Get ready to groan at the gross display of over-achievement: Matalin was the first person to ever serve simultaneously as an Assistant to the president and Counselor to the vice president, both of which she did during the during the George W. Bush administration. These days, Matalin is also a frequent contributor to CNN programs, an author, and editor-in-chief of a Simon & Schuster imprint. Now and then, she and Carville take time out to be profiled in Architectural Digest.