in the article it call this guy a 'protoge of karl rove'
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Steve Schmidt is known as 'The Bullet'. Part of that is to do with his bald-headed appearance, but it is also as much to do with his hyper-aggressive political style. He was promoted to run McCain's campaign at the beginning of last month, after he and several other aides went to McCain and warned him that his presidential bid was in dire trouble.
Schmidt has been joined by other key figures from the Rove-era Bush White House. They include the formidable figure of Nicole Wallace, a Bush campaign spokeswoman in 2004, and Greg Jenkins, a former Fox TV journalist who once worked for Bush's campaign. The group has sought to tighten an operation that was floundering under its previous leadership. They have also given it a sharply negative edge.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/03/johnmccain.barackobamahere are a few of mr schmidt's previous jobs:
Communications director for Senate campaign of Matt Fong. (1998)
Chief strategist in charge of Supreme Court nominations of Samuel A. Alito. and Chief Justice John Roberts
Counselor and spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.
Member of the exclusive "breakfast club" led by top White House adviser Karl Rove that ran President Bush's re-election campaign. (2004)
Campaign Manager for re-election campaign of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (2006)http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steve_Schmidt