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Bob Beckel is an American political commentator and an analyst on the Fox News Channel.

He is also a columnist for USA Today. Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. He became known as the man who wrapped the Wendy's slogan "Where's the Beef?" around Mondale's opponent Gary Hart so effectively. Beckel worked for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968.

Early in his career, Beckel joined the U.S. Department of State and became the youngest Deputy Assistant secretary of state for the Carter administration.^[1] He was co-host of Crossfire Sunday on CNN alongside Tony Snow and later Lynne Cheney and went on to Fox News Channel as a political analyst and commentator, regularly appearing on such shows as Hannity & Colmes, Hannity, and America's Newsroom.

Beckel is a graduate school professor of politics at the George Washington University. Beckel holds a B.A. from Wagner College.^[2] He is the brother of actor Graham Beckel.

Bibliography

2007, Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America with Cal Thomas (ISBN 978-0-06-123634-1)

References

^ Mostafavi, Beata (2008-04-25). "Pundits Cal Thomas, Bob Beckel spar, but on common ground". The Flint Journal (mLive.com). http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/04/pundits_cal_thomas_bob_beckel.html. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
^ http://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/bob-beckel/

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Bob Beckel is an American television personality who writes a forum page with Cal Thomas titled Common Ground for USA Today.<ref name="Keppler Speakers"> </ref> He is also seen frequently as a liberal political commentator on programs such as Hannity & Colmes and Larry King Live.

Beckel worked on the 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy and later volunteered in the Peace Corps, where he served in the Philippines from 1971 to 1972. Beckel has also worked as a consultant and, in 1984, campaign manager for Walter Mondale.

He became a born-again Christian in late 2000. He received a B.A. from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, and teaches graduate level courses about campaign management at the George Washington University school of Political Management. He is famous for introducing the term "Where's the beef?" into politics.

His brother is actor Graham Beckel.

In 2001 Bob Beckel was the victim of an extortion scam by a prostitute, Maryam Massihi, whose services he had utilized. See http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/beckel1.html <ref> TSG</ref> During Beckel's encounters with the prostitute he revealed that he would be on tv at a certain time. The prostitute allegedly saw an opportunity for extortion and left threatening messages that unless $50,000 was placed at a drop point, she would reveal the details of his sexual encounters to his Ex-wife.