Patrick Buchanan is a leading political analyst, commentator and former Director of Communications for the Reagan White House. In 1992, he challenged George Bush for the Republican nomination and almost upset the President in the New Hampshire primary. In 1996, he won the New Hampshire primary, and went on to finish second to Senator Bob Dole, having received three million Republican votes.

A journalist by profession, Buchanan writes a syndicated column of political and social commentary. He also has been the co-host of Crossfire, a nightly interview program on the Cable News Network, and a panelist on the weekly news programs The McLaughlin Group and The Capital Gang.

In 1993, he formed The American Cause foundation, which addresses both political and cultural issues.

Buchanan co-hosted the Buchanan-Braden Program, a three-hour daily radio show with liberal columnist Tom Braden, and delivered daily commentary on the NBC radio network from 1978 to 1984.

In 1965, Buchanan served as the executive assistant for the Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander and Mitchell law offices in New York City. Additionally, Buchanan traveled with former Vice President Nixon throughout the campaigns of 1966 and 1968, and in 1967 he accompanied Nixon to Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East in the immediate aftermath of the Six Day War.

In 1969, Buchanan was named Special Assistant to the President. This entailed writing speeches both for the President and Vice President, developing political strategy, publishing the President's Daily News Summary, and preparing the foreign and domestic briefing books for the presidential news conferences. Buchanan remained in this position throughout the Nixon Presidency.

Buchanan was a member of the 15-person official delegations to the People's Republic of China in 1972, and accompanied President Nixon to the final summit in Moscow, Yalta, and Minsk in the summer of 1974.

In addition to his syndicated column, Buchanan has authored multiple books; he also has written for over two decades for the Nation, Rolling Stone, National Review, Conservative Digest, Skeptic and American Spectator. His latest book, Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, was released in May 2008.