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...true conservative. And even before launching, the Thompson campaign has experienced its first staff shake-up. After clashing with Thompson's wife Jeri, acting campaign manager (and close Thompson friend) Tom Collamore was ousted in favor of former Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham and Randy Enwright, a veteran G.O.P. strategist. "I do worry that Jeri is the one really running his campaign," says a House Republican who describes himself as "likely" to support Thompson. "She's smart, but that could be a recurring problem...
JOHN WEAVER, Senator John McCain's chief strategist, on the problems plaguing McCain's presidential campaign...
...long; that most people want to reduce abortion but not criminalize it, protect the earth instead of the auto industry, raise up the least among us; and that a lot of voters care as much about the candidates' principles as about their policies. "What we're seeing," says strategist Mike McCurry, "is a Great Awakening in the Democratic Party...
...Gotcha," he declares, as the campaign harvests more cell-phone numbers to add to its text-messaging network. A few weeks ago, his campaign sent out a fund-raising appeal via text message to the 13,000 phone numbers he had captured that way, and raised thousands, says Edwards strategist Joe Trippi...
...there is any opportunity for McCain, it lies in the fact that, although Republican primaries often turn into coronations, none of the other GOP contenders have caught fire with voters. "This is a volatile election," says McCain's chief strategist, John Weaver. For now, that instability may be McCain's best hope...