Washington, DC
Sen. D’Amato, was backing Bob Dole for President in ’96 GOP primary against Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX), Lamar Alexander, Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan and others.
Between January and March of 1996, I was asked by the Dole campaign to help them during the GOP primary — and D’Amato allowed me to continue at NRSC as communications director as well as consult for the Dole campaign — an unconventional arrangement, but one I surely appreciated. “Just remember where you really work,” D’Amato said when he gave me the green light.
Once Dole won the key “Rust Belt” primaries in mid-March, I resumed full-time at NRSC.