Republicans abuzz over Schmidt's divorce from GOP

[brooklynite]

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Source: Politico

Steve Schmidt's public break from the GOP and quiet departure from his corporate PR gig earlier this summer are fueling speculation in Republican circles that that he’ll advise a presidential bid by his longtime client, former Starbucks chief Howard Schultz, or another Democratic candidate in 2020.

Questions about Schmidt’s future began to swirl in June when he announced his departure from the GOP in a series of tweets embracing the Democratic Party. It was a rare act of defiance in a party that has mostly fallen in line behind President Donald Trump — one that has many Republicans talking about what exactly Schmidt plans to do next.

Working for a Schultz campaign would complete Schmidt’s decade-long process of estrangement from the Republican Party after spending much of his career at its highest levels.

For now, he remains mum on his future plans and his conversations with Schultz.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/01/schmidts-break-from-the-gop-the-talk-of-dc-753107

[sandensea]

1. Their only hope is cheating - and they know it.

We had better keep our eyes on the electronic voting machines. They flip votes like pancakes.

[katmondoo]

2. The Republican's lost a very talented, extremely well speaking man

[Tracer]

3. He is one smart ex-Republican

And is harder on, and more truthful about IQ45, than any democrat that I've ever heard.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. So now he's going to infuse Democrats with a business CEO candidate?

I know Howard Schultz is popular, but I know little else about him.

Schultz und Schmidt to rescue us from Nazism. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Schultz interview from June

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/06/05/starbucks-howard-schultz-steps-down.html

[apnu]

5. Please no!

We don't need another disgruntled Republican in the Democratic party dragging it more to the right.

The party has been in disarray for decades because of that stuff, its time to move left.

[LakeArenal]

6. Right!

[jalan48]

7. +1

Especially a Republican who was part of Bush/Cheney's White House.

[renate]

10. I don't mind having an ex-Republican advising a Democratic candidate on how the GOPers think

I think it could be pretty useful. I admit I'm biased, because I really really like Steve.

[aeromanKC]

8. #GOPWalkAway

Or more likely like thousands of others. #GOPRunAway!!

[DonViejo]

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