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Sarah Palin and Steve Schmidt: The Intra-GOP Feud Continues on '60 Minutes'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin settled some scores with those she felt had done her wrong, including top aides to John McCain. One of the aides who came in for some of the most blistering criticism was a top campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt, and he's now punching back. But paybacks can be tough, as Schmidt demonstrated in his appearance on CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night. ...
Palin Memoir Reveals Tension With McCain Campaign, Doesn't Mention Levi Johnston
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAn early copy of "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir, reveals that the book delves into the former vice presidential candidate's grief about her daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience, the Associated Press reports. It also offers intimate details on Palin's tension with the McCain campaign, naming staff members Palin thought were keeping her from being herself, and gives a behind-the-scenes look at her interview with Katie Couric. But the 400-plus-page book doesn't include a single mention of Levi Johnston, the father of Palin's grandchild, who has publicly ...
McCain Campaign Manager: Palin 2012 Run Would Be 'Catastrophic'
By David Sessions - Politics DailySpeaking at the Atlantic's "First Draft of History" symposium in Washington today (liveblog here), John McCain campaign adviser Steve Schmidt continued his complete reversal on Sarah Palin's political future. The man who pushed McCain to nominate Palin as his running mate in 2008 and defended her against criticisms of her inexperience now believes that she could never win a presidential election. "Most politicians of prominence write a book," Schmidt said, a reference to Palin's upcoming "Going Rogue." "My honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for president, and if she was ...
Palin E-Mails Suggest Tension With McCain Staffers
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn the wake of Vanity Fair's scathing exposé detailing tensions between Sarah Palin and many former staffers to John McCain during the '08 presidential campaign, CBS News has obtained an e-mail exchange between Palin and high-level McCain advisers reinforcing the perception that the relationship was anything but harmonious. The subject of the e-mails was the then-growing controversy about whether Palin's husband, Todd, had been a member of the Alaska Independence Party, a group that advocated the state's secession from the union. More broadly, the e-mail chain highlights the tension between ...
Top 10 Most Annoying Republicans
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAll this talk about Sen. Arlen Specter's defection -- and the instant karma that ensued -- got me fantasizing about other Republicans who ought to follow him out the door. The following list is by no means comprehensive -- and I do reserve the right to amend it -- but for now, these are the 10 Republicans who annoy me most ... 1. Kathleen Parker - If you've heard of Kathleen Parker, it is probably because of her now-famous early criticisms of Sarah Palin. The defining column came in September 2008, when she condescendingly wrote: "Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she ...
McCain Manager: Perez Hilton's Miss USA Move 'Counterproductive' for Gay Rights
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn an interview yesterday on the Hugh Hewitt radio show, former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt -- who recently advocated gay marriage in a speech to the Log Cabin Republicans -- noted that openly gay gossip blogger Perez Hilton's criticism of Miss California has actually hurt the cause of gay rights:"I think it's counterproductive to the cause of people who are concerned about equality for gays, because many people that are sympathetic to the cause that will be turned off by a closed-minded attitude being directed, as you said, you know, in Miss California's instance."In a related ...
Media Uses 'Conservatives' to Advance Gay Marriage Meme
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyLast week, former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt made headlines when he spoke to Log Cabin Republicans and urged conservatives to give up on opposing gay marriage. This was not exactly a profile in courage. Speaking to the Christian Coalition -- and urging them to embrace gay marriage -- now that would have been entertaining. This was more akin to speaking to the Obama Administration and urging them to spend more money.Schmidt, of course, is a political operative -- not the kind of person you normally want crafting your policy ideas. He is not a writer, not a philosopher, not a ...
Unleashing the Pit Bull
By Dave - Politics DailyFrom Bill Kristol at NYTimes.comWith respect to his campaign, McCain needs to liberate his running mate from the former Bush aides brought in to handle her - aides who seem to have succeeded in importing to the Palin campaign the trademark defensive crouch of the Bush White House. McCain picked Sarah Palin in part because she's a talented politician and communicator. He needs to free her to use her political talents and to communicate in her own voice.I'm told McCain recently expressed unhappiness with his staff's handling of Palin. On Sunday he dispatched his top aides Steve Schmidt and Rick ...
McCain Vs. the New York Times
By Dave - Politics DailySounds like McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt has had it. The Obama campaign's response, apparently, is to compare Schmidt with Bob Dole who in 1996, when he had had it with the liberal media had his own moment: ...
The Hundred Years Roar
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyThe McCain campaign has been ratcheting up the response to repeated Democrat claims that the senator advocated a hundred years of war in Iraq, particularly comments by Senator Obama. Senior Advisor Steve Schmidt delicately described Obama's contentions variously as "detached from reality," "old-style Chicago politics," the "politics of distortion," "nonsense talk," and "absolutely dishonest." The Fact Checker at the Washington post agrees with Schmidt. "McCain has never talked about wanting a 100-year war in Iraq. ... [T]hey have twisted his words, by claiming that he 'wants' to fight a ...
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