Maria Comella

someone once said i have a track record of ending up in the middle of extraordinary stories. building comella & co. recovering politico.

[Maria Comella @macnyc]

Winning at all costs is an easy excuse, but it does not absolve us of responsibility for the ugly political landscape before us. My full piece below:

[VANITY FAIR @VanityFair]

Both political parties have lost the plot. The party apparatuses, the donors, and, yes, the operatives, seem to have forgotten why we got into campaigns and electing candidates in the first place.

Political strategist Maria Comella writes about the implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign and the political system that most values winning—no matter how much our moral principles are compromised to get there. https://t.co/EI545sbHFe

[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

Hacks, Heal Thyselves: Graham Platner and the Undoing of the Operative Class. Really interesting piece by @macnyc on the consultant class and the world we now live in: https://t.co/4X5IFOOk69

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

I’m not sure what possessed me to write about my dad, who’s now been dead a much greater part of my life than alive. This piece forced me to admit that his death was the worst event of my life, but also the catalyst for everything that came after.

https://t.co/xCGcug2e0u

[Maria Comella @macnyc]

Both parties should just do away with the response to the sotu. Makes no sense. Disconnected from the moment. A loser for anyone who does it.

[Spencer A. Klavan @SpencerKlavan]

There’s such a thing as true schmaltz, and it’s unendurable. But then there are sincerities so tender and true that C.S. Lewis says we “take our revenge” on them by calling them names like “sentimentalism” and “naïveté.” People do this to It’s A Wonderful Life not because it’s too saccharine but because it’s too profound. It touches deeper, where we hurt more, than we care to admit.

[Nick Reisman @NickReisman]

Great news for people who pretend to have read this book

[Douglas Murray @DouglasKMurray]

‘We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.’

[Nick de Semlyen @NickdeSemlyen]

RIP the legendary Tom Stoppard. Among his more famous achievements, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (under the pen-name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrilling beats and hilarious gags.

One of my favourites: the cut to Brody, after being hyped up as a master of spycraft, lost and blithering in a Turkish market.

[Ben Oreskes @boreskes]

“The lessons from the last presidential showed us that being against something isn’t enough, you have to be for something,” said Maria Comella, a former Cuomo adviser. “The harder path is the one that brings people with you, and that is the one that wins” https://t.co/EFMmrcyKzE

[Chris Christie @GovChristie]

ABC “This Week” 12/22/24

[Matt Katz @mattkatz00]

♥️
May your memory be a blessing, Arco. We spent a lot of time in a half-dozen or so states following the governor around…and you would’ve definitely texted me about this tweet. You were mensch & a true journalist.

And I miss that smile.

[Chris Christie @GovChristie]

Matt Arco was a first class reporter & an even better person. We got to know each other well over the last 15 years & I came to admire him & enjoy the time we spent together. His passing is a tragedy & I will truly miss him. My condolences to his family. https://t.co/Ju2WcOJQFa

[Maria Comella @macnyc]

@Phil_Mattingly Perfectly said

[Maria Comella @macnyc]

Absolutely devastating news. I’m heartbroken. He was as good as he was kind. I’ll miss him giving me a hard time for my poorly timed facial expressions.

https://t.co/vBcYAFvEfX

[Maria Comella @macnyc]

I feel the same way. I was lucky to know such a wise, kind and incredible person.

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

Before I ever met Ted Olson, I was indebted to him for his pivotal role in marriage equality. Then I was lucky enough to get to know him.

Brilliant. Honorable. But also funny and fun and just so full of life. I am so sad to hear of his passing.

https://t.co/do5UYemdjh

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

Christie on the aftermath - and precursors - to the attempt on Trump's life https://t.co/v7picFOOAI

[Jill Colvin @colvinj]

Participating in the next GOP debate are, per the RNC:
•Governor Chris Christie
•Governor Ron DeSantis
•Ambassador Nikki Haley
•Vivek Ramaswamy

[Chris Christie @GovChristie]

Today, I toured the Kfar Aza Kibbutz in the Gaza envelope with the Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana.

I came here to see with my own eyes what took place on October 7 and there are few words that can capture the brutality of it — dozens of men, women, and children murdered in their homes by Hamas.

It’s one thing to talk about these atrocities from the comfort of thousands of miles away. It’s another to see them firsthand. To listen to people on the ground, and to see the destruction and despair.

[Chris Christie @GovChristie]

It’s a gift to be an American.

You can’t truly say you love America unless you’re ready to open up your heart to every American. I’m going to open up my heart to every American as President, and I’ll return honesty and integrity to the Oval Office. We deserve and should accept nothing less.