Steve Schmidt
Steve Schmidt
Steve Schmidtis an American campaign strategist and public relations worker for the U.S. Republican Party. He specializes in political "message development and strategy." Schmidt was the senior campaign strategist and advisor to the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain. He is currently a political analyst for MSNBC and has appeared frequently on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO...
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Luckily for Kerry, there are a number of five-star restaurants in Washington that can prepare gourmet box lunches in case he's forced to make another faux fast-food stop at Wendy's,
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Many of this country's great pioneers arrived in the state via the Oregon Trail, fueled by hope and optimism. John Kerry's trail to Oregon has been driven by pessimism and half-truths.
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Today's campaign rhetoric will do nothing to help him bridge his growing credibility gap on the economy. His speech failed to address the mystery of his own budget gap: Which taxes will he raise and which federal spending programs will he cut?
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We want to be alert in the morning, so we'll practice that way, too.
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The decision to oppose is reflexive, not serious or substantive.
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The governor's position on all of these issues is clear. One of the things that's a good thing about the Republican Party is that it's a big tent and there's room for disagreement on policy.
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The grant is basically to increase their ability to increase patrols for alcohol-related offenses.
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There are a great many groups that made a decision a long time ago to oppose whomever President Bush put forward for the Supreme Court.
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There are a great many groups that determined they would oppose whomever President Bush nominated. The only open question was which day they would do it.
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John Kerry's shifting positions, his contradictions, his pessimism and his hopeless rhetoric send the wrong message to our troops, to our allies, to our enemies and to the world,
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John Kerry's rhetoric on the campaign trail is hiding a long list of missed votes and empty promises on the issues he claims are priorities.
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John Kerry's attacks today were baseless. He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.
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John Kerry's attacks today were baseless, ... He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.
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John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John Kerry admitting that he offers no credible alternatives to the policies in Iraq, and admitting that his suggestions are proposals that the administration is already doing: involving NATO, involving the U.N. and training Iraqi security forces.