"Doug Hattaway" is President and CEO of Hattaway Communications, Inc., a strategic communications firm based in Washington, DC. As an United States/American communications consultant and spokesperson he has served dozens of major organizations, political campaigns, and government leaders in the U.S. and around the world. Hattaway was a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, as well as Al Gore’s spokesman during the 2000 election, and was reported by the Washington Post to be on a short list of candidates to serve as White House press secretary in the Obama administration. His calming presence on the campaign trail in 2008 and his prominent role during the Florida election recount – “the political story of the century” – gained him much attention, and he was named "an important figure in politics" by the Washington Post website, Who Runs Gov.

Hattaway has appeared frequently as an analyst and commentator on CNN and MSNBC.

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Because of 24-hour cable news and online news, the campaigns are played out in real time.

He actually combines a number of attributes that I think are attractive in some of our candidates, and he has the potential to cause heartburn across the field.

We do not see this as a blow.

The beauty is, he's laid issues on the table. Now we can have some good debate.

Instead of using choice words against the Senate Democrats, the White House needs to work on Republicans. Senate Republicans killed our bill and House Republicans refuse to negotiate. There's not much we can do under these conditions.

We're right where we want to be.

Al Gore has been campaigning as his own man, speaking to the American people from his own heart and that's the way it should be. The president has a number of important activities to do for Democrats.

We did something with mayors around the country in March. This is part of our effort to work closely with people in communities across the country to build support for the party and the ticket.

The situation in Florida is so volatile that we don't want to be dragged into it.