As the face of MSNBCs Morning Joe, former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough ignites early morning audiences with his no-holds barred political commentary. Pulling from his own professional experience as an influential player in Republican politics, Scarborough leads candid discussions about the important issues facing America each day. As a live speaker, Scarborough brings the same energy to his both his speeches and his audience. With his signature off-the-cuff commentary, he offers a dynamic and fast-paced perspective on the current political and media landscape, headlines, and other hot topics.

Accolades for Morning Joe. Balanced by his Democratic co-host Mika Brzezinski and flanked by guests from each side of the political, media, and cultural spectrums, Scarborough navigates the current political environment with an insider’s perspective and a no-nonsense attitude.

Scarborough and Brzezinski have been widely applauded for bringing something new and different to morning television. Newsweek notes, “One reason for the success of Morning Joe is that Scarborough and his team generate an ideologically unpredictable vibe.” Time magazine calls Morning Joe “revolutionary,” and the New York Times ranked it as the top news show of 2008. In 2010, the paper praised Brzezinski and Scarborough’s natural repartee and off-the-cuff commentary. Morning Joe features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians; in-depth analysis of the day’s biggest stories and is described by the New Yorker as “appallingly entertaining.”

Congressman Turned Pundit. Scarborough made a name for himself in politics long before he became a nationally recognized media force. He was elected to Congress in 1994, the first Republican to do so in Florida since 1872. His passion for politics was evident early on. He served on numerous committees, including the Judiciary; Armed Services; Government Reform and Oversight; Education and the Workforce; and National Security Committees, among others. In 1998, he was named chairman of the Civil Service Committee and, while on that committee, drafted a bill on long-term care, which President Clinton called “landmark legislation.” Scarborough retired from Congress in 2001 and returned to law in Florida in order to spend more time with his family.

Best-Selling Author. He founded The Florida Sun, an award-winning weekly newspaper for which he served as editor and publisher. He has also published two critically-acclaimed books, Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day and New York Times best-selling The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise, chronicling the Republican excesses that brought down the U.S. economy and the hope that the conservative movement can offer, respectively. In 2003, Scarborough joined MSNBC as the host of Scarborough Country, a primetime news show the San Francisco Chronicle called “must-see TV.”