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. [17] She has been included in Fortune's 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics,[18] and Crain's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York. How has it turned out so far? They feel like if they dont respond within two minutes, that the crisis is going to fester. Miller is darkly. Im just going to leave it there because I thought it was funny. Theyre out in country working on campaigns. Its really hard to do a hit piece on a guy who you are going to see the next morning over coffee and donuts. [39] Time and Politico included her on their lists of the best political Twitter feeds. Running for politics theres got to be a little element of narcissism or whatever you want to call it in you. Fantasy football we were competitive about that. 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.. Smiths Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, out July 19, is an irreverent, intimate and honest look behind the curtain of modern political image-making including her own. The whole saga also taught her the rhythms of the New York tabloids, which have similarities to the national political press. This is an election where the women voters are going to be really important. It may look like the sky is falling, but just ride this out.. Pete Buttigieg emerges as Democratic rock star proclaimed Business Insider during the race. January 25 2022 01:38 PM A prosecution barrister has told a non-jury court it will hear evidence that Lisa Smith's husband took a sniper course on her advice while he was carrying out border. Smith: Thats hilarious. Smith: I think its been great. In what ways does your brand benefit from Petes, and in what ways does Petes brand benefit from yours? The scandal would serve as a distraction for both Smith and mayor-elect de Blasio but the political crisis communications guru thought she could ride out the storm. And when it happened, the story was her. Political strategist Lis Smith reveals in her new book how The Post exposed that she was dating prostitution-loving former Gov. Disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, 54, and his new girlfriend Lis Smith, 31, may have enjoyed a relaxing family Christmas, but their cosy domesticity could soon be upset after it . TV news executives are calling, she says, emailing, now complaining that Buttigieg isnt doing their shows often enough. Smith: I dont know, because I think one thing we saw was that he was pretty good about handling stuff. 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. They just get swallowed up by the next news cycle, and never reach the voters who matter anyway. She is 36, a year younger than Buttigieg, which, Thank God. Smith has spent much of her career as a political strategist working for prominent men such as Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the now disgraced Andrew Cuomo. Im horrified. She has advised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Montana Governor Steve Bullock, people who on paper at least are far more likely top-tier presidential contenders, and she served as a top aide for a number of Senate and gubernatorial races. 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. I figured he was special and it couldnt hurt if everybody knows who he is.. 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. 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. 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Even TMZ got in the act LEO DICAPRIO OFFERED BUTTIGIEG HELP DURING 2020 RUN, trumpeted the chyron. And there was not a better antidote to Trump than Pete in terms of style, in terms of life experience, and in terms of his worldview. Ourmost scandalous transgression was showing up three minutes late to the breakfastbuffet and sweet talking our way into cheese and jalapeo omelets.. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, De Blasio didnt trust NYPD security to keep secrets, ex-aide Lis Smith claims, Gross unshowered de Blasio wanted to get in bed with Spitzer but I beat him to it: ex-aide Lis Smith, How Americas gov became Americas ahole: Ex-Cuomo staffers new book, Chris Cuomo could be a dk to disgraced ex-govs staff, new book claims. People get stuck in a rut because something worked last cycle, and so they think it will work this cycle and it doesnt. It was Lis telling me I need to fire my campaign manager, that the guy is a fucking idiot. The White House Correspondents Dinner is shrinking back to the boring awards ceremony journalists claimed to prefer. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Market Realist is a registered trademark. Our meeting was part of a strategy, one run with surprising sophistication and efficacy for a candidate whose highest-profile gig so far is a local office in the fourth-biggest city in Indiana. | Scott Olson/Getty Images, Lis has an insurgent mentality, said Axelrod, a top aide for both of President Obamas campaigns. "[29] Lloyd Green, writing for The Guardian, called it "breezy and informative. It was written over a period of 18 months,[25] and covers her life and political career. When they gave me the job I thought, first of all this job exists? They know who they are and will not let consultants, pundits, whoever, change them. Okay, so Im working for tabloid target #1 in Bill de Blasio. Critics of the IDC have questioned Smith's loyalty to the implementation of progressive policies and candidates. And so my advice would just be, get out there more, especially with Kamala, go out there more. Pete helped pull back that part of me, because while that might work when youre dealing in the New York tabloids, that doesnt sell as well in the Des Moines Register. What I realized from my time working in politics is how much mystery there still is around this industry. The spotlight turns to Kamala Harris, the only Black candidate on stage. My observation, said Axelrod, who worked with Smith on Obamas 2012 reelection campaign, is that she is the quiet hero of his emergence.. 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. They have grown to like and trust each other. She is practically shaking with excess energy. Lis Smith: My favorite was one person asking me if I lost a bet or something. One thing I find incredibly admirable about him is what you see is what you get. There was only one path for us to break through. In the car, wed go back and forth on random trivia, and pulling up things on Google. Riley Keough has been married to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen since 2015. She had an "itch," the political consultant writes in her. Smith: I think Ive got good relationships with people in the media. If there is one thing that makes Smith unique, its not her knowledge of great apes or her particular skill eviscerating her opponents on Twitter; Its that her skin was toughened by a stretch of time in the rawest, roughest media environment of all, the NYC tabloid scrum. The New York tabs may have sharpened her game, but people who've known her for years say Smith came ready for the fight. In a chapter entitled The Eye of the Storm, she recalled how her parents who reside in Westchester were shockedwhen photographers and scribes were camped outside their home when Spitzer joined them for Christmas dinner. Hes going to sound so elitist. Or: Why does he have to answer every question with a proverb? Voters can smell when candidates are being authentic, and when candidates are not. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. But I compartmentalized this knowledge like other things in my life. Win or lose, she's turned an unknown into a serious . But more broadly, they are diagnosing the ills of the party that paid their housing for years. Smith, the famously aggressive political operative battle-honed in the brass knuckles politics of New York City and in red-state political tilts, plotted the rollout of Buttigiegs longshot presidential campaign. I would give Pete 95 percent of the credit and give me five percent of the credit. 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