Ex-Bush Aide to Host ‘This Week’

By Andrew Gauthier 

Politico

Matthew Dowd, who worked as chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney 04 campaign, is getting a shot behind the anchor desk on ABC’s “This Week.”

Since news broke that George Stephanopoulos was heading to “Good Morning America” in December, the network has had five different fill-in hosts while deciding who’ll get the job permanently: Jake Tapper, Terry Moran, Barbara Walters, Jonathan Karl and Elizabeth Vargas.

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Still, Dowd–who has been an ABC political contributor since 2007, and regular on the Sunday roundtable–will be the first non-journalist to have a chance asking the questions. More…

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