Michael Crowley has a very interesting piece in The New Republic about how the Hillary Clinton campaign manages the media. The essence is here:
Reporters who have covered the hyper-vigilant campaign say that no detail or editorial spin is too minor to draw a rebuke. Even seasoned political journalists describe reporting on Hillary as a
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The McCain campaign, having enjoyed a resurgence of late, continues to suffer from its lack of funds. And now it will suffer because of the candidate’s principles. The New York Times today carries a front-page piece about the emergence of a new 501 c (4) group that has been broadcasting an ad on cable TV in South Carolina. The ad is …
Today’s award goes to Bill Steiner, director of strategy at the Republican National Committee. In a “memo” to RNC Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan (that’s how it’s addressed!) about the 2007 off-year elections, Steiner argues, without apparent irony, that the results bode well for Republicans in the 2008 races. Here’s Steiner’s lead:
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Joe Biden issued a short statement today through his Senate office about his telephone conversation with Pakistan President Pervez Mursharraf. It was a real-world example of what Biden is constantly trying to tell voters on the hustings and in the debates (on the rare occasion he’s asked a question): to wit, as chairman of the Senate …
At a National Press Club lunch featuring top women staffers from all the major GOP presidential campaigns, one line rang out above all others — at least to the ears of our Ana Marie Cox, who was in attendance. Ana fired an email from her table alerting us that Karen Hanretty of Fred Thompson’s campaign delivered this accidental
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Barack Obama may be struggling to peel Democrats away from Hillary Clinton’s camp, but there is one segment of voters with which Obama appears to have, both statistically and anecdotally, a considerable advantage over Clinton and his other primary campaign opponents: disaffected Republicans. Jay Newton-Small just posted a smart piece on …
Remember Julie Myers, the then-36-year-old who was nominated to be head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (I.C.E.) back in late 2005 despite having virtually no experience managing a large bureaucracy and little background handling immigration or customs issues? A former federal prosectuor who had worked on Ken Starr’s …
Karen and I both attended a lunch in DC today held by mega-firm DLA Piper that featured two of its name hires — former House majority leaders Dick Armey and Dick Gephart — on a panel moderated by Charlie Cook to discuss election 2008. Armey and Gephardt are unique (you might say admirable) in the era of millionaire legislators: neither …
Either through good luck or good planning, the Edwards campaign put up its first television ad in Iowa today, just 36 hours after their man emerged as the consensus winner of the Democratic debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. The 60-second spot, entitled “Heroes”, uses clips of Edwards giving a speech as its soundtrack, with a …
While at least one campaign is debating whether or not to release a bunch of old emails (and other documents) that are locked up in a building in Little Rock, Chris Dodd is sending new ones around to anyone with an address. The senior senator from Connecticut has yet to emerge from the bottom tier in most national and state polls, but — …
The Wall Street Journal has a superb page-one take-out today on Rep. John Murtha’s unabashed pursuit of pork on behalf of his western Pennsylvania district. The figures are eye-popping, and dispiriting: Murtha has funneled literally billions of dollars to his hometown of Johnstown, Pa., and the rest of his district, over the course of …
The Giuliani campaign put out a press release today heralding its acquisition of Joe Allbaugh’s services as a “senior adviser” on campaign strategy and homeland security. Allbaugh, you’ll remember, was once a member of the so-called Iron Triangle — the trio of top advisers to then-Gov. George W. Bush in Texas (the other two were Karl …
As you probably expected, the topic Matt Lauer really wanted to discuss with Obama strategist David Axelrod and Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson this morning was how aggressively Obama planned to attack Clinton at the Democratic debate in Philly tonight. In attempting to lower expectations, however, Axelrod said something that caught my …
