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Steve Schmidt, one of the founders of the notoriously anti-Trump Lincoln Project, is a registered member of an ultraconservative political party, voting records show — just weeks after he claimed he was becoming a Democrat. In a post-election interview on Dec. 15, the longtime GOP strategist who former President Donald Trump once denounced as a “blathering idiot,” announced he was registering as a member of the Democratic Party after almost three decades as a Republican. “I spent 29 years as a Republican, I’ve spent two and a half as an independent, and later this afternoon I will register as a...

Rob Allyn ...A longtime Republican strategist, Mr. Allyn has found himself in the cross hairs of conservative critics in the last week after signing a contract with Mexico's foreign ministry to lead a campaign to strengthen the country's image in the United States. A CNN anchor asked Mr. Allyn whether Mexico was "dabbling in U.S. policy" by hiring him as a marketer. Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, describing Mexico as a "corrupt, chaotic country" with 40 percent unemployment (it is closer to 4 percent) told him in another interview that he had his work cut out for him... Mr. Allyn's...

DETROIT - Robert Teeter, an influential Republican pollster who worked in several presidential races and was a longtime member of former President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign brain trust, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 65. Teeter died Sunday night at his home in Ann Arbor, his company said Monday. Teeter played an important role in American politics over the last 30 years, working with Republican presidents beginning with Richard Nixon and serving as national chairman for Bush's unsuccessful 1992 re-election campaign. He also handled polling for Bush in his 1980 presidential run and was a...