Can We Finally Retire Bob Shrum?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Ted Kennedy

Al Gore

John Kerry


Is it time to give Bob Shrum the proverbial golden parachute?

[Julien Sorel]

1. Can we retire scapegoating?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. It's Too Fun (nt)

[Obviousman]

2. this should have happened 7 elections ago

[geek tragedy]

4. Throw him out with Terry McAuliffe. eom

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. He Was Awful Too.

He was too slick by half but so was Ed Gillespie and it didn't hurt the Pugs...

[geek tragedy]

7. McAuliffe sounded more like a lobbyist than a Democrat. eom

[Cozmosis]

8. I'll buy this

[okieinpain]

15. they shouldn't be thrown out, just reassigned the advanced

campaign board.

[Placebo]

6. Dear gawd, yes, Yes, YES, YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!

He has only lost eight elections and won...oh that's right, zero... :eyes:

[vickie]

9. For the love of God, Yes!!! He's a loser!!!

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. Retire. With extreme prejudice.

If the guy is told to retire, he won't. Find a way to make him go away.

[Awsi Dooger]

11. No, let's give a chance to go out like John Elway

Back-to-back wins to end his career and all is well. Then he can sell cars.

[liberalpragmatist]

12. YES, Please!

Shrum is a terrible strategist. I don't think it's a coincidence that he's 0 for 8.

It's true that we should take insider accounts like Newsweek with a grain of salt, but even if it is not true, I still don't like Shrum. His speeches sound stale and they were terrible for Kerry. If the Newsweek article is true (and other stories have said similar things) then many of the campaign's most disastrous decisions can be traced to Shrum - not refuting the SBVT, not being forceful on Iraq (Shrum wanted to "play it safe" and warned Kerry from appearing too "dovish"), etc.

I wish he had never gotten within one inch of Kerry's campaign.

[lessthanjake]

13. Dont have him run a campaign

But have him still do ads. Hes actually good at that.

[DaveinMD]

14. Shrum

The problem isn't with Shrum, its with campaigns that give him the role as chief strategist. He's excellent at making hard hitting ads. He should not be the chief strategist.

[rockydem]

16. Every dog has its day

He will always be a good speechwriter.

[Radical Activist]

17. Let the Republicans have him

he's been working for them for years anyway.

[DaveinMD]

18. he makes good ads

he shouldn't be a chief strategist. This doesn't mean he's been working for the Republicans.

[tritsofme]

19. Can we finally stop hiring Shrum to run our campaigns?

There's a better idea.