Former Clinton Advisers Now With Kerry

[JI7]

Here is a look at four former advisers to President Clinton who recently joined the presidential campaign of Democratic Sen. John Kerry:

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MIKE McCURRY

McCurry served the Clinton White House as press secretary from 1995 to 1998 and became one of the more popular presidential spokesmen with the media. He also was one of the most recognizable to the public, the first to allow his daily briefings to be televised.

JOE LOCKHART

Lockhart was Clinton's third press secretary, a deputy to McCurry when he replaced McCurry in October 1998, and served until October 2000. He is a veteran of presidential campaigns and is adroit at framing bad news in the best light possible. He was Clinton's press secretary during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment.

JOEL JOHNSON

Clinton's senior adviser for policy and communications, Johnson promoted the legislative and policy goals of the White House. He served as staff director for the Senate Democratic Leadership under then Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., before joining the Clinton administration.


DOUG SOSNIK

Sosnik was a top political adviser to Clinton for nearly all of his eight years in office, traveling frequently with the president and serving as one of his closest confidants. Sosnik was senior adviser to the president for policy and strategy from 1998 until leaving the administration in early 2000. Before that, he was Clinton's political director during the 1996 re-election campaign.


http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9662104.htm

[lancdem]

1. These guys all are great

but are they running the show? I don't want a bunch of new people coming in unless they're allowed to change strategy. I hope Tad Devine and Bob Shrum are no longer calling the shots. They had their chance and blew it.

BTW, I read Kerry has been trying to get McCurry since the spring but he was reluctant to join the campaign until now.

[Leilani]

2. Good!

Hopefully, they will help turn this thing around.

With so many people involved, I hope it does not turn into a turf war.

I read a while back that there were frictions between the longtime Kerry people & people who came on for the campaign.

Now this would be a 3rd group...hope they all work together.