Former Carter pollster, Bannon ally Patrick Caddell dies at 68

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A former pollster to President Jimmy Carter who helped the 39th president win over voters dissatisfied with government died Saturday at the age of 68.

Patrick Caddell, who worked with Carter and several other Democratic candidates before becoming a conservative media pundit in recent years and even an informal adviser to President Trump's 2016 campaign for the White House, died from complications caused by a stroke, his daughter told Yahoo! News.

Caddell worked with Carter during both his presidential run in 1976 and eventual White House administration, but the president would go on to lose the 1980 presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan.

In more recent years, Caddell became a close friend of former Breitbart News chief and Trump campaign strategist Stephen Bannon, who met with Caddell during the height of the 2016 presidential election.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/430371-former-carter-pollster-bannon-ally-patrick-caddell-dies-at-68

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Politics makes strange bedfellows...

[Va Lefty]

1. I hope he, and his family, find some peace

[Bleacher Creature]

3. I've got nothing good to say, so I'll just leave it at that. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Caddell was a piece of shit.

RIP

[redstateblues]

5. Seemed to be a very bitter man. May he RIP

[dalton99a]

6. He called Obama a "raging narcissist who has no grip on reality"

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and then he helped get Trump elected

[Gore1FL]

7. I remember him being annoyed that Democrats wanted to count the votes in 2000.

It was made worse by him being identified as a Democratic consultant during the interviews.

The humanity in me mourns his short life. I won't give it much thought from there.

[sandensea]

11. Same here.

Frankly, I've always suspected it was Caddell who passed Carter's debate notes to the Reagan/Bush team.

All the Best to his loved ones.

[rpannier]

8. I read a couple of stories that he had business dealings with the Mercers

That pretty much speaks volumes about him and explains his assoc with Bannon

[JI7]

9. he trashed Gore all through 2000

[SunSeeker]

10. As they say, "May the Lord have mercy on his soul."

He'll need it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Yikes. He went to working with one of the best humans in politics to working with one of the worst

And in the wrong order for his life’s legacy.