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Matt Towery is a graduate of England's Cambridge University and Florida's Stetson University Law School (Cum Laude). Matt Towery is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and at age 30, he was his party's nominee for Lt. Governor of Georgia.
Matt Towery has served as campaign chairman for Newt Gingrich and chief strategist for numerous national political campaigns. He is known for his bipartisanship. Matt Towery became the first and only Republican to preside over the Democratically controlled Georgia House prior to leaving politics in 1997.
Towery is an attorney, businessman and successful author. His first major book, Powerchicks: How Women Will Dominate America, received national attention in publications ranging from The Washington Post to Ladies Home Journal. Matt Towery has appeared on national programs ranging from ABC's "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher," FOX News' "The O'Reilly Factor," CNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," NBC's "Leeza," and CNN's "Talk Back Live" and "Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff." Towery continues to appear on national talk shows and recently authored the book Mean Business: The Insider's Guide to Winning Any Political Election.
Matt Towery has written columns for publications ranging from trade magazines (such as Hollywood's Daily Variety) to daily newspapers and monthly magazines.
As a businessman, Towery was CEO of his family-owned Color Graphics, the South's largest commercial sheet fed printing company. He sold the company to Mail Well (NYSE) in 1997. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of InsiderAdvantage.com, a subscription-based source for advanced information about government and public issues for corporations and the media. Its GovernmentBids.com division is the most active site on the Internet for information about government contracts.
Matt Towery lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.
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Matt Towery (Dec 29, 2011)
I have been polling Iowa presidential caucuses for several cycles now. Our InsiderAdvantage final poll never has failed to show the actual winner of an Iowa presidential... more
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Matt Towery (Dec 22, 2011)
Yes, I know that "Marley and Me" was a hugely successful movie that came from a book. But as this Christmas approaches, seeing most of the Republican candidates for president... more
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Matt Towery (Dec 15, 2011)
Iowa Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich is really disliked by the so-called "GOP Establishment." These are the folks who backed George H.W. Bush against Ronald Reagan in... more
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Matt Towery (Dec 08, 2011)
The GOP race for president is coming to a head very quickly. Yes, Newt Gingrich had a terrible launch. But that was in political time eons ago. Now, Gingrich is the last... more
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Matt Towery (Dec 01, 2011)
Yes!!! My polling in the presidential race made Drudge today ... a first! I don't even care.As I write, a true conservative/libertarian talk show host -- one with a heart,... more
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Matt Towery (Nov 17, 2011)
While I poll and analyze the 2012 presidential race straight down the middle, an equal opportunity offender, I am in a unique position to explain who "the new" Newt Gingrich... more
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Matt Towery (Nov 10, 2011)
ATLANTA -- A new Poll Position national survey taken right after Herman Cain's press conference to deny sexual harassment charges shows Cain still clinging to a lead, but... more
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Matt Towery (Nov 03, 2011)
ATLANTA -- Kasim Reed is a Democrat. He supports President Obama. He's no candidate for converting to the GOP. But whether one is a Republican or Democrat, they should be... more
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Matt Towery (Oct 21, 2011)
This is too juicy not to share. It's a little gossipy and involved, but it stars three presidential candidates, so it's topical stuff.
It... more
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Matt Towery (Oct 13, 2011)
America is undergoing a revolution. Two revolutions, to be exact. One is made up of hardworking families who believe that what matters -- or should matter -- are their good... more
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Matt Towery (Oct 06, 2011)
Make no mistake about it. Both Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich know exactly what they are doing. They are, collectively -- with Cain's significant increase in the polls... more
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Matt Towery (Sep 22, 2011)
If anyone ever believed that the more conservative Bill Clinton really thought the more liberal Barack Obama was prepared to be president in 2008, let them wonder no... more
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Matt Towery (Sep 15, 2011)
Let's get this straight once and for all: The vast -- and I mean vast -- majority of those who identify themselves as Republican voters, or as independents who likely will... more
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Matt Towery (Sep 08, 2011)
Finally the candy-pants White House press corps has come to its senses. Or at least a few members of that pro-Obama, softball-tossing group of so-called journalists have.... more
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Matt Towery (Sep 01, 2011)
This time of year is traditionally about the start of school, the start of football and the end of summer. Labor Day is emblematic of the season, and with Labor Day comes the... more
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Matt Towery (Aug 25, 2011)
I've always considered former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to be an astute political observer. But when I hear him suggest the need to include "revenue" as part of... more
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Matt Towery (Aug 19, 2011)
It seems like everything is going wrong for President Obama. Polling shows that white voters and independents who bolstered his effort in 2008 have soured on his presidency.... more
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Matt Towery (Aug 11, 2011)
Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney has ventured into an area she should have avoided -- political analysis. The results were not pretty.
Deprived of the hike in... more
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Matt Towery (Aug 04, 2011)
So many want to put the entire blame on President Barack Obama for the reckless spending and huge debt that America suffers from. But it took an entire village of idiots... more
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Matt Towery (Jul 29, 2011)
About a year before he made his first run for the presidency, I had a chance to sit down and talk extensively with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. I found him more... more
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Matt Towery (Jul 20, 2011)
Once when George W. Bush looked to be in steep political trouble, his mother Barbara famously said that she'd seen this movie before and didn't like how it ended. Leave it to... more
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Matt Towery (Jul 13, 2011)
The Republicans surged to majority status in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2010 thanks in large part to the support of many independent voters who shifted... more
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Matt Towery (Jul 06, 2011)
I know, and I get it. In my mind -- and this is just my opinion -- Casey Anthony had some involvement in the death of her child Caylee. And in the weeks following the... more
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Matt Towery (Jun 29, 2011)
Here's a news flash for every Republican candidate who wants to replace Barack Obama in the 2012 election cycle -- it's Florida, stupid. Candidates can spend all the time... more
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Matt Towery (Jun 23, 2011)
Like the man who stood in the middle of the road, Newt Gingrich has been brutally beaten up by political and media traffic going both ways. But he has vowed not to get out... more
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Matt Towery (Jun 15, 2011)
The recent CNN debate among the current candidates for the Republican nomination for president illustrated once more that political debates have become more about the... more
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Matt Towery (Jun 08, 2011)
It is one thing to be an alarmist about potential problems, to which I readily plead guilty. But it is another thing to feel genuine fear for our future as a nation while... more
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Matt Towery (Jun 01, 2011)
They've tried over and over, the media and government elites who know so much more than the rest of us. They've doggedly done their best to persuade us that, months ago, the... more
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Matt Towery (May 25, 2011)
The latest InsiderAdvantage survey of potential and announced Republican candidates for president suggests that two figures mainly ignored up to now, Rep. Michele Bachmann... more
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Matt Towery (May 19, 2011)
Last week, I was driving down a busy neighborhood street near my home when I spotted a fashionable-looking dog darting about in the busy traffic. Suddenly, she charged... more
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Matt Towery (May 12, 2011)
Trust me, when it comes to the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination, I am going to be fair in assessing the candidates. Already I have polled for NewsMax, and... more
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Matt Towery (May 05, 2011)
I'm a nonpartisan pollster, but I'm also a columnist with a strong Republican background. So let me be clear right from the start: I believe President Barack Obama and his... more
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Matt Towery (Apr 27, 2011)
A recent NewsMax/InsiderAdvantage scientific national survey of likely voters in Republican presidential caucuses and primaries to be held next year provides a clear view... more
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Matt Towery (Apr 21, 2011)
I've listened over the past few weeks as the mainstream GOP establishment and pundits have tried to demean the possibility of a presidential candidacy by Donald Trump. Mr.... more
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Matt Towery (Apr 07, 2011)
In most, if not every, state in the nation, there are two instances in which a trial requires a 12-person jury: When the death penalty is at stake and when private... more
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Matt Towery (Mar 31, 2011)
Once again, Florida legislators are pushing to upend things by moving their state's presidential preference primaries up to the front of the pack among states. Imagine that!... more
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Matt Towery (Mar 24, 2011)
I can't believe what I'm watching. Nation by nation, the hotbed of the world is melting down. It started with Egypt, now Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and others. A tumultuous region... more
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Matt Towery (Mar 11, 2011)
This past week, I've seen or read plenty of news analyses suggesting that the Republicans have a weak field of presidential hopefuls for 2012. Not so. I believe that many of... more
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Matt Towery (Mar 04, 2011)
ATLANTA -- The media filled the office of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. Reporters were already buzzing about how crazy the week's worth of press stories had been. There had been... more
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Matt Towery (Feb 25, 2011)
In 2006, I examined a series of surveys we conducted nationwide and then predicted a collapse of the housing market. Plenty others followed with similar forecasts and... more
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Matt Towery (Feb 18, 2011)
It sounds harsh and cruel, but U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's threat to shut down all but essential federal government services if the Democrats on Capitol Hill can't... more
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Matt Towery (Feb 11, 2011)
Liberals and Democrats go nuts whenever any columnist dares to suggest that John F. Kennedy had more in common with Ronald Reagan than he did with, say, Kennedy's brother... more
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Matt Towery (Jan 28, 2011)
With the celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday now in full swing, I find myself reflecting on the despair that so many of us felt at the midpoint of his first term in... more
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Matt Towery (Jan 20, 2011)
Much ado will be made this week over a vote in the U. S. House to repeal the so-called "ObamaCare" law. And rightfully so, given that it passed with almost no scrutiny and... more
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Matt Towery (Jan 13, 2011)
We've already heard or read nearly everything that can be said or written about the shooting tragedy in Tucson, Ariz. this past week -- and about the left-of-center's effort... more
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Matt Towery (Jan 06, 2011)
Been there, done that. An angry electorate reacts against a liberal president, so Congress vaults over the castle gate to establish itself as America's new frontline... more