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. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The defeat of Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar has political tongues wagging all over the nation. Lugar was a major force in the U.S. Senate. He was well liked by colleagues and, ironically, made an early political name for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/05/10/lugar_defeat_sends_many_messages 525f3f27-e356-4e04-9296-75b980149ba8 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT I have no idea if it is because of Obamacare or not, but the health care system in America is just impossible for the average person to navigate. For all the talk of modernization and improvement in care, I for one have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/05/03/health_care_system_becoming_impossible_to_deal_with 67f0bd78-6dba-4ee6-8313-fdc2d3f8ffce Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT It may not be official, but Newt Gingrich, arguably the greatest political debater since John F. Kennedy, is out of the presidential race.Gingrich is a very complex man. Those who attempt to categorize him (as an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/04/26/the_last_debater_leaves_the_podium 07763cdb-2d59-4395-a7be-a3ae6ca01316 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Unless something unexpected takes place, Florida can already claim the top spot in deciding recent presidential nominations, both for Republicans and Democrats, and is poised to be, along with a handful of states, a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/04/19/florida_remains_golden_prize_of_presidential_politics 7aec1a5f-7bd8-4a51-a663-7e52ae735dca Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Considering Rick Santorum's sudden departure from the race, it's time to quit dancing around and bluntly state what the problem is for the man likely to become the Republican nominee for president. Republicans and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/04/12/romney_and_gop_conservatives_struggle_to_find_a_comfort_zone 5499cb5d-ac46-469f-89bb-28b38b7cf3bb Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT When I was a kid, we dreamt about someday owning a "flying car" like the ones we saw in cartoons. Back in those days, I also heard my dad warn that "someday we will have another depression, where the financial world... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/04/05/in_the_year_of_the_flying_car 40d5d56f-54df-4e7b-aaf0-c8c83022c36d Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:28:00 GMT Yes, I still believe Newt Gingrich would have been the best candidate to take on Barack Obama. While my polling was never biased, my heart favored a man of such intellect and experience to be the GOP nominee.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/03/29/creators_oped 0576a176-d971-4e00-9f33-6aa8fcf82627 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT It was unbelievable: As soon as Newt Gingrich failed to win both Alabama and Mississippi in the GOP race for president, most members of the mainstream media and political strategists with whom I talked readily... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/03/15/creators_oped ecea9040-416e-45ef-b25f-2870305a7180 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT After the not so "Super" Tuesday results, pundits and experts predicted a much longer march to the Republican National Convention to be held in Tampa, Fla. Many experts believe Mitt Romney will ultimately gain the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/03/08/creators_oped 56a429e4-ec8d-40d6-86d4-ab59f12e4da9 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT Ok, folks, don't get mad. This little piece is purely to attempt a bit of comic relief from the strife that has been the race for the GOP nomination for president. The media have tried every way in the world to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/03/01/creators_oped b06d4260-ada5-4448-b44c-261a020bde11 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT We knew this was coming. In fact, in the first year of the Obama administration, I focused on this very issue. Now it has risen to the level of potential reality. The Obama administration is ready to launch its assault... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/02/23/media_spin_on_obama_corporate_tax_break_a_joke 365eb659-c950-4b4e-b250-b91e2b6ac66e Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:46:00 GMT Just three weeks earlier, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was sailing high. He won the South Carolina primary and seemed headed for Florida with the wind at his back. That was before Mitt Romney ripped him apart... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattTowery/2012/02/16/creators_oped f8b4a3d2-72e0-4881-a6c9-a97fae20216b Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT