Mitt Romney sent him an antique chair to symbolize a seat at the table."
Separated at Birth
James Carville (DNC): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing. Romney is an ascendant guy."
Posted on 10/14/2009 8:48:24 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a presidential candidate in 2012 is standing by the decision to pick her as McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.
Steve Schmidt, who was chief strategist for McCain's presidential race, said Palin helped McCain as a running mate in the 2008 race. Schmidt earlier this month said that Palin would be a catastrophe for the GOP if she's the party's presidential nominee in 2012.
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Book coming, duck, cover, hide -— run.
Steve (log cabin) Schmidt.
I wonder who told him to shut up and get with the program?
"She's a stupid woman and a lousy candidate, whom I was glad to sabotage. But Senator McCain was 100% right to choose her as his running mate."
Schmidt spoke at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
Oh, the disinfecting sunlight of a soon-to-be-released, tell-all political book.
Fitting, Traitor U.
I think he’s dating Palin’s “almost” son in law ...
Somebody hears foot steps !!!
(Bugs Bunny slap) AAAAHHHHH, SHADDDAP!
I think the scorn for him is universal, so by attacking Sarah he has been slapping away the hand that fed him. I wonder if we’ll hear about him joining some campaign, like Romney or Pawlenty?
Is this guy suffering from some multiple personality disorder? Or maybe some wiser head told him he was coming across as a backstabbing POS and a hypocrite, and ruining his chancing of working in his chosen ‘profession’ again.
Any campaign that hires him will not get my support.
Heh. Steve just figured out that if she were really that bad a choice as VP, it reflects on (a) the presidential candidate, (b) his senior advisors (i.e., Steve himself) or (c) both.
Prat.
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James Carville (DNC): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing. Romney is an ascendant guy."
Probably sees the Palin juggernaut coming. Like the rat he is, he’s jumping ship.
McQueeg "rally" (LOL) pre-Sarah:
McQueeg rally post-Sarah:
And we wonder how McCain lost his way.
A clear case of vagina envy.
McCain must be polling very poorly with the conservatives in Arizona for his re-election next year. He needs to tack right and explain past errors.
What, after publicly trashing her all summer long?
Steve Schmidt -> Jackass Jerk! STFU!
Lol, I take it Schmidt is not yet on board to manage McCain's reelection campaign next year?
He seems as flaky as McCain.
Two pictures speak a thousand words.
Somebody with half a brain in the GOP establishment. Not sure who that would be. :)
Steve, you should have said that BEFORE she wrote the book.
Weasels are fun to watch when they squirm.
- JP
Steve wants to be remembered as a campaign vendor in 2012.
Been saying it since her book was announced. She’s going rouge- maverick style.
I agree. They might have to actually start acting like the conservatives they always claim to be.
Two reasons for Steve Schmindts about face on Palin.
1) Stevie boy must have received an earful from grassroots conservatives.
2) Randy Scheunemann, a Palin ally, signed on to work on Tim Pawlenty’s PAC. To beltway insiders, this could be a sing that Palin isn’t running in 2012. Thus, Stevie boy is free to say something nice about Palin.
You know, if your business is consulting and guiding political campaigns and careers and you don’t have much success to show for your efforts - pissing off the other half of the party that has actually won a few elections might not be considered a wise career move. Just saying, this guys seems to part of the Arlen Spectre wing of the Republican party. Great job of managing the Dole part II campaign in 2008. I guess he was too young to remember the Dole campaign. Remember Dole reaching out to Jack Kemp as VP and then muzzling him. What a douche.
Screw you Schmidt. I can about guarantee that anyone you end up working for in 2012 will not get my vote on a cold day in h*ll.
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