"Steve Schmidt wins."

NRO ^ | July 03, 2009 | Jim Geraghty

[RobinMasters]

Just spoke to a consultant plugged in with a non-McCain Republican presidential candidate from 2008. His first words: “Steve Schmidt wins.”

“I don’t think she’s toast (for future office). But this makes it more difficult. I’m trying to think of a candidate who launched a serious national bid after one term or less*… I guess the last one would be Romney, and he had done one full term.”

On the theory that the scrutiny of her children was the straw that broke the camel's back, the consultant said, “From the interaction I’ve had with her, that would make some sense.” He noted that Palin had been “really down” at one point after the 2008 convention, largely from being separated from Todd and her children for days at a time; the campaign leadership was nudged to have the family traveling with her as much as possible, having a major impact on her morale. “They finally let her be a mom,” the consultant said.

The consultant also noted that Palin is now free to make a lucrative amount of money, and the expensive and frivolous ethics complaints eating into her personal financial reserves will presumably cease once she’s no longer a governor.

*Well, there's Obama, but I think some readers would contend his national bid still cannot be called "serious."

[LibFreeOrDie]

Anoyjer nameless consultant...

Sarah just b*tch-slapped Schmidt, he just doesn’t know it yet.

[Uri’el-2012]

If John Mcshame does not throw Steve Schmidt under the bus, he is a Vichy Republican

[ClearCase_guy]

"Steve Schmidt wins."

In my book the guy is still just a big Loser.

[ABQHispConservative]

Steve Schmidt can go back to the hole he crawled out of. What a piece of work!

[federal]

I can guarantee you one thing John McCain will be begging her to campaign for him.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Schmidt just earned himself a coupon good for one chance to kiss Obama’s ring and feet. Way to go Stevie boy! With “Republicans” like Schmidt, who needs DemocRATS.

[Pan_Yan]

If John Mcshame does not throw Steve Schmidt under the bus, he is a Vichy Republican

I believe this fact has already been well documented.

[DanZanRyu]

Palin’s bizarre behavior gives the Vanity Fair hit piece undeserved credibility.

[ElPatriota]

Sorry, STEVE SCHMIDT did not win... The REPUBLICAN-LEFT of the GOP lost BIG TIME...You'll see.

What is the point of this picture below?... Mainly to SEND a message to the GOP. We will not vote for sleazy, duplicitous, political candidates like the last one: Mr. John McCain. We always knew this was a weasel-traitor-of the left, pretending to be a 'conservative.' (at least on the campaign trail). Now that the election is over, his other weasel (smile), his CAMPAIGN MANAGER!!!:STEVE SCHMIDT is showing his TRUE colors. And of course, sleazy-traitor-lefty McCain knew NOTHING about his points of view, right?... Riiiiight!.... Many of us SOCIAL-CONSERVATIVES did not vote for McCain and will not for these types again. So, let that be a warning to the GOP.

As to Palin... I'm glad for her, she will finally get some rest... having BOTH LEFTs (The DemoCrapps and Republican-LEFT) against her can get anyone exhausted and she has to think - as she SHOULD - of her family first.

Besides, she RAISED THE BAR already for the GOP candidates to come... just like her, we want authentic decent people, younger, fresher and C-L-E-A-N for a change :). Good luck Palin, rest and be back honey! :) Just the fact that she is able to let go so easily... that she is not slobbering like all those political hacks who hang around for ever... Because they know they could never get a better job... that raises her stock in eyes even more.

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[2ndDivisionVet]

Schmidt-head hasn’t won anything. Governor Palin is in her forties, people, she has decades ahead of her. Why is everyone throwing in the towel on this news? Did our ancestors give up because of Valley Forge, the burning of Washington, Pearl Harbor or Chosin?

[Uncle Hal]

Obama only served 4 years in the Senate before he became President and last 2 years of his term he was running for president full time.

[niteowl77]

Just spoke to a consultant plugged in with a non-McCain Republican presidential candidate from 2008. His first words: “Steve Schmidt wins.”

Then it's another great day to be an ex-Republican.

Mr. niteowl77

[Ann Archy]

If ANYONE uses Steve Schmidt again, they are LOSERS or DEMOCRATS!!

[freekitty]

Exactly

[PhiKapMom]

Bob Dole resigned from the Senate leadership to run for office of President.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Sarah's Legal Defense Fund...you can give as little as $5.

[2ndDivisionVet]

DanZanRyu
Since Mar 1, 2009

Didn’t the Won give you guys the weekend off, or were you all called back for this emergency Astroturfing? Oh, that’s right, he doesn’t celebrate our independence...

[STARWISE]

Sarah just b*tch-slapped Schmidt, he just doesn’t know it yet.

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LOL ... I agree.

[Diogenesis]

THIS ANTI-Gov.PALIN THREAD
is ANOTHER PIMP-ROMNEY THREAD
and NEEDS A WARNING LABEL

"Schmidt was importuned by several of the Republican aspirants for president earlier this year.
Mitt Romney sent him an antique chair to symbolize a seat at the table."

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"Romney would not say whether he’d been vetted,
but did insist that the vice presidency was a subject he had never even so much discussed with McCain,
with whom he often tangled bitterly in the primary campaign.
So I tried another tack, recalling that I had been in a car with McCain and his then aide John Weaver,
reporting a piece for V.F. in the fall of 2006,
just after McCain delivered an address at Boston College’s opening convocation.
Weaver’s phone rang, and it was someone at B.C.,
informing him that Romney’s office had just called to ask when he would be invited to speak."

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"Texan helped McCain secure Romney endorsement
AUSTIN – The decision by Mitt Romney to endorse John McCain didn't just happen, of course. It took a Texan who knows something about uniting fierce political rivals.
John Weaver, Mr. McCain's former political guru, was the intermediary who initiated talks between the two sides that led to Mr. Romney's announcement of support.
...Here's how the two came to make a joint appearance Thursday in Boston: Last week, Mr. Weaver got a call from McCain aides Charlie Black and Steve Schmidt, who asked if he would help broker an endorsement.
Mr. Weaver, who had left the McCain campaign in last year's shakeup, is a longtime friend of Beth Myers, Mr. Romney's campaign manager.."

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Jonah Goldberg: "A Letter to Sarah Palin
Mitt Romney, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, Louisiana governor
Bobby Jindal, and other hands-on types are what the party wants and, frankly, needs."

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David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."

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David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician.
Let me say for the record: If Romney emerges as the Republican nominee, I will support him without qualm."

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Scumbag 5th-columnist who attacked Gov.Palin, in the 6 weeks before the election,
throwing Election2008 with the rest of TeamRomney.

David Frum: "Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 Early Show appearance."

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Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House,
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin.
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
He's in charge on November 5th.'"
The Prowler added: "Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Romney supporters in the McCain campaign had access to internal polling which indicated well in advance of the November 4 election that McCain had no chance to win.
So they began working to position their man Mitt for a run in 2012. Just two days after the election,The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
These aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"Here’s what I think: I think there are some staffers on the McCain campaign who seriously screwed up the roll out of Sarah Palin, to which Governor Palin herself objected.
These staffers are now out trying to finish her off thinking, as typical D.C. types do, that if they don’t do it to her, she’ll do it to them. They just never understood who Palin is or what she is about."
"Likewise, I do think there are some staffers and others who expect Mitt Romney to run again in 2012,
they decided McCain could not win, and decided to undermine Sarah Palin and her chances hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign? (Mark Wallace, Romney pimp)
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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Poor sport spoiler Romney doing what he does best:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

[ElPatriota]

.. If ANYONE uses Steve Schmidt again, they are LOSERS or DEMOCRATS!...

That's right... All we have to do now is keep and eye on what politicians hire this weasel and we will know not for him?

See? :)... We are getting smarter all the time :)

[Recovering_Democrat]

STEVE SCHMIDT

[ameribbean expat]

Pyrrhic victory. The only thing he won is the approval of the east coast establishment. He acted without regard for what this does to the GOP base.

[ElPatriota]

LOL... You beat me to it... we WILL wear out this pic :)

[fantom]

Right . Schmidt , Vanity Fair etc. She is so far ahead of yesterdays news its laughable. As if the only goal in life is to be President.

[ElPatriota]

LOL... You beat me to it... we WILL wear out this pic :)

[tallyhoe]

The One less than One term Senator!

[PhiKapMom]

Have you noticed the number of moles that have come out the woodwork to go after Palin? It is laughable at some of their comments.

[Bryanw92]

>>Why is everyone throwing in the towel on this news? Did our ancestors give up because of Valley Forge, the burning of Washington, Pearl Harbor or Chosin?

Yeah! Did America give up when Germany bombed Pearl Harbor?

[ElPatriota]

This is the "weasel" who tried to bamboozle social-conservatives into trying to elect Lefty-Traitor McCain and move the party to the LEFT... He thought that Palin would put MaCaca over the top... NAHHHH... We are not that dumb. And now, after the election, his CAMPAIGN MANAGER, is showing his true colors.

Warning: this links to the Huffinton Post!... We should not go there, but that is where the article came from)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/steve-schmidt-mccain-camp_n_188354.html

[Petronski]

Just spoke to a consultant plugged in with a non-McCain Republican presidential candidate from 2008....

Slick Willard.

[kalee]

Memo to the Palin haters...My grandma always advised against counting one’s eggs before they hatched.
I have no clue what Palin is planning or if she even is planning anything further, but I wouldn’t be too quick to gloat.

[ElPatriota]

I will help and please KEEP DOING THIS...the least we can do for her.

[Diogenesis]

President Obama is thankful to Mitt Romney for throwing Election2008 to him.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You just insulted thousands of used car salesmen! LOL

[ejonesie22]

His interior decorator is one Mitt “Sack o’ Sh**” Romney...

He sent him a chair...

http://news.muckety.com/2008/08/26/steve-schmidt-aka-the-bullet-takes-aim-at-obamas-strengths/4742

[TommyDale]

Schmidt is a schmuck.

[JRochelle]

I remember I critizied Romney for not running again, so I will be consistant and say that this is a mistake for Palin.

She should not have resigned!

[LeoOshkosh]

If any future republican candidate hires either steve schmidt OR nicolle wallace, neither that candidate nor the rnc shall receive a damn dime from me.

I hope the rnc is listening. They called me last night wanting money. I told them that if they can find the right candidates, the money will come.

Steve schmidt and nicolle wallace are losers of the worst kind. The last time steve schmidt won anything was at a county fair 20 years ago.

[RobbyS]

Eunuch.

[JRochelle]

I don’t think I could bear to vote for another RINO.

[Petronski]

The American People made a bad mistake in November 2008, and I think they will realize it 2010.

[Erasmus]

OK. I’ll keep quiet. You’re on a roll.