This is an election where the women voters are going to be really important. [2][3] During her time at Dartmouth, she volunteered for John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign. The Covid pandemic. 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 especially on far-leftist DSA Twitter, Im basically just depicted as a mix between Lady Macbeth and Rasputin in a wig, that Im like some soulless political operatives. Spitzer and Smith stayed together for more than two years, with the tabloids following them pretty much the whole time. I worked in politics nine years before I ever moved to New York. Its that everyday when I go into work to try and get these people elected its because it will impact lives. 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. Why? In that moment, in retrospect, it seems like Harris couldve ended Buttigiegs campaign. Wren: Could see a political career for him? The great media disruption comes for the Des Moines Register. I am here to get you clips. John Edwards comes to mind. [39] Time and Politico included her on their lists of the best political Twitter feeds. 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. Mistakes that Ive made with media. In the past several months, Buttigieg has been not just all over cable and in the newspapers, but in Our Daily Planet, an environmental morning newsletter with just over 5,000 Twitter followers; in a financial planning podcast called Pete the Planner; and on West Wing Weekly, the obsessive episode-by-episode podcast breakdown of The West Wing. Lis Smith on Pete Buttigieg's campaign bus during a four day tour of Iowa, September 23, 2019. How has it turned out so far? It was a reporter from BuzzFeed News, waiting to take my place. Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Paper That Shapes the PrimariesBy Tim Alberta. [42] The relationship ended her role in de Blasio's mayoral campaign after tabloids published stories about it. Win or lose, she's turned an unknown into a serious . 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.. 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. But it has a clear parallel to Smiths relentless scheduling of meetings between Buttigieg and reportersan audaciously direct way to connect with reporters that bought the campaign pretty good press. After his loss in the primary, Smith went to work on the winning election campaign and then the transition of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. She is not letting Buttigieg read her book, Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, ahead of publication day. How consequential was that looking back? But as long as its just like that one percent that you need to have the confidence that you can go out and rally thousands of people, and that its just that 1 percent and not 70 percent, then its all good. Andrew Cuomo's. At the newsstand around the corner, you could buy a New York magazine with Buttigiegs beatifically smiling face splashed across the cover, and a New York Times with an A1 story about his time at Harvard. I was also reckless. But more broadly, they are diagnosing the ills of the party that paid their housing for years. But Smith is still sour that de Blasio let her hang out to dry. [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. `Jesus, you always keep it interesting.'. [24], Smith authored the 2022 book Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story. So I wanted to write a book to tell people, Hey, if you want to know what politics is like the ins and outs, the good, bad, and the ugly this is a book for you.. And I talked about that in the book. She had an "itch," the political consultant writes in her. That was my philosophy. Lis Smith (born October 15, 1982) is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. [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. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. Theyre out in country working on campaigns. Of course, then I would, Id get a tepid reception and she would never let me hear the end of it. Spitzer leaves the apatment of Lis Smith at 5:44 a.m. on Dec. 19. He was a once-in-a-generation talent, someone who perfectly met the moment. Because even power needs a day off. She is 36, a year younger than Buttigieg, which, Thank God. She and Spitzer then jetted to Jamaica to get away from the media frenzy. And that was our media strategy. [19], In 2021, Smith worked closely with then-governor Andrew Cuomo, and advised him on how to respond to the sexual harassment allegations against him. 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. While the affair may have been fun while it lasted, the two reportedly split in 2015, it cost Smith her job. She did, however, date a married. And it was the first time Id worked in politics that Id ever felt that way. On the flip side of that, the most established, the most convention conventional political consultants werent going to go work for Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend. It meant a lot to me as a woman to have someone like that. Martin OMalley, who shed worked for, performing poorly in the Iowa caucuses. There were very, very few women in positions of power. You deploy the F-bomb like Picasso used drypoint. The New York tabs may have sharpened her game, but people who've known her for years say Smith came ready for the fight. But there have been a few times when Ive been around him when I knew something, a factoid or something he didnt know, and let me tell you, I fucking lord it all over him. Are you kidding me? [2] In 2014, she became a communication consultant for Adriano Espaillat's congressional campaign. Smith has made a name for herself in recent months by working with a new crop of candidates in the middle of the country, including Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (center). I see that being taken so far out of context. 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. I think its just shaped up to be a perfect role for him. Letting Pete be Pete. He wrote a paper praising Bernie Sanders at Harvard? Lis Smith is recording this call. He was a once-in-a-generation talent, someone who perfectly met the moment. When I was starting in politics, we didnt have women. 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? With her signature black bob, dark sunglasses, and red lipstick, Lis Smith cuts a striking figure in the world of politics . She ran his campaign publicly by courting the national political press, a technique she further honed during Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign. Jason Bergman for POLITICO. The "Dame of Dish" passed away on Sunday. And so my advice would just be, get out there more, especially with Kamala, go out there more. If Id thought things couldnt have gotten worse, I was wrong, she said. When you do more interviews, it reduces that gotcha instinct with the press, it reduces that cat and mouse game. And if people like me dont get involved, then Im scared about the future of our country. 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. Im joking. Its why in one day we do CBS Sunday Morning, The View, Teen Vogue and the New Yorker. Even people like Terry McAuliffe and Claire McCaskill, who both have outsized personalities. That is not the typical relationship of adviser to political principal, but typical is not a word people use about Smith. And I have a nice, quiet life where I dont live in Washington, D.C. Maybe they wont focus on the former reigning champion [Spitzer], for once. After 20 campaigns flacking for candidates such as Transportation Secretary and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, former Virginia Gov. It was by no means an obvious career move for Smith. 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. Smith: Mayor Pete is where Mayor Pete is now because Mayor Pete is just one of the most uniquely talented members of the Democratic Party. Click here. 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. It was a long shot. 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. It is my passion. Despite that having been some years ago, Jeff appears to support Smith and her recent endeavors. His resignation came after it was discovered he had been involved with prostitutes. The one thing you saw on our campaign in 2020 is that everywhere we went, he was introduced by young leaders, young mayors. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Even TMZ got in the act LEO DICAPRIO OFFERED BUTTIGIEG HELP DURING 2020 RUN, trumpeted the chyron. But it is kind of fascinating to watch., Smith met Buttigieg on the recommendation of Axelrod and former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley. E! "[29] Lloyd Green, writing for The Guardian, called it "breezy and informative. William C. Lopez After leaving the eatery at around 12:30 a.m., Smith gave Spitzer a flirtatious look over her shoulder before the . [5] In 2009, she became press secretary for Terry McAuliffe and Jon Corzine's gubernatorial races before moving on to becoming the communications director for Ted Strickland's 2010 Ohio governor's race. ELIOT AND DeBABE blared the cover of the New York Post, which ran several photos of the pair on its inside pages and in a column from the acid-tongued Andrea Peyser which called Smith not just any ordinary bimbo and called her an ambitious, youngish cookie who presumably does not charge Eliot for any services rendered., Eliot Spitzer and Lis Smith at a Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in 2014. Oftentimes its not going to be found in Washington, D.C. And you dont know who is actually going to attack you. Smith: Oh, thats simple. It pisses me off, she adds, When candidates think they are too good for some of these outlets, or that it cheapens them to do TMZ or do a more entertainment-focused thing. Smith: Yes. 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. The Democratic bench isnt going to be found on Meet the Press every Sunday, and its not going to be found on cable news. [40], Smith dated Missouri politician Jeff Smith after meeting him at Dartmouth and handled some of his publicity during his campaign. 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. Its about hustling for opportunities. We were on the bus in New Hampshire the week we were playing each other and furiously checking our lineups. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Smiths mother is a descendent of a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and a cousin of lead Watergate investigator Sam Ervin. Im just going to leave it there because I thought it was funny. She has also directed communications and strategy for a number of other gubernatorial, mayoral and congressional campaigns. Is it your relationship with reporters and cable bookers? A report by New York Attorney General Letitia James showed that Smith was working behind the scenes to protect Cuomo from the allegations. He was thinking of running for chair of the Democratic National Committee. My end goalsbeing able to stay in New York with Eliot and serve as the New York City mayors press secretarywere in sight. Wren: Youve worked in a lot of red states South Dakota, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio. They have grown to like and trust each other. The private Terry is a lot more low-key, and lot more humble, a lot more thoughtful. I had gone through this awful breakup [with former New York Gov. But the Post discovered where they were. 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. But I understand that what I do isnt just a game. They feel like if they dont respond within two minutes, that the crisis is going to fester. This story has been shared 151,667 times. Yeah. Now more than ever, people are seeing politics touch everything in our lives. And when it happened, the story was her. Eliot Spitzer while working for incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio.. Offers may be subject to change without notice. And you know what their problem is? People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. But until they released him from the NDA, we just didnt get his clients. The story of American presidential politics is in part the story of the consiglieres who steer the candidate along the path: The person who pushes them forward, comforts them when the campaign flails, plots long-term strategy and tactical short-term advantage, bends the ear of the press corps and makes the public case for a candidate in ways the candidate cannot. Click here. 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. But there may be no political couple odder than that of Buttigieg and Smith. And its really heartening because you realize the future of the Democratic Party is really bright, and that all we need to do is help lift these people up. Political strategist Lis Smith reveals in her new book how The Post exposed that she was dating prostitution-loving former Gov. But I compartmentalized this knowledge like other things in my life. Smith: Thats hilarious. Maybe a story that would be 80-20 bad you can get down to 60-40 bad, and that little bit is worth it.. Buttigieg recently started getting savaged online when it surfaced that he had told an audience in 2015 that all lives matter, and as it happened, he was due to speak at Al Sharptons annual National Action Network convention. She gravitates to candidates who are challenging and testing the status quo. He was an incredible leader at Louisiana State University someone that team could rally around, and such a maturity to him. There were, Smith guesses, probably 150 such meetings with the national press corps, and when he traveled across the country, speaking to local county party dinners and fundraisers across the Midwest and Great Plains, they would make time for one-on-ones with the local political press there, too. She has been actively involved in politics after the completion of her graduation from Dartmouth . If we do that it is a recipe for disaster. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The good candidates have humility. Whitney Whitis. I have talked to all the guys who see in the shots. Can I tell you something very off the record, she texts. Oh really, you didnt know that? Smith: We check in here and there. | Scott Olson/Getty Images, Lis has an insurgent mentality, said Axelrod, a top aide for both of President Obamas campaigns. A few weeks ago, a couple of hundred people expressed interest in this event. Regular voters and the media were primed for it.. The book was praised for its insight into the personal and political fortunes of politicians she advised. 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. 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. If you had any balls you would have said what I told you to say.. That is not how she ran his race. In real life, I have a really close-knit family. 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. You write: Here we go said Larry Grisolano, Petes media consultant, stating the obvious. 8,310 Followers, 856 Following, 219 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lis Smith (@lis__smith) Ourmost scandalous transgression was showing up three minutes late to the breakfastbuffet and sweet talking our way into cheese and jalapeo omelets.. 20172020 Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign, Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign, Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign, Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, "On the Ground With Lis Smith, the Political Pro Who Invented 'Mayor Pete', "A Tabloid Bashing, and a Lost Job With the Mayor", "Virginia Politics Blog - McAuliffe Adds Press Secretary", "To Know Mayor Pete, Look at His Top Adviser's Underreported Past", "Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Even Worse Than He Seems", "Knowing the Buttiverse: We're tracking 101 ex-staffers from Secretary Pete's 2020 campaign and where they are now", "The Women Running Presidential Campaigns Give Us a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Life on the Trail", "10 of the most powerful women who are running the 2020 presidential campaigns from behind the scenes", "Lis Smith | 2020 40 under 40 in Government and Politics", "GU Politics announces fall fellows to celebrate its fifth anniversary", "Andrew Cuomo's Smear Team: His Brother and Top Advisers, Transcripts Reveal", "The Moment Cuomo Adviser Lis Smith Says MSNBC Anchor Katy Tur Repeated Her 'Spin' On Air", "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", "The Michigan Democrat Who Could Solve Her Party's Identity Crisis", "Lis Smith dishes on love of political combat in new book", "Two New Memoirs Detail the Threats to American Democracy", "Confessions of a Political Swashbuckler", "Welcome to the new era of political memoir", "Any Given Tuesday: Lis Smith on Cuomo, Spitzer and a political life", "Opinion | Lis Smith's self-serving story about Andrew Cuomo", "Let's Hear From the Women Lis Smith Smeared", "Opinion | 'The G.O.P. But they did teach me the importance of always making sure that candidates are reflecting the values of their voters. I want political people to read this book, because I think its fun. 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. And if people like it they like it, and if they dont they were probably never going to vote for you anyway.. There was only one path for us to break through. | Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC via Getty Images. [26][27][28] Philip Elliott of Time praised its transparency and wrote that it "may just rewrite the template for what a political memoir can be. It was a slim path. If you read through the many, many profiles written of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in the past several months, its hard not to notice just how many reporters happen to have had personal encounters with the candidate, often months before he was in the headlines. She doesnt give a fuck. 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. The spotlight turns to Kamala Harris, the only Black candidate on stage. How much of his success was because of you, and how much was because of him? 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. George Bush had Karl Rove; Bill Clinton had James Carville. Details of that relationship were first brought to light by various media outlets and then, in Smiths recently debuted memoir, Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story. Bill de Blasio, too. That cut both ways during the campaign for Buttigieg, particularly when a white police officer killed a Black man in South Bend. He had stayed behind in an area where there was active conflict while she travelled on by herself. Jeff Smith, her former boyfriend, recalls one time when he was running for office, his campaign managers phone rang. In what ways does your brand benefit from Petes, and in what ways does Petes brand benefit from yours? I would give Pete 95 percent of the credit and give me five percent of the credit. The tabloids followed the pair to Christmas at Smiths parents house in the upscale suburb of Bronxville. They have one man to thank. Lis Smith: My favorite was one person asking me if I lost a bet or something. 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 am a liberal Democrat, but I was so into the McCain thing. The Simpsons actress Yeardley Smith is newly married and she and her husband have quite the . I knew from the beginningthat our relationship would be a big tabloid story when it became public. Your Bengals fandom and their Super Bowl run is a part of the book. I dont live and breathe politics every day. 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. Ahead of the release of her highly anticipated political memoir (which Politico Magazine excerpted last week), that includes figuring out how to get her computer to record our phone interview ammo to use in the event that its needed to set the record straight. And I am,' Smith toldWalzak. Riley was joined by her husband Ben Smith-Petersen, who gave a touching speech at Lisa Marie's funeral, in which he revealed that they recently welcomed a daughter into the world. The White House Correspondents Dinner is shrinking back to the boring awards ceremony journalists claimed to prefer. Less than 24 hours after announcing the end of his marriage, former Gov. Smith: Joey Burrow is an incredible leader. The guy didnt have time to say hello before Smith could hear screaming over the line. What we did is fucking ridiculous. Each was the political id the candidate couldnt, or wouldnt, express. 20 2022, Published 11:56 a.m. I think thats probably the biggest misconception about me. Pete made us all show up to give our 100 percent at work made us all better at our jobs. Part of it with him is the persona. In my book, I sort of get at this, but we are sort of an odd couple. Wed gone down to Jamaica to get away from tabloid drama, not actively court it, Smith said. Pete asked the bouncer what the scene was like inside, and the bouncer told him it was lit. The term was lost on him. Most people do have earnest sides to them. 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. 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. Riley Keough has been married to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen since 2015. The most important thing is theres no one way to be a Democrat no matter what any of these lefty groups in Washington say, and we cannot expect candidates in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Ohio and Arizona and North Carolina to check off every box on the progressive party purity test. Everyone thought I was crazy. [44] Smith plays the violin.[44]. Whats especially important to me, is, you know, making sure to take a lot of young women under my wing. The speed with which Buttegieg emerged has been astonishing, which happens to be the speed at which Smith works. That even in the age of Twitter, that especially in the age of Twitter, people dont really care about gaffes. I had that early rush of love on the brainI wasnt thinking clearly. And although Smith would never say it, it plays on political reporters' narcissism, too. It takes the edge off a bit. He shoots her a look and gives a mock shrug, as if it's an inside joke between the three of us, now old chums: I mean, a little I guess., Buttigieg makes an appearance on "The View." And they all lack humility. 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. Lis Smith (born October 15, 1982) is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. 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. 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. This story has been shared 127,012 times. 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