She has extensive experience in public affairs, media relations, and crisis communications at the local, state and national levels. The attack we had been dreading was coming. And no, politics is my love. It will codify Roe v. Wade. But the Post discovered where they were. I would give Pete 95 percent of the credit and give me five percent of the credit. In that same vein, I know that there were people in the transportation secretarys inner circle that thought his taking that position wasnt the best idea. Wren: Fair enough. Smith, who is a Bronx native, must be an intelligent woman, but going for the "bad boys" might . But he is also the kind of person journalists tend to like: bookish, somehow earnest with a sense of irony, and willing to talk the way journalists like people to talk, playing the pundit and getting into the political process and discussing his own ambitions. He's on his way into a black car to do Maddow. Buttigieg recently started getting savaged online when it surfaced that he had told an audience in 2015 that all lives matter, and as it happened, he was due to speak at Al Sharptons annual National Action Network convention. Lis knew that she had to build wide to build up, said Stephanie Cutter, who also worked on Obamas 2012 effort. Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist who chronicled the lives of New York's rich and famous with such skill she became known as the "Dame of Dish . They know who they are and will not let consultants, pundits, whoever, change them. Now that they have achieved liftoff, as it were, Smith is preparing for the next part of the campaign. They just get swallowed up by the next news cycle, and never reach the voters who matter anyway. By ERIN BANCO, GARRETT M. GRAFF, LARA SELIGMAN, NAHAL TOOSI and ALEXANDER WARD. Lis Smith is recording this call. People get stuck in a rut because something worked last cycle, and so they think it will work this cycle and it doesnt. What we did is fucking ridiculous. I was also reckless. Lis Smith was supposed to become de Blasio's press secretary until The Post revealed that she was dating former Gov. She wants to know if Id seen Buttigieg answer a question about the Notre Dame fire from a French TV station, in French. | Id made some faulty assumptions, but the first was that my loyalty to de Blasio or my competence at my job mattered. Wren: You and Pete have very different brands. [Smiths voice breaks here.] Tim Miller, my friend, wrote a great book weeks ago, where he talks about the danger of getting sucked up in the game. 8,310 Followers, 856 Following, 219 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lis Smith (@lis__smith) No, actually, it shows a fundamental disrespect for the people who consume their news on this platform if you arent willing to go where they are.. That is not the typical relationship of adviser to political principal, but typical is not a word people use about Smith. He has a clear social consciousness to him that you dont see in a lot of professional athletes. Its a role that clearly lends itself to his skill set. 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. I dont live and breathe politics every day. Click here. I would do that for free.). Smith: In my experience, the best working relationships between candidates and their top staff often depend on a sort of yin-yang dynamic. Pete made us all show up to give our 100 percent at work made us all better at our jobs. George Bush had Karl Rove; Bill Clinton had James Carville. [40], Smith dated Missouri politician Jeff Smith after meeting him at Dartmouth and handled some of his publicity during his campaign. But until they released him from the NDA, we just didnt get his clients. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Market Realist is a registered trademark. From the second I met Pete, I knew that there was something special about him. And he is as squeaky clean behind the scenes as he is in front of the camera. Lis Smith is recording this call. There are probably dozens of Mayor Petes out there across the country. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, De Blasio didnt trust NYPD security to keep secrets, ex-aide Lis Smith claims, Gross unshowered de Blasio wanted to get in bed with Spitzer but I beat him to it: ex-aide Lis Smith, How Americas gov became Americas ahole: Ex-Cuomo staffers new book, Chris Cuomo could be a dk to disgraced ex-govs staff, new book claims. She is 36, a year younger than Buttigieg, which, Thank God. But as long as its just like that one percent that you need to have the confidence that you can go out and rally thousands of people, and that its just that 1 percent and not 70 percent, then its all good. What is this new phase of your career about? | | Lis Smith, Buttigieg's top communications adviser . You know what people are going to react to, and you know that the tabloids, just like the political press, oftentimes just wants a little scalp and then they will move on., How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil WarBy Steven Perlberg. He hung up and looked at me in horror, and then my phone started ringing. And you are going to pay me to be really quick and really aggressive and to take on Mitt Romney? It wasnt really until 2012 when I worked for Barack Obama that I did find a really strong female mentor in Stephanie Cutter and I learned so much about my job, so much about politics, so much about how to effectively communicate from Stephanie Cutter. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) "They're both consenting adults and can do what they want," said a former Spitzer. In the car, wed go back and forth on random trivia, and pulling up things on Google. The writer from Indianapolis Monthly who went for a jog with Buttigieg three months before his feature landed, the Washington Post Magazine writer who sat down in a Virginia soul food joint with Mayor Pete long before he declared his presidential bid and the Yahoo News feature writer who crammed into the corner seat of a midtown Manhattan caf with him months ago. I, in those races, became extremely battle-tested. The New York tabs may have sharpened her game, but people who've known her for years say Smith came ready for the fight. Smith: Dont make me praise Chris Meagher. 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. Smith: Are we talking about the same Pete Buttigieg? Before a debate, you have no idea how much gossip is going around. In her book, Smith also called another client she worked for,ex-Gov. The savvy strategist then had to figure out how to break the news to de Blasio and his camp, as their soon-to-be City Hall press secretary was now at the center of her own juicy tabloid scandal. The obvious thing to do would have been to take on high-paying, quieter corporate gigs, or to reenter politics with someone truly high profile. [1], Smith was born to lawyers Thomas, cousin of Senator Sam Ervin, and Adrienne Smith and was raised in Bronxville, New York, along with her twin brother Angus, and older siblings Ashley and Toby. [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. The American, democratic campaign communication specialist Lis Smith is a well-known face in American politics. Wren: Theres a part of Pete that is a little wonky, a little square. Why do I fucking love John McCain? I had to deal with candidates who, unfortunately, did not give me all the facts, and you cant effectively handle a crisis. It is a matter of life and death and we need every person on the field pic.twitter.com/LPqIS3zjnW. Smith: Democrats love to bitch that we dont have a bench. He wrote a paper praising Bernie Sanders at Harvard? Did I think I was going to walk into his office and tell him that I was dating Eliot Spitzer? He was a once-in-a-generation talent, someone who perfectly met the moment. And its going to be really important to have a woman sort of leading the charge on these issues, who is able to really empathize with the despair a lot of women are feeling. Wren: Could see a political career for him? Smith marched him to the front of where the national and New York press were gathered, telling him, Are you ready for your first gaggle? He stayed until the matter was exhausted. Wren: Did you have a good handle before the campaign on Petes vulnerabilities? How much of his success was because of you, and how much was because of him? It was a long shot. Honesty is really, really important to handling a crisis because you have to have all the facts at your disposal. And yet you signed on anyway. Buttigieg reignited Smiths love for politics, she says, after a really difficult 2015 and 2016 due to her breakup with former New York Gov. 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. There may be nobody more central to Mayor Petes media successbesides the candidate himself, and arguably his social-media-savvy husband, Chasten Buttigiegthan Smith, who serves as a communications adviser and all-around aide. Eliot Spitzer while working for incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio.. And you had Democrats out there saying, when they go low, we kick them in the face, and engaging in all this over-the-top rhetoric. Not to be cheesy, but it is one of my proudest accomplishments. ", Before they get in the car, I ask Buttigieg if Smith is being helpful in his campaign. Politics has a bias toward the status quo, she says. Chill., Lis, I guess you could say, comes from a very different world than Northern Indiana., Lis Smith bursts through the doors of a marbled hotel bar in Brooklyn wearing oversized Anna Wintour sunglasses, a faux-fur-lined coat and impossibly thin and tall high heels. He was an incredible leader at Louisiana State University someone that team could rally around, and such a maturity to him. When I stood up and left the table, Buttigieg stayed, and I recognized a woman sitting at the bar. Letting Claire be Claire. 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. A photo and audio tour of the hosts driving the conversation. 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. Spitzer, at the time, was attempting to regain his footing in politics after resigning from his position in 2008. [The vice presidency] is probably the toughest, most thankless job in Washington D.C. A text arrives from John Weaver, a top adviser to former Ohio Governor John Kasich. This isnt going as planned., She continued: As soon as I got Hari on the line, he filled me in. But its not just about the 18-year-old girl. Weve got that Joey Burrow swag, but he does have humility to him. I lost the media war thatId thought I commanded, Smith said. Political strategist Lis Smith reveals in her new book how The Post exposed that she was dating prostitution-loving former Gov. The Post ran the exclusive photos of Spitzer ducking in and out of the Soho walk-up. 90 minutes with one of America's top political consultants. The New York Post is looking into you and Eliot, Smith wrote, adding, Well, fk. James Devaney/Getty Images. My end goalsbeing able to stay in New York with Eliot and serve as the New York City mayors press secretarywere in sight. Smith: Youve got to meet voters where they are. Its an inherent conflict of interest. I remember hearing from other consultants, Why is he going out there speaking seven languages? The guy didnt have time to say hello before Smith could hear screaming over the line. [44] She describes herself as an "oyster-tarian," which she defines as a vegetarian who will eat oysters. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Shes a Black half-South-Indian woman. Smith: Im not going to touch that with a 10-foot pole. He is in talks to do a Fox News town hall in the coming weeks, building off the surprise success of Bernie Sanders appearance on Fox, and in the past couple of weeks has also been on Ellen and The View, as well as Preet Bhararas podcast, The Intercepts podcast and The New Yorkers podcast. Meet the DNC dark horse: Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is shaking up the race for Democratic chair, added Salon. [2][9] She later worked as the spokeswoman for Bill de Blasio's mayoral run in 2013. Maybe Im done. Smith, standing behind Buttigieg as he campaigns at various events in New York this April. [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 photographer had captured Eliot and me exchanging loving looks as wed returned from a late-night dinner at a restaurant on my block.. I thought you had cancer or something. He motioned to the bartender again`Well take two shots of Jameson on top of that roundbefore turning back to me and clearing his throat. She puts the word fuck through every part of speech the word can be bent into: noun, pronoun, gerund, verb, term of endearment, sobriquet, epithet, honorific. He was out there. News has confirmed her daughter Riley Keough welcomed a daughter with husband Ben Smith-Petersen, who mentioned their child at the singer's. POLITICO Weekend flies into inboxes every Friday. In real life, I have a really close-knit family. Our meeting was part of a strategy, one run with surprising sophistication and efficacy for a candidate whose highest-profile gig so far is a local office in the fourth-biggest city in Indiana. Martin OMalley, who got like 1 percent in the Iowa Caucuses. 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. If there is one thing that makes Smith unique, its not her knowledge of great apes or her particular skill eviscerating her opponents on Twitter; Its that her skin was toughened by a stretch of time in the rawest, roughest media environment of all, the NYC tabloid scrum. Obama had David Axelrod. Hold on, Im sorry. Wren: Youve worked in a lot of red states South Dakota, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio. Shes had some very forceful moments as vice president. This is what day two looks like. [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. He doesnt yell and scream, take the most extreme positions on issues, or tweet incendiary things. The Covid pandemic. It was by no means an obvious career move for Smith. Tom Ford. And I am,' Smith toldWalzak. Political strategist Lis Smith isnt a married woman, though she may one day decide to tie the knot with a lucky somebody. So the Post is about to report that Im dating Eliot Spitzer. 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Win or lose in the 2020 Democratic campaign, Pete Buttigieg's senior adviser Lis Smith has turned an unknown mayor into a serious contender. 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. 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. Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten in February 2020. Its really hard to do a hit piece on a guy who you are going to see the next morning over coffee and donuts. Smith ended up dropping most of her other clients, politicians and nonprofits alike. When I met him was right after Trump won the election, and Democrats are running around with their hair on fire for good reason. Even in decline, AM radio matters more than you might think. Because even power needs a day off. Smith: I think a lot of people get a very one-dimensional view of me. Dont miss it! It is, she says, the only newspaper she subscribes to. And there was not a better antidote to Trump than Pete in terms of style, in terms of life experience, and in terms of his worldview. 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. Her plan is to emulate maybe the best-known and most successful insurgent move of recent campaign history: John McCains 2000 Straight Talk Express. [6] She became communications director for the Democratic Governors Association in 2011. And if I can help you with my experience, my profile, my contacts, to do that, then I will do it. There is only so much you can do to bare your soul over a beer, but hopefully people get to know you on some level and more than they would one gaggle at a time. That maybe once he double-dipped his fry at Barnabys? Political strategist Lis Smith reveals in her new book how The Post exposed that she was dating prostitution-loving former Gov. Each was the political id the candidate couldnt, or wouldnt, express. She has been actively involved in politics after the completion of her graduation from Dartmouth . Most people do have earnest sides to them. I think hes a really good person. And so my advice would just be, get out there more, especially with Kamala, go out there more. [2] In 2014, she became a communication consultant for Adriano Espaillat's congressional campaign. . She signed on as a consultant when he was laying the groundwork for a long-shot campaign to become the chair of the Democratic National Committee. In some ways, he came across as a Midwestern dad before he was, in fact, a Midwestern dad. Wren: Youre often credited with vaulting Pete from the mayor of Indianas fourth-largest city to a member of Bidens cabinet. Lis Smith net worth is $20 Million Lis Smith Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Lis Smith is known for her work on AM Joy (2016), After Image (2001) and Politics Nation with Al Sharpton (2011). No. Some are even in the White House, like Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher, who briefed the press not too long ago. But there may be no political couple odder than that of Buttigieg and Smith. She did, however, date a married. Wren: What is your relationship with Pete like now? She figured that Buttigiegs sexual orientation and impossible-to-pronounce last name rendered him dead on arrival, but started researching the 35-year-old Indiana mayor and promptly took an eight-hour fall down a Google rabbit hole. Of course, then I would, Id get a tepid reception and she would never let me hear the end of it. Then there was what I did next: jumped off the cliff. They are already well-known.. Our resort was more Leave It to Beaver than Debbie Does Dallas,' she claimed. After winning the election, the candidate joined the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), and Smith consulted briefly for the group. There were very, very few women in positions of power. 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. | James Devaney/GC Images. Wren: This book is in some ways a tell-all about the role of a political consultant. Its just that I think with both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that it would do the administration good to get out there a little bit more, and not to let the media and the Twitter dialogue get in your head, because most people dont speak like Pete Buttigieg in these beautiful, poetic, perfectly formed sentences. Bill de Blasio, too. It was from Montego Bay that Smith and de Blasio announced she would not be joining his administration. Theres a public Terry and a private Terry. She has advised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Montana Governor Steve Bullock, people who on paper at least are far more likely top-tier presidential contenders, and she served as a top aide for a number of Senate and gubernatorial races. She recalled tellingde Blasio chief of staff Phil Walzak over drinks that she and Spitzer were a couple. But to me it was more just revealing [the] nature of the sliding doors of campaigns, and I think thats what youre getting at. Chuck Kennedy/PFA. The Simpsons actress Yeardley Smith is newly married and she and her husband have quite the . But it is kind of fascinating to watch., Smith met Buttigieg on the recommendation of Axelrod and former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley. 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. At that point, reporters she had developed relationships with began to reach out, wondering what she was doing wasting her credibility on a little-known character who seemed like a step down the ladder of political prospects. Neither Eliot nor I was gonna win a gold medal in the not reckless competition at the Olympics. And you dont know who is actually going to attack you. I think now more than ever, people need to understand how the media works. Yeah, I guess Id fallen in love with slightly problematic guy It wasnt like I was dating Ted BundyEliot was the former governor and attorney general of New York State, Smith said, referring to the serial killer. A better response that is informed by all the facts is the most effective way to respond. She advised a couple of governors still left in office, and started taking on more nonprofit clients. The great media disruption comes for the Des Moines Register. It felt like we connectedwe went over our allotted time, and I had another beer, and by the end I had shifted from very skeptical to only moderately skeptical, just maybe seeing a lane for his candidacy. When you do more interviews, it reduces that gotcha instinct with the press, it reduces that cat and mouse game. The 54-year-old disgraced ex-governor. Most people do have nerdy sides to them. That even in the age of Twitter, that especially in the age of Twitter, people dont really care about gaffes. While her work history list might be lengthy, her dating track record isnt very long. Smith: All the good candidates are comfortable in their own skin. They are doing things that are more directly relevant to peoples lives. 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. Wren: One of the theses of Petes campaign was that mayors are on the front lines of democracy. The saga gave Smith an insight that most campaign operatives lack: what it's actually like to be that bug trapped under the magnifying glass. Smith is a fierce New York City-based Democratic operative who helped engineer the plan to get Buttigieg in front of not just national political reporters, but anybody with a camera or microphone. 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?. She is most well known for being the senior advisor for Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign and the director of rapid response for Obama's 2012 campaign. Can I tell you something very off the record, she texts. When they gave me the job I thought, first of all this job exists? `Jesus, you always keep it interesting.'. It wasnt just the biggest names, people you know, Smith says. Eliot Spitzer. Pete helped pull back that part of me, because while that might work when youre dealing in the New York tabloids, that doesnt sell as well in the Des Moines Register. [2][9], Her role in the campaign was explored by the 2021 documentary film Mayor Pete. The two of us talked this week about Buttigiegs political future, whether Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow could jump into politics, and the ingredients of a good political candidate. The book was praised for its insight into the personal and political fortunes of politicians she advised. Its a local-politics mentality to find the people that are going to be telling this story, and if nothing else, making sure they have a real understanding of who you are. | Elijah Nouvelage/REUTERS. I thought everybody knew that.. When Smith opens her laptop, there are saved tabs about Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, a YouTube video of a facial massage routine, kale recipes, a Time Out City Guide to Dubai and a 2012 Huffington Post article about how the Obama and Romney campaigns used Twitter. 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). Im joking. Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Paper That Shapes the PrimariesBy Tim Alberta. 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They feel like if they dont respond within two minutes, that the crisis is going to fester. [16] Business Insider considered her to be one of the 10 most powerful women running the 2020 presidential campaigns. David Freedlander writes about politics and culture. I tell her that I have been calling around to former coworkers and associates, trying to get a sense of how she operates. After his loss in the primary, Smith went to work on the winning election campaign and then the transition of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. [2] In 2013, she moved back to New York and became the press secretary for Eliot Spitzer's New York City comptroller campaign, an attempted political comeback after his prostitution scandal. It went on like this, just cursing up a blue streak for like two minutes., The aides mistake, Smith recalls, had to do with email: He failed to BCC reporters on a news release he blasted out. When I was starting in politics, we didnt have women. On the flip side of that, the most established, the most convention conventional political consultants werent going to go work for Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend. To avoid stakeouts during the media frenzy that followed, Smith said she temporarily stayed with a friend from her college days at Dartmouthwho resided on the Upper West Side. 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. Maybe a story that would be 80-20 bad you can get down to 60-40 bad, and that little bit is worth it.. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Wren: He rehabilitated you and taught you to love the political process again. The "Dame of Dish" passed away on Sunday. After 20 campaigns flacking for candidates such as Transportation Secretary and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill,. A Democratic candidate in West Virginia is going to look very different from a Democratic candidate in New York, and we cant impose this one-size-fits-all thing and think that the Democratic Party is going to be a majority party. William C. Lopez After leaving the eatery at around 12:30 a.m., Smith gave Spitzer a flirtatious look over her shoulder before the . Still, she still sought to rationalize her relationship with Spitzer. I want him on everything, she told me. And its something that forever Ill be thankful to him for. 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. [36][37][38] She also has an active social media presence, through which she addresses political topics and factchecks statements by Republican politicians such as Mitt Romney. 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