NYT, Adam Schiff, MIchael Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace. There's a connection.

[flamingdem]

Michael Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace's new husband and frequent guest on her MSNBC show is an ex Republican associated with Steve Schmidt.

Michael Schmidt is the author of the NYT article about Adam Schiff believing Biden will lose.

From what I'm seeing Michael Schmidt behind half of the negative news reporting about Joe Biden in the NYT.

He's been on Deadline White House the 4pm msnbc show with his wife multiple times over the last few weeks and each time the two of them discuss the need for Biden to step aside.

Nicolle Wallace said that she was afraid for both of them if Trump wins.

Two people can cause incredible damage. Not saying they're the only ones but they're
keeping the Biden must step aside story alive on msnbc and in the NYT.

[Marcus IM]

1. And it's Americas premier "liberal" channel.

It's a good indicator of how liberal America really is.

[2naSalit]

22. It just goes to show...

How a CEO who is a magat supporter can manipulate the lives of all the employees such that they will toe the line to save their careers.

And they do so at our peril. Maybe their ratings should suffer a few deep dives.

[ananda]

25. No, it's a good indicator of corporate fascism...

run by a small minority of wealthy people.

[Marcus IM]

32. Then I guess liberals should stop watching.

Based on what is going here, there's lots of peeps who do.

Doesn't the numbers of eyeballs establish their ratings and ad revenue?

Sad. That.

[ananda]

43. Exactly! Don't help their ratings, y'all!

Please

[mopinko]

44. their ratings r tanking.

[Marcus IM]

48. All it took was an anvil of reality to fall on the collective foot.

It has been in our faces for over 50 years.

[Autumn]

2. What is the connection Schiff has with the NYT, MIchael Schmidt and

Nicolle Wallace?

[flamingdem]

4. Michael Schmidt wrote today's NYT article about Adam Schiff

NIcolle Wallace is his wife.

She has changed lately and spends part of each show dissing Biden.

He's often on the show with her.

She never introduces him as her husband.

[Autumn]

5. So the only connection Schiff has with them is that Schmidt wrote today's

NYT article about Schiff?

[Sucha NastyWoman]

21. I think you are overthinking this.

I don’t have a problem with those who think Biden should step down because really none of us Democrats knows what the right thing to do is. I go back-and-forth all the time myself, thinking he should or thinking he shouldn’t.

Nobody really knows whether Biden or Kamala or someone else is the right answer for us.

[BComplex]

34. Maybe YOU dont know what the right thing to do is, but I sure as hell do!

How crazy would it be to put some Johnny-come-lately at the top of the democratic ticket right now? Well, a lot of us have already thought that through.
First, this election will be won for the democrats, not by democrats alone, but by independents, swing voters, and disaffected republican voters who hate trump...many of them fall into this category.
Second, these voters who will put us over the top are not going to 1) take time off work, 2) find a babysitter, 3) try to find their precinct which has probably been moved by the local republican party, then 4) stand in line without water for 4 or 5 hours in order to vote for the democratic ticket, when the democrats aren't 100% behind their own ticket!

The VAST majority of democrats are totally behind Joe Biden. These "big donors" who everyone in the MEDIA keeps talking about only get one vote apiece. As does Adam Schiff, if he is really still beating this dead horse about replacing Biden. ONE VOTE.

It is so frustratingly STUPID for the democratic party to try to wait until a few days before early voting starts to "decide" who their CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT should be! Besides, Joe Biden is great for the job, as he has proven many times over.

So, yes: most democrats already know what the "right thing to do" is.

[we can do it]

36. +1000

Jeebus h crust.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

39. I wish I could be as sure as you are, it would be comforting.

I have donated to the Biden campaign SINCE the debate. I am a longtime Biden fan and voted for him in the 2008 Democratic primary.

Kamala or someone else becoming our nominee could be a horrible decision leading to the downfall of the Democratic party as well as democracy in America.

I feel paralyzed with fear of our getting this wrong, whichever way it goes.

[Different Drummer]

58. Well said!

[ananda]

26. My advice to you and everyone. Stop watching cable news!

Period.

[Wednesdays]

35. Aye! I for one am taking at least the next week off from ALL television! nt

[Different Drummer]

59. I've been following this advice for awhile. n/t

[Emile]

3. Republican hit pieces need to stop.

[crud]

6. I saw Michael Schmidt talking

He seemed really upset that Biden has resisted stepping down, said it was frustrating. Turned it off after yelling at the TV.

[flamingdem]

7. He's connected to Steve Schmidt who was campaign manager for Dean Philips

AND who started a push to oust Biden after the debate.

Another "ex" republican.

[Emile]

8. Michael Schmidt is one of those journalists that

make up news out of thin air. He can't be trusted.

[flamingdem]

13. Exactly. I kind of feel sorry for Nicole. This "journalist" has an agenda and it bleeds

into her show. She seems to be influenced by Steve Schmdt too. Used to have him on regularly. He's a slippery guy "ex" republican too.

[karynnj]

19. Reality - He is her husband.

Nicole Wallace is a charming and competent talking head. But, she was the communication person for GWB' s campaign in 2004, when the campaign shared a lawyer with the Swiftboat liars while they pretended independence. She was also in Florida when they had the 2000 recount. ( Consider she speaks of her past usually in terms of McCain's campaign.) Consider that many of her main guests Steve Scmidt, Charlie Sykes, Michael Steele etc are conservative leaning.

I KNOW I am still angry over the ugliness of the 2004 campaign, but I have never been as positive about her as many. I kind of thought that she and other never Trumpers having lost their party still are not necessarily for us.

[Prairie Gates]

10. He already wrote an amazing book proposal for "How a President Abdicated"

The editor would come up with the subtitle.

Was gonna be a best seller. Damn Biden ruined it!

[flamingdem]

14. Haha. Could be just a little to close to the truth!

[Prairie Gates]

9. Oh for goodness sake!

[Sympthsical]

11. Just so I'm clear on this one

Adam Schiff - a prominent Democrat who has, until this morning, been a darling on DU.

Nicole Wallace - a cable news personality who has, until this morning, been one of the most positively cited cable personalities on DU.

Michael Schmidt - A journalist who won a Pulitzer investigating Russian collusion with the Trump campaign and outing the Comey/Trump mess.

The three of them all chilled, biding their time, waiting for just the right moment to rip off their Scooby Doo masks to reveal . . . that Schiff said something at a donor gathering.

That is . . . Bond villain level genius. A Trio of Tricksters.

I am legitimately beginning to think that the only acceptable reporting in the near future is going to be Phil's livejournal. Who's Phil? Phil is the guy who says all the best things I like. That's who Phil is.

[flamingdem]

12. If you could watch Nicole and Michael Schmidt on her show you'd see what I mean

They talk obsessively about replacing Biden.

Just yesterday Nicole was talking over her guests loudly and proclaiming that Kamala
would be the one.

To me that's a diss of Biden and at this point a republican talking point.

That her husband reported on Schiff's private event where he's seeking donations from
wealthy donors who want tax cuts and plays it 2 ways. Well, that didn't have to be a BIG
story. He used it to create a rift.

I'm not mad with Schiff. I'm mad at Schmidt.

[Sympthsical]

17. It's pretty big news

Schiff is a major figure in the party. If he said it, it's news.

It may be news you dislike, but it's perfectly valid to report it.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

15. At the rate we're excommunicating people...

We're not going to have anyone left at the convention.

[Sympthsical]

16. If movies have taught me anything

It is that some people think the perfect party is a cupcake with a single candle as they sing Happy Birthday to themselves in a mirror.

[Autumn]

33. Looks like we might need a bigger bus.

[BComplex]

37. Adam Schiff is a "leading democrat" who the powers that be wanted to be the senator in California.

I think Adam Schiff is a fine Democrat. But: As a result, we lost (my favorite) an AMAZING democrat in Katie Porter, when she didn't run for the House again, hoping to take the California senate seat. We also lost another AMAZING democrat in Barbara Lee, who would have also been a great Senator, and had certainly paid her dues!

Nicole Wallace was doing a pretty good and informative show until the debate where Biden admitted he screwed up. Then the veil was lifted on MSNBC. Everyone but Joy and Lawrence did the pile on. If it had worked, it would have 100%, IMHO, thrown the election to the republicans.

It was only because the base of the Democratic party (a great many DUers), called and emailed and posted on social media that we WANT BIDEN.

[Sympthsical]

40. I hear you. I voted for Porter as well.

But the dime-turning is some whiplash.

The situation is just not clear cut. Even as a Biden Remain person, I very much understand where people are coming from.

To go from citing people all the time to suddenly declaring them not credible is a bit much.

Only religions should deal in heresy of this nature. "Shut up and do what I say," is just not my jam as a liberal or a Democrat.

[mopinko]

45. i'm starting to think they're pounding this nonsense not cuz they think biden will step down, but to dampen downticket

enthusiasm. and it’s working. i’m not sure schiff is gonna lose. but he will lose votes and donors.

[Sympthsical]

49. There is zero chance Schiff is in any kind of danger

He's a Democrat running in California. The primary is the real election unless our jungle system were to put two Democrats on the ballot. He's running against a 75 year old baseball player and, last I saw, was up 25 points.

At this point, I think it's safe to take it at face value that a lot of Democrats are saying various things because they believe them to be true. Schiff isn't running for president, and Newsom terms out. So moving Newsom to a presidential ticket doesn't help anyone in California.

Looking at the most available polling, I'm starting to see why party leadership are being the way they are. When 2/3 of your own voters are saying your presumptive nominee shouldn't be running, that's at least going to give some politicians pause.

[mopinko]

52. a lot of the reps r in tight districts.

[Sympthsical]

53. And Schiff is not

Which should say something.

[mopinko]

55. yeah, his donors r balking.

[Sympthsical]

56. He doesn't need them for his race

It is as in the bag as any race in this country. The man is a Democrat in California running against a Republican baseball player no one remembers.

[MiHale]

18. The problem is there are no EX-republicans...

That would mean a mind set change that would be very hard to accomplish. There are those that are disenchanted with the republican party backing trump who they can’t stand for one reason or another.

If he wasn’t around it would be back to republicaning.

[Tansy_Gold]

24. What they are is Never Trump Republicans

Which means they're still Republicans. They may have been left behind -- pun intended -- by the MAGA majority, but they're still Republicans. They'd vote for Romney or McCain (again) if they were running today.

Same with Liz Cheney. or the very concerned Susan Collins. And others.

They are not to be trusted.

[MiHale]

28. Absolutely...

Swap out trump, today, for a more ‘mainstream’ republican ….Boom back to republicaning.

[GoCubsGo]

20. Yeah, this is feeling like a rat-fucking of Adam Schiff, as well as Biden.

They know how easy it is to get Dems to turn on each other, as we can see by some of the related posts here on DU. I can't help but feel the Schmidt boys are trying to get us to turn on Adam Schiff, too. Can't trust either one of them.

[we can do it]

38. Shiff needs to deny wanting to push Biden out.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Sometimes campaigns climb a wall of worry just like the stock market

And I've posted before, we don't have to peak now. We want Trump to peak now. We want to peak in November.

[bromeando]

29. Nicolle Wallace

Thanks for the info. I won't be watching her show in the future.

[Deminpenn]

30. Steve Schmidt and Wallace worked on McCain's campaign

together. They go way back together.

Mike Schmidt works for the NYT. NYT seems to be on a vendetta against Biden because he hasn't given them a 1 on 1 interview. I'm sure that attitude filters down to the newsroom and reporters. They know what Sulzberger wants. Schmidt and Wallace are married and both are plugged in to the political insider network. At home they probably reinforce each others insider gossip. It's a self-contained universe of self-reinforcing opinions.

I think Adam Schiff hates Trump with a passion and that affects every aspect of his thinking. It's like that adage, being "so mad you can't see straight". I'm not a big fan of his, but CA voters made their choice.

[LilElf70]

31. There are way too many republicans

past and present that are paid by MSNBC. For this reason alone, I try to avoid the channel. It's like a subliminal message sent to us on a daily basis.

All I can say is "Viewer BEWARE"!

I trust these pricks about as far as I can throw my house.

[Bev54]

57. The only ones that seems to be enthusiastically for Biden to stay is David Jolly and Michael Steele

They have not faltered in their support.

[yorkster]

41. This stsrted for me not this morning, but right

after the debate when Nicolle fired up the find another candidate business. She was hinting at something, Rachel prompted her and she came out and said it. Then McCaskill joined in.
By the end of their debate coverage, only
Lawrence was steady and holding firm that finding a new candidate at this point was not viable.
As of last night during RNC coverage I thought this all might be fading away.
Then this am I see Michael Schmidt's
article, which Nicolle Wallace most likely
knew about yesterday.

I had long felt that the Schmidt-Wallace almost-never- mentioned marriage was weird, given that he was on her show so much.
To use one of her words it was "icky", journalistically speaking.

Schmidt's article this am only increased the ick factor. The extent to which this and other factors helped prolong the Joe must go efforts probably will remain unknown.
Of course, someone's no doubt already working on a tasty tell-all.

[shrike3]

42. Saw Michael Schmidt on MSNBC, and he indicated Biden getting off the ticket is a done deal.

He must be growing impatient.

[brooklynite]

46. If Adam Schiff said what was reported, no newspaper would not report it.

[themaguffin]

47. Oh ffs. Yeah, I've been watching her show and it's been fine. FFS.

[LW1977]

50. Shiff needs to STFU

Along with the other traitors

[kimbutgar]

51. I actually feel calmer since I stopped watching msnbc

and watch FSTV and listen to Sirius Progress channel. Their reporting is more honest than the corporate media who is rooting for another convicted felon WH for their breathless reporting of what outrageous thing he did today! But what they don’t get if (god forbid) he gets back they could be in danger themselves and possibly jailed for past negative reporting.

[Different Drummer]

61. This right here. n/t

[Mike Nelson]

54. Hmmm...

... Nicolle and Michael would be hurt by a Trump win, the same as everyone, of course, but also I assume she would be replaced and he would be working for a NYT veering more right to stay in business. Steve has already been "too outspoken" for TV. He used to be booked all the time, but I don't see him anymore. All of these people should be over the "Biden declining" story, by now. That they are not is not helping. They are close enough to know more about Biden's health and support for him than I do... so this questioning of Biden dropping out now getting a second wind is weird. What do they know?