Eliot Spitzer. Smith has been exploring the idea of renting a bus, and just as McCain did, inviting reporters aboard to travel and fire away at Buttigieg with any question they want, all day, day after day. Id made some faulty assumptions, but the first was that my loyalty to de Blasio or my competence at my job mattered. It takes the edge off a bit. It gives me so much joy when I sit down for a Zoom with Mallory McMorrow which is supposed to be 15 minutes and it turns into two hours, and I get goosebumps again. Hes someone who is involved fighting childhood hunger. She was also communications director for Dan Seals' 2008 Illinois House race. The more people see Bill de Blasio, the less they like him. Shes had some very forceful moments as vice president. Im joking. He was thinking of running for chair of the Democratic National Committee. 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. [33][34][35] She has written for publications such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post. Its just that I think with both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that it would do the administration good to get out there a little bit more, and not to let the media and the Twitter dialogue get in your head, because most people dont speak like Pete Buttigieg in these beautiful, poetic, perfectly formed sentences. 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. Is it your relationship with reporters and cable bookers? Jason Bergman for POLITICO. Smith-Petersen held a protective arm around Keough's, 33, waist as he supported the actress on her first red carpet since the sudden death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley last month. Weve seen a lot of cataclysmic things happen. Click here. He was going up against George Bush, who had $50 million and he had $4 million, and so he just decides to tear up the playbook and put himself out there. In crisis PR mode, Lis Smith told top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa to 'just have your fucking assistant text people' and 'this is insane' as sexual harassment scandal blew up. I would do that for free.). Lisa Smith (soldier) Lisa Smith (born c. 1981) is a former Irish soldier who converted to Islam and later travelled to Syria during the Syrian Civil War to join the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) during the Syrian Civil War. How did that manifest itself with Pete, the first candidate youve ever advised who was approximately the same age as you? Otherwise, I would kill myself. Which is to say that Buttigieg may know seven languages and carry around Ulysses and sit in with the South Bend Orchestra on piano, but as far as his top aide is concerned, it is only because he has an extra year on her. The New York tabs may have sharpened her game, but people who've known her for years say Smith came ready for the fight. Wren: Theres a part of Pete that is a little wonky, a little square. Tommy McArdle. Thats a pretty ballsy thing to do. No, actually, it shows a fundamental disrespect for the people who consume their news on this platform if you arent willing to go where they are.. We are humble and kind, to quote Tim McGraw. Just before he was sworn in, de Blasio yielded to Peysers prodding and cut Smith loose just before he moved into the mayors office. 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. She knew Axelrod from 2012, when she worked as director of rapid response for President Barack Obamas reelection effort. Chill., Lis, I guess you could say, comes from a very different world than Northern Indiana., Lis Smith bursts through the doors of a marbled hotel bar in Brooklyn wearing oversized Anna Wintour sunglasses, a faux-fur-lined coat and impossibly thin and tall high heels. I was also reckless. Its about getting to know people and them getting to know you, Buttigieg says when I see him after the Brooklyn fundraiser, where he at least pretends to recall our earlier meeting and what we talked about. The former New York mayor later divorced his wife and was spotted in places like Montego Bay and a Knicks game cozying up with Smith. I see Donald Trump win the White House, which like everyone else, Im flabbergasted. Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Paper That Shapes the PrimariesBy Tim Alberta. The spotlight turns to Kamala Harris, the only Black candidate on stage. Youve got this hard-nosed New York-style political operative and this friendly Hoosier mayor, he said. She wants to know if Id seen Buttigieg answer a question about the Notre Dame fire from a French TV station, in French. I couldnt talk to the media, and they didnt lift a finger to defend me.. | Mark Peterson/Redux, Yuki Iwamura/Redux. And that was our media strategy. A lot of people thought that to beat Trump, you had to be Trump. Theyre in the agencies. Wren: One of your legacies is the coaching tree, to use an apt football metaphor, that you left behind on the Pete campaign. Its a local-politics mentality to find the people that are going to be telling this story, and if nothing else, making sure they have a real understanding of who you are. The photographer had captured Eliot and me exchanging loving looks as wed returned from a late-night dinner at a restaurant on my block.. David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. The two of us talked this week about Buttigiegs political future, whether Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow could jump into politics, and the ingredients of a good political candidate. Wren: What is your relationship with Pete like now? Eight hundred have showed up. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. Weaver says that recreating that atmosphere in the days of Twitter, and in the days when the national political press corps has metastasized into a constantly hungry and multiheaded beast equipped with cell phones, is 10 times harder than when his team tried it in 1999. And you know what their problem is? Before getting involved with Spitzer, Smith allegedly became romantic with Jeff Smith, who she reportedly met at Dartmouth while he was working as her professor. She is not letting Buttigieg read her book, Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, ahead of publication day. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Smith: I think Ive got good relationships with people in the media. Copyright 2023 Market Realist. So it was just sort of the perfect confluence of all these things where that yin and yang dynamic got us together. And it was a running joke between us: I was like, I cant listen to you talk about smart sewers one more time, or I will lose my mind. He loves that stuff. And as you saw on Fox News Sunday, as I went to bed last night, [his clip] has 8 million views. `Jesus, you always keep it interesting.'. | I figured he was special and it couldnt hurt if everybody knows who he is.. Yeah. Its an inherent conflict of interest. The Buttigiegs announced last month that they were engaged in the adoption process. Still, she said, I wasnt exactly a PR neophyte. That was my philosophy. Id worked for former [Former Maryland Gov.] The book was praised for its insight into the personal and political fortunes of politicians she advised. If you had any balls you would have said what I told you to say.. Except then it didnt. But Smith is still sour that de Blasio let her hang out to dry. After the fundraiser, Buttigieg is going to rush off to 30 Rock to do Maddow, then in the morning New Day on CNN, and then fly to Iowa, then do Morning Joe when hes back. Maybe Im done. It is, she says, the only newspaper she subscribes to. But another thing is that Im not someone whos just worked in New York. They just get swallowed up by the next news cycle, and never reach the voters who matter anyway. The one thing you saw on our campaign in 2020 is that everywhere we went, he was introduced by young leaders, young mayors. Theres a public Terry and a private Terry. I know youre asking it in good faith, but I am declining to answer it in good faith. And he is as squeaky clean behind the scenes as he is in front of the camera. Cuomoresigned last August amid claims of sexual harassment and misconduct. Adam Wren: In the beginning, you scored the contract for this book based on your high-profile turn as a senior communications adviser to Pete Buttigieg. [2][9], Her role in the campaign was explored by the 2021 documentary film Mayor Pete. But there may be no political couple odder than that of Buttigieg and Smith. It was a long shot. On a cornier side, I think because he is such a good person, he made a lot of us better people throughout, because politics can be sort of a nasty business. He did. It may look like the sky is falling, but just ride this out.. It was in 2013, the time when Smith was working for the de Blasio campaign, that she began dating Eliot Spitzer. This is how we stop there from being a day three. But it is kind of fascinating to watch., Smith met Buttigieg on the recommendation of Axelrod and former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley. Maybe a story that would be 80-20 bad you can get down to 60-40 bad, and that little bit is worth it.. It meant a lot to me as a woman to have someone like that. Smith double majored in government and anthropology at Dartmouth College, graduating in 2005. It is a matter of life and death and we need every person on the field pic.twitter.com/LPqIS3zjnW. For example, you write in your book about going to a pop-up bar in South Bend with Pete and his best friend and campaign manager, Mike Schmuhl. But it was one of those moments where I had to go with my gut. 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. Then, in an instant, everything changed, Smith writes in her tell-all, Any Given Tuesday., It came in the form of a text from [fellow consultant] Hari [Sevugan]: `Call me. In my book, I sort of get at this, but we are sort of an odd couple. Whats that like? [7] As communications director for the DGA, she oversaw gubernatorial campaign efforts in Kentucky and West Virginia. But I appreciate his courage in being willing to speak out about it. A lot of people people whose opinion you respect told you that you were nuts when you chose to work for Pete. At that point, reporters she had developed relationships with began to reach out, wondering what she was doing wasting her credibility on a little-known character who seemed like a step down the ladder of political prospects. I think its a little bit of a ride. I would give Pete 95 percent of the credit and give me five percent of the credit. Keep in mind she was 22 at the time, Smith said. Pete has no battle scars. February 5, 2020 younolly Biography 0. He's on his way into a black car to do Maddow. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A photo and audio tour of the hosts driving the conversation. She led Buttigieg on a series of one-on-one meetings over beer, coffee, lunch or cigars with what used to be known as the Gang of 500those reporters, producers and pundits who shape much of the nations political coverage. 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. This is what day one looks like. There was only one path for us to break through. [21][22][23] In 2022, Smith became a communications adviser for Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow. "[30] Some critics felt that it minimized her role in discrediting the sexual assault allegations against Cuomo. Smith: Are we talking about the same Pete Buttigieg? [2][3] During her time at Dartmouth, she volunteered for John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign. But the Post discovered where they were. He knows the importance of building up our bench. I worked in politics nine years before I ever moved to New York. In 2001, she graduated Bronxville High School. Across the street, Brooklyn hipsters of all ages and manner of facial hair are lining up around the block at a bowling alley/music venue to catch Buttigieg at a fundraiser. Smith: Dont make me praise Chris Meagher. She ran his campaign publicly by courting the national political press, a technique she further honed during Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign. Click here. I was making the bet that I could run out the clock on disclosing our relationship until I got hired officially. She has also directed communications and strategy for a number of other gubernatorial, mayoral and congressional campaigns. She is 36, a year younger than Buttigieg, which, Thank God. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. I first met John Edwards when I was 19 or 20 years old. You write: Here we go said Larry Grisolano, Petes media consultant, stating the obvious. That cut both ways during the campaign for Buttigieg, particularly when a white police officer killed a Black man in South Bend. Deciding to get into politics for me, and in the world of political operatives, was like jumping off a cliff. He didnt feel the need to go out there and be the coolest guy or the hippest guy on stage. We were on the bus in New Hampshire the week we were playing each other and furiously checking our lineups. Oftentimes its not going to be found in Washington, D.C. Did I think I was going to walk into his office and tell him that I was dating Eliot Spitzer? A report by New York Attorney General Letitia James showed that Smith was working behind the scenes to protect Cuomo from the allegations. [19], In 2020, Smith was one of six political experts named as fellows by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service. Smith starts texting me, wanting to know if Id seen the celebrities in the audience, including George Takei, Kal Penn and Kate McKinnon. Smith is now Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's spokeswoman and is dating Spitzer. He was also married. Chuck Kennedy/PFA. But I understand that what I do isnt just a game. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This includes with her own boss. And yet you signed on anyway. A Democratic candidate in West Virginia is going to look very different from a Democratic candidate in New York, and we cant impose this one-size-fits-all thing and think that the Democratic Party is going to be a majority party. Wren: Fair enough. 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Lis Smith Wiki Bio: Age, Husband, Net Worth, Children, Education, Career, Family, LinkedIn. [36][37][38] She also has an active social media presence, through which she addresses political topics and factchecks statements by Republican politicians such as Mitt Romney. Pete and I, you can probably tell are pretty laid-back, pretty low-key, I guess what you would call pretty Midwestern, said Mike Schmuhl, Buttigiegs campaign manager, who sounds like the host of a classical-music radio station who just returned from a yoga retreat. Rather than going after Pete, Harris trained her fire on Biden.. They need to understand how the political process works. It felt like we connectedwe went over our allotted time, and I had another beer, and by the end I had shifted from very skeptical to only moderately skeptical, just maybe seeing a lane for his candidacy. Smith: You never say never. Smith a Bengals fan believes quarterback Joe Burrow is a great leader with a clear social conscience, and she wouldnt rule out the possibility of him having a political career. So what I try to do is to meet candidates where they are, and to help work with them on what their strengths are and not to erase the things in them that are quirky or not, but see if we can use them as assets. Jeff Smith, her former boyfriend, recalls one time when he was running for office, his campaign managers phone rang. And you had Democrats out there saying, when they go low, we kick them in the face, and engaging in all this over-the-top rhetoric. [2] In 2013, she moved back to New York and became the press secretary for Eliot Spitzer's New York City comptroller campaign, an attempted political comeback after his prostitution scandal. The good candidates have humility. Now that they have achieved liftoff, as it were, Smith is preparing for the next part of the campaign. And then what?, she thought to herself. Isis bride Lisa Smith's husband was British Jihadist Sajid Aslam During an investigation conducted by the Irish Mail on Sunday, she said that Aslam, the father of her daughter, is dead - having been killed in the past three months. George Bush had Karl Rove; Bill Clinton had James Carville. He was a once-in-a-generation talent, someone who perfectly met the moment, says Smith. My end goalsbeing able to stay in New York with Eliot and serve as the New York City mayors press secretarywere in sight. . Both Miller and Smith come off as quasi-heros, semi-savants, pseudo-sociologists. As a thirty-something mayor of a medium-size city, Buttigieg faced a credibility threshold with the national press. Maybe a story that would be 80-20 bad you can get down to 60-40 bad, and that little bit is worth it.. She had served as a senior aide on OMalleys 2016 bid and with the Maryland governor when he was head of the Democratic Governors Association. Its a super-aggressive thing to do. And if people like it they like it, and if they dont they were probably never going to vote for you anyway.. [9][41] From 2013 to 2015, she had a relationship with her former boss, New York governor Eliot Spitzer. In real life, I have a really close-knit family. He was an incredible leader at Louisiana State University someone that team could rally around, and such a maturity to him. Wren: Could see a political career for him? She signed on as a consultant when he was laying the groundwork for a long-shot campaign to become the chair of the Democratic National Committee. It is my passion. After news broke on the relationship, more photos were released, and Smith was eventually forced to come clean to fellow campaign members about the love match she had formed with Spitzer. People read about my personal life in Page Six, and they think Im going to be sort of an out-there type of person that is attention seeking and all of that. Why would a Pete Buttigieg hire me? Politics is literally a matter of life and death. The American, democratic campaign communication specialist Lis Smith is a well-known face in American politics. My advice is just go out there more, communicate more. The Simpsons actress Yeardley Smith is newly married and she and her husband have quite the . My observation, said Axelrod, who worked with Smith on Obamas 2012 reelection campaign, is that she is the quiet hero of his emergence.. 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. In her book, Smith also called another client she worked for,ex-Gov. Why that works with Pete, whatever you want to call it the earnest side of him, this nerdy side of him, the wonky side of him was because it was authentically Pete. She ran it like he was trying to be president, getting him in front of as many microphones as she could. When I met him was right after Trump won the election, and Democrats are running around with their hair on fire for good reason. Mistakes Ive made in my private life. 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. It will codify Roe v. Wade. Wren: Did you have a good handle before the campaign on Petes vulnerabilities? Offers may be subject to change without notice. What I realized from my time working in politics is how much mystery there still is around this industry. 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. [2][11], She was the deputy campaign manager for the Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign. Click here. Wren: One of the theses of Petes campaign was that mayors are on the front lines of democracy. The writer from Indianapolis Monthly who went for a jog with Buttigieg three months before his feature landed, the Washington Post Magazine writer who sat down in a Virginia soul food joint with Mayor Pete long before he declared his presidential bid and the Yahoo News feature writer who crammed into the corner seat of a midtown Manhattan caf with him months ago. We needed to be the antidote to him. The Democratic bench isnt going to be found on Meet the Press every Sunday, and its not going to be found on cable news. Hold on, Im sorry. I wasnt born yesterday. We knew the McKinsey stuff would be it, but he was bound by an NDA. She has extensive experience in public affairs, media relations, and crisis communications at the local, state and national levels. The New York Post is looking into you and Eliot, Smith wrote, adding, Well, fk. She orders a beer, downs it and orders another. She is operating on two and a half hours of sleep, having just arrived back in New York on a charter jet from South Bend, Indiana, after Buttigieg announced he was running for president. Smith: Im not going to say who. And I am,' Smith toldWalzak. Critics of the IDC have questioned Smith's loyalty to the implementation of progressive policies and candidates. Smith: I think a lot of people get a very one-dimensional view of me. Wren: Based on how you characterized the vice presidency, would you ever counsel the transportation secretary, regardless of what year it is, against taking the vice presidency? And I talked about that in the book. It wasnt just the biggest names, people you know, Smith says. Other candidates, they dont need to do it. I want political people to read this book, because I think its fun. Lis Smith entered politics after watching The War Room, the 1992 documentary about Bill Clinton's successful bid for the presidency. 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