Michael Whouley is an American

United States

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 Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

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 political consultant who specializes in get out the vote

Get out the vote

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 operations. Whouley is President of the Dewey Square Group

Dewey Square Group

The Dewey Square Group is a Washington, DC and Boston consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists. It was founded by Chuck Campion, Michael Whouley, and Charlie Baker, who are currently principals of the firm.-External links:* * *...

, a consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists.

Whouley, who spent his childhood and launched his career in the Dorchester section of Boston, Mass., was a key strategist for Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

, serving as his field director during the 1992 election. Following Clinton's inauguration

Inauguration

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, Whouley became a lobbyist on behalf of pro-North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement

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 (NAFTA) interests. During the 1996 election, Whouley served as director of Vice Presidential

Vice President of the United States

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 operations.

Whouley was a key strategist for both Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 in 2000 and John Kerry

John Kerry

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 in 2004. Whouley helped jumpstart both Gore's and Kerry's comeback in the presidential primaries after they came close to being overtaken by Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley

William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....

 and Howard Dean

Howard Dean

Howard Brush Dean III is an American politician and physician from Vermont. He served six terms as the 79th Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009. Although his U.S...

 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.

Mark Halperin of Time reported on December 14, 2007 that Michael Whouley had been working for Senator Hillary Clinton's Iowa campaign for several weeks Whouley also ran Clinton's New Hampshire operation in January 2008.

In film

Comedian/actor Denis Leary

Denis Leary

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 portrayed Whouley in the 2008 HBO movie Recount

Recount (film)

Recount is a 2008 made-for-TV film about the 2000 Presidential election in the United States. The political drama was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Kevin Spacey, who also stars in the film....

. Whouley objected to his character's swearing in the film as well as a scene in which he breaks a chair.