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Historic NY

(37,458 posts)
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 09:39 AM Jul 2015

The guy behind Trump....

The man behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has a knack for spectacle, an eye toward making money and a proven willingness to defy the Republican Party.

In other words, Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is a lot like his new boss.

Lewandowski, who has been advising Trump since January and managing his improbable — and, for many Republicans, headache-inducing — run to the top of the GOP primary field in national polls has spent the past decade and a half drifting away from the party establishment.

He left a short stint at the Republican National Committee in 2001 to manage the failed reelection campaign of a rogue senator before landing eventually at the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, where he primaried New Hampshire Republicans and mocked the state’s Democrats until joining up with Trump.

In that time, Lewandowski cemented a reputation in New Hampshire political circles for getting things done, even if it means ruffling feathers. “He’s a good guy personally, [but] he’s a bomb thrower,” said one longtime New Hampshire Republican political operative.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/man-behind-donald-trump-run-lewandowski-120443.html#ixzz3gcvWTPOm

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The guy behind Trump.... (Original Post) Historic NY Jul 2015 OP
I honestly have to wonder if Trump actually has a campaign manager. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #1
LOL, Don't let the GOP tell you what to do, Trumpy. Create the Trump Party! FSogol Jul 2015 #2

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,226 posts)
1. I honestly have to wonder if Trump actually has a campaign manager.
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 09:53 AM
Jul 2015

I don't think he trusts anyone but himself calling the shots in his campaign. His ego wouldn't allow it. And it shows.

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