Tad Devine-Sanders' Campaign Manager?

[KittyWampus]

Older article from 5 months ago. Came across while searching to see who is running his campaign.

Tad Devine signs on to work with Bernie Sanders on potential 2016 run
By Robert Costa November 11, 2014

Bernie Sanders has hooked a top Dem adviser for his potential 2016 run.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has spent months fishing for a strategist to guide his potential 2016 presidential campaign. On Monday, he hooked a big one: Tad Devine, one of the Democratic Party’s leading consultants and a former high-level campaign aide to Al Gore, John Kerry, and Michael Dukakis.

“If he runs, I’m going to help him,” Devine said in an interview. “He is not only a longtime client but a friend. I believe he could deliver an enormously powerful message that the country is waiting to hear right now and do it in a way that succeeds.”

Devine and Sanders, who first worked together on Sanders's campaigns in the 1990s, have been huddling in recent weeks, mapping out how the brusque progressive senator could navigate a primary and present a formidable challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Devine previously served as a senior adviser to the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004 and the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000. In 1992, he was campaign manager for then-Nebraska senator Bob Kerrey’s presidential bid.

Both men acknowledged in interviews that Sanders would face an uphill challenge and skepticism from the political class. But they are adamant that there is room in the emerging Democratic field for an independent-minded contender who can speak forcefully about the growing divide between the rich and the poor.

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“In terms of fundraising, there would be real interest in him at the grassroots level,” Devine said. “He knows how to do the organizing that’s required. As a mass media person, I also think he would be a great television candidate. He can connect on that level.”

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/11/11/tad-devine-signs-on-to-work-with-bernie-sanders-on-potential-2016-run/

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Just so long as he runs Bernie like Bernie would deserve.

[blm]

2. He's right about Sanders - he's GREAT.

Over 20 years watching the senator in interviews and commentary and floor speeches, and it is rare for Sanders to show any sign of awkwardness. He's just that good and plainspeaking.

[left-of-center2012]

3. OK .......

Except for the Dukakis, Edwards, and Lieberman part.

[BrotherIvan]

4. What is your point exactly?

[KittyWampus]

6. Why are you asking "what is my point"? I stated clearly finding this article

from November while searching to see if a campaign manager had been picked.

This is the Bernie Sanders Group.

Who his campaign manager ends up being is important.

Why exactly are you asking what my point is BrotherIvan?

Please explain.

[BrotherIvan]

7. You are in the Bernie Sanders group telling people what a lot already know

You are clearly a HRC supporter, so I'm asking what your point is with this post.

[KittyWampus]

8. I am absolutely not a Clinton supporter. Have stated that many times and if you searched

my posts going back many years that would be clear.

I've also stated repeatedly I'm glad Sanders is running and excited about it.

So you are wrong.

And frankly, I think your attitude is beyond obnoxious and I doubt highly many people knew Devine was potentially Sanders' campaign manager.

Are you trying to imply I can't post in this group or don't belong here?

PLEASE, why don't you point out where this article has been posted in the Group already. Since so many here already know this information.

[BrotherIvan]

9. If you are a supporter, I apologize

But the subject was covered on DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025803672

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025801244

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5803807

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026032253

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026031966

Again, I apologize for lumping you in with others who have been all over the group today attacking Sen. Sanders. I thought the implication was that he was a loser for his work on the Gore, Kerry and Dukakis campaigns.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Tad Devine ..... wikipedia page

He has worked on ten winning campaigns for President and Prime Minister around the world and 17 winning U.S. Senate races.

Devine has worked on the winning campaigns of New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in 2005, and several campaigns of senators, including Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), Bill Nelson (FL), Bernie Sanders (VT), John Kerry (MA) and the DSCC independent expenditure for the winning senate races of Claire McCaskill (MO) and Robert Menendez (NJ), as well as numerous statewide elections. Devine's work as a strategist and media consultant has been recognized by leading media and political consulting organizations. Devine has produced award-winning television advertising for Sen. Edward Kennedy (MA), Sen. John Edwards (NC), and Gov. Parris Glendening (MD).

Internationally, Devine has worked as a strategist and media consultant for the winning campaigns of Colombian President Andres Pastrana in 1998, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1999, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in 2001, Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in 2002, Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1997, 2002 and 2007, Honduran President Mel Zelaya in 2005, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and the Party of Regions in 2006. He worked again with Yanukovich in 2009 and 2010 for his successful Presidential bid. He served as a strategist and media consultant for Ashraf Ghani's 2009 presidential campaign in Afghanistan.[citation neede


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Devine

[sabrina 1]

10. He definitely is great on TV smacking down the usual suspects and their prepared scripts.

They are not used to so much truth in one interview.

And he isn't afraid to criticize them to their faces as he did last week.

'People are angry at the media also'

[barkway]

11. Some track record

Gore, Kerry, and Dukakis all lost. Think I'd be looking for someone with a better track record.