The Daily Troika: 2008 Buzz Of The Day
Oxygen is a scarce resource, and in the marketplace of presidential politics, it's hard for more than two candidates to breath that sweet air at once. So is Sen. Barack Obama really thinking about a presidential bid? Or does he realize that he'll sell more books if he gives all of his interviewers a news peg? Does he want to signal to the rest of the Democrats that he'd an alpha male? Does he want to be, of all things, vice president?
We know that his chief of staff, Pete Rouse, has been telling Democrats across the country that Obama's political staff will preserve the option of running for him. We know that Obama has taken private meetings with major Democratic donors over the past few months. But no one -- not Rouse, not David Axelrod, nor anyone else -- has asked donors and strategists to stay away from other presidential candidates. We're fairly certain that Obama's family isn't on board. We're also fairly certain that Obama's advisers are not egging him on.
On Sunday, the Boston Globe drip-driped e-mails from a consultant to Mitt Romney suggest that LDS church president Gordon Hinckley "was consulted" about an effort to corral Mormon church officios for a presidential bid.
But a Sept. 8 e-mail from Romney's Utah-based political consultant, Don Stirling, states that Hinckley and James E. Faust, the church's third-highest ranking leader, knew about the effort from another church leader, Jeffrey R. Holland, who had been in close consultation with Romney operatives about it.The e-mail, to Sheri L. Dew, chief executive officer of the Mormon Church-owned Deseret Book Co., recounted a meeting with Romney's son Josh and Kem Gardner, a major backer of Romney's. At that meeting, Stirling wrote, Gardner reported that he had met previously with Holland, one of 12 apostles who help run the Mormon Church, about the effort to help Romney.
Romney's team is spanking Mr. Stirling publicly. As of this morning (we checked), he is still employed as a consultant to the PAC.
Meanwhile, Larry Sabato's over-the-top but catchy "Manchurian candidate" meme is spreading. Scripps Howard picked it up over the weekend.
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