Andrew Grossman, a top-tier Democratic operative who founded an anti-Wal-Mart group is on board with Bill Thompson’s 2009 campaign. (Thompson is widely expected to run for mayor).
Grossman was described as a “political strategist” in this story about the comptroller’s campaign spending, and a Thompson campaign aide explained Grossman’s role as “a general Read More
Pollster Joel Benenson, who is currently working for Barack Obama, confirmed he’s set to work on at least two citywide races next year.
In a brief interview this morning, Benenson said he’ll be crunching numbers for Anthony Weiner–who has all but announced formally he’s running for mayor–and David Yassky, who is running for comptroller. Read More
The Clinton campaign is not giving an inch, at least not yet.
Howard Wolfson just said at the top of this morning’s conference call that the campaign would discuss how it would go forward to the “nomination and victory in November.”
Clinton pollster and strategist Geoff Garin said “Indiana was obviously a close outcome but Read More
The economists are out of touch too.
That was the argument Clinton campaign pollster and strategist Geoff Garin made on a conference call this morning when he addressed a question about whether a gas tax holiday would prompt more gasoline use.
"The reality on the ground is very different from the economic theory," he said, Read More
Not surprisingly, the first words out of Howard Wolfson’s mouth on the Clinton campaign conference call today were about “some recent public polling” that show Hillary Clinton’s strength against John McCain in the general election.
Pollster Geoff Garin then gave a lengthy statement, which began: “The point here is simple. Over the course of Read More
The day after the campaign announced Penn’s titular demotion, it is not clear yet exactly what influence he has lost.
Marc Ambinder reported that Penn participated this morning on an internal campaign conference call, suggesting the highly plausible possibility that his loss of the right to be called “chief strategist” was more about Read More
Time columnist Joe Klein created a stir at the Council on Foreign Relations earlier today when he suggested that “an element of unwitting sabotage” may be behind Bill Clinton’s series of apparently off-message comments while campaigning on behalf of his wife.
Klein speculated: “He’s worrying, ‘Maybe she’s going to be a better president than I Read More
