Their earlier book War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics, was published in 1996 by Scribner and is available in paperback from Touchstone Books. CNN news analyst Jeff Greenfield said in The New York Times Book Review, "War Without Bloodshed unquestionably works as a road map through the byways of Washington that they don't teach in civic classes."

Clift's latest book, Founding Sisters and the 19th Amendment, tells the story of the long struggle for women to gain the right to vote. The book accompanied the HBO movie, Iron Jawed Angels, which opened February 15, 2004 and starred Hillary Swank and Anjelica Houston. Clift is currently under contract for a book entitled Two Weeks of Life, which will recount her experience with the extremely private death of her husband and examine the public debate over Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman whose right to die was challenged by Congress and President Bush.The book is scheduled for publication the spring of 2008.

Formerly Newsweek's White House correspondent, Clift also served as a congressional and political correspondent for six years. She was a key member of the magazine's 1992 election team and followed the campaign of Bill Clinton from the start. In June 1992, she was named Deputy Washington Bureau Chief.

As a reporter in Newsweek's Atlanta bureau, Clift covered Jimmy Carter's bid for the presidency. She followed Carter to Washington to become Newsweek's White House correspondent, a position she held until 1985.

Clift began her career as a secretary to Newsweek's National Affairs editor in New York. She was one of the first women at the magazine to move from secretary to reporter.

Clift left Newsweek briefly in 1985 to serve as White House correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. She returned to Newsweek the following year to cover the Iran-Contra scandal.

She is a regular guest on the nationally-syndicated talk show, The McLaughlin Group, and a political analyst for Fox Cable News. She has appeared on numerous national television shows, including CNN's Crossfire and ABC's Nightline, and has also played herself in several movies, Independence Day, Dave, Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania, Rising Sun, and in the CBS television series, Murphy Brown.

Clift serves on the board of the International Women's Media Foundation, and is a contributing editor to More magazine. She lives with her husband in Washington, D.C., and is the mother of three children.

According to Brill's Content, a journalism review, Clift is one of the most accurate predictors among the pundits on the political talk shows.

• A View From Washington

In addition to providing a fresh, entertaining and informative overview of what's happening in the nation's capital, Clift tailors her remarks to the issues of concern of the specific audience she is speaking to. She is also an outstanding program moderator.