Steve Schmidt
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Steve Schmidt
Steve Schmidtis an American campaign strategist and public relations worker for the U.S. Republican Party. He specializes in political "message development and strategy." Schmidt was the senior campaign strategist and advisor to the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain. He is currently a political analyst for MSNBC and has appeared frequently on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO...
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It will be interesting to see whether Kerry repeats the 'Benedict Arnold CEOs' refrain. Once Kerry had the nomination sewn up -- and was more concerned about winning support from millionaires than mill workers -- he disavowed responsibility for the Benedict Arnold line.
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John Kerry has made up a false measurement to support his ongoing efforts to talk down the economy, ... John Kerry's support for higher taxes on small business, Social Security benefits and gasoline would bring misery to America's working families.
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John Kerry has played politics with homeland security throughout this campaign, and his attacks today are no exception.
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Kerry's words will ring hollow in light of the fact that he helped block the president's energy bill to increase America's energy independence through more renewable energy usage.
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John Kerry's attacks today were baseless, ... He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.
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John Kerry's rhetoric on the campaign trail is hiding a long list of missed votes and empty promises on the issues he claims are priorities.
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Last month, John Kerry was pushing for the extension of unemployment benefits. Today he had the chance to actually vote on that question but was too busy playing politics when he would have made the difference in the Senate.
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It is a condition that needs to be addressed, so not to become a problem over time.
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Kerry didn't show up at the Speed Queen or Leon's, but he had no trouble eating a filet mignon and asparagus at a lakefront restaurant instead, ... It will be interesting to see whether Kerry's cuisine matches his rhetoric in Kansas City tomorrow.
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It is a great example of John Kerry's priorities that on the day he said he did not have time to receive his intelligence briefing on threats to America, he found time to attend a Hollywood fund-raiser, filled with enough hate and vitriol to make Michael Moore blush.
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John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John Kerry admitting that he offers no credible alternatives to the policies in Iraq, and admitting that his suggestions are proposals that the administration is already doing: involving NATO, involving the U.N. and training Iraqi security forces.
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It seems highly irregular that CNN would tolerate two employees' openly working and advising and appearing on behalf of the John Kerry for President campaign.
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Kerry's statements to Dubuque voters make it clear that he will say anything to anyone at any time if he thinks it will help him score political points,