Jack Germond
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Jack W. Germond is an American journalist, author, and pundit.
Germond is a veteran newspaperman of 50 years' standing, having written for the now-defunct Washington Star and for The Baltimore Sun. With his partner, Jules Witcover, Germond co-wrote "Politics Today," a five-day-a-week syndicated column, for over 24 years.
Despite having been a television personality for decades, he has cultivated an image of being an old-fashioned newspaper reporter, somewhat disdainful of slick TV types, and who likes to visit the horse racing track and enjoy the occasional drink.
He was a fixture on the PBS TV program The McLaughlin Group for 15 years before abruptly resigning, and he now appears on CNN, and on the PBS program Inside Washington.
His political opinions are generally liberal, and he is an avowed atheist.
He is a native of Boston and a graduate of the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and history.
[edit] Books written with Witcover
- Blue Smoke & Mirrors: How Reagan Won and Why Carter Lost the Election of 1980, Viking Press (1981);
- Wake Us When It's Over: Presidential Politics of 1984, Macmillan (1985)
- Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988, Warner Books (1989)
- Mad As Hell: Revolt at the Ballot Box 1992, Warner Books (1992)
[edit] Books written solo
- Fat Man in A Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics, Random House (2002)
- Fat Man Fed Up: How American Politics Went Bad, Random House (2004)
