Posted by
Kilroy on Friday, November 09, 2007 9:52:06 AM
ELECTIONS 2008
LAUREL, MD – Ending days of speculation, Clinton 2008 Communications Director Howard Wolfson announced this morning the addition of Arthur Bremer to the campaign team. Bremer will fill the newly created position of Director of Personal Communications for Clinton 2008. The announcement signaled the close of a bidding war (among Democrat candidates) for Bremer’s services that began shortly after Maryland State officials announced Bremer’s impending free agent status.
Arthur Bremer began his career in national politics in 1972 when, at 21, he shot candidate George Wallace, forcing Wallace to abandon his bid to become the Democrat Party presidential nominee. Wallace’s withdraw from the race caused the white supremacist wing of the Democrat party, headed by Senator Robert Byrd, to rally behind the leftist anti-war wing headed by candidate George McGovern. A bond that would span 35+ years was thus formed. While McGovern went on to be defeated in the general election, his winning the nomination was enough to dub Arthur Bremer a “king maker” in Democrat politics.
In describing Bremer’s role in the campaign, Mr. Wolfson explained that the Director of Personal Communications will be a "
completely separate and distinct function" from Wolfson’s 'official' communications department. “
Arthur will be in charge of unofficial communications; his responsibility will be to convey personal messages from the candidate”. Wolfson announced that “
the creation of this new position and the addition of Arthur to Team Clinton will allow me to focus more on keeping the campaign on message. Arthur brings a unique and creative approach to this function. He’s a real straight shooter”. When pressed for further details, Wolfson deferred to Bremer, saying “
You really need to get with Arthur on that, I can’t over emphasize that I will have absolutely no knowledge of the work that Arthur will be doing. Any personal messages Senator Clinton wants to convey --- say, to Senator Obama, or Kathleen Willey or even President Clinton --- will be handled by Arthur.”
Bremer is just the latest in creative hiring decisions made by the Clinton Campaign. Upon hearing of her husband’s refusal to authorize the release of spousal communications from the National Archives, the campaign brought on Sandy Berger to secure their release. Mr. Berger and Mr. Bremer will be sharing an office at the Susan McDougal Early Release Center & Day Spa near Capitol Hill.
