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...John Kerry's imprudent campaign demand that the 9/11 commission recommendations be enacted immediately--without any input from, or negotiation with, the entrenched panjandrums of the intelligence community. "You can't do intelligence reform without a clear vision and direct marching orders from the President," 9/11 commission member Bob Kerrey told me last week. "If you create an Intelligence czar, but the President doesn't want to back him fully and give him real authority to build the network, then you might as well deep-six the bill...
...John Kerry's imprudent campaign demand that the 9/11 commission recommendations be enacted immediately-without any input from, or negotiation with, the entrenched panjandrums of the intelligence community. "You can't do intelligence reform without a clear vision and direct marching orders from the President," 9/11 commission member Bob Kerrey told me last week. "If you create an Intelligence Czar, but the President doesn't want to back him fully and give him real authority to build the network, then you might as well deep-six the bill...
Steve Jarding is no beauty school graduate, but his job description does make space for hair consultations, if necessary. A campaign consultant who has staffed Senators Bob Kerrey and John Edwards, Jarding was the mastermind behind Mark Warner’s successful run for governorship in Virginia three years ago. Now, the man Roll Call once named one of the 50 most influential people in Washington is at the Kennedy School, where he pontificates on his area of expertise: “Running for Office and Managing Campaigns.” FM talked to Jarding about P. Diddy, Mohawks...
John selected it, and I don’t know where he got it, I never really asked. When I worked for Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, we called [his PAC] BACKPAC, for Building America’s Conscience of Kids. Senator Kerrey initially wanted to all it SIXPAC, but we decided against that and laughed, saying, ‘No, it would probably be inappropriate.’ You try to come up with something catchy. Where John came up with New American Optimists, I don’t know. John’s a very optimistic...
...even the most gifted potential aide or adviser has worked for an opponent. They and their loyalists keep lists, which is why you find precious few veterans of the John McCain campaign occupying fancy offices in the Bush White House and why those who battled on behalf of Bob Kerrey in the 1992 Democratic primaries had a tough time finding work with Clinton. But not so with Kerry, who even went so far as to tap a former rival as a running mate. "The thing about Kerry is, he doesn't hold grudges at all," says Cahill. As his opponents...