Republican Political Strategist

Ed Gillespie

1 article 2010

Ed Gillespie is a Republican political strategist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee. He later ran for governor of Virginia in 2017. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2010.

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March 22, 2010 · Ed Gillespie, Magazine

In 2008, John McCain and Sarah Palin not only had to run against Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the Democrats’ usual allies in the news media, they faced an onslaught from entertainment media as well. Everyone remembers Saturday Night Live’s skewering portrayals of Palin and McCain and President…