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Schmidt Calls Palin's Memoirs "Total Fiction"

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

Steve Schmidt now joins a host of former McCain staffers, who have challenged the veracity of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, even before it hits the streets on Tuesday.

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The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Sarah Palin Katie Couric Interview, Going Rogue, John McCain, Steve Schmidt, Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin Book, Going Rogue Factcheck, Going Rouge, Books News
Geoffrey Dunn

Excerpts from Sarah Palin's Going Rogue have been released by several news agencies that have received advanced copies. Here are the first ten lies from the memoir.

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Palin Usurped "Concession" Speech

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Steve Schmidt, McCain Palin, Mark Salter, Matthew Scully, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Geoffrey Dunn

Headlines recently declared "Sarah Palin's Speeches Were Ready but Never Seen -- Until Now." While Palin did not deliver her concession speech on election night, she did deliver most of it eight days later.

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McCain's Chief Strategist Defends Palin VP Choice

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a 2012 presidential candidat...

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Sam Stein

Schmidt: The GOP "Holistically Is Bereft Of Ideas" On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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In comments almost certain to rankle Republicans on Capital Hill, Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign manager Steve Schmidt accused the GOP on Friday of ...

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The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?

William Bradley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Randy Scheuneman, Sarah Palin, Georgia, Bill Kristol, Fox News, Weekly Standard, Mikhail Saakashvili, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, Politics News
William Bradley

This is a fight between some neocons who still want to promote Palin and their discredited geopolitical agenda against some Republican would-be modernizers.

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Jason Linkins

Meghan McCain Unhappy With Being Deemed Less Influential Than Dick Cheney [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

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Megan McCain's response to the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen about Cheney seems to be the sort of weird petulance that could undermine her strong advocacy.

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William Smith, GOP Chief Counsel, Links Gay Marriage To Pedophilia

Legal Times | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Senate Judiciary Committee, Nambla, Jeff Sessions, William Smith, Log Cabin Republicans, Steve Schmidt, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The new chief Republican counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote a blog post last month in which he linked same-sex marriage to pedophilia, a...

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Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O

William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, 1960s, Space Program, Star Trek Movie, William Shatner, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, J.J. Abrams, Terminator, Karl Urban, Leonard McCoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peace Corps, Lost, X-Men, Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith, Uhura, Anton Yelchin, Alias, Leonard Nimoy, Fringe, Roberto Orci, Christopher Pike, Top Gun, John McCain, Kennedy, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Heroes, Special Forces, Apple Store, Chekov, John Wayne, John Ford, Barack Obama, Alex Kurtzman, John Cho, Jeffrey Hunter, Thirteen Days, Zachary Quinto, Sulu, George Lucas, Michael Giacchino, Samuel Peeples, Starfleet, Spock, Chris Pines, Steve Schmidt, Steve McQueen, Doctor Who, Jfk, James T. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.

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Jason Linkins

Steve Schmidt, McCain Campaign Manager: 'When Lehman Collapsed...The Campaign Was Finished'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

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Ben Smith reports on a joint appearance by opposing campaign gurus Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, who gave the students of the University of Delawar...

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News
William Bradley

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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Steve Schmidt: Political Ambulance Chaser

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

While it is great to see people like Schmidt so dramatically shift their positions on such a hot-button political issue as gay marriage, we should all clearly realize see this for what it is: political ambulance chasing.

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Sam Stein

Steve Schmidt, McCain Campaign Manager: Religion Could Kill The GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Speaking publicly for one of the first times since the end of the presidential campaign, John McCain's campaign manager Steve Schmidt painted a dire p...

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Steve Schmidt To Call On GOP To Back Gay Marriage

CNN | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, a key architect of John McCain's presidential campaign, is making his first public return to Washington a bold one. Schmidt will use a...

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McCain's Chief Strategist Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington Blade, McCain Gay Marriage, Steve Schmidt Gay Marriage, Mccain Strategist Gay Marriage, Steve Schmidt, Meghan McCain, Politics News

Steve Schmidt, Sen. John McCain's chief strategist during the presidential campaign, said in a recent interview with the Washington Blade that he supp...

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Whitman's Sampler: The Ex-eBay CEO's Moves Mirror the Republican Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darrell Issa, Meg Whitman, California, Bobby Jindal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Sarah Palin, George Allen, Nevada, California Republican Party, Gray Davis, Ebay, John McCain, Glenn Beck, Jerry Brown, Adam Mendelsohn, Willie Brown, Steve Schmidt, George Stephanopoulos, Politics News
William Bradley

Whitman, pushing policies that resonate on the far right of American politics even as some doubt her sincerity, has her work cut out for her in winning the governorship of blue state California.

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Steve Schmidt: Jindal Is GOP's Destiny

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Ramesh Ponnuru at the National Review notes that a number of Republican heavyweights are hyping Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as the party's future, as ...

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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Campaign Ad or Ad Campagin?

Aemilia Scott | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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Aemilia Scott

To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.

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G.O.P. R.I.P.?

E. A. Hanks | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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E. A. Hanks

They way I see it, the GOP has two paths it can take. One leads to a sustainable future, the other will land them somewhere between Neve Cambell's career and stacks of left over Cool Runnings VHS tapes.

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Schmidt: "He's Going To Cross The Finish Line Head Up"

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, McCain's top strategist, talks about the final day of the campaign: He's [McCain's] been working very hard over the last 100 days of ...

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McCain's Narrative Problem

John McQuaid | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Robert Draper, Post-Structuralism, Steve Schmidt, 2008 Election, Mark Salter, Rick Davis, Politics News
John McQuaid

His campaign seems based on one idea alone: because of who he is -- not what he has done as a senator, not what he wants to do as president, but who he is -- John McCain should be president.

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Reading The Pictures: Not Just Rogue Warrior But McCain Campaign's Mutation

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-10-27-palin_beast.jpgAfter keeping her literally cooped up for months, Steve Schmidt's brilliant creation has gone and turned against the head tutor, Salter, Davis and McCain.

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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NYT: How McCain Could Pull It Off

NY Times | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Senator John McCain woke Thursday morning to what has become a fairly common greeting in these tough last weeks of his campaign. A raft of polls showi...

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