None of those races were particularly easy. Im realistic here. It may look like the sky is falling, but just ride this out.. Eliot Spitzer's girlfriend Lis Smith, 31, has not been asked to take up a position in New York mayor Bill de Blasio's new City Hall team in the wake of her affair with the disgraced former governor. 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. [2][3] During her time at Dartmouth, she volunteered for John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign. And if people like it they like it, and if they dont they were probably never going to vote for you anyway.. He's on his way into a black car to do Maddow. Hes someone who is very special to me, and I hope hes always a part of my life. He is in talks to do a Fox News town hall in the coming weeks, building off the surprise success of Bernie Sanders appearance on Fox, and in the past couple of weeks has also been on Ellen and The View, as well as Preet Bhararas podcast, The Intercepts podcast and The New Yorkers podcast. . He knows the importance of building up our bench. This story has been shared 127,012 times. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. Shes a Black half-South-Indian woman. But Smith is still sour that de Blasio let her hang out to dry. 90 minutes with one of America's top political consultants. And I am,' Smith toldWalzak. Sign up for POLITICO Magazines email of the weeks best, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning. Mistakes that Ive made with media. Smith is now Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's spokeswoman and is dating Spitzer. Elliot Spitzer (pictured), the election of Donald Trump and former Maryland Gov. 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. I have talked to all the guys who see in the shots. They have one man to thank. Wren: You mentioned that some people might view you as radioactive. It wasnt really until 2012 when I worked for Barack Obama that I did find a really strong female mentor in Stephanie Cutter and I learned so much about my job, so much about politics, so much about how to effectively communicate from Stephanie Cutter. Its really fun. She did, however, date a married man while serving as a campaign aide to former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. But is it undermining its own side? Critics of the IDC have questioned Smith's loyalty to the implementation of progressive policies and candidates. Theyre in the agencies. When I stood up and left the table, Buttigieg stayed, and I recognized a woman sitting at the bar. | Elijah Nouvelage/REUTERS. 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. Id worked for former [Former Maryland Gov.] Pete was completely different. Unless youre a total psychopath . 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. Smith: We check in here and there. Eliot Spitzer while working for incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio. [8], In 2012, she became director of the rapid response team for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. So the Post is about to report that Im dating Eliot Spitzer. Wren: What do you look for in a candidate? But he is also the kind of person journalists tend to like: bookish, somehow earnest with a sense of irony, and willing to talk the way journalists like people to talk, playing the pundit and getting into the political process and discussing his own ambitions. Wren: You write pretty transparently in the book about times youve been fooled by a candidate. Because he was a badass. I worked in states like South Dakota, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia. 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. With her signature black bob, dark sunglasses, and red lipstick, Lis Smith cuts a striking figure in the world of politics . We needed to be the antidote to him. 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. | New transcripts and . I think its just shaped up to be a perfect role for him. [2] In 2014, she became a communication consultant for Adriano Espaillat's congressional campaign. Smith: Youve got to meet voters where they are. Wren: Theres a part of Pete that is a little wonky, a little square. Letting Claire be Claire. What else was the oppo they were dropping? As someone who was a mayor who was on the ground, who knows how important this stuff is, hes a great messenger to send out there to these smaller media markets everywhere, where he can meet with the mayors, speak to them in their language, help make sure that theyre getting the resources they need. The more people see Bill de Blasio, the less they like him. 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. And you know what their problem is? Running for politics theres got to be a little element of narcissism or whatever you want to call it in you. Eliot Spitzer]. Smith double majored in government and anthropology at Dartmouth College, graduating in 2005. I really did feel he treated me as an equal. Smith: All the good candidates are comfortable in their own skin. It was total bullst. Chuck Kennedy/PFA. 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. The way Smith tells it, she thought she was done with presidential politics after OMalleys campaign fizzled in 2016. 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. [2][11], She was the deputy campaign manager for the Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign. Is it your relationship with reporters and cable bookers? From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. And that was our media strategy. It was by no means an obvious career move for Smith. Letting Terry be Terry. | Click here. Okay, so Im working for tabloid target #1 in Bill de Blasio. They lead with emotion. ", Before they get in the car, I ask Buttigieg if Smith is being helpful in his campaign. I cant believe you didnt know that! 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. Whats especially important to me, is, you know, making sure to take a lot of young women under my wing. Spitzer leaves the apatment of Lis Smith at 5:44 a.m. on Dec. 19. It was a slim path. Its that everyday when I go into work to try and get these people elected its because it will impact lives. 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. [10], In 2016, she was the spokesperson for Marisol Alcantara's successful New York State Senate campaign. David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. 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. He hung up and looked at me in horror, and then my phone started ringing. Im horrified. Smith says thats worth it. Smith has been studying the effort, reaching out to reporters who were there, and has been in regular contact with John Weaver, who helped engineer it. I should know: Last October, I had my own intimate, off-the-record encounter with Mayor Pete. She became obsessed with the idea of working for him, then became further obsessed when she actually met him, and developed the notion that once people got to meet him they would start to like him. And it was the first time Id worked in politics that Id ever felt that way. Wren: You and Pete have very different brands. Lis Smith is recording this call. Wren: Did you have a good handle before the campaign on Petes vulnerabilities? And its going to be really important to have a woman sort of leading the charge on these issues, who is able to really empathize with the despair a lot of women are feeling. 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. But another thing is that Im not someone whos just worked in New York. Now she has carefully orchestrated her own books launch doling out choice anecdotes to her beloved New York tabloids: De Blasio didnt trust NYPD security to keep secrets, ex-aide Lis Smith claims, blared one headline, which elicited an on the record statement from De Blasio himself. She and Spitzer then jetted to Jamaica to get away from the media frenzy. Martin OMalley, who got like 1 percent in the Iowa Caucuses. What do all the good candidates youve worked for have in common, and what do the bad candidates have in common? I think I am impressive because I am a violinist and I went to Dartmouth and I speak French and have traveled all over the world and, I dont know, I know a lot about great apes, she says. 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. I had to deal with candidates who, unfortunately, did not give me all the facts, and you cant effectively handle a crisis. They are already well-known.. In my book, I sort of get at this, but we are sort of an odd couple. He doesnt yell and scream, take the most extreme positions on issues, or tweet incendiary things. Usually, it was all good-natured. | But to me it was more just revealing [the] nature of the sliding doors of campaigns, and I think thats what youre getting at. Smith ended up dropping most of her other clients, politicians and nonprofits alike. Of course, then I would, Id get a tepid reception and she would never let me hear the end of it. Politics is literally a matter of life and death. Spitzer, at the time, was attempting to regain his footing in politics after resigning from his position in 2008. And so when they feel like they are getting attacked, or their families are getting atttacked, they think staff can never talk to them on the level, and it is frustrating for principals, because they are like, You are just a kid, you dont know anything. But with me, I can tell them, This is what is going to happen, this is how we are going to deal with it. 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. Smith: Yeah. The Democratic bench isnt going to be found on Meet the Press every Sunday, and its not going to be found on cable news. Smith is a fierce New York City-based Democratic operative who helped engineer the plan to get Buttigieg in front of not just national political reporters, but anybody with a camera or microphone. Click here. And yet you signed on anyway. People get stuck in a rut because something worked last cycle, and so they think it will work this cycle and it doesnt. I want him on everything, she told me. [44] She describes herself as an "oyster-tarian," which she defines as a vegetarian who will eat oysters. She is the most competitive person I have ever known.. And if I can help you with my experience, my profile, my contacts, to do that, then I will do it. The actress who is the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough met. But more broadly, they are diagnosing the ills of the party that paid their housing for years. TV news executives are calling, she says, emailing, now complaining that Buttigieg isnt doing their shows often enough. And I talked about that in the book. Except then it didnt. These days, Smith seems to be heavily involved in promoting her new book. 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. Obama had David Axelrod. When I met him was right after Trump won the election, and Democrats are running around with their hair on fire for good reason. I love him. Spitzer and Smith stayed together for more than two years, with the tabloids following them pretty much the whole time. And then what?, she thought to herself. As a thirty-something mayor of a medium-size city, Buttigieg faced a credibility threshold with the national press. Martin OMalley, who shed worked for, performing poorly in the Iowa caucuses. [1], Smith was born to lawyers Thomas, cousin of Senator Sam Ervin, and Adrienne Smith and was raised in Bronxville, New York, along with her twin brother Angus, and older siblings Ashley and Toby. Mistakes Ive made in my professional life. The thing with Terry McAuliffe is that hes in on the joke. But until they released him from the NDA, we just didnt get his clients. The obvious thing to do would have been to take on high-paying, quieter corporate gigs, or to reenter politics with someone truly high profile. Lis Smith, Buttigieg's top communications adviser . After the fundraiser, Smith and Buttigieg climb into an SUV and head to 30 Rock. Riley Keough has been married to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen since 2015. 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. How consequential was that looking back? The private Terry is a lot more low-key, and lot more humble, a lot more thoughtful. Its a super-aggressive thing to do. 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. Then there was what I did next: jumped off the cliff. Lis Smith on Pete Buttigieg's campaign bus during a. 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. How hard-chargingNew Yorkoperative Lis Smith helpedturn an obscure Indianamayorinto a national name. It has been my passion since I was nine years old, which sounds sick. 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. That means that shes held to a different standard than sometimes other candidates. The saga gave Smith an insight that most campaign operatives lack: what it's actually like to be that bug trapped under the magnifying glass. In recent months you have made a name for yourself by working for this new crop of candidates out in the middle of the country: Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Aftab Pureval and others. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) "They're both consenting adults and can do what they want," said a former Spitzer. He didnt feel the need to go out there and be the coolest guy or the hippest guy on stage. 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. Behind the scenes, Id get keep your head up emails from senior de Blasio aides, but when it came to the press, it seemed their attitude was more along the lines of off with her head. 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. Wren: Fair enough. In fact, other than Spitzer, Smith appears to have been flying solo for the last few years. If you had any balls you would have said what I told you to say.. Read on for more details on the relationship that cost Smith her job, who she has dated since, and what shes up to these days. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. I was coming off some New York races where everything is just all-day personal attacks getting in the mud. Politics has a bias toward the status quo, she says. Lis Smith (born October 15, 1982) is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. But seriously. They just get swallowed up by the next news cycle, and never reach the voters who matter anyway. Despite that having been some years ago, Jeff appears to support Smith and her recent endeavors. Hes someone I ask for advice. Keep in mind she was 22 at the time, Smith said. Wren: How is Harris doing as a communicator? Smith tells Politico:. We met at the Roxy Hotel in Tribeca. And you are going to pay me to be really quick and really aggressive and to take on Mitt Romney? A text arrives from John Weaver, a top adviser to former Ohio Governor John Kasich. What makes him such a magnet for criticism on both the left and the right? Schmuhl, his campaign manager, says a typical scene from the trail for the three of them is arriving 10 or 15 minutes early to the airport gate, and while he and Buttegiegwho hes known since 8th grade in Indianatake a moment to relax for a minute before boarding, Smith will head to the airport bar with her laptop and phone and begins texting and emailing reporters and clapping back to critics on social media. Wren: One of the theses of Petes campaign was that mayors are on the front lines of democracy. Before a debate, you have no idea how much gossip is going around. 8,310 Followers, 856 Following, 219 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lis Smith (@lis__smith) Whats that like? She had an "itch," the political consultant writes in her. Smith: One of the things Ive learned over my time in politics is that youve got to let your candidates be themselves. Sign up for our newsletter. The one thing you saw on our campaign in 2020 is that everywhere we went, he was introduced by young leaders, young mayors. Smith: Oh, thats simple. Wren: I want a window into how you advise candidates amid a crisis. Were just not looking for them. Why? 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. Tom Ford. You have to know the social media ecosystem, how people are sharing and consuming their news. Pete Buttigieg emerges as Democratic rock star proclaimed Business Insider during the race. 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. Lis Smith (born October 15, 1982) is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. I think thats always been part of Joe Bidens appeal. How badly," she asks me, are you trying to fuck me over right now?, Interactive: The Lo-Fi Voices That Speak for AmericaBy M. Scott Mahaskey and Zack Stanton. The final indignity, she said, is that de Blasios team team wanted the statement to say her departure was unrelated to her dating Spitzer. 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 casts Bill de Blasio as a "gross unshowered guy" who had good reason to be "pissed" about her romantic fling with Eliot Spitzer exposed by The Post especially. Its a role that clearly lends itself to his skill set. What is this new phase of your career about? Both Miller and Smith come off as quasi-heros, semi-savants, pseudo-sociologists. Offers may be subject to change without notice. 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. The attack we had been dreading was coming. Andrew Cuomo's. I think Ive heard Pete use the F-word once or twice, for example, and his personal life doesnt play out in the pages of the New York tabloids. There is nothing too big for her. When Smith opens her laptop, there are saved tabs about Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, a YouTube video of a facial massage routine, kale recipes, a Time Out City Guide to Dubai and a 2012 Huffington Post article about how the Obama and Romney campaigns used Twitter. [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. Smith: Dont make me praise Chris Meagher. [2][9], Her role in the campaign was explored by the 2021 documentary film Mayor Pete. Lis Smith who also served as spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio and worked on President Barack Obama's re-election campaign helped spark the media frenzy around the 37-year-old gay. Axelrod told Buttigieg about Smith, and OMalley told Smith about this young mayor from South Bend. Even TMZ got in the act LEO DICAPRIO OFFERED BUTTIGIEG HELP DURING 2020 RUN, trumpeted the chyron. Smith: I think Ive got good relationships with people in the media. Smith is 31; a Dartmouth graduate who apparently has a thing for bad boys. [16] Business Insider considered her to be one of the 10 most powerful women running the 2020 presidential campaigns. I fucking love John McCain. James Devaney/Getty Images. They have grown to like and trust each other. Smith: Yes. Lis knew that she had to build wide to build up, said Stephanie Cutter, who also worked on Obamas 2012 effort. You write: Here we go said Larry Grisolano, Petes media consultant, stating the obvious. By ERIN BANCO, GARRETT M. GRAFF, LARA SELIGMAN, NAHAL TOOSI and ALEXANDER WARD. Well, of course someone running for president would need to talk about it with me first, right? I thought you had cancer or something. He motioned to the bartender again`Well take two shots of Jameson on top of that roundbefore turning back to me and clearing his throat. The speed with which Buttegieg emerged has been astonishing, which happens to be the speed at which Smith works. It is, she says, the only newspaper she subscribes to. When I was starting in politics, we didnt have women. 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. Lets just blow it out. ), Smith quipped. Lis Smith is a veteran of twenty political campaigns. While her work history list might be lengthy, her dating track record isnt very long. 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. Id made some faulty assumptions, but the first was that my loyalty to de Blasio or my competence at my job mattered. Pete made us all show up to give our 100 percent at work made us all better at our jobs. Market Realist is a registered trademark. Smith had moved to New York in 2013 to work for Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former governor who had stepped down in a prostitution scandal. She recalled tellingde Blasio chief of staff Phil Walzak over drinks that she and Spitzer were a couple. Because it would drive me nuts during the campaign hearing all his wonky, wonky talk about infrastructure, about roads, about smart sewers. 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