Peter Roff

Peter Roff was cited as vice president and political director of the Free Enterprise Fund (FEF) as recently as the December 20, 2005, issue of The Hill and as FEF vice president in the December 27, 2005, issue of the Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free Lance-Star.

Roff is a "political strategist and former Political Director of GOPAC, the controversial political committee once headed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Roff is a frequent commentator on politics and culture for MSNBC and the Fox News Channel." [1][2]

John Gizzi wrote July 18, 2005, in Human Events:

"Roff to Free Enterprise: One of the most visible figures in the conservative community in Washington has just moved to the recently formed Free Enterprise Fund. Peter Roff, until recently a political correspondent for United Press International, will oversee political affairs and information-gathering as vice president of the Free Enterprise Fund. Prior to his stint at UPI, longtime Human Events subscriber Roff was best known as the political director of GOPAC in the days when the candidate-building group was run by Newt Gingrich. Roff's dry wit and encyclopedic knowledge of American politics have been on display at regular 'networking' meetings of the right, notably the Wednesday sessions hosted by Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform."

"As Political Director of Newt Gingrich’s GOPAC, he was responsible for training thousands of Republican political candidates." [3]

Roff was previously Senior Political Analyst for UPI owned by Sun Myung Moon.

Profiles

According to his Free Enterprise Fund profile, "Peter Roff is vice president for the Free Enterprise Fund and prior to FEF Peter was UPI's senior political analyst. Peter Roff has spent most of the last 20 years participating in or covering politics in the United States.

"Roff is highly regarded for his knowledge of the American political system, gained through his first hand experience in electoral, grassroots and partisan campaigns. Roff understands the U.S. government, elections and the development of public policy as only someone who watched the process from the inside can. His relationships with decision-makers and his access to the people who make things happen in U.S. make his take on the American political scene a must read for those who really want to know what's going on and, more importantly, why.

"Roff holds a bachelor's degree in political science from George Washington University. He is a much in demand commentator who appears frequently on television -- including MSNBC, the Fox News Channel, CNBC's Dennis Miller Show and C-SPAN -- and radio to discuss U.S. politics and elections."

By Peter Roff

• GOPUSA article list for 2002 includes links to articles by Peter Roff.
• "The Peter Principles: House rules," UPI (johnshadegg.house.gov), December 8, 2004.
• Winning the Future Reviews: "Renewing America," Newt.org, January 18, 2005.
• "Leaving 'Las Vegas'," The New York Sun, November 23, 2005.
• With Phil Kerpen, "The Supreme Court's business," Star-Telegram, November 28, 2005.
• With Phil Kerpen, "Keep the Good Times Rolling. Policymakers who don’t act to extend the 2003 tax cuts do so at their own peril," National Review Online, December 2, 2005.

External links

Profiles

• Profile: Peter Roff, Free Enterprise Fund (undated; accessed July 2005).

Articles & Commentary

2001

• Terry Krepel, "A UPI writer defends himself," ConWebWatch, June 3, 2001.
• "More on That GOPAC Memo / More on That GOPAC Memo," BuzzFlash, December 30, 2001.

2003

• Molly Secours, "Angry White Men and the Affirmative Action Debate," ZMag, February 21, 2003: "Peter Roff, UPI columnist and former political director of Newt Gingrich's GOPAC and who claims responsibility for 'training more than 15,000 Republican candidates in four years'."

2005

• "FEF's Peter Roff in the Spotlight!" Free Enterprise Fund Daily Enterprise, December 7, 2005.