Inside The McMahon War Room

Daniela Altimari lifts the curtain on Corry Bliss, the operative who leads the McMahon campaign’s daily assault on Chris Murphy:

But Bliss has set the pace of the increasingly bitter race. He is part of a team of McMahon strategists, including those with ties to some of the most infamous campaign strikes of the past 25 years. The campaign’s Virginia-based general consultant Chris LaCivita was media adviser to the Swift Boat Veterans, which raised questions about John Kerry’s war record during the 2004 presidential race. McMahon has also retained McCarthy Hennings Media, whose founding partner, Larry McCarthy, created the Willie Horton ad that helped doom the presidential aspirations of Michael Dukakis in 1988.