Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s Presidential Campaign Manager, Becomes A Registered Democrat
After being a member of the Republican Party for the past 30 years, longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announced that he is registering as a Democrat. Schmidt, who served as the late Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign manager, made the announcement on Monday during an episode of the Battleground podcast, as he and co-host David Plouffe were discussing Texas’s election lawsuit and the Republican House members and state attorney generals who supported it. “I spent 29 years as a Republican, I’ve spent two and a half as an independent, and later this afternoon I will register as a member ...