Matt Bai

New York Times journalist

Matt Bai is the author of *The Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics. * He writes the "Political Times" column for the *New York Times *and is a frequent contributor for the *Times Mag*azine, where he covered both the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. Before joining the *Times Magazine*, he was a national correspondent for *Newsweek*. Mr. Bai is a graduate of Tufts University and Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.