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Nov 17, 2013: Renew America: Will "Crossfire" drop Stephanie Cutter over lies?
Sean Higgins, a senior writer for the Washington Examiner, points out that CNN's Stephanie Cutter, who served as President Obama's deputy campaign manager in 2012, had echoed Obama's false claim that Obamacare would protect those people who wanted to keep their health insurance plans. Cutter was a member of Obama's "truth team."
Sept 13, 2013: New York Magazine: Stephanie Cutter Is Getting It From All Sides
By all accounts, Stephanie Cutter, the former deputy campaign manager for Obama’s reelection, ought to be having a good week. This is the week CNN relaunched Crossfire, with Cutter playing the Geraldine Ferraro part. Too bad conservative media site the Daily Caller — founded by Tucker Carlson, himself a former Crossfire host— used the show’s premiere as an excuse to review Cutter’s existence. Sept 13, 2013: MSNBC: Inside the Obama campaign: A plot against Stephanie Cutter
This article is adapted from “THE MESSAGE: The Reselling of President Obama” by Richard Wolffe Oct 28, 2012: The Hill: Cutter: Des Moines Register endorsement not based 'in reality’
Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter on Sunday dismissed the Des Moines Register endorsement of GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying it was not “based at all in reality.” 
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In the 1990s, Cutter worked as a junior aide to Mario Cuomo and also worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. She worked for former President Bill Clinton as Deputy Communications Director at the White House during his administration "to help restore Mr. Clinton’s image in the aftermath of (his) impeachment and Monica Lewinsky", and as Associate Administrator for Communications at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Beginning in 2001, she served as Communications Director for Senator Ted Kennedy. In July 2003 was named Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee. In November 2003, she was named communications director for the John Kerry campaign, at Kennedy's recommendation. During that campaign, she was criticized for having a surly and difficult personality and was often scapegoated for Kerry's loss. Kerry considered the criticism of her unfair and praised her work. After the Kerry campaign, Cutter returned to work for Kennedy.
In June 2008 Cutter was appointed Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama for the 2008 Presidential general election campaign. Stephanie Cutter and Michelle Obama immediately clicked and Cutter is widely credited with building Obama's popularity with the public, particularly her Let's Move! health initiative. She is credited with enlisting Republican Mike Huckabee to the program, to help prevent criticism from conservatives. She served as the Chief Spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. She served in the Treasury Department as Timothy Geithner's counselor where "she protected Geithner’s fragile reputation and tried to spin unpopular policies like the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the A.I.G. bailout." In May 2009, Cutter was appointed to serve as adviser to President Obama in the Supreme Court nominations. Later that year, GQ Magazine named Cutter one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington.
In 2010, Cutter was named Assistant to the President for Special Projects, charged with managing communications and outreach strategy for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In 2011, Cutter was named Deputy Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. In September 2011, the White House announced Cutter would leave her position as Deputy Senior Advisor to serve as deputy campaign manager for Obama for America. She has appeared in numerous campaign videos and ads for Obama's campaign, as well as a guest in TV appearances.
Beginning in 2001, she served as Communications Director for Senator Ted Kennedy. In July 2003 was named Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee. In November 2003, she was named communications director for the John Kerry campaign, at Kennedy's recommendation. During that campaign, she was criticized for having a surly and difficult personality and was often scapegoated for Kerry's loss. Kerry considered the criticism of her unfair and praised her work. After the Kerry campaign, Cutter returned to work for Kennedy.
In June 2008 Cutter was appointed Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama for the 2008 Presidential general election campaign. Stephanie Cutter and Michelle Obama immediately clicked and Cutter is widely credited with building Obama's popularity with the public, particularly her Let's Move! health initiative. She is credited with enlisting Republican Mike Huckabee to the program, to help prevent criticism from conservatives. She served as the Chief Spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. She served in the Treasury Department as Timothy Geithner's counselor where "she protected Geithner’s fragile reputation and tried to spin unpopular policies like the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the A.I.G. bailout." In May 2009, Cutter was appointed to serve as adviser to President Obama in the Supreme Court nominations. Later that year, GQ Magazine named Cutter one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington.
In 2010, Cutter was named Assistant to the President for Special Projects, charged with managing communications and outreach strategy for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In 2011, Cutter was named Deputy Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. In September 2011, the White House announced Cutter would leave her position as Deputy Senior Advisor to serve as deputy campaign manager for Obama for America. She has appeared in numerous campaign videos and ads for Obama's campaign, as well as a guest in TV appearances.
Oct 11, 2012: Stephanie Cutter in a response to Fox News Bret Baier on Benghazi: "What are you suggesting here? Are you suggesting that we’re playing politics with this? ....You have to, you have to concede............Absolutely, and this administration, let me just get my sentence out. ..........This administration has treated this entire tragedy with the upmost seriousness. ............to get to the bottom of the attacks, hold the perpetrators accountable, and make sure that it never happens again. ............ That’s why we are being responsible and diligent about our investigation. .....Now, at the same time that we’re doing that, we have two people campaigning around the country, accusing us of, of covering something up. Just yesterday Mitt Romney accused us of covering this up. You know how investigations go. Investigations take time to uncover. .......And as information becomes available, the administration has made that information public. ............... How about this, take a look at, the director of national intelligence’s statement. ............. Which you may disagree with, but you can’t accuse them of playing politics. His statement two weeks after the attack said that, there was an original conclusion that people were taking advantage of protests surrounding that video to attack the embassy. .............. We then learned weeks later that it was a deliberate, premeditated attack by terrorists. ............... Now that’s was responsive, responsive people do when they are conducting an investigation and releasing information so that the American people can understand what happened in this country. "
During the 2012 campaign, Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist, stated that Cutter is "arguably the strongest player on either side out there now." CNN announced on June 26, 2013, that Cutter will join a new version of Crossfire re-launching in the fall of 2013, with panelists Newt Gingrich, S. E. Cupp, and Van Jones
