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[[Image:whletter.jpg|right|thumb|200px|White House letter to Rachel Marsden]]

[[Image:whletter.jpg|right|thumb|200px|White House letter to Rachel Marsden]]

She returned to her native [[Canada]] to work as an operative on two simultaneous federal campaigns for [[Stephen Harper]]’s [[Conservative Party]] in the province of [[British Columbia]].  At the same time, she began hosting a call-in talk-radio show in [[Vancouver]], [[BC]], where she interviewed guests ranging from Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister to [[Watergate]] figure [[G. Gordon Liddy]] of the [[Richard Nixon]] administration.

She returned to her native [[Canada]] to work as an operative on two simultaneous federal campaigns for [[Stephen Harper]]’s [[Conservative Party]] in the province of [[British Columbia]], specializing in communications strategy and opposition intelligence.  At the same time, she began hosting a call-in talk-radio show in [[Vancouver]], [[BC]], where she interviewed guests ranging from Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister to [[Watergate]] figure [[G. Gordon Liddy]] of the [[Richard Nixon]] administration.

It was this hour-long interview with Liddy – in which he talked in-depth about his role in [[Watergate]] and the scandal’s aftermath – that caught the attention of [[David Asper]], the Executive Vice-President of the [[CanWest Global]] media empire, who offered her a Toronto-based political columnist position at the [[National Post]], in conjunction with then publisher [[Lester Pyette]].

It was this hour-long interview with Liddy – in which he talked in-depth about his role in [[Watergate]] and the scandal’s aftermath – that caught the attention of [[David Asper]], the Executive Vice-President of the [[CanWest Global]] media empire, who offered her a Toronto-based political columnist position at the [[National Post]], in conjunction with then publisher [[Lester Pyette]].

After several months, Marsden left the show, stating, “The show has drastically changed direction since its inception and no longer has a place for a political expert.”

After several months, Marsden left the show, stating, “The show has drastically changed direction since its inception and no longer has a place for a political expert.”

Marsden has since returned to her entrepreneurial roots, preferring to pick and choose interviews, appearances and projects, and working with various television and radio networks as a free-agent.  She continues to work as a political and media consultant.

Marsden has since returned to her entrepreneurial roots, preferring to pick and choose interviews, appearances and projects, and working with various television and radio networks as a free-agent.  She continues to work as a political operative and media consultant.

She is currently authoring her first book about politics, due in [[2009]].

She is currently authoring her first book about politics, due in [[2009]].