After O'Malley's campaign, she advised several nonprofit organizations, and incumbent governors such as Montana governor Steve Bullock. In what ways does your brand benefit from Petes, and in what ways does Petes brand benefit from yours? Critics of the IDC have questioned Smith's loyalty to the implementation of progressive policies and candidates. Shes had some very forceful moments as vice president. And you just like have this moment, where youre like, Maybe this is it. Did it worry you that he might not be the candidate with whom people most wanted to have a beer or should we say, get lit with? Democratic operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Win or lose, she's turned an unknown into a serious . From her days as a college intern for John Edwards to her own brush with the New York tabloids, the book traces her entertaining path to the height of the American political consultant class. My observation, said Axelrod, who worked with Smith on Obamas 2012 reelection campaign, is that she is the quiet hero of his emergence.. It may look like the sky is falling, but just ride this out.. Copyright 2023 Market Realist. The tabloids followed the pair to Christmas at Smiths parents house in the upscale suburb of Bronxville. Smith: One of the reasons I wanted to write this book was because when I was thinking at 19 or 20 about getting into this world, [a book like this] didnt exist. It was younger reporters, super-hungry reporters that really know how to use Twitter, people who can then go to a cocktail party and tell their friends they had a beer with this guy Pete Buttigieg three hours from now. Still, she still sought to rationalize her relationship with Spitzer. Im realistic here. I consider him a friend . Lis Smith, the political communications specialist who helped bring Buttigieg to national prominence before he became President Joe Biden's Transportation secretary, revealed the decision in an . She orders a beer, downs it and orders another. Its sad, but our politics isnt built to deal with people who are reasonable. [26][27][28] Philip Elliott of Time praised its transparency and wrote that it "may just rewrite the template for what a political memoir can be. Photo: amyandstuart.com@AmyandStuart. Smith: Joey Burrow is an incredible leader. Smith a Bengals fan believes quarterback Joe Burrow is a great leader with a clear social conscience, and she wouldnt rule out the possibility of him having a political career. Smiths Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story, out July 19, is an irreverent, intimate and honest look behind the curtain of modern political image-making including her own. Smith: Democrats love to bitch that we dont have a bench. Still, she said, I wasnt exactly a PR neophyte. And when I began asking around to figure out who was behind that strategy, the same name kept coming up: Lis Smith. And yet you signed on anyway. She advised a couple of governors still left in office, and started taking on more nonprofit clients. I would say that these days, my vetting skills are maybe a little savvier. In a clip from her memoir shared by Fox News, Smith slammed de Blasio for leaving her out to dry after firing her over the affair. Pete made us all show up to give our 100 percent at work made us all better at our jobs. And the fact that hes everywhere, from cable TV to Ebony to your local NPR show to your favorite sports podcast, means that a guy with no name recognition is suddenly hard to avoid. What is Lis Smiths secret sauce? I, in those races, became extremely battle-tested. I cant believe you didnt know that! Smith: Dont make me praise Chris Meagher. And I talked about that in the book. Eliot Spitzer while working for incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio. [19], In 2020, Smith was one of six political experts named as fellows by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service. We knew the McKinsey stuff would be it, but he was bound by an NDA. Cuomoresigned last August amid claims of sexual harassment and misconduct. Smith has been studying the effort, reaching out to reporters who were there, and has been in regular contact with John Weaver, who helped engineer it. I have talked to all the guys who see in the shots. Based on that experience, how should Democrats make gains in those kinds of states in 2022? It gives me so much joy when I sit down for a Zoom with Mallory McMorrow which is supposed to be 15 minutes and it turns into two hours, and I get goosebumps again. It was a reporter from BuzzFeed News, waiting to take my place. Spitzer and Smith stayed together for more than two years, with the tabloids following them pretty much the whole time. And maybe I shouldve gone to law school. Phil snorted: Fck. Political strategist Lis Smith reveals in her new book how The Post exposed that she was dating prostitution-loving former Gov. Did I think I was going to walk into his office and tell him that I was dating Eliot Spitzer? Ive always tried to be very grounded. He weighed in after the Supreme Court decision. 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Oftentimes its not going to be found in Washington, D.C. That fall, Spitzer and Smith started dating, which led to the New York City tabloids staking out her apartment to watch the pair coming and going. [10], In 2016, she was the spokesperson for Marisol Alcantara's successful New York State Senate campaign. That is not the typical relationship of adviser to political principal, but typical is not a word people use about Smith. She doesnt give a fuck. But you know, more importantly, through some trial and error, over this very long career, I learned the importance of letting candidates be candidates, right? Well, of course someone running for president would need to talk about it with me first, right? Smith is now Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's spokeswoman and is dating Spitzer. [9][41] From 2013 to 2015, she had a relationship with her former boss, New York governor Eliot Spitzer. He laid out his case for how a millennial municipal official from a town the size of a New York City Council district could somehow seize the Democratic nomination. The final indignity, she said, is that de Blasios team team wanted the statement to say her departure was unrelated to her dating Spitzer. Theres the article in the Atlantic where the writer met the mayor of South Bend, Indiana for a chicken tempura lunch in Manhattan. Theyre out in country working on campaigns. Smith is 31; a Dartmouth graduate who apparently has a thing for bad boys. Her father was a partner at the white-shoe law firm Sidley Austin. And so when they feel like they are getting attacked, or their families are getting atttacked, they think staff can never talk to them on the level, and it is frustrating for principals, because they are like, You are just a kid, you dont know anything. But with me, I can tell them, This is what is going to happen, this is how we are going to deal with it. Usually, it was all good-natured. [6] She became communications director for the Democratic Governors Association in 2011. Why that works with Pete, whatever you want to call it the earnest side of him, this nerdy side of him, the wonky side of him was because it was authentically Pete. Let Pete be Pete. Lis Smith was supposed to become de Blasio's press secretary until The Post revealed that she was dating former Gov. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. And especially on far-leftist DSA Twitter, Im basically just depicted as a mix between Lady Macbeth and Rasputin in a wig, that Im like some soulless political operatives. | Former communications director, Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign. It is a matter of life and death and we need every person on the field pic.twitter.com/LPqIS3zjnW. While working for the Obama campaign she met David Axelrod, whom Smith considers a mentor. Between 1987 and 2013, Spitzer had been married to Silda Wall Spitzer. Smith double majored in government and anthropology at Dartmouth College, graduating in 2005. Neither Eliot nor I was gonna win a gold medal in the not reckless competition at the Olympics. We needed to be the antidote to him. People read about my personal life in Page Six, and they think Im going to be sort of an out-there type of person that is attention seeking and all of that. It is, she says, the only newspaper she subscribes to. On Sunday, Bill de Blasio put out a statement in a New York Post story in his own name defending himself against the portrait you paint of him in your book as obsessively paranoid. If you were working for him, and a book like yours came out authored by someone else, how would you have advised him to address the situation? George Bush had Karl Rove; Bill Clinton had James Carville. E! I see that being taken so far out of context. Each was the political id the candidate couldnt, or wouldnt, express. Why? Your Bengals fandom and their Super Bowl run is a part of the book. I think hes a really good person. I know that the media loves to pick up on a gaffe here or there but the more comfortable you are, the more interviews you do, the more comfortable you get in front of the camera, and the less little slip ups matter. Then there was what I did next: jumped off the cliff. There may be nobody more central to Mayor Pete's media successbesides the candidate himself, and arguably his social-media-savvy husband, Chasten Buttigiegthan Smith, who serves as a. Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten in February 2020. [Smiths voice breaks here.] Pete Buttigieg emerges as Democratic rock star proclaimed Business Insider during the race. Also how many, like, mind-games campaigns are playing with others. The bad candidates are people who are insecure, who put their finger in the wind, who dont trust their instincts enough and dont have the backbone to do the right things. When they gave me the job I thought, first of all this job exists? In real life, I have a really close-knit family. Through the DNC race and afterward, Smith treated the national political press like it was another constituency that needed to be courted. After winning the election, the candidate joined the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), and Smith consulted briefly for the group. Smith has spent much of her career as a political strategist working for prominent men such as Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the now disgraced Andrew Cuomo. Ahead of the release of her highly anticipated political memoir (which Politico Magazine excerpted last week), that includes figuring out how to get her computer to record our phone interview ammo to use in the event that its needed to set the record straight. But it has a clear parallel to Smiths relentless scheduling of meetings between Buttigieg and reportersan audaciously direct way to connect with reporters that bought the campaign pretty good press. [33][34][35] She has written for publications such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post. Oh really, you didnt know that? Letting Terry be Terry. After the fundraiser, Smith and Buttigieg climb into an SUV and head to 30 Rock. So many flacks lose their mind over inconsequential things, and have no sense of, This is good press, this is mediocre press, and this is awful press. That is something you know once you have been through awful press., As a flack, you dont always understand what it feels like to be a principal, what it feels like to be under scrutiny. Eliot Spitzer while working for incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio.. Wren: Youre often credited with vaulting Pete from the mayor of Indianas fourth-largest city to a member of Bidens cabinet. Wren: Theres a part of Pete that is a little wonky, a little square. The national security site has found fresh energy as a savvy, progressive attack dog in national politics. Other candidates, they dont need to do it. I see Donald Trump win the White House, which like everyone else, Im flabbergasted. You get a sense of the news, what is going to get picked up, she said, reaching into her bag for her copy of the Post, which she said she was saving for Buttigieg. It was a long shot. Not to be cheesy, but it is one of my proudest accomplishments. Adam Wren: In the beginning, you scored the contract for this book based on your high-profile turn as a senior communications adviser to Pete Buttigieg. But I love politics because it touches everything in our lives. How much of his success was because of you, and how much was because of him? . Chuck Kennedy/PFA. [17] She has been included in Fortune's 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics,[18] and Crain's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York. Martin OMalley, who got like 1 percent in the Iowa Caucuses. Lis Smith who also served as spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio and worked on President Barack Obama's re-election campaign helped spark the media frenzy around the 37-year-old gay. January 25 2022 01:38 PM A prosecution barrister has told a non-jury court it will hear evidence that Lisa Smith's husband took a sniper course on her advice while he was carrying out border. They have grown to like and trust each other. Riley was joined by her husband Ben Smith-Petersen, who gave a touching speech at Lisa Marie's funeral, in which he revealed that they recently welcomed a daughter into the world. The problem with a lot of people, not just candidates, but anyone in life who is caught up in a crisis is that they react. Gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of high-minded fun. But I dont know whats inside him. The spotlight turns to Kamala Harris, the only Black candidate on stage. [2][9], Her role in the campaign was explored by the 2021 documentary film Mayor Pete. If you had any balls you would have said what I told you to say.. The first time people saw Pete, it was the same as the reaction I had when I first met him, which is where the hell has this guy been my entire life?. But the Post discovered where they were. [2][9] She later worked as the spokeswoman for Bill de Blasio's mayoral run in 2013. She is a talented communicator. Click here. But I compartmentalized this knowledge like other things in my life. Wren: You write pretty transparently in the book about times youve been fooled by a candidate. And as you saw on Fox News Sunday, as I went to bed last night, [his clip] has 8 million views. And its really heartening because you realize the future of the Democratic Party is really bright, and that all we need to do is help lift these people up. Click here. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. She ran his campaign publicly by courting the national political press, a technique she further honed during Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign. But they did teach me the importance of always making sure that candidates are reflecting the values of their voters. Our resort was more Leave It to Beaver than Debbie Does Dallas,' she claimed. Smith starts texting me, wanting to know if Id seen the celebrities in the audience, including George Takei, Kal Penn and Kate McKinnon. Everyone thought I was crazy. My advice is just go out there more, communicate more. I think we saw that Kamalas attack on Biden was obviously was pretty pointed. They need to understand how the political process works. Riley Keough has been married to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen since 2015. As someone who was a mayor who was on the ground, who knows how important this stuff is, hes a great messenger to send out there to these smaller media markets everywhere, where he can meet with the mayors, speak to them in their language, help make sure that theyre getting the resources they need. What else was the oppo they were dropping? My mood changed when the Post story popped. The speed with which Buttegieg emerged has been astonishing, which happens to be the speed at which Smith works. Hes someone who is involved fighting childhood hunger. It takes the edge off a bit. Andrew Cuomo's. So the Post is about to report that Im dating Eliot Spitzer. They lead with emotion. Lets be real, Adam. Id worked for former [Former Maryland Gov.] He looked white as a ghost, didnt say anything, just nodding along. [19], In 2021, Smith worked closely with then-governor Andrew Cuomo, and advised him on how to respond to the sexual harassment allegations against him. Wren: Based on how you characterized the vice presidency, would you ever counsel the transportation secretary, regardless of what year it is, against taking the vice presidency? I fucking love John McCain. Win or lose in the 2020 Democratic campaign, Pete Buttigieg's senior adviser Lis Smith has turned an unknown mayor into a serious contender. Read on for more details on the relationship that cost Smith her job, who she has dated since, and what shes up to these days. Some are even in the White House, like Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher, who briefed the press not too long ago. I had to deal with candidates who, unfortunately, did not give me all the facts, and you cant effectively handle a crisis. | Elijah Nouvelage/REUTERS. And so, she says, she cant talk right now. Axelrod told Buttigieg about Smith, and OMalley told Smith about this young mayor from South Bend. It has been my passion since I was nine years old, which sounds sick. [The vice presidency] is probably the toughest, most thankless job in Washington D.C. And it was the first time Id worked in politics that Id ever felt that way. Wren: He rehabilitated you and taught you to love the political process again. You couldnt have pulled off that strategy with a Bill de Blasio. [20] She was a senior advisor on Corey Johnson's 2021 campaign for New York City Comptroller, and raised $3.5 million in funds for a PAC supporting Andrew Yang's 2021 mayoral campaign. Just before he was sworn in, de Blasio yielded to Peysers prodding and cut Smith loose just before he moved into the mayors office. Smith has made a name for herself in recent months by working with a new crop of candidates in the middle of the country, including Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (center). But it was one of those moments where I had to go with my gut. This is what day one looks like. I worked in states like South Dakota, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia. It was in 2013, the time when Smith was working for the de Blasio campaign, that she began dating Eliot Spitzer. I dont know if that delegate from Oklahoma is going be reading the Elle.com profile, but a lot of people are, and they should get to know Pete Buttigieg, she says. The actress who is the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough met. Does something like Buttigieg Derangement Syndrome exist? Can I tell you something very off the record, she texts. So I would obviously advise him not to respond. A few weeks ago, a couple of hundred people expressed interest in this event. Rather than going after Pete, Harris trained her fire on Biden.. Pete asked the bouncer what the scene was like inside, and the bouncer told him it was lit. The term was lost on him. Smith, the famously aggressive political operative battle-honed in the brass knuckles politics of New York City and in red-state political tilts, plotted the rollout of Buttigiegs longshot presidential campaign. It was from Montego Bay that Smith and de Blasio announced she would not be joining his administration. | That is not how she ran his race. Chuck Kennedy/PFA. `Jesus, you always keep it interesting.'. Lis Smith Wiki Bio: Age, Husband, Net Worth, Children, Education, Career, Family, LinkedIn. Smith: Oh, thats simple. And when he was asked about that, he gave a really strong answer, and he took responsibility for things he did do in South Bend or things he didnt do in South Bend. She recalled tellingde Blasio chief of staff Phil Walzak over drinks that she and Spitzer were a couple. I have a really close-knit group of friends who have nothing to do with politics. She was also communications director for Dan Seals' 2008 Illinois House race. Hes been a guest on BuzzFeeds morning news show, been featured on Vices nightly news show and sat down with a couple of the guys from Barstool Sports. Lis Smith is a veteran of twenty political campaigns. Smith, who is a Bronx native, must be an intelligent woman, but going for the "bad boys" might . So what I try to do is to meet candidates where they are, and to help work with them on what their strengths are and not to erase the things in them that are quirky or not, but see if we can use them as assets. How consequential was that looking back? Disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, 54, and his new girlfriend Lis Smith, 31, may have enjoyed a relaxing family Christmas, but their cosy domesticity could soon be upset after it . David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. Is it your relationship with reporters and cable bookers? She most recently worked as a senior advisor in communications to presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. It wasnt just the biggest names, people you know, Smith says. Buttigieg has gotten a number of lavish long-form features, so many that some have jokingly wondered whether Smith is getting paid by the profile. Smiths mother is a descendent of a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and a cousin of lead Watergate investigator Sam Ervin. In 2001, she graduated Bronxville High School. And I am,' Smith toldWalzak. Shes a Black half-South-Indian woman. The whole saga also taught her the rhythms of the New York tabloids, which have similarities to the national political press. Lis Smith Net Worth 2023, Age, Height, Relationships, Married, Dating, Family, Wiki Biography. Hes going to sound so elitist. Or: Why does he have to answer every question with a proverb? Voters can smell when candidates are being authentic, and when candidates are not. Wren: Youre a very competitive person. After news broke on the relationship, more photos were released, and Smith was eventually forced to come clean to fellow campaign members about the love match she had formed with Spitzer. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Otherwise, I would kill myself. Which is to say that Buttigieg may know seven languages and carry around Ulysses and sit in with the South Bend Orchestra on piano, but as far as his top aide is concerned, it is only because he has an extra year on her. ELIOT AND DeBABE blared the cover of the New York Post, which ran several photos of the pair on its inside pages and in a column from the acid-tongued Andrea Peyser which called Smith not just any ordinary bimbo and called her an ambitious, youngish cookie who presumably does not charge Eliot for any services rendered., Eliot Spitzer and Lis Smith at a Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in 2014. Buttigiegs rise from unlikeliest of contenders to actual top-tier presidential candidate has been fueled in part, maybe in large part, by his astonishing success courting the press. It might not get you the votes, but I am not the political director. A lot of people thought that to beat Trump, you had to be Trump. Before getting involved with Spitzer, Smith allegedly became romantic with Jeff Smith, who she reportedly met at Dartmouth while he was working as her professor. I think I am impressive because I am a violinist and I went to Dartmouth and I speak French and have traveled all over the world and, I dont know, I know a lot about great apes, she says. In recent months you have made a name for yourself by working for this new crop of candidates out in the middle of the country: Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Aftab Pureval and others. He weighed in after the shooting in Uvalde. There were very, very few women in positions of power. [8], In 2012, she became director of the rapid response team for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. Unless youre a total psychopath . Lis Smith (born October 15, 1982) is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. The more people see Bill de Blasio, the less they like him. Published on July 13, 2022 06:12 PM. Her plan is to emulate maybe the best-known and most successful insurgent move of recent campaign history: John McCains 2000 Straight Talk Express. But it is kind of fascinating to watch., Smith met Buttigieg on the recommendation of Axelrod and former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley. Smith ended up dropping most of her other clients, politicians and nonprofits alike. | James Devaney/GC Images. I remember hearing from other consultants, Why is he going out there speaking seven languages? Petes hitting at this moment in part because of the legwork they did. In the car, wed go back and forth on random trivia, and pulling up things on Google. 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