Stuart Stevens
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1,161 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 5d ago
Stuart Stevens’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I would always discourage candidates.
I would say as bad as you think this is going to be, it's going to be worse.
So don't do this.
If the day after the race, when you lose, you're still glad you won, still glad you ran.
Because that's the test, because most people who run lose.
And, you know, the candidates I had found that appealing because it was honest and they, you know, it wasn't like a bunch of bullshit.
Like, and I think that the.
Biggest trap as a consultant to fall into when you start winning races and the secret to winning races as a consultant is to work for people who are going to win anyway and just don't fuck it up.
It's like being a baseball coach or something, a baseball manager, you know, get good players.
That helps.
No, it's good leaders to Lane Kiffin.
But you start winning races.
You start to think that you figured things out.
And that is a huge, huge trap because no races are the same.
And I will say this about Karl Rove, who I do think is a political genius.
Karl always stayed humble.
And in Bush world, we had a lot of flaws, but we stayed humble.
And we used to joke, it seemed a little funny at the time, after the 2000 race, you know, anybody can elect somebody president when you get more votes.
It takes professionals when you get half a million less.
But then in 2004...
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