Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, who worked on Jon M. Huntsman Jr.'s campaign this year, offered Mr. Romney this advice: "Let your smart operatives do the process stuff.
The Republican message machine learned, through a great deal of strategic thinking by very smart operatives like Frank Luntz and Dave Winston, that people are a lot more likely to listen and remember what you're saying if what you're saying connects to things they care about.
It's no surprise that a chorus of smart Republican operatives has been arguing that Romney-Rubio is the Party's strongest ticket.
"Um, this isn't so smart," the operative said.
It's not just that Ken Mehlman is a prominent Republican, which makes him an important asset to — and, now, organizer in — the gay-rights movement; it's that he is one of the smartest political operatives anywhere in the country right now, and that he understands better than perhaps anyone how moderate and persuadable Republicans think.
"He's a very smart political operative," said Geary, referring to Farage.
"She's a very smart political operative, and I would support anything that she does," Podesta, another attendee, said of Lambe.
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"Our advertising decisions are being made by a very smart team of political operatives who know that passing major reform will require some different and innovative tactics," James W. Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners and a contributor to the cause, said in an e-mailed statement.
And I certainly don't mean to question the often frightening smarts of Republican political operatives.
The first, a smart, prickly, compulsive C.I.A. operative in her 30s, is the real-life Carrie Mathison (minus the slutty behavior at work).
