Corry Bliss wrestles his past in Connecticut

Failing upwards (4.00 / 1)

"Campaign manager" must be a marvelous occupation. Apparently, if you've got experience, you can always get another job -- even if you have an unbroken track record of losing.

Bliss graduated from law school in 2006. In 2008, he ran the unsuccessful re-election bid of Republican US Representative Thelma Drake of Virginia. Okay, that was a Democratic year. But then he, by many accounts, turned Brian Dubie from a solid front-runner to a loser. And now he gets a 100% pay hike to run Linda McMahon's campaign. Yeesh.

Bliss can probably look forward to more of the same. After he manages McMahon to another loss, he'll run a few more campaigns into the ground, and eventually he'll become a sage campaign analyst/consultant a la Dick Morris and Mark Penn and Bob Shrum.  

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."  --Frank Zappa

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by: jvwalt @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 18:53:40 PM UTC

Okay (0.00 / 0)

but look at Thelma Drake. Piece of work, she was.........

"That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State ..."- Vermont Constitution Chapter 1, Article 16

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by: kestrel9000 @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 18:59:30 PM UTC

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And it pays well (0.00 / 0)

$195,000 a year.  Does that officially put him in the 1%?

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by: Michael Inners @ Sat Feb 18, 2012 at 17:41:48 PM UTC

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Too Funny! (0.00 / 0)

Of course Republicans define as "success" anything that happens to them and "failure" as anything that happens to Democrats; so in the upside-down world of Republiland, Bliss can probably say he "meant to do that."

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by: Sue Prent @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 19:01:01 PM UTC

Lies and the lying liars who tell them (0.00 / 0)

Bliss did not return a phone call seeking comment. But Erin Isaac, spokeswoman for the McMahon campaign, sent the following statement via email: "The case referenced deals with complex campaign finance law as indicated by the article. Please note that Corry is in no way involved in this lawsuit," she said[emphasis mine]

"Corry is in no way involved in this lawsuit . . "

No way?  OK, what does "no way" mean to a Republican spokesperson?

Here we go . . .  "No way Corry involved" . . . except that:
1. Corwin Bliss testified under oath that he was a conduit between the RGA and the Dubie campaign.

2. The lawsuit filed by the State of Vermont is 25 pages long w/over 100 paragraphs of factual background & allegations.  

3. I stopped counting references to, or statements made by, Cory Bliss after only the first 2 and 1/2 pages of factual allegations.  After just these first few pages, I had already counted over 25 references to Bliss's involvement in the underlying facts of the this lawsuit.

4.  Corry Bliss and Denise Casey are the two central figures in the lawsuit.

5.  Corry Bliss is one of, if not the, primary witness for the State of Vermont in this lawsuit.

6.  Corry Bliss's and Denise Casey's sworn testimony is at the core of the lawsuit.

7.  Corry Bliss's and Denise Casey's conduct is the central basis for the "State of Vermont vs. NGA 762-12-11, Wash. Co., Civil Div." lawsuit.

I could go on, but you get the idea.

Dear Ms. Isaac, feel free to read the lawsuit, in which Corry Bliss "is in no way involved," right here.  How does the saying go?  "Something blah blah something pants-on-fire?"

sláinte,
cl

-- Religion is like sodomy: both can be harmless when practiced between consenting adults but neither should be imposed upon children.

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by: Caoimhin Laochdha @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 19:26:56 PM UTC

Yikes (0.00 / 0)

so what we have are the ethics of a Republican campaign manager coupled with the political finesse of a TV wrestling promoter.Go Connecticut Republicans.

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by: BP @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 19:43:07 PM UTC

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Too Much Credit (4.00 / 1)

I think it's more about the candidates this hack hooks up with. Give him a sure bet, like someone running in Orange County, California, or Wichita. Even a blind GOP lackie should be able to find a wealthy, close-minded bastion every once and a while.  

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by: bozo @ Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 23:07:33 PM UTC

Major credit nonetheless (4.00 / 1)

Agreed that the buck stops with the candidate.

Also believe that most teams have certain "impact players."  For an inexperienced, and untested, candidate such as Brian Dubie, a campaign manager like Corry Bliss is such an impact player. Bliss was in a position to seal-the-deal on Dubie's defeat and he did.

-- Note, I refer to Brian Dubie as an "untested" candidate in the sense that he only had won a single competitive state-wide race, which was 2002.  The VT GOP has not enjoyed an election year as favorable to it since 2002. Despite the '02 built-in advantages that Dubie enjoyed in his lone competitive race, he only received a plurality vote of approx. 44% and therefore needed be elected by the General Assembly.


sláinte,
cl

-- Religion is like sodomy: both can be harmless when practiced between consenting adults but neither should be imposed upon children.

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by: Caoimhin Laochdha @ Sun Feb 19, 2012 at 16:18:18 PM UTC

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As the old saying goes (0.00 / 0)

Victory has a hundred mothers, but defeat is an orphan.  I'm sure Cory Bliss contributed to Dubie's problems, but that was most certainly a group effort.

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by: JulieWaters @ Sat Feb 18, 2012 at 02:31:22 AM UTC