Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The Atlantic is reporting that the Barack Obama campaign has dispatched its two top field commanders to Florida to help swing the state into the blue. "Steve Hildebrand, the deputy campaign manager, will oversee operations from Miami, and Paul Tewes,...
Radio Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Governor Chet Culver talked for 25 minutes; Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal told a joke about the Cornhuskers (he's from Council Bluffs); Obama campaign insider Paul Tewes (read about his visit below) stopped by and SEIU president Andy Stern was...
Mirror On America (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
From DailyKos: As Obama moves to unify the Democratic Party, he is sending his strategist Paul Tewes to join the DNC. But Howard Dean will remain. Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton: "Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grassroots level and looks forward to working with him as the chairman of the Democratic Party as we go forward." I know...
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
From DailyKos: As Obama moves to unify the Democratic Party, he is sending his strategist Paul Tewes to join the DNC. But Howard Dean will remain. Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton: "Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grassroots level and looks forward to working with him as the chairman of the Democratic Party as we go forward." I know...
Swampland (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
As the cable channels keep their laserlike focus on Hillary Clinton today, one of the more delicate rituals of presidential politics is taking place over at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Veteran Democratic operative Paul Tewes, who was the state director of Barack Obama's spectacularly successful Iowa operation, is being introduced to the staff there. This is a none-too-subtle statement...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
LAS VEGAS--In a friendly take-over that was expected, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean just welcomed to the DNC Paul Tewes, the chief of the Obama DNC team. Dean talks about his 50-state organizing strategy in his statement; ironically--since Obama...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
First, Howard Dean will stay as DNC Chair. We actually have a 50-state party after all. Obama's uber-strategist Paul Tewes has moved into the DNC building. And, no more lobbyist money into DNC coffers : "The DNC and the Obama Campaign are unified and working together to elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Our presumptive nominee has pledged not to take donations from Washington...
First Read (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro The Democratic National Committee is today recognizing Obama as the presumptive nominee, and Obama's team is putting its stamp on the organization. Operative Paul Tewes, who led Obama's Iowa campaign, will head up Obama's general-election strategy at the national committee. DNC Chairman Howard Dean will remain on as chairman. Tewes has no official title, but will be a...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
TPM Election Central confirms that Obama strategist Paul Tewes will be joining the DNC....
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
(CNN) — Barack Obama is set to ask the Democratic National Committee to no longer accept money from federal lobbyists or political actions committees, CNN has learned from sources at the DNC and the Obama campaign. CNN has also learned Obama will ask one of his top fundraisers, Paul Tewes, to aid in the DNC's fundraising [...]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Sen. Barack Obama "is quietly planning to take over the Democratic National Committee and assemble a multistate team for the general election, the latest sign that he is putting rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nomination fight behind him," the AP reports. "Top Obama organizer Paul Tewes is in discussions to run the party... Tewes is one of the leading architects of Obama's success in the marathon...
