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...Davis and McInturff said that the choice not to use Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s inflammatory comments as a campaign issue was an easy...
...Axelrod said that when Wright’s comments came to light in March, it took the Obama campaign by surprise...
...saying. And if I don't get what I want and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat myself" •Obama's instinct to distance self from •Obama's rumored first choice as his replacement is dismissed by because her campaign is "not willing to give me anything except appreciation. F--- them." •resentment of at being told to "suck it up" and give this "motherf---er the President-elect his senator. F--- him. For nothing? F--- him" •right to appoint senator of is said by to be "f---ing golden...
...most public settings, political campaign managers are as likely to receive an ovation as short-order cooks. Never mind that no one is likely to recognize them on the street. Their whole reason for being is to make someone else look good. Their job is to take the blame when things go wrong, and to stay behind the curtains when things go well...
...There is one exception for presidential campaign managers: since 1972, Harvard University's Institute of Politics has held a postelection summit where wine is served, the tables have white linen, and the strategic minds behind politics are invited to share their tales from the trenches. The summit is almost entirely off the record. Reporters must sign legal-looking documents swearing to describe no part of it for months, until the university gets around to publishing an edited transcript of the proceedings in book form. (See TIME's top 10 political lines...