Joe Klein is an American journalist and columnist from Washington, D.C. and New York City. He is the political columnist for Time magazine and is known for his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman � clef portraying Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Klein is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. In April 2006, he published Politics Lost, a book on what he calls the "pollster-consultant industrial complex". He has also written articles and book reviews for The New Republic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, LIFE and Rolling Stone. 

September 7th, 1946 in New York City (Age 78)