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...invoked the damage that Congress did to Bob Dole in 1996 by giving Clinton welfare reform to sign. Former Republican chairman Barbour insists that he made it clear on the cover sheets that he was not speaking on behalf of the campaign, but as a longtime congressional strategist put it, "When people get a memo from Haley, they assume it's what Austin wants." Other sources say that Bush chief strategist Karl Rove and others from the campaign have also been on the phone to House and Senate leaders jawboning against a congressional strategy of more modest tax cuts that...
Among all the political players, one whose loyalty was always so certain that it gave the public a headache was strategist James Carville. He has just published a book on the subject--Stickin': The Case for Loyalty (Simon & Schuster; $16.95)--which consists of more dialect than thought but is useful as a reminder of both how attractive and impossible loyalty...
...building the unprecedented war chest and collecting all the endorsements--was to get so far out in front that there would be no need to lurch to the right or engage in intraparty fratricide. "Our object is to win a nomination that is worth having," said Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove. Go negative now, and you lose people's respect...
...loosened his tie and propped his feet up on the coffee table. "Attacking me on veterans?" he said in wonder. "Don't worry about that," said Weaver, the political director. "He's going to try to trick you into responding." McCain nodded. "We'll handle him,'" said Murphy, the strategist. "Let him be flapping around. Focus on being presidential." That's still a huge assignment for John McCain. He began his race well over a year ago, but his transformation into a front runner is just beginning. South Carolina has two weeks to decide how long that journey will last...
...across the board," said John McCain last week, referring to his victory in New Hampshire. "It came from all sectors--conservatives, moderates, liberals. It was a win for the message." His chorus of well-prepped advisers agreed. "Message is still important," said McCain strategist Mike Murphy. "And the McCain message is clearly the message that Republican Party voters have embraced." In politics this kind of echo-chamber flackery is called being on message. And as McCain and his staff pointed their famous Straight Talk Express toward South Carolina, the message they were on was--well, their message. The message...