Jim Messina
Jim Messina (born James Melvin Messina, December 5, 1947, Maywood, California) is an American musician, songwriter, singer, recording engineer, and ... More »
What Steve Jobs told Barack Obama's campaign manager
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt June 15, 2012: 7:20 AM ET The education of Jim Messina, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, started at Apple FORTUNE -- In the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Joshua Green tells the story of how Jim Messina, Barack Obama's campaign manager, got ... Read more »
President Obama, a fierce White Sox fan, trusts reelection efforts to die-hard Yankees fan Jim Messi...
Jim Messina (l.) will be in President Obama's backyard on Monday to watch his Yankees take on the Commander in Chief's White Sox. WASHINGTON — When the Yankees open a three-game series in Chicago Monday, rabid White Sox fan Barack Obama will be represented at U.S. Cellular Field by his ... Read more »
Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager confident in strategy – USATODAY.com
Jim Messina directs President Obama's re-election campaign. Jim Messina directs President Obama's re-election campaign. But the next day, Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, didn't sound concerned about the campaign's burn rate or worried about his ability to raise ... Read more »
Obama Camp Tries to Play 'Let's Make a Deal' with Romney
Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades wrote a brief email to Obama campaign manager Jim Messina dismissing the offer. "Thanks for the note. It is clear that President Obama wants nothing more than to talk about Governor Romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter to voters... Read more »
Weekly Standard: Obama Campaign Lies About Ryan Medicare Reform
Today, at 9:22 a.m., Obama campaign manager Jim Messina sent out an email blasting Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, Wisconsin congressman and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan. "[Ryan's] plan also would end Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher system... Read more »
Republicans Focus Attacks on Obama's Advisers
Jim Messina: A senior adviser and deputy chief of staff in the White House, Mr. Messina essentially swapped places with Mr. Plouffe two years ago when he left to become the campaign manager for Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign. Republicans in the House last week released a report ... Read more »
The scariest sentence I’ve read today #wonkbook
Joshua Green profiles Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina and his attempt to run the campaign like a tech company: "The day after Jim Messina quit his job as White House deputy chief of staff last January, he caught a plane to Los Angeles, paid a brief visit to his girlfriend... Read more »
Obama's April Fund-Raising Numbers Released
In a video released Wednesday morning, Jim Messina, the president’s campaign manager, focused on the need to compete with the outside groups like Crossroads GPS and Restore Our Future, a “ super PAC ” formed to help Mr. Romney. “Oil company executives and other special interests are ... Read more »
Eric Fehrnstrom: Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina 'Appears' To Have Broken Law
Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior adviser to the Romney campaign, told reporters on a conference call this morning that Obama campaign manager Jim Messina "appears" to have broken the law, based off a series of emails Messina sent from his personal account as White House deputy chief of ... Read more »
GOP Hits Obama on Lobbyist Meetings at ‘Caribou’
”[P]lus you’d appear on an official WH Visitor List which is maybe not want [sic] you want at this stage …” Other emails show then White House chief of staff Jim Messina using a non-governmental account to discuss language for the health care reform bill with a pharmaceutical industry ... Read more »
'You've got it all wrong': How Steve Jobs (and Spielberg and Eric Schmidt) secretly advised Obama on...
Advice: Jobs, who died last October, is said to have had two long, private conversations with Jim Messina, who was asked by Obama to become his 2012 campaign manager while the pair were surfing in Hawaii Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is portrayed as exerting an almost ... Read more »
Romney Eyes Pennsylvania Despite Big Obama '08 Win : NPR
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina says Democrats will fight hard to win Pennsylvania again. "We have a huge ground operation," Messina said, including two dozen offices in the state, far more than Romney has. Women in the Philadelphia suburbs are a crucial target, Messina ... Read more »
Before Candidates Debate, Their Lawyers Do
In an interview in June, Jim Messina, the campaign manager for Mr. Obama, offered what was perhaps a bit of pregame spin, calling Mr. Romney a “seriously underrated debater” and adding the Republican candidate always understood what he had to do in the debates. “When it was to go out and ... Read more »
New Obama Video Seeks to Combat Negative Perceptions
After a challenging week capped by a lackluster jobs report, the Obama campaign released a new Web video Monday that aimed to reassure supporters and asked them not to “lose focus” on the campaign’s “grass-roots organizing efforts.” The video features Jim Messina, the manager of Mr. ... Read more »
Travel on the Trail With Distinct Purposes
Jim Messina, the president’s campaign manager, bragged about the campaign’s effort in Colorado in a video last week, noting 12 new paid staff members and 51 neighborhood team leaders in the state. “We can win there in 2012,” he said. Polls give Mr. Obama an edge in Colorado, a state he ... Read more »
Romney Campaign Rejects Using the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Against Obama
In a statement Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, slammed the super PAC’s plans and criticized Mr. Romney for not publicly condemning the effort in person. “This morning’s story revealed the appalling lengths to which Republican operatives and SuperPacs apparently are willing to ... Read more »
For Global Leaders, Including Obama, a Game of Survivor
“The president has faced a combination of crises that few others have had to deal with, all at the same time, starting on Day 1,” Jim Messina, the president’s campaign manager, said on a conference call Monday morning. “He has made bold and brave decisions to help get his economy back on ... Read more »
Romney team rejects Obama campaign 'deal' to release tax returns
Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, wrote to his opposite number in the Romney camp, Matt Rhoades, making the offer in writing. The Romney campaign did not take up the offer. The letter is aimed at addressing one of the frequent complaints by the Romney campaign that if he releases ... Read more »
Obama campaign tactical stumble telegraphs dire straits in reelection bid
These segments of the email offer from Obama campaign manager, Jim Messina, to Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades, as reported in a FOXNews article today, captures it all... So I am prepared to provide assurances on just that point: if the Governor will release five years of returns, I ... Read more »
Obama Camp's DOA Tax Offer To Romney Keeps Issue Alive : It's All Politics : NPR
Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina. Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina. The Friday offer from President Obama's campaign to Mitt Romney — that if the GOP presidential candidate releases his tax returns for the past five years, it won't attack him for not releasing more — ... Read more »
