Reed Galen is a political consultant in Southern California. Galen worked on both the 2000 and 2004 Bush-Cheney campaigns and spent 2002 in the White House. He also served at the departments of Treasury and Homeland Security. Galen was Deputy Campaign Manager for Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 reelection and worked for John McCain's campaign until July 2007. He now splits his time between politics, corporate public affairs and writing. He has been published in RealClearPolitics and Politico. He lives in Newport Beach, CA with his family.