Backing McCain in the Washington Times 08/07/08
The Washington Times quotes me in a story today about John McCain’s recent kick-arse ads (view The One) that take a nice bite of the “hip” and “cool” of Barack Obama’s celebrity.
My contribution:
“He made a smart move because he jumped out of the political blogosphere and chattering class, and got into the celebrity chattering class, and that’s where most of the energy is,” said David All, a Republican strategist who runs Slatecard.com, an online contributions site.
Mr. All attributed the change in attitude to the elevation of Steve Schmidt at the McCain campaign. The former Bush White House aide and campaign aide to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took over day-to-day operations at the McCain campaign a month ago and brought an aggressiveness that put the campaign beyond the usual political talk.
“The [Stephen] Colberts, Jon Stewarts, Saturday Night Lives, all of those things do a really great job of helping humanize a really great candidate, a really authentic candidate,” Mr. All said.
Keep up the great work Mac. You’re cool in my book.
