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...make an error having to do with district unemployment tax payment, but it has been corrected." - Obama transition spokesman Tommy Vietor, on Killefer's run-in with the IRS, Associated Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chief Performance Officer: Nancy Killefer | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...both Democratic and Republican strategists were puzzled. Why was the campaign cutting a spot that undermined the claim that McCain invites bipartisan agreement? Do they now suddenly scorn consensus? "They got the tactic right, but the message was off," observes one Republican campaign consultant. An Obama spokesman, Tommy Vietor, described the YouTube spot more succinctly. "It helped us," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind McCain's Nosedive | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

When asked Tuesday if Obama would use executive or legislative means - or a combination thereof - to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell," campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor issued a statement saying, "As President, Senator Obama would work in consultation with our military leaders to submit legislation to Congress repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell' and advocate for its passage." The trouble is, while the long legislative process of repealing the law unspools, many gays in the military will almost certainly lose their jobs. Because the military is fighting two wars, commanders discharge only about 600 bisexuals, gays and lesbians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revisiting 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' | 7/23/2008 | See Source »

...race, but the Obama campaign is quick to downplay any talk of "winning." "In our view, even if we're in a deficit in the state, if we can get it closer than it is now then we can split it in terms of the delegates," said Tommy Vietor, an Obama spokesman. "As we've always said, this is a race for delegates and we're trying to get as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Plays Catch-Up in Pennsylvania | 3/25/2008 | See Source »

...only 3% of Iowa's population of three million and there are only 67,000 blacks in the whole state, according to the 2006 census. "[This] is exactly why it's a problem for the Clinton campaign to bring in 100 new staffers in the last month," said Tommy Vietor, Obama's spokesman in Iowa. "We've been working and developing personal relationships and a network of Iowans for months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Obama's Iowa Ground Game | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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