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Fearing #TeaParty momentum in NJ, Obama dispatched his own advisors to take over Corzine campaign: http://tinyurl.com/yjfyb2j 23 days ago |
POLITICO: Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge. “One of President…
Instapundit —
... POLITICO: Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge. “One of President Barack Obama’s key political advisers has become the central strategist in New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s bruising campaign for re-election, a race the White House desperately wants to win to avert the consequences for its own agenda of a Republican winning in a traditionally Democratic state.” ...
Report: White House Intervened In New Jersey Race
TPM Election Central —
... The Politico reports that the White House sent senior adviser David Axelrod and political director Patrick Gaspard to New Jersey in August, to express the White House's concerns about the race. One Corzine aide said there was a message being sent that Corzine should consider dropping out of the race -- which Corzine never would have done -- but that allegation was denied by White House officials. ...
White House Fingerprints All Over Corzine Campaign
A Blog For All —
If there's one thing that the Obama Administration is good at, it's winning an election and they see the flailing incompetence of close ally Jon Corzine as a severe liability going into the 2010 midterm elections. They are pulling out all the stops to prevent Republican Chris Christie from winning this tight election . One of President Obama's top advisers is now heading the Corzine campaign efforts. Both Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden have campaigned for Corzine in the state, and Obama has cut television and radio ads for the governor. This Sunday, on the final weekend ...
Be nervous.
Third Base Politics —
Politco is out with a story about Governor Corzine's hiring of a senior Obama political advisor to 'right the ship' of the flailing campaign. ...
Thursday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... . "If you want 'slick' go with the other guy," the narrator tells viewers in the Democrat's latest ad. * Over the summer, when Gov. Jon Corzine's (D) campaign was struggling badly in New Jersey, the White House took a more active interest in the race. After meetings with David Axelrod and political director Patrick Gaspard in the Garden State, Corzine made some changes, including replacing his pollster. * In the special election in New York's 23rd, a new Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos shows Democrat Bill Owens with the ...
About That Shepard Smith Story
Rhymes With Right —
... Now wait Bream had done everything a professional reporter is expected to do in that situation. The problem was that one of the candidates couldnt be bothered to even respond to requests for interviews. That doesnt mean that you do not do an interview with the candidate who agrees to an interview the balanced thing to do is to acknowledge that the opponent is dodging interview requests. The only unprofessional conduct I see here is on the part of Shepard Smith. But I wonder if this might have something to do with the situation and the failure of the Corzine campaign ...
Chris Christie: Man, am I fat
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , (b) is having his campaign more or less run by the White House , replete with campaign appearances by The One, and (c) enjoys vastly wider name recognition given the fact that he’s an incumbent and former senator. He enjoys every possible advantage and yet he’s still at grave risk of an upset. If there’s a bigger, less appealing loser than him among the ranks of prominent Democrats (aside from Harry Reid, natch), I’d love to know who it is. McDonnell’s win in Virginia next week is more important than what happens in Jersey, but having Christie pull it out would be very, very ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, October 30, 2009
The Note —
... Lori Montgomery: “House Democrats pull together on health care” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Janet Adamy: “House Leaders Unveil Health Bill” LINK
Bloomberg’s Ryan J. Donmoyer: “‘Tribal Chiefs’ Pressure Reid to Spend More on Health-Care Plan” LINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
USA Today's Mimi Hall: "Obama shows pragmatic side as president" LINK
Politico’s Ben Smith: “Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge” LINK
The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane: “Dozens in Congress under ethics ...
Moving Days: Can delicate coalition survive thousand cuts?
The Note —
... "One of President Barack Obama's key political advisers has become the central strategist in New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's bruising campaign for re-election, a race the White House desperately wants to win to avert the consequences for its own agenda of a Republican winning in a traditionally Democratic state," Politico's Ben Smith reports. ...
Gibbs on next week’s elections: I don’t think they portend much
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , one of Obama’s top advisors is managing Corzine’s campaign , and The One himself was in Virginia just this past week stumping for Creigh Deeds, who’s a dead man walking. I guess they figured they’d be blamed whether they campaigned for the Democratic candidates or not, but some of Obama’s own cachet is on the line now in a way it wouldn’t be if he and Biden had simply disengaged. If the GOP sweeps — and do note that Rasmussen’s new poll of likely voters has Chris Christie ...
Will Creigh Deeds outperform Jon Corzine on Tuesday?
GayPatriot —
... Now, it’s clear with the President’s multiple visit to Jersey on behalf of the embattled incumbent (I believe he’s there now), with one of Obama’s top political aides devoting serious attention to the race, the White House hopes to spin aCorzine win as evidence people have not turned on the president. As Politico’s Ben Smith put it, “ ...
Nancy Pelosi Spins Election Results: “We Won Last Night”
Say Anything —
... Obama campaigned heavily for both John Corzine in New Jersey and Creigh Deeds in Virginia. In New Jersey, Obama even sent one of his own campaign people to run Corzine’s campaign. ...
John R. Bohrer: Can Paterson Learn From The Secret Race to Replace Jon Corzine?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In early August, David Axelrod and Patrick Gaspard met at a New York City hotel with Corzine's campaign staffers, asking whether or not the incumbent governor could actually win. Corzine's people assured them that he could. Obama's pollster became a top level adviser and it was settled. Corzine would remain the nominee. ...
