Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt: Jindal Is GOP's Destiny

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Ramesh Ponnuru at the National Review notes that a number of Republican heavyweights are hyping Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as the party's future, as ...

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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Campaign Ad or Ad Campagin?

Aemilia Scott | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Aemilia Scott

To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.

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Sarah Palin's Rejected Concession Speech Leaked to Press

Lee Camp | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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G.O.P. R.I.P.?

E. A. Hanks | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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E. A. Hanks

They way I see it, the GOP has two paths it can take. One leads to a sustainable future, the other will land them somewhere between Neve Cambell's career and stacks of left over Cool Runnings VHS tapes.

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Schmidt: "He's Going To Cross The Finish Line Head Up"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, McCain's top strategist, talks about the final day of the campaign: He's [McCain's] been working very hard over the last 100 days of ...

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Who Would Be a Better President? I Say, Who Ran a Better Campaign?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Obama identified a goal, came up with a plan to attain that goal, and followed it. Not a bad thing for an administration to do, no? And what of McCain's campaign? The only continuity was the consistent lack of it.

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McCain's Narrative Problem

John McQuaid | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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John McQuaid

His campaign seems based on one idea alone: because of who he is -- not what he has done as a senator, not what he wants to do as president, but who he is -- John McCain should be president.

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Reading The Pictures: Not Just Rogue Warrior But McCain Campaign's Mutation

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-10-27-palin_beast.jpgAfter keeping her literally cooped up for months, Steve Schmidt's brilliant creation has gone and turned against the head tutor, Salter, Davis and McCain.

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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NYT: How McCain Could Pull It Off

NY Times | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Senator John McCain woke Thursday morning to what has become a fairly common greeting in these tough last weeks of his campaign. A raft of polls showi...

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Sam Stein

NYT Mag Lifts Curtain On Palin Choice, Angst With Schmidt, Worry In McCain Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times Magazine is set to publish an explosive story this Sunday on the inner workings and combative personalities of what has been a wild...

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Let the Blame Game Begin

James Carville and Paul Begala | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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James Carville and Paul Begala

We have a message for our Republican friends: It is time to point fingers. We are pro-finger-pointing. And here's the most important thing about finger-pointing: you have to start early.

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Obama Strategy Shocker: Calls For "Post Post Partisanship"

William Klein | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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William Klein

With a veto-proof majority within reach in the Senate, and a 100-plus margin possible in the House, party leaders are focusing on what one Democrat called an "occupation strategy" after we "liberate" the Congress.

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Campaign Journal: Coattail Effect Making Impact In Virginia

Dennis J. Seese | Posted 10.14.2008 | Home

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Dennis J. Seese

Dennis J. Seese is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week he contributes a campaign journal documenting his life out on the trail. Monday,...

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McCain's Choice: Lose With Honor or Lose In Disgrace

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Will McCain go down in history as a principled conservative who lost an election standing on his convictions? Or as an opportunist who lost while bringing out the darkest elements in American politics?

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Waiting For "Whitey"

William Bradley | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

I've recently spent a lot of time talking with top Republicans, virtually all of whom think Obama has it won. One or two said, wistfully, "What about the Whitey tape, maybe that would change it?" Of course, there is no Whitey tape.

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Violent Outbursts Put The Republican Brand In Jeopardy

Eric Morse | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Eric Morse

At a time when a generation of new voters is swept up in a tide of support for Obama, the GOP continues to spiral away from decency into violent xenophobia. The party's severe identity crisis is wrenching to watch.

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Obama Finally Fastest In TV Ad Wars

William Bradley | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

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William Bradley

It's all negative all the time now in the TV ad wars. For once, Obama has stolen a march on McCain in the campaign hit parade. And his attack strategy seems to be much more on the axis of decision for this election.

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Signs of Growing Friction Between McCain and Palin

Erik Ose | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Palin is in the driver's seat and plans to stay there. Her take-no-prisoners nasty streak and extreme right wing views have found kindred spirits now that she's fully staffed up with veterans of Bush.

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The Case For Insanity

Daniel Chun | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Chun

Since September, I've gone 100% crazy. Come next year, John McCain and Sarah Palin might be running this country. I can't concentrate at work. I can't hold a normal conversation about anything besides politics.

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"Message Nazi" Schmidt Pushed McCain To Pick Palin

LA Times | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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In the wild ride that is the McCain presidential campaign, Steve Schmidt has been at the wheel, steering -- some say careering -- from Paris Hilton to...

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12 Reasons Why McCain Can Still Win

William Bradley | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

So, you think it looks really good for Barack Obama. Well, maybe so. Yet, Obama can still lose this. Though I'm not planning to head over to Vegas to shoot craps (John McCain's favorite) on that deal.

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Jason Linkins

MoveOn Demands Apology From Brokaw For Citing False Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.30.2008 | Media

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On last Sunday's Meet The Press, Tom Brokaw closed down the show's Battle of the Campaign Flacks by deflecting the crux of David Axelrod's Iraq-judgem...

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John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

If we agree, as most of us do outside of the far-right abortion-obsessed axis, that Palin is unfit to serve as president, then McCain, the man solely responsible for giving her that opportunity, is unfit too. It's that simple.

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