Ann Lewis | The New York Observer

Hillary, and Lewis, and Penn, Attack

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:29:08 -0500

The bloodletting between the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was not stanched by the end of last night’s debate in Myrtle Beach. It continued in the spin room.

Ann Lewis continued to talk about Obama’s comments about the trajectory changing force of Republican ideas to a Las Vegas editorial board.

“He said that they were the party of ideas,” she said. “Clearly in contradiction to the Democratic Party.”

Mark Penn, who was standing next to her,...

An Educational Meeting with Ann Lewis

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:22:25 -0400

The host of an event tomorrow night featuring Hillary Clinton advisor Ann Lewis tells me that the 30-person gathering is intended as an occasion for her friends to learn more about Hillary, and isn't simply an effort to round up undecided donors and activists. "I'm a huge Hillary supporter and I'm a great admirer of Ann Lewis and I wanted to give my friends a chance to hear her and to talk to her," said...

Still Not Sold on Hillary?

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:15:00 -0400

A reader passes on some information about a "conversation and cocktail" geared towards some New York donors who should be in Hillary Clinton's corner but still aren't. The event, which will feature senior Hillary advisor Ann Lewis, is set to take place on April 11 in the Lower East Side home of Sally Susman and her partner Robin Canter. From the invitation, as passed on by the reader:

We really believe in Hillary Clinton and are...

Ann Lewis Online

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:26:38 -0500

Hillary aide Ann Lewis gives a classically unrevealing interview to Gregg Birnbaum's (alightly stalkerish) JustHillary.com: A sample: JH: Lastly, a vital question that has gone unanswered for months. Let's take care of it here and now. Has Sen. Clinton seen the ABC show about a woman president, "Commander in Chief," and what does she think about it? AL: You didn't really think I would go there, did you? Now, about Hillary's Farm-to-Fork...

Fearsome

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:49:01 -0500

That's how The New Republic's Ryan Lizza describes Hillary's operation, in a comprehensive look at Hillaryland that has the rare virtue of not understating the role of an operative who will, as always, remain nameless. He can't quite decide if the operation is a tight band of (mostly) sisters or if internal strife is about to break out, but bets that ideology, not ego, will be the major internal fault line. Also: Ann Lewis is the...

Defending Hillary

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:53:00 -0500

A reader in the comments section the other day posted an interesting reaction to the onslaught of anti-Clinton venom that came when The Politicker was linked on the Drudge Report. It's a glimpse at why Clinton aides seem not to mind the victim trope so much. "Those of us who are regular readers here know that Senator Clinton is far from progressive and follows a pure triangulation strategy of clinging to the center. As a...

Jeanine's Inheritor

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:03:00 -0500

If Jeanine goes, and Republicans can't talk Ed Cox back into the race (he seems, understandably, to want them to ask very nicely), Hillary's likely challenger is a man whom, did he not exist, Ann Lewis might have had to invent: former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer. "Dear Smart Conservative," begins a recent fundraising letter from Spencer, and in a campaign already characterized by hysterical fundraising pleas from both Clinton and Pirro, this one may set...

Bill's Celebfest Tough Game For Sen. Meritocrat

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400

On the evening of Sept. 15, former President Bill Clinton stood at the center of a flock of reporters and well-wishers at Nobu 57. The first day of his sprawlingly ambitious conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, had gone smashingly well, and now he was enjoying the company of a mostly fawning press corps as it munched on sushi and trundled about the open bar.

“Monica Lewinsky was a lucky woman,” one reporter from the...

Bill’s Celebfest Tough Game For Sen. Meritocrat

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400

Exclusive: 2006 Senate Race Begins

Fri, 20 May 2005 11:26:00 -0400

Not long ago, we gave you an early glimpse of Ed Cox's campaign for Senate. He's since put a password on his website, with plans to relaunch at the end of May. Someone, however, has sent us an image taken from that site, which offers a glimpse of how you run against a Republican in New York State. The site had a ticker running along the top of national Republican news, items like President Bush's...

Ann's Echo Chamber

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:36:00 -0400

We stopped by Ann Lewis's speech to the women of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee last night, where the Hillary communications guru made a strong case that the Democrats are winning the two crucial national debates, one over social security and the other over "Republican arrogance." She was particularly pleased by the growth of liberal foundations, think tanks, and Internet-based organizations to match the conservative media "echo chamber." We did have to wince a little at...

So It's Going To Be Like That

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:27:00 -0500

Rejoice Steve Minarik. You have a candidate! CNS News reports that one William A. Brenner has emerged as the "anti-Hillary candidate" for U.S. Senate. Ann Lewis, meanwhile, is trembling. Indeed, her latest plea for money for Friends of Hillary includes this: "We know that our opponents will examine these filings, hoping for any sign of weakness that they can exploit. We can't let that happen! "They may have their 'swift boat ads' ready to launch - but we...

Hillary Hiring Ms. Pac-Man For '06, Beyond

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:00:00 -0500

The opening of the Clinton Presidential Library on Nov. 18 seemed to mark a turning point, with Bill Clinton fading into the sepia-toned past while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton solidified her place as the primary face of the political family.

Now Mrs. Clinton is living up to that impression, building a full-fledged political operation and bringing a major figure in national Democratic politics to the hub of Clinton campaign headquarters at K Street and...

Ann Lewis to HillPac

Wed, 24 Nov 2004 04:33:26 -0500

Former White House Communications director Ann Lewis to work for Hillary Clinton's campaign. She says it's for 2006; Sheinkopf says it's for "a national...