Michael Whouley

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Michael Whouley is a Democratic political consultant who specializes in get out the vote operations. Whouley is President of the Dewey Square Group, a consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists.

Whouley was a key strategist for Bill Clinton, serving as his field director during the 1992 election. Following Clinton's innaguration, Whouley became a lobbyist on behalf of pro-NAFTA interests. During the 1996 election, Whouley served as director of Vice Presidential operations.

Whouley was a key strategist for both Al Gore in the 2000 election and John Kerry four years later. Whouley helped jump start both Gore's and Kerry's comeback in the presidential primaries after they came close to being overtaken by Bill Bradley and Howard Dean respectively.

Whouley is regarded as one of the Democratic Party's best field strategists and as a result has earned the nickname "The Wizard". Despite this, he is fairly reclusive and very rarely does media interviews. He avoids reporters as much as possible.