Former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, fresh off a 2012 victory, has been hired as a campaign strategy adviser for the UK’s Conservative Party, BBC reported Friday:
The Tories are hoping to emulate Mr Obama’s re-election against a backdrop of economic problems. Many other governments that have sought re-election during economic turbulence have been punished by voters at the ballot box.
The Conservatives are also thought to hope that Mr Messina will bring to their operation the same binding marriage of social media and political organisation that many in the US credit with securing Mr Obama a second term.
