George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States
Richard Cheney
Vice President of the United States, 2001-2009
Michael Gerson
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Speechwriting
Ken Mehlman
Campaign Manager, Bush-Cheney Re-Election Campaign
Jay Timmons
Executive Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Leonard Leo
Catholic Strategist, Bush-Cheney Campaign & the Republican National Convention
John McConnell
Speechwriter for President Bush and Vice President Cheney
Mike Shannon
Media-buying strategist, Bush-Cheney campaign
Daron Shaw
Professor, Author, and Strategist for the Bush-Cheney Campaign
Democratic Campaigns
John Kerry
Democratic Nominee for President, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
John Edwards
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination, Nominee for Vice President
Howard Dean
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Joe Lockhart
Senior Adviser, John Kerry 2004 Presidential Campaign
Wesley Clark
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Richard Gephardt
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Bob Graham
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Dennis Kucinich
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Joseph Lieberman
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Mark Mellman
Chief Pollster and Adviser, Kerry-Edwards Campaign
Al Sharpton
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Robert Shrum
Senior Adviser, Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign
Joe Trippi
Campaign Manager, Howard Dean Presidential Campaign
Other Political Actors
Michael Badnarik
Libertarian Party Nominee for President
Dan Balz
National Political Correspondent for The Washington Post
Charlie Cook
Editor and Publisher of The Cook Political Report
John Geer
Professor and Author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns
Chris LaCivita
Principal Media Adviser to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
Mark Rozell
Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
John Ryder
Member, Republican National Committee
Walter Shapiro
Journalist and author, One-Car Caravan: On the Road with the 2004 Democrats Before America Tunes In
Margaret Spellings
White House Domestic Policy Advisor