Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt is a veteran campaign strategist and public relations expert. Schmidt is currently working as a campaign strategist and advisor to 2008 Presidential campaign of Senator John McCain, which he joined in December 2006.

In his career to date he has been:


 * Communications director for Senate campaign of Matt Fong. (1998)
 * Advisor to Republican presidential candidate Lamar Alexander;
 * Spokesman for the Republican National Congressional Campaign Committee;
 * Chief strategist in charge of Supreme Court nominations of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Chief Justice John Roberts;
 * Counselor and spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.
 * Member of the exclusive "breakfast club" led by top White House adviser Karl Rove that ran President Bush's re-election campaign. (2004)
 * Campaign Manager for re-election campaign of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (2006)

Currently Steve Schmidt is working as a campaign strategist and advisor to 2008 Presidential campaign of Senator John McCain. On July 2, 2008, Schmidt was promoted to heading up day to day operations of the McCain campaign in response to concerns that the McCain campaign was losing ground to Obama.

External Articles

 * Carla Marinucci, "Governor's team adds former Rove protege Political 'artillery shell' joins re-election effort," San Fransisco Chronicle, February 12, 2006.
 * Chris Cillizza "McCain Hires Another Bush Insider," Washington Post.com, December 20, 2006.