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Steve Schmidt stories: 23 news summaries

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 McCain 
 Defends 
 Staffers 
 From Palin 

Says he's 'proud' of her, but 'it's just time to move on'

Nov 19, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain is careful to praise Sarah Palin at the same time he stands by the staffers she's going after in her book. “There's been a lot of dust flying around in the last few days,” he tells Reuters , referring to the publication of Palin’s Going ... More »

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John McCain • presidential campaign • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt • Sarah Palin Going Rogue • sarah palin book • Nicolle Wallace • McCain campaign • John McCain Sarah Palin • John McCain interview

Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

Nov 17, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • Joe Lieberman • memoir • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin • Politico • Going Rogue

Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP:
McCain Insider

Ex-gov has no centrist appeal: strategist

Oct 2, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin is the 2012 presidential nominee, the Republican Party "would have a catastrophic election result,” the top strategist for the McCain campaign said today. Steve Schmidt foresees the 2012 election being won by the party that can sway the independents who backed Barack Obama in 2008.... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • 2010 election • McCain-Palin • 2010 • 2012

Palin Story Sparks Catfight in McCain Crew

Senior campaign hands publicly bicker, with assist from Kristol

Jul 1, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senior McCain hands are wringing their dirty laundry in the public square thanks to Vanity Fair’s vicious piece on Sarah Palin, Politico reports. When William Kristol publicly accused chief strategist Steve Schmidt of being the story’s source, Schmidt fired back that it was “categorically untrue.” He... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • Todd Purdum • Randy Scheunemann • William Kristol

OPINION

Hey, Meghan: What Cheney Thinks Is More Important

And it's not because he's an old white man

Jun 2, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Meghan McCain took exception to the idea that her stance on gay marriage is “meaningless” compared to Dick Cheney’s, Washington Monthly blogger Steve Benen outlines in no uncertain terms why—and it’s not “that I only respect old white guys, I don’t respect young... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • gay marriage • Meghan McCain • Steve Schmidt • Steve Benen

(Newser) - The man who ran John McCain's campaign said his defeat was nearly preordained, reports Politico. It was "the strategic equivalent of throwing a football through a tire at 50 yards,” said Steve Schmidt. Given the ascendancy of Barack Obama—"the unfinished Bobby Kennedy campaign"—the unpopularity... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • campaign adviser • University of Delaware • David Plouffe • Steve Schmidt

Top McCain Aide Comes Out for Gay Marriage

Support consistent with conservative values, Schmidt argues

Apr 17, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Backing what he calls "a sound conservative argument," a top McCain campaign operative is explaining his newly public personal support for gay marriage, CNN reports. Steve Schmidt will address the Log Cabin Republicans today and urge them to reverse their position. “No other exercise of one's liberty... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • gay marriage • GOP • Log Cabin Republicans • Steve Schmidt • Republicans

Unaired McCain Spot Blasts
Rev. Wright

Attack ad surfaces,
but GOP candidate
refused to run it

Dec 9, 08 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign created a commercial slamming Barack Obama for his relationship with inflammatory pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 30-second spot, obtained by ABC News, contrasts McCain's years in a Vietnam POW camp with footage of Wright shouting "God damn America." The commercial was ready for release and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • attack ad • Jeremiah Wright • campaign advertising • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt

ANALYSIS

How Revolving Narratives Swamped Would-Be Narrator

McCain's move from tactic to tactic resulted in confused overall strategy

Oct 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign has gone through a dizzying number of narratives, as Robert Draper outlines in the New York Times. Draper looks inside a dysfunctional operation driven by two quarreling old McCain friends (Rick Davis and speechwriter Mark Salter), and the Rovian outsider who reconciled them (Steve Schmidt). The... More »

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John McCain • Rick Davis • Robert Draper • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Mark Salter • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt

 Pundits' 7 Worst 
 Campaign Blunders 

Missed calls, poor predictions

Oct 23, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits make mistakes. And Salon has tallied the biggest whoppers of the presidential campaign:
  1. The “Palin bounce”—It fizzled and the Alaska governor has the highest negative approval ratings of a VP candidate in history.
  2. “Sergeant” Schmidt will right the USS McCain—Steve Schmidt’s
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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • pundits • Republican candidate • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt • Democratic candidates

ANALYSIS

'Bullet' Mixes Rove-Style Bile, Gambling for Stretch Run

Steve Schmidt, brought aboard in July, has made daring part of McCain campaign

Oct 6, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - While pundits might disagree about results, there’s no doubt John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin and his move to suspend his campaign over the bailout are huge gambles that can be traced to strategist Steve Schmidt, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nicknamed “Bullet” by strategist Karl Rove,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Dick Cheney • John Kerry • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Paris Hilton • campaign manager • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • campaign tactics • Steve Schmidt

 Mac's Big Guns Turn 
 to Polishing Palin 

Honchos, candidate huddle at Ariz. ranch to prepare for Thurs. debate with Biden

Sep 29, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will be coached by the best people John McCain’s campaign has to offer in preparation for her debate Thursday with Joe Biden, the Wall Street Journal reports. Campaign manager Rick Davis and strategist Steve Schmidt are headed with Palin today to McCain’s Arizona ranch as the... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Republican candidate • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • vice presidential debate

 'Maverick' Aides 
 Are Veteran Bushies 

McCain-Palin campaign steered by former Bush workers

Sep 23, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may be a newcomer to national politics, but her army of aides has ace operatives who chiseled their craft working for George Bush's campaigns and administration, reports the Washington Post. They won the White House —twice —but some Republican loyalists question if the former Bush... More »

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Bush administration • John McCain • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin

 

  McCain Camp
  Slams 'Biased'
  NY Times


Strategist cries foul after paper reports on lobbyist links

Sep 23, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain camp launched another attack on the media yesterday, this time blasting the New York Times as "biased" for its report linking the campaign to lobbyists for Freddie Mac and Freddie Mae. A spokesman called the Times a "pro-Obama advocacy organization" after the paper revealed that campaign... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • lobbyist • Rick Davis • media bias • Steve Schmidt

 Obama Steps Up 
 Assault on McCain 

Candidate to go on the attack as party frets about Palin

Sep 12, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign kicks off its leaner, meaner approach today, reports the New York Times, going on the offensive with a New Hampshire speech and new ads in an attempt to wrest momentum back from the GOP. The candidate's strategists say it has long been the plan to get... More »

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Barack Obama • David Plouffe • campaign • negative campaigning • campaigning • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt

Rove Legacy Tails McCain's New Top Dog

Schmidt takes the reins

Aug 1, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Schmidt is the new captain of the McCain campaign ship, which an ex-operative compares to the "Pirates of the Caribbean." Known as a taskmasker and carrying the seemingly oxymoronic reputation of a moderate Karl Rove protégé, Steve Schmidt isn't showing his hand just yet. The New ... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Arnold Schwarzenegger • social conservatives • centrism • negative campaigning • Steve Schmidt

analysis

McCain Strays Off Message, But Which Message?

Candidate ad libs as staffers attempt to strategize

Jul 31, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain relishes interacting with voters and sparring with the press, a style that's helped earn him his "maverick" reputation even as it ties his advisers and staff in knots. The campaign as a whole is turning to Karl Rove-style tactics, but the candidate's unpredictable behavior is making it... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Karl Rove • branding • negative campaigning • attack ad • Steve Schmidt

 'Sgt.' Schmidt Hones
 McCain's Pitch 

Strategist hammers good about McCain, bad about Obama

Jul 23, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fiery Republican strategist Steve Schmidt argues that above all, a campaign needs something good to say about its own candidate, and something bad to say about the opponent. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how 'Sgt. Schmidt', newly given the reins to John McCain's campaign, is methodically and... More »

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John McCain • Republican strategy • campaign tactics • Steve Schmidt • political strategy

Competing Ambitions Split Camp McCain

Once again, his campaign is riven by squabbling factions

Jul 8, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain inspires an uncommon degree of loyalty among the advisers and strategists who've served on his campaigns. But they are less charitable toward each other, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times. McCain's 2008 campaign is riven by longstanding feuds and conflicting spheres of influence—a problem compounded... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Rick Davis • Republican Party • Steve Schmidt • Mike Murphy

The Man, and
the Message, McCain's
Been Missing

Enter '00 mastermind Mike Murphy

Jul 7, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Murphy, the irreverent mastermind behind John McCain’s 2000 presidential bid, is poised to swoop in and rescue his stalled 2008 effort, writes William Kristol in the New York Times. Murphy sat out the primaries because he was close to both Romney and McCain, but with McCain’s machine... More »

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John McCain • Republican strategist • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • political strategists • Steve Schmidt • Mike Murphy • William Kristol

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