So who writes alla them purdy words for Uh-bama?
the ones that don’t come peppered with ...uh...erm...
...As political scientists dissect just what happened between last fall and this spring, and how a junior senator with a funny name and little experience on the national stage was able to dethrone the Clintons, much of the credit will likely go to[David Axelrod] – and to what is a pairing of candidate and adviser who are unusually well suited to each other.
He’s Obama’s answer to Karl Rove
...Axelrod cut his political teeth at age 13 as a boy living in Stuyvesant Town when he sold bumper stickers and buttons for Robert Kennedy’s campaign.
“The times made people focused on politics, and David in particular,” says Robert Swidler, a lawyer in Troy, N.Y., who grew up with Axelrod.
...And over the years he’s mounted an impressive roster of clients – including Representative Emanuel, Sen. Herb Kohl, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
He has a close relationship with longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, a client for 20 years, and he’s done campaign work for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, and Sen. Chris Dodd – all vying for the nomination this year. But apparently Axelrod never has believed in a client as much as he does in Obama....
Both men are from Chicago, and Axelrod first met Obama 15 years ago when Obama was a 30-year-old community organizer. Their friendship was solidified during Obama’s 2004 run for the US Senate. Axelrod ran his campaign despite the fact that Obama was a little-known state senator who seemed to have little chance of beating his well-funded opponents.
...David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager… a partner in Axelrod’s firm and a longtime friend,
Axelrod operates a second business, ASK Public Strategies, that discreetly plots strategy and advertising campaigns for corporate clients to tilt public opinion their way. He and his partners consider virtually everything about ASK to be top secret, from its client roster and revenue to even the number of its employees.
[Specializing in] “Astroturfing," a reference to manufacturing grassroots support. ...describes ASK as “the gold standard in Astroturf organizing. This is an emerging industry, and ASK has made a name for itself in shaping public opinion and manufacturing public support.”
...Illinois does not require public-affairs firms to register as lobbyists unless they seek to influence officeholders directly. But New York does. In New York City, Cablevision, owner of Madison Square Garden, hired ASK to stop the New York Jets from building a stadium nearby in Manhattan. In its ads and materials, the opposition called itself the New York Association for Better Choices. Records show ASK was paid $1.2 million by Cablevision from 2004 to 2005. LegislativeGazette.com, an online weekly covering New York government, described ASK’s payday as “the biggest lobbying contract of the year."
Remember that when Uh-bama starts tossing around slurs about McCain’s “lobbyist buddies.”
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