Ping
so what exactly is the scoop in this thread? I must have missed it
I saw marybethcahill on FOX the other night, she is one angry woman.....she is between a rock and a hard place.......
So just how many factions are represented in the Kerry camp?
I see at least three:
1. legacy Kerry staffers
2. Kennedy/legacy-Democrat faction
3. Clinton/Modern-DNC faction
I'm tempted to think that there's a power struggle underway
in the Party, but to date, the Clinton people seem to remain
in control at all times, even forcing a Kerry flip-flop back
in March when he promised to fire McAuliffe.
Besides... she knows to much--where all the bodies are buried.
Let her stay right where she is....
I, too signed up for emails from the Kerry Kampaign.
I'd heard they would send out free Kerry bumper stickers to people signing on for updates.
The bumper stickers are great for picking up Golden Retreiver fur from carseats.
They did send them to me and I did use them to pick up dog fur!
The bonus.....the updates are a hoot!
Here goes a tinfoil-hat-and-pajamas idea, but Bilk and Shrillary Clintoon in cahoots with Kennedy?
....
Just may be...
so we're supposed to believe that this is the guy to take on Osama and Kim Jong Il, when he is afraid to confront
Uncle Ted?
And here's an AP story from Tuesday, November 11, 2003 when she was hired . . .
Kerry fires manager as presidential bid falters
Change called critical in new phase of effort
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Democrat John Kerry shook up his foundering presidential campaign Monday, firing his campaign manager as the Massachusetts senator, once the party's establishment candidate, struggled to make up ground on front-runner Howard Dean.
Trailing Dean in the current measures of the race — fund raising, opinion polls, crucial endorsements — Kerry replaced campaign manager Jim Jordan with Mary Beth Cahill, chief of staff to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
The move came less than three months before voters in Iowa participate in the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
"There's a new phase of the campaign now, and I wanted to change the dynamic," Kerry said during an Iowa campaign stop in which he tried to focus on veterans' issues but was repeatedly pressed about the staff shake-up. "Jim Jordan is a terrific person and has done a great job to date. I wanted to move this campaign forward and that's what we're doing."
The four-term senator entered the race with credentials that appealed to the Democratic elite — decorated Vietnam War veteran, party stalwart, wealthy spouse. But Kerry has been criticized for running his campaign too cautiously and for not doing much of the necessary nitty-gritty work, such as telephoning potential supporters and fine-tuning his message.
Democratic strategists have blamed Kerry more than his campaign, saying he is known to be a candidate who doesn't take advice well or likes to split his staff into competing camps. Indeed, his presidential campaign is layered with high-priced advisers, some of whom have duplicative roles and are roughly divided into two factions: those based in Washington, where Kerry has been a senator for 18 years, and others from his home town of Boston.
The departure of Jordan marks the second time in less than two months that a high-ranking official has left the Kerry camp. Communications director Chris Lehane resigned in September over differences in the direction of the campaign, and later signed on with rival Wesley Clark.
Jordan's firing raised the specter of other departures.
In a conference call Sunday night, Kerry enraged much of his staff by mispronouncing the name of a top staff member at least once, and could be heard eating as he broke the news of Jordan's firing, which he called a "one-day story." Stung by his attitude, several aides said they were considering quitting the campaign.
Two senior campaign officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision to oust Jordan was made jointly by Kerry and his campaign chairman, former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
Kerry approached fellow Massachusetts Sen. Kennedy on the Senate floor some time ago to discuss the possibility he might want to hire Cahill, according to Democratic sources. The two senators spoke again over the weekend, and Kerry contacted Cahill to talk to her about the change he envisioned.
In a statement, Kerry called Cahill "an accomplished leader for Democrats and progressive causes." She has worked for EMILY'S List, a political action committee that helps pro-abortion rights Democratic women candidates, and for Bill Clinton and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,525037096,00.html
(Cancer and dementia are said to be 'progressive' at times.)
...laughed at the photos and said "Boy, did we screw up letting the cameras in there or what?"
...gone on the attack: "At least he's not on an aircraft carrier traipsing around in a flight suit, declaring 'mission accomplished' in a war we're still fighting in 15 months later!"
...pretended not to know what the big deal was, "Hey, look how it excentuates that handsome face of his. That Ter-Ray-Zuh has herself a mighty fine man."
...claimed it shows Kerry will do anything, even look silly on camera, if it advances the cause of the American people and proper oversight of the people's government.
...claimed it was a homage to Woody Allen meant to promote stem cell research.
... ...gone tongue-in-cheek and challenged the President to a debate format where both candidates have to wear bunny suits.
...ANYTHING but accuse NASA (of all people!) of being a highly-partisan attack arm of the Bush campaign. I mean, the woman is a twit or a raving paranoiac!
One thing that makes this crushkerry source a little more credible is a recent (last couple of days) Susan Estrich column where she complains about Kerry being so "unmanly" as to "blame the woman" for the state of his campaign. Kerry shouldn't be blaming Cahill--he's the one who committed treason, not Cahill--but Estrich's demand that she be immune from criticism is telling. She's doing what she can to protect Cahill so that Kerry (or Carville & Co.) won't give any serious thought to dumping her and slowing up the money supply.
And BTW, how unfeminist is it to say that a woman who's been working as a political professional for decades is immune from criticism because she's "just a girl?"
Kerry has an excellent team. There is no reason for him to fire anyone. In fact, Lockhart, Carville, Jamie Rubin, and McCauliffe should take a much more active and vocal role in his campaign to support Cahill.
No charge for my free advice. Keep up the good work gang!