Leading up to the elections in Great Britian, Jim Messina, former Obama campaign manager who is now co-chairman of the pro-Hillary Clinton PAC Priorities USA, served as an adviser to the British Conservative Party. Former Obama aide David Axelrod was an adviser to the Labour Party.
The Conservative Party scored big in the election:
BREAKING: UK Conservatives win 326 seats, giving them absolute majority in Parliament #GE2015
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 8, 2015
David Cameron wins second term, on Scotland pledges ‘to create the strongest devolved government anywhere in the world’
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 8, 2015
Axelrod congratulated Messina:
Congratulations to my friend @Messina2012 on his role in the resounding Conservative victory in Britain.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 8, 2015
Yep, it’s a head scratcher:
In Britain, Axelrod concedes to Messina. #GE2015 https://t.co/IYkMq2yZ4H
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 8, 2015
Labour's special adviser congratulates Obama's 2012 campaign manager for helping Tories win the election. What? https://t.co/hHRCXgjJnV
— Number10 (@ElwinWay) May 8, 2015
That said, Messina isn’t exactly going to be advising any conservative Republicans in the U.S. election season.
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/596666741775835136
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/596667163794141184
Then again…
@NathanWurtzel Fair to say they both had a big hand in the conservative victories in the US in 2010 and 2014.
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) May 8, 2015
Heh.
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