Bernie’s man behind the scenes: Tad Devine is the Karl Rove to Sanders’ 2016 populist uprising

Bernie’s man behind the scenes: Tad Devine is the Karl Rove to Sanders’ 2016 populist uprising

by David Freedlander at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/15/bernies_man_behind_the_scenes_tad_devine_is_the_karl_rove_to_sanders_2016_populist_uprising/

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And as much Sanders rails against the professional political class, campaign aides say he is willing to make an exception for Devine.

“He was on the ground floor from the get-go about a presidential race,” said Michael Briggs, the Sanders campaign spokesman. “He would talk about the potential that was out there for this kind of campaign. He would say he thought we were in a moment in history where our message about a rigged economic system resonates.”

In his previous presidential forays, Devine was signed with the guy who the rest of the party rallied around. The ships he helped steer in 2000 and 2004 were massive operations, backed by all sorts of party insiders, institutional players, and the best pollsters, political operatives and message mavens money could buy.

This time around, it is just Devine.



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