The White House seemed within reach in 2000 when he worked for the Gore campaign as a senior strategist.

He is now senior strategist at NPR's social media desk.

"Mail pieces are like drive-by shootings," said a senior strategist for one of the campaigns.

Focus on the Speech "There is still no campaign plan, not even with the convention under way," said one of the party's senior strategists.

As a senior strategist at podesta.com, he follows every twitch of activity on legislation to define patients' rights.

"This is the battle that nobody wanted," one senior Democratic strategist said.

But a senior strategist for the new government said the former president was ejected to avoid further conflict and the risk of bloodshed.

But at the same time, the Republican nominee added a note of caution that other senior strategist made their message of the day.

"I think they overreacted to it," one senior Republican strategist said.

"Politics works two ways," said one senior Democratic strategist.