Anyone left?
John McCain’s campaign sure lost a lot of staff.
Mitt’s Shadow: The Creepy Director of Operations
So this weekend, I was reading the newspaper. I stumbled across this NYT article about Mitt Romney which gave me the giggles. Until I came to this weird paragraph: He travels with an entourage that includes two or three “operations” guys who serve as advance men and a security detail. Read more…
Senior Romney staffer bailing?
NH Insider is hearing that Barbara Comstock is preparing to jump ship to Fred Thompson. Romney has already lost some endorsers to Thompson. Not good…
Giuliani hires SC Gov’s campaign manager
And turns him into a communications director? These guys really are running an unusual campaign. But Mike DuHaime is smarter than I am…
McCain cranks up in New York
This is interesting: GOP consultant and former state GOP Executive Director Brendan Quinn, who was involved in the state Republican Party’s efforts to keep U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Az, off New York’s presidential primary ballot in 2000, confirmed he is now working for McCain and setting up his Empire State Read more…
Rudy gets Nussle
I keep hearing that Rudy will have a good Iowa operation. Hiring Jim Nussle is a good start. I bet some people in Iowa have whiplash.
Romney announces: new site and new message
Mitt Romney filed, hired a great lawyer, put up a new website, and set out his new message. I see several themes: Romney is shining up his conservative credentials. Top and center is "America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse Read more…
McCain and Romney pick up top-tier staff
The Fix reported that John McCain hired Steve Schmidt. Steve was California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign manager in 2006 and part of the message team for Bush-Cheney 2004. In addition to the staff game, Steve will help McCain with California donors who were extremely impressed by the Schwarzenegger campaign. According Read more…
Giuliani gets good NH pickup
Word on the street is that Rudy Giuliani has hired Jeff Semprini to run New Hampshire. Jeff’s dad is the outgoing state party chair, Wayne Semprini.
Giuliani hires DuHaime
The Fix has the story. This is a big deal. Good for Rudy. Mike is a great guy. Everyone knows him and loves him. And he’s worked with, literally, everyone. (and you thought all I did was bash Romney) It will be really interesting to see the rest of the Read more…