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Article: No Reversing This Curse.(Periscope; Britain)(Bob Shrum)
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- Newsweek
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- November 19, 2007
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Byline: Stryker Mcguire
Conspicuously absent from the 2008 race is Bob Shrum, the uber-consultant who worked on eight presidential campaigns before retiring to Cape Cod, Mass. But across the Atlantic, Shrum, 64, is still quietly plying his trade for his close friend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Since Brown's ascension, Shrum has been working, unpaid, as a speechwriter and strategist and sees the P.M. "once or twice a week" -- a level of access comparable to that of a senior cabinet member.
Yet Brown's staff downplays Shrum's role, pointing out that he's only one of several key political advisers. Their fear is that exposing it will spotlight an ...
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