Maybe a story that would be 80-20 bad you can get down to 60-40 bad, and that little bit is worth it.. Each was the political id the candidate couldnt, or wouldnt, express. It wasnt really until 2012 when I worked for Barack Obama that I did find a really strong female mentor in Stephanie Cutter and I learned so much about my job, so much about politics, so much about how to effectively communicate from Stephanie Cutter. But another thing is that Im not someone whos just worked in New York. I wasnt born yesterday. Still, she still sought to rationalize her relationship with Spitzer. And what Pete understood, and why I believed in him, was that to beat Trump, we didnt need to be him. Well, of course someone running for president would need to talk about it with me first, right? Its about hustling for opportunities. So the Post is about to report that Im dating Eliot Spitzer. Win or lose in the 2020 Democratic campaign, Pete Buttigieg's senior adviser Lis Smith has turned an unknown mayor into a serious contender. I want Republicans to read this book. Lis Smith on Pete Buttigieg's campaign bus during a four day tour of Iowa, September 23, 2019. The more people see Bill de Blasio, the less they like him. These days, Smith seems to be heavily involved in promoting her new book. I couldnt talk to the media, and they didnt lift a finger to defend me.. Not long after that, at the presidential primary debate in Miami on June 27, you take us inside the greenroom backstage as you watched Pete get asked about this incredibly fraught moment. From her days as a college intern for John Edwards to her own brush with the New York tabloids, the book traces her entertaining path to the height of the American political consultant class. Andrew Cuomo's. She is most well known for being the senior advisor for Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign and the director of rapid response for Obama's 2012 campaign. She did, however, date a married. [8], In 2012, she became director of the rapid response team for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. I am here to get you clips. In her book, Smith also called another client she worked for,ex-Gov. I know that the media loves to pick up on a gaffe here or there but the more comfortable you are, the more interviews you do, the more comfortable you get in front of the camera, and the less little slip ups matter. Pete has no battle scars. [2][3] During her time at Dartmouth, she volunteered for John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign. He laid out his case for how a millennial municipal official from a town the size of a New York City Council district could somehow seize the Democratic nomination. The guy didnt have time to say hello before Smith could hear screaming over the line. We needed to be the antidote to him. That means that shes held to a different standard than sometimes other candidates. Oh really, you didnt know that? But I understand that what I do isnt just a game. And if I can help you with my experience, my profile, my contacts, to do that, then I will do it. Its a role that clearly lends itself to his skill set. When Smith signed on to help Mayor Pete run for DNC chair, it was a part-time gighelping a candidate nobody had ever heard of run for an insider position, the kind of job decided not by the public, but in backrooms by the most hardcore party loyalists. I fucking love John McCain. [9] Smith was credited with implementing a campaign strategy that emphasized one-on-one interactions between Buttigieg and the press which helped raise his profile from the mayor of the fourth-largest Indiana city to a top-tier presidential candidate. Theres just no one who can do a TV interview like Pete Buttigieg. Even TMZ got in the act LEO DICAPRIO OFFERED BUTTIGIEG HELP DURING 2020 RUN, trumpeted the chyron. Smith: Democrats love to bitch that we dont have a bench. He was a once-in-a-generation talent, someone who perfectly met the moment. Youve got this hard-nosed New York-style political operative and this friendly Hoosier mayor, he said. The American, democratic campaign communication specialist Lis Smith is a well-known face in American politics. The Buttigiegs announced last month that they were engaged in the adoption process. She was my girlfriend., Later, says Smith, when he was a state lawmaker, I would say to her, I am going to talk to such-and-such group, and she would tell me, This is what you should say. And I would say to her, Lis, I am not going to say that, its not my style, its not going to work. It is a matter of life and death and we need every person on the field pic.twitter.com/LPqIS3zjnW. And the fact that hes everywhere, from cable TV to Ebony to your local NPR show to your favorite sports podcast, means that a guy with no name recognition is suddenly hard to avoid. Yeah. What I realized from my time working in politics is how much mystery there still is around this industry. Despite that having been some years ago, Jeff appears to support Smith and her recent endeavors. She dated former Missouri State Sen. Jeff Smith from 2005 to 2009, before he was locked up in a federal pen for obstruction after a probe of the state's 2004 election. In recent months you have made a name for yourself by working for this new crop of candidates out in the middle of the country: Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Aftab Pureval and others. Obama had David Axelrod. There is only so much you can do to bare your soul over a beer, but hopefully people get to know you on some level and more than they would one gaggle at a time. In my book, I sort of get at this, but we are sort of an odd couple. Democratic operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Buttigiegs rise from unlikeliest of contenders to actual top-tier presidential candidate has been fueled in part, maybe in large part, by his astonishing success courting the press. I want him on everything, she told me. Jason Bergman for POLITICO. Pete was completely different. [44] She describes herself as an "oyster-tarian," which she defines as a vegetarian who will eat oysters. When I met him was right after Trump won the election, and Democrats are running around with their hair on fire for good reason. Smith shot down a Post story claiming Sptizer was spotted kissing and sucking her toes while she was topless in a hot tub at a resort there. My observation, said Axelrod, who worked with Smith on Obamas 2012 reelection campaign, is that she is the quiet hero of his emergence.. But I love politics because it touches everything in our lives. This is what day one looks like. I worked in states like South Dakota, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia. We met at the Roxy Hotel in Tribeca. I thought you had cancer or something. He motioned to the bartender again`Well take two shots of Jameson on top of that roundbefore turning back to me and clearing his throat. They are doing things that are more directly relevant to peoples lives. We are humble and kind, to quote Tim McGraw. Maybe Im done. Wren: Did you have a good handle before the campaign on Petes vulnerabilities? And if people like it they like it, and if they dont they were probably never going to vote for you anyway.. I am a liberal Democrat, but I was so into the McCain thing. She has a 3-day-old copy of the New York Post in her bag. Wren: What do you look for in a candidate? Theyre just not looking in the right places. David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. God, you fucked that up. People get stuck in a rut because something worked last cycle, and so they think it will work this cycle and it doesnt. How did that manifest itself with Pete, the first candidate youve ever advised who was approximately the same age as you? This is an election where the women voters are going to be really important. The speed with which Buttegieg emerged has been astonishing, which happens to be the speed at which Smith works. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. [20] She was a senior advisor on Corey Johnson's 2021 campaign for New York City Comptroller, and raised $3.5 million in funds for a PAC supporting Andrew Yang's 2021 mayoral campaign. Andrew Cuomo, had turned into a Nicorette-chomping ahole who ruined the lives of his staffers after letting national fame get to his head during the coronavirus pandemic. There was only one path for us to break through. Because Pete is so Midwestern nice, I think it was helpful for him to have someone who could help kick him into another gear, and sort of push him to have the more aggressive instinct you need to break through in a presidential race. Although Smith and Spitzer attempted to keep the affair under wraps, a photographer for the New York Post spotted the pair at her SoHo walkup apartment, exchanging loving looks.. He was out there. Tim Miller, my friend, wrote a great book weeks ago, where he talks about the danger of getting sucked up in the game. Riley Keough's husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, revealed the couple welcomed a baby girl while he gave a speech on behalf of his wife during a memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday By. (The rapid-response job, Smith says, was for her like being a pig in shit. Wren: Lets talk about another Cincinnatian: Joey Burrow, your Bengals politically outspoken quarterback. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. I was blindly ambitious, versus blindly loyal, and where the shiny object of being a New York City press secretary was more alluring to me that I was willing to overlook his very clear deficiencies. It has been my passion since I was nine years old, which sounds sick. Smiths mother is a descendent of a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and a cousin of lead Watergate investigator Sam Ervin. Because it would drive me nuts during the campaign hearing all his wonky, wonky talk about infrastructure, about roads, about smart sewers. I dont live and breathe politics every day. Theres a public Terry and a private Terry. He weighed in after the Supreme Court decision. Miller is darkly. [39] Time and Politico included her on their lists of the best political Twitter feeds. Behind the scenes, Id get keep your head up emails from senior de Blasio aides, but when it came to the press, it seemed their attitude was more along the lines of off with her head. 8,310 Followers, 856 Following, 219 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lis Smith (@lis__smith) POLITICO Weekend flies into inboxes every Friday. In a tweet shared on July 20, 2022, Jeff praised Smith for the publication of her insightful book., Talked @Morning_Joe about why I wrote Any Given Tuesday: "More than ever we need people to believe in the political processPolitics is more important than ever. Smith said she learned a hard lesson: Even a professional cant try to manage a personal crisis without help. In that same vein, I know that there were people in the transportation secretarys inner circle that thought his taking that position wasnt the best idea. And when he was asked about that, he gave a really strong answer, and he took responsibility for things he did do in South Bend or things he didnt do in South Bend. The New York tabs may have sharpened her game, but people who've known her for years say Smith came ready for the fight. A photo and audio tour of the hosts driving the conversation. So many flacks lose their mind over inconsequential things, and have no sense of, This is good press, this is mediocre press, and this is awful press. That is something you know once you have been through awful press., As a flack, you dont always understand what it feels like to be a principal, what it feels like to be under scrutiny. Now more than ever, people are seeing politics touch everything in our lives. The Democratic bench isnt going to be found on Meet the Press every Sunday, and its not going to be found on cable news. Spitzer leaves the apatment of Lis Smith at 5:44 a.m. on Dec. 19. And also keep in mind she was wasnt working on my campaign. She figured that Buttigiegs sexual orientation and impossible-to-pronounce last name rendered him dead on arrival, but started researching the 35-year-old Indiana mayor and promptly took an eight-hour fall down a Google rabbit hole. Wed gone down to Jamaica to get away from tabloid drama, not actively court it, Smith said. POLITICO Weekend delivers gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of high-minded fun. Not to be cheesy, but it is one of my proudest accomplishments. Honesty is really, really important to handling a crisis because you have to have all the facts at your disposal. Everyone thought I was crazy. Eliot Spitzer]. I think thats always been part of Joe Bidens appeal. I could bring out a little bit more of a killer instinct [in] him, but he could bring out sort of a gentler, more thoughtful side of me that was mutually beneficial to the campaign. 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