}} | |||
* ''Because He Could'' (2004, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|0-06-078415-6}} | |||
* ''Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race'' (2005, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|0-06-083913-9}} | |||
* ''Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies are Ripping Us Off ...And What to Do About It'' (2007, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-0061195402}} | |||
* '']'' (2008, with Eileen McGAnn) {{ISBN|978-0061771040}} | |||
* ''Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want To Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us...And What To Do About It'' (2008, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-0-06-171866-3}} | |||
* ''Revolt! How to Defeat Obama and Repeal His Socialist Programs'' (2011, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-0062073303}} | |||
* ''Screwed: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-and How Our Leaders Help Them Do It'' (2012, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-0062196699}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dickmorris.com/screwed-debuts-at-3-on-nyt-best-seller-list-thank-you/|title=Screwed! Debuts At #3 On NYT Best Seller List!!! THANK YOU! - DickMorris.com|date=May 17, 2012}}</ref> | |||
* ''Here Come the Black Helicopters!: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom'' (2012, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-0062240590}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Here Come the Black Helicopters!: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom|first1=Dick|last1=Morris|first2=Eileen|last2=McGann|date=October 9, 2012|publisher=Broadside Books|isbn=978-0062240590}}</ref> | |||
* ''Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary'' (2016, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|978-1630060589}} | |||
* ''Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump'' (2017, with Eileen McGann) {{ISBN|9781250167866}} | |||
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| title = Why Just Her: The Judicial Lynching of the D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey | |||
| author = Montgomery Blair Sibley | |||
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American political commentator and consultant (born 1948)
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Born | Richard Samuel Morris (1948-11-28) November 28, 1948 (age 76) New York City, U.S. |
Education | Columbia University (BA) |
Political party | Democratic (before 1996) Republican (since 1996) |
Spouse | Eileen McGann |
Website | Official website |
Richard Samuel Morris (born November 28, 1948) is an American author, commentator, and former political consultant.
A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas and since his 1978 run, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue Third Way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the Republican Revolution by advising him to adopt more moderate policies. The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994. Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president." Morris went on to become campaign manager of Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election as president, but his tenure on that political campaign was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had not only solicited a prostitute but also allowed her to listen in on conversations with the President.
As of 2000, Morris wrote a weekly column for the New York Post that is carried nationwide, and contributes columns and blogs to both the print and online versions of The Hill. He is also president of Vote.com. By 2005, Morris had emerged as a harsh critic of the Clintons and wrote several books that criticize them, including Rewriting History, a rebuttal to then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's Living History.
Morris was the strategist for Republican Christy Mihos's campaign in the 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, and supported Mitt Romney in 2012. He has appeared in the past on Fox News for political commentary, especially appearing on The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity. After the 2012 presidential election, Morris did not appear on Fox News for three months, and the network ultimately opted not to renew his contract.
Early life
Morris was born in 1948 in New York City, New York, the son of writer Terry Lesser Morris, an early proponent of confessional human interest stories, and attorney Eugene J. Morris. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City, where he was active on the debate team. He managed Jerrold Nadler's campaign for class president. Morris was also involved in the first campaign of Richard Gottfried for New York State Assembly in 1970. Morris graduated from Stuyvesant in 1964, then attended Columbia University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating in 1967. At Columbia, he roomed with Nadler.
Morris and the Clintons
Morris first worked with Bill and Hillary Clinton during Bill Clinton's successful 1978 bid for Governor of Arkansas. Morris did not have a role in Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, which instead was headed by David Wilhelm, James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, and Paul Begala. After the 1994 midterm elections, in which Republicans took control of both houses of the United States Congress and gained considerable power in the states, Clinton once again sought Morris' help to prepare for the 1996 presidential election.
In his writings, Morris "recounts the First Lady’s numerous kindnesses to his aging (and of course Jewish) parents."
Prostitute scandal
On August 29, 1996, Morris resigned from the Clinton campaign after tabloid reports stated that he had been involved with a prostitute, Sherry Rowlands, as reported by The Washington Post. A New York tabloid newspaper, Star, had obtained and published a set of photographs allegedly of Morris and the woman on a Washington, D.C., hotel balcony. News of the impending publication broke during the third day of the 1996 Democratic Convention. The Electronic Telegraph reported unverified claims that in order to impress Rowlands, Morris invited her to listen in on his conversations with President Clinton. It was reported that Rowlands worked for $200 an hour and that after he solicited her for sex, Morris gave Rowlands access to President Clinton's campaign speeches before they were delivered and also let her hear the President's voice during a telephone conservation. According to Rowlands, Morris had a fondness for sucking toes. It was also alleged he had an out-of-wedlock child from an affair with a Texas woman.
Morris resigned on the same day that Bill Clinton spoke and accepted the nomination at the Democratic National Convention. In his resignation statement, he said that "while I served I sought to avoid the limelight because I did not want to become the message. Now, I resign so I will not become the issue." In his response, President Clinton praised Morris as a "friend", and publicly thanked him for his years of service. Privately, several of Clinton's aides were furious that in his resignation statement Morris credited himself with helping the President "come back from being buried in a landslide" and that Morris ended by comparing himself to Robert F. Kennedy.
Morris was featured on two consecutive covers of Time magazine. The September 2, 1996 issue, which was released before the prostitute story broke, featured Morris as "The Man Who Has Clinton's Ear". The following week, the cover featured Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, and the headline read "The Morris Mess: After the Fall".
Montgomery Blair Sibley wrote a book Why Just Her in defence of the "Washington Madam", Debra Jeane Palfrey. In it, he wrote that Morris was a client of Palfrey's escort agency, and the first individual he (Sibley) planned to call in Palfrey's defence.
Later work
In his 1997 book, Behind the Oval Office, Morris wrote that, following an argument in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in May 1990, he strode toward the exit and was tackled by Clinton. In 2003, Morris further stated that Clinton cocked his arm back to throw a punch, but Hillary Clinton pulled her husband off Morris. In both versions of the story, she consoled Morris and apologized to him, stating that Bill behaved as such only with those he cared for most. According to Morris, she did this to keep him quiet about the incident. He says the incident was the reason for denying Bill Clinton's request to work on the 1992 campaign.
Morris has become a vocal and regular critic of the Clintons since his departure, in particular Hillary Rodham Clinton and her bid for the presidency. Morris has written extensively about the Clintons (see below) and also contributed to Hillary: The Movie, a documentary about Rodham Clinton when she was still a 2008 presidential candidate. Later, after Bill Clinton's comments about the similarities between Barack Obama's popularity and that of presidential candidate Jesse Jackson in 1988, Morris put out an article on his blog that asserted that this was Clinton's way of injecting race into the political campaign.
Political consulting
As of August 2009, Morris lends his name and assistance to the League of American Voters, an advocacy group for seniors to defeat the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He has been described as "America's most ruthless political consultant" in the BBC documentary Century of the Self, which chronicled how he brought lifestyle marketing to politics for the first time.
Morris has consulted for candidates in other countries of the western hemisphere, including the campaigns of Fernando de la Rua for President of Argentina (1999), Jorge Batlle for President of Uruguay (1999), Vicente Fox for President of Mexico (2000), and Raphael Trotman for President of Guyana (2006).
Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, are behind www.vote.com, a site intended to register non-scientific political public opinion on various issues.
Morris worked as a strategist for Christy Mihos, who sought the Republican nomination to run for Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 against incumbent Deval Patrick overseeing strategy, polling, and advertising. At the Republican state convention, Mihos lost to Charlie Baker by 89 percent to 11 percent; by failing to reach 15 percent, Mihos did not qualify for a primary against Baker.
Guest commentator and political prognosticator
Since leaving Clinton's employ in 1996, Morris has said he has become profoundly "disillusioned" with the actions of the Clintons in the late 1990s. He has since formed a career as a political commentator and critic of the Clintons (particularly Hillary), appearing on Fox News programs such as Hannity & Colmes, Hannity, and The O'Reilly Factor, and on various local and nationally syndicated radio talk shows. Morris is also a regular columnist and Pundits Blogger for The Hill, a nonpartisan daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., and for Newsmax, a conservative online news website. Morris regularly makes predictions about candidates' chances of winning elections during these appearances.
Regarding the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, he initially stated that Howard Dean's candidacy could be written off right away. He had earlier discussed the likelihood of Dean defeating John Kerry after early strong showings by the former Vermont governor. Kerry defeated Dean and all his other rivals and won the nomination.
In a column in The Hill on June 22, 2005, Morris predicted that Hillary Clinton would face her "worst nightmare" in her 2006 Senate race against Republican candidate Judge Jeanine Pirro, whose campaign subsequently collapsed within a matter of two months after repeated crushing defeats in the opinion polls due to her husband's alleged Mafia ties. He even went so far as to suggest that Hillary Clinton would drop out to focus on her 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2005 Morris wrote that Hurricane Katrina "has the capacity to shape the second Bush term in the same way September 11 shaped his first term—not only in rebuilding New Orleans but in taking preventative steps around the nation to bolster our defenses against natural and man-made disasters and terror strikes. Responding to disasters is a source of presidential strength and popularity, and Bush is about to show how it is done."
In August 2011, Morris began a petition on his website opposing federal funding for the Park51 Muslim community center, claiming that the center is "designed to celebrate the attacks that killed 3,000 Americans", and that the center would "train the same kinds of terrorists who caused the... attacks".
2008 election
In a 2005 book on the 2008 presidential campaign, Morris stated that it was most likely that Hillary Clinton would face Condoleezza Rice for the presidency. Morris's critics reacted by mocking his mistaken predictions of past races. Appearing on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes on January 29, 2008, Morris said that those voting for John Edwards were "at the moment... those that can't decide which they don't like more—a black or a woman getting elected". Morris elaborated that exit polls showed some Edwards voters were unsure if a woman or an African-American, in reference to then Democratic Primary front runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, could get elected to the presidency for the first time in 2008.
In the weeks leading up to the 2008 election, Morris correctly predicted that Obama would win the election in a landslide, but incorrectly predicted that Obama would win Missouri, Arkansas, North Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee, and West Virginia by comfortable margins, while Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina would be tossups. Of those states, Obama only won North Carolina in a close margin.
After Obama won the 2008 election, Morris was critical of him. In early 2009, Morris said: "Those crazies in Montana who say, 'We're going to kill ATF agents because the UN's going to take over'? Well, they're beginning to have a case." In April 2009, Morris keynoted an animated debate at the Yale Political Union on the topic "Resolved: Save Capitalism from President Obama".
2012 election
During the 2012 United States presidential election, Morris received widespread attention for his inaccurate predictions and controversial statements about candidates. In a March 2011 column for The Hill, Morris predicted that Obama would not win a second term as president. In July 2012, Morris predicted that Mitt Romney would choose Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate as an effort to court the Latino vote; Romney ultimately chose Paul Ryan. In August 2012, Morris predicted that Bill Clinton was going to vote for Mitt Romney, but that he would still speak in favor of Obama because "his wife is hostage."
In October 2012, Morris was a speaker at a special meeting of the Republican Caucus of the Georgia House of Representatives to discuss claims that Obama was using 'mind-control' techniques to create a Communist dictatorship controlled by the United Nations under the guise of promoting sustainability and public transportation. Speaking at the event, Morris argued that Obama's aim was to join with the United Nations to "force everyone into the cities from whence our ancestors fled."
On the day before the 2012 U.S. presidential election, Morris predicted on his website and in an article in The Hill that the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, would win the presidency in a landslide "approaching the magnitude of Obama's against McCain." Specifically, he stated that Romney would win 325 electoral votes and that Obama would win 213. Obama ended up winning 332 electoral votes with Romney winning 206, meaning Morris was off by 119 electoral votes. He explained the logic behind his prediction in a video posted at his website. He made this prediction in the face of an overwhelming consensus among expert pollsters leading up to election night that Obama would win at least the Electoral College and likely the popular vote. Morris wrote on his website, "On Sunday, we changed our clocks. On Tuesday, we'll change our president." With regard to his prognostications, Morris announced on Fox and Friends two days before the election that after the election "either I'm gonna have to go through a big reckoning, or they are." Jon Stewart mocked the idea on The Daily Show, calling Dick Morris the "King of Wrong Mountain" and claiming that pundits live in a "reckoning-free zone." Morris was the least accurate major pundit in predicting the 2012 presidential election.
In Morris's article in The Hill, he identified some "key mistakes" by the Obama campaign, which he stated would cost Obama the election:
- The campaign "bet the farm on negative ads in swing states."
- Obama never moved to the political center.
- The Obama campaign did not consider Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota swing states.
- Obama "became nothing more than a nasty partisan" instead of trying to look presidential.
- Obama offered nothing more than "a grab-bag of special-interest pleadings for single women, unions, college kids and minorities".
- Obama underperformed in the first presidential debate.
- Obama was slow to release information about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
- Obama returned to campaigning too quickly after Hurricane Sandy.
On November 7, 2012, the day after the election, Morris published an article in The Hill titled "Why I was wrong". Morris stated that he had "egg on his face" and that the "key reason for my bum prediction is that I believed, mistakenly, that the 2008 surge in black, Latino and young voter turnout would recede in 2012 to 'normal' levels. Didn't happen. These high levels of minority and young voter participation are here to stay. And, with them, a permanent reshaping of our nation's politics." In a subsequent interview on Fox News, Morris added: "I called it as I saw it from the polling and I did the best I could and I also worked very hard for Romney." He elaborated on the latter point by explaining that he thought it was his duty to help the Romney campaign by countering pessimism about Romney's chances.
Other elections
In March 2021, it was reported by The New York Times that he was meeting with Donald Trump in New York, "encouraging him to take on the party he once led".
Foreign political consultant
Morris worked with the United Kingdom Independence Party in their campaign before the 2004 European Parliament election. The party, which advocated withdrawal from the European Union, won 12 of the United Kingdom's 78 seats.
In 2004 and 2005, he and his wife had acted as campaign consultants to the successful Yushchenko presidential campaign in Ukraine. Morris reports that he insisted on the use of exit polls as a means of potentially exposing ballot tampering. He argues this played a significant role in forcing the government of then President Leonid Kuchma to acquiesce to a new poll when the official results of the first varied materially from the exit surveys. Faced with a similar (though smaller) divergence between exit polling and election returns, he took the opposite stance in a 2004 article in The Hill when he suspected "foul play" on the part of the exit pollsters in the US presidential race.
In a November 13, 2007 press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Morris announced that he would be offering his consultancy services pro bono for the campaign to elect Raila Odinga as President of Kenya in the 2007 presidential election running on the Orange Democratic Movement ticket. With four weeks to the national elections, an editorial in one of the leading dailies called into question the legalities of Morris' consulting work from the perspective of his presence in and lack of legal ability to work in Kenya "pro bono" or "through the back door".
The outcome of the December 27, 2007, elections in Kenya is still disputed due to allegations of electoral fraud and rigging by the incumbent president, Mwai Kibaki, the Party of National Unity and erroneous reporting by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). Massive protests and tribal tensions have since erupted between the president's Kikuyu tribe and the majority of other tribes not favorably aligned to the outcome. Major mediations have commenced between concerned parties, including possible formation of a coalition and/or interim government until reelections are held.
Radio and TV host
Following the 2012 election, Morris did not appear on Fox News for almost three months. On February 5, 2013, Fox announced that it would not renew Morris' contract. In addition to his numerous inaccurate predictions, Morris had been criticized for accepting paid ads on his Website from candidates whom he discussed on the air, a clear conflict of interest.
Beginning in 2013, Morris' Super PAC For America disbursed approximately $1.7mm for "fundraising" to the television network, Newsmax. Emails from both Morris and Newsmax were paid for by Super PAC for America. Some media outlets speculate that Morris took advantage of Super PAC For America donations by paying Newsmax for fundraising which in turn paid Morris large sums of money to 'rent' his email list. Morris was a regular guest on multiple Newsmax shows, such as American Agenda, Greg Kelly Reports and Spicer & Co.. In 2021, Morris launched a weekly half-hour show on Newsmax TV, Dick Morris Democracy.
Morris was host of a daily radio talk show on WPHT in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 2013 to 2015. Morris cited his desire to campaign for 2016 Republican candidates as his reason for leaving. In 2021, Morris launched a one-hour radio program on WABC in New York City, airing from noon to 2 PM on Sunday afternoons with co-host Doug DiPierro.
Film
Morris has appeared in, and wrote the screenplay for, the documentary film FahrenHYPE 9/11. The film was a response to Michael Moore's 2004 film, Fahrenheit 9/11.
Personal life and tax problems
Morris is married to author Eileen McGann (author).
He failed to pay a variety of state and federal taxes beginning in 1996. In 2010, he declared that he had reached an agreement with the State of Connecticut, and that he is committed to paying his taxes: "Following a difficult period in my life, I fell into arrears. But since then, I have paid almost $3 million in state and federal taxes." In 2012, the lien that had been placed on his house was lifted.
Morris is a first cousin once removed of the late attorney Roy Cohn.
Books
Morris has written several books, many co-authored with his wife, Eileen McGann. He authored Condi vs. Hillary in which he argues that only Condoleezza Rice could block Hillary Clinton's anticipated 2008 bid for the White House.
Rewriting History was published in May 2004 as a rebuttal to Hillary Clinton's book, Living History (ISBN 0-7432-2224-5). In it, he argues that Hillary Clinton has presented a false "nice" persona in the book. Morris instead remembers her as manipulative, cold, and single-minded in her pursuit of power. Similarly, Morris and McGann wrote Because He Could in response to Bill Clinton's memoir My Life (ISBN 0-375-41457-6).
Bibliography
- Behind the Oval Office: Winning the Presidency in the Nineties (1997) ISBN 1-58063-053-7
- Vote.com: How Big-Money Lobbyists and the Media Are Losing Their Influence, and the Internet Is Giving Power Back to the People (1999) ISBN 978-1580631051
- The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century (2000) ISBN 978-1580630795
- Power Plays: Win or Lose – How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game (2003) ISBN 978-0060004439
- Rewriting History (2004) ISBN 0-06-073668-2
- Because He Could (2004, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 0-06-078415-6
- Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race (2005, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 0-06-083913-9
- Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies are Ripping Us Off ...And What to Do About It (2007, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-0061195402
- Catastrophe: How Obama, Congress, and the Special Interests Are Transforming a Slump Into a Crash, Freedom Into Socialism, and a Disaster Into a Catastrophe ...and How to Fight Back (2008, with Eileen McGAnn) ISBN 978-0061771040
- Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want To Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us...And What To Do About It (2008, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-0-06-171866-3
- Revolt! How to Defeat Obama and Repeal His Socialist Programs (2011, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-0062073303
- Screwed: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-and How Our Leaders Help Them Do It (2012, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-0062196699
- Here Come the Black Helicopters!: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom (2012, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-0062240590
- Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary (2016, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 978-1630060589
- Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump (2017, with Eileen McGann) ISBN 9781250167866
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- "Clinton ex-adviser gives boost to Britain's anti-EU party". EUBusiness. June 15, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2004.
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Morris, who is Jewish, suggests that
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