Posted on 09/04/2011 1:31:40 PM PDT by AAABEST
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Almost every presidential-election cycle, the spotlight illumines a campaign guru whose tactical acumen seemingly propels his client to heights unreachable alone. For Republicans, Karl Rove – “Bush’s Brain” – occupied that position during George W. Bush’s White House years; James Carville was the Democrats‘ man with a campaign plan during the Bill Clinton years. For 2012, Carney is stepping into that role, as his client soars in the early polls and as he gets credit for a strategic innovation he put into place for Perry’s 2006 gubernatorial race and may be adapting for Perry’s presidential quest.
The state’s longest-serving governor was insisting as recently as a few months ago that he had no interest in being president, whereas his campaign strategist has been preparing for this moment throughout a long and winding behind-the-scenes odyssey in local, state and national politics.
David Mitchel Carney, 52, began his political career in his native New Hampshire, working for former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu and then following his mentor to Washington when Sununu became President George H.W. Bush‘s chief of staff. At 33, he was named national field director for the 1992 Bush-Quayle presidential campaign and four years later signed on as a senior adviser to then-Sen. Majority Leader Bob Dole during the Kansas senator’s White House bid. “At 36, Carney is already a legend among Republican operatives,” Time magazine wrote.
Consulting business
After Dole lost to Bill Clinton, the legend retreated to the New Hampshire woods, where he concentrated on growing his consulting firm, Norway Hill Associates, based in his hometown, Hancock, N.H. His wife Lauren is co-owner and stays closer to home base while Carney flies Southwest Airlines back and forth to Texas.
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Being that he's from NH and still owns a consulting firm there, it stands to reason that he has a good structure in place that he can exploit and very possibly thump Willard Rino-me on his home turf.
Perry ain't spending time there for nothing.
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Didnt Carney work for Gingrich before Perry ...”called him back...?”
Carney is a typical political operative. (Slug)
Just askin.
AAAbest — Amen to that re Tempest. I still want to know which candidate Tempest is really for.
Didnt Carney work for Gingrich before Perry ...”called him back...?”
What would that mean?
Maybe sluggier than most. We have a couple of democrats facing charges in Michigan for running a fake campaign not so different from the Nader thing.
Busy day. Thanks again for all your work on the ping list much appreciated.
Rick Perry is a solid conservative and I like what I read in this article about his campaign history... and prospects.
Yes, a busy day. A lot were was posted after I went off line late last night...so a number of pings were done all at once when I came back online this AM. You are welcome.
The fact that Perry needs a Rovian-style “brain” to help deceive voters speaks volumes about his modus operandi.
Oh come on you would get excited if Rick Perry took a dump and a blogger wrote about how it didn’t stink.
” The fact that Perry needs a Rovian-style “brain” to help deceive voters speaks volumes about his modus operandi.”
Yeah, its called deceit and subterfuge!
Rick Perry is a true conservative, as much as it obviously pains you to admit it.
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