Did Reagan need consultants?
Rick Wiley was with Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.
This is a Team Romney plan ... to bring in Mitt.
Whew...I thought this was another Bruce Jenner thread.
This outpouring of back-stabbing vindictiveness and self-seeking puts me in mind of the 2008 McCain campaign, when strategists Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace leaked disparaging material about their vice presidential candidate even before Election Day.
The tell-all mentality became more pronounced as soon as Sarah Palin was back in Alaska. Schmidt and Wallace became popular with the liberal press because they went out of their way to belittle and criticize their boss’ choice of running mate behind his back. What courage.
Schmidt’s prize was an appointment as a MSNBC contributor and a ticket to the premiere of Game Change.
Wallace got to listen to Whoopi Goldberg for an hour five days a week—more punishment than reward if you ask me. She has since been fired.
Most GOP political consultants are actually Democrats or Leftists
Myth Romney is the most well known in your face democrat collaborator and Vichy republican of them all....
EXCEPT for Donald Trump..
Trump is not McCain.
Trump fights back. He knows who he is. He can recognize bad advice. Trump will not be taken down by smarmy political consultants.
Rick Wiley
Too many campaign workers, poor debate preparation, and an abrupt drop-off in donations. But besides those issues, Politico says, there was also staff friction created by the heavy involvement of his wife Tonette Walker in the campaign’s operations.
“Campaign sources said Tonette Walker, the Wisconsin first lady, had never warmed to [campaign manager Rick] Wiley,” the article says. “During a visit to campaign HQ shortly after the first debate, she wanted to know why her husband hadn’t used all his allotted time in answers (a mistake he repeated in the second debate). She made it clear she saw the lapse as a staff failure, which aides took as a shot at Wiley.”
This friction between Tonette and Wiley apparently led to her maneuvering with other members of the campaign to possibly replace him with former Walker aides more to her liking. She also arranged a secret meeting at the Walker home with a handful of longtime supporters, to which Wiley wasn’t invited. It was that meeting, held on Monday
Yrs ago I was involved with candidates and consultants. To say most consultants are out of touch with the base is the understatement of the century!
Second tier workers are needed and do a good job at what they do. But the no nothings at the top need to be tarred and feathered.
There are two kinds of consultants: those who make themselves part of the public narrative; and those you never hear of. There is often a little leakage in the two and fro of a campaign, but generally the guys who stay invisible are the ones I would want on my team. I’ve known a number of them over the years. They are straight shooters, NEVER insert themselves into the story, and NEVER whisper a negative word about a client or a client’s campaign, staff, or other consultants.
On the other hand, Donald Trump just goes on a few late night shows and holds a few rallies a few hours before he finally shows up on the debate stage, and he’s ready to rumble. Just like that. No fuss, no muss.
I’m getting angrier by the minute reading this stuff.
Why in the world would Walker agree to go after evangelicals when Cruz, Huckabee, and Santorum are running?
Trump doesn’t have to worry about this at all. He has his kids and 30-40 year employees working his campaign
Slime. Worse than slime. Slime where the campaign is paying them.