- Tucker Eskew
Tucker Eskew is a Republican politician in the
United States currently "chief of staff and permanent companion on the campaign trail" toSarah Palin . [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/presidentialdebates/3091724/Vice-presidential-debate-Sarah-Palin-relies-on-Bush-veterans-for-her-big-day.html Sunday Telegraph (September 27, 2008) "Vice-presidential debate: Sarah Palin relies on Bush veterans for her big day"] ]2000 George W. Bush campaign
During the presidential primary campaign in 2000, Tucker directed
South Carolina communications forGeorge W. Bush in his hard-fought campaign againstJohn McCain . ANew York Times report on the South Carolina Republican primary described him as "Mr. Bush's spokesman here and a longtime political operative," quoting his pushback against crossover voters: "I think this alliance between the limousine-liberal Democrats and the McCain campaign is distorting the intent of real Republican voters." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0D7133EF933A25751C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink NYT (February 10, 2000) "Democrats Drawn to McCain Are Unsettling Republicans"] ]According to
ABC News , "When the media first reported push-poll phone calls from Voter/Consumer Research, a company hired by the Bush campaign, asking South Carolinians if they knew about McCain’s role in the S&L crisis and his scandal as a member of theKeating Five , it was Eskew -- Bush’s South Carolina spokesman – who acknowledged, and defended, the calls." [http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/mccain-hires-go.html ABC News Jake Tapper (September 1, 2006) "McCain Hires GOP Operative Who Helped Smear Him in South Carolina in 2000"] ]After the Bush upset victory over McCain in South Carolina, Eskew became a top advisor to the Bush national campaign. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/13/politics/13BUSH.html NYT (December 13, 2000)"With a Victory Apparently His, Bush Plays the Strong, Silent Role"] ] He also served as spokesman for the Bush/Cheney recount committee in Florida. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4DF1F3DF931A35751C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink (December 2, 2000) "Court Says No to a New Palm Beach Vote"] ]
George W. Bush administration
After Bush took office in January, 2001, Eskew became the director of Bush's Office of Media Affairs at the White House, the number two
public relations position under chief media chiefKaren Hughes . But in November of 2001, Eskew was moved to the Foreign Office in London to help plan media strategy in opposition toOsama bin Laden , " for the Coalition Information Centre, a three-pronged rebuttal and publicity operation based in Washington, London and Islamabad ... mainly driven by the US and UK." [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tucker-eskew-american-spin-doctor-in-london-654660.html (March 19, 2002) "Tucker Eskew: American spin doctor in London"] ]2008 John McCain presidential campaign
According to ABC News, Eskew was brought on board the McCain campaign to "help Palin prepare for her Wednesday night acceptance speech at the GOP convention and for her stump speech as she hits the road, brief her on policy matters, and help her handle the media scrutiny a lifetime in
Alaska does not necessarily prepare one for."The
Chicago Tribune (September 11, 2008) described Eskew as "a constant by Palin's side this week, as she has hopped between SUVs and campaign planes, all the while reading briefing materials or receiving quick tutorials from policy advisers who have dipped on and off the campaign trail to visit with her." [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-091108-palin-media-sep12,0,5091254.story Chicago Tribune (September 11, 2008) "Veterans of Bush team prep Sarah Palin for TV interview"] ]External links
* [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=82939&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=741937&highlight= Press release, 2005] "Tucker Eskew joins US Newswire advisory board."
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eskew-bio.html Official White House biography]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02assess.html?ex=1378353600&en=2480c5882945ed94&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink New York Times (September 1, 2008) "In Political Realm, ‘Family Problem’ Emerges as Test"] NYT article describes Eskew as "senior advisor" to Governor Palin.
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/13323 "Palin team stocked with Bush veterans"] Yahoo News, Sep 10, 2008]References
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