Politico Taps Former Democratic Governor, Conservative Pundit as Columnists

Jennifer Granholm and Rich Lowry have joined as weekly opinion columnists

 

Politico added two high-profile commentators to its stable of columnists, the publication announced Thursday.

Rich Lowry, the editor of the conservative news magazine the National Review, and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will write weekly columns. 

Lowry is an overt conservative and Granholm a former Democratic politician.

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Lowry, a syndicated columnist, is also a commentator on Fox News and will publish op-eds exclusively on Politico 24 hours before they are syndicated. His first column was posted Wednesday night.

Granholm, who now hosts left-leaning television outlet Current TV's "The War Room," will transition from writing for Politico every other week, as she has since February, to writing weekly.

Granholm will write every Wednesday, and Lowry every Thursday.

Lowry and Granholm join another prominent pundit, Joe Scarborough — host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and a former Republican congressman — who also writes a weekly column for the site. 

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