Probably the most prominent American political consultant, Dick Morris is almost universally credited with piloting Bill Clinton to a stunning comeback re-election victory in 1996 after the president lost Congress to the Republicans two years before. Called "the most influential private citizen in America" by Time Magazine, Morris helped steer Clinton to the center and away from the liberal policies he had pursued in his first two years in office. Morris is also credited with advising Clinton to sign the welfare reform bill of 1996 and getting him to back a balanced budget, both key centrist positions.

Morris began his relationship with Clinton in 1977 when he handled the Arkansas Attorney General's successful campaign to become the youngest Governor in the nation. Morris did not work on Clinton's defeat for re-election in 1980 but did oversee his comeback victory in 1982 as well as his Arkansas re-election victories in 1984, 1986, and 1990. In addition to Clinton, Morris has handled the winning campaigns for more than 30 Senators or Governors including Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former Governors Bill Weld of Massachusetts and Pete Wilson of California.

In recent years, Morris has turned to foreign campaigns and served as chief strategist for Mexico's reformer Vicente Fox in his upset victory in July 2000 over the PRI after the party had ruled the nation for 71 years. He also was the chief strategist for the winning campaigns of Fernando de la Rua (Argentina), Jorge Battle (Uruguay), Chen (Taiwan) and, most recently, for Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian presidential candidate who was poisoned during his campaign.

In the United States, Morris has become a familiar figure as a commentator for the Fox News Channel. He is well known for hard hitting, nonpartisan, objective commentary about the U.S. political scene. He writes a weekly column for the New York Post and the Hill Magazine in the U.S. and the National Post in Canada.

He has written nine books including five New York Times bestsellers. The best sellers are: Behind the Oval Office (his memoir about the Clinton years), Off With Their Heads (about the war on terror), Rewriting History (a biography of Hillary Clinton written with his wife, Eileen McGann), Because He Could (about Bill Clinton also with Eileen) and Condi vs. Hillary (promoting Condoleezza Rice for president written with Eileen). His other books are: Power Plays, Vote.com, The New Prince and Bum Rap on American Cities which he wrote in the 70's. In their latest work, Fleeced, Dick and Eileen call offenders of all kinds on the carpet with their characteristic blend of sharp analysis and insider insight and offer practical agendas to help turn the tide.

In November of 1999, Morris founded a web site in the U.S. called Vote.com where people may log on to vote on the major issues of the day. Their opinions are then e-mailed to their Senator and Congressman and to other significant decision makers. Over three million people have used this site to express their opinions.

As part of his work with Vote.com, Dick and Eileen founded Legalvote.com, an online jury focus group service. They have conducted online focus groups in over 100 cases, and their clients include two of the top insurance companies in the U.S. as well as many of the major plaintiff lawyers in the nation.

• Dick surveys the current situation in the economy, the Administration's response to it, the other key items on its agenda (including health care), and speaks about them substantively and politically. We are at a decisive moment in our history unlike any other since the 1930's and Dick offers a perspective on how we got into this mess...and how we can get out.