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Mary Joe Matalin (born August 19, 1953) is an American political consultant well known for her work with the Republican Party.She served under President Ronald Reagan, was campaign director for George H. W. Bush, an assistant to President George W. Bush, and until 2003 counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney.
James Carville and Mary Matalin have been the nation's political odd couple for decades. Carville, 79, a Democrat, became famous after heading Bill Clinton's campaign in 1992 when he upset ...
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! is a 2024 American documentary film about the life of Democratic political operative James Carville and his marriage to Republican adviser Mary Matalin. It is produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer. It premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.
Carville was born on October 25, 1944, at a U.S. Army hospital at Georgia's Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), where his father was stationed during World War II. [4] While his mother, Lucille (née Normand), had stayed behind in Carville, Louisiana, where James was raised, she traveled to Fort Benning long enough to have her firstborn son born there.
It also examines his famous bipartisan marriage to Mary Matalin, a top strategist for then-President George H.W. Bush’s reelection campaign in 1992, who lost to Carville’s candidate, Bill Clinton.
Matalin and her husband, Democratic strategist James Carville, are well-known in Washington for years as the couple willing to duke it out over the issues on TV.
The film was widely interpreted as an imitation of the contemporaneous, real-life romance of rival political consultants James Carville (key advisor to the first presidential campaign of Bill Clinton), and Mary Matalin (speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush).
Also emphasized throughout the documentary: Carville’s improbable relationship with Republican operative Mary Matalin, whom he met during the Clinton-Bush race.