![]() New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg described Sefl as so skilled at this role that her “fingerprints are usually impossible to spot.” (When asked what the campaign thought of Drudge, Sefl says, “The mystery of Matt in 2008 is that he was part antagonist and part fan.”) ![]() Sefl ran with that, and, in 2008, she was routinely dubbed as Hillary’s go-between. The group dissolved in late April after Hillary announced she was running. Sefl now divides her time between Chicago and DC.īack to the mysterious Drudge, whose politics lean way right, but who, Sefl told me, seemed “fascinated” by Hillary. Most noteworthy on her resume, especially should Hillary become president, Sefl was a senior adviser to the now-defunct superPAC Ready for Hillary. I do often collaborate with other consultants, including Republicans-within reason-when the work warrants it.” ![]() “My solo consultancy doesn't have a name, quite purposely so. The 43-year-old “Democratic communications strategist” tells me over a meeting at a pastry shop on Wells Street-and in subsequent email exchanges–that these days she counsels campaigns, candidates, executives, and authors. She now lives in Old Town with her husband, a psychologist who teaches at Northwestern Medical School. ![]() Sefl was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At that time, the site drew some 20 million hits per day. Clinton in her presidential primary race against Barack Obama, acted as Hillary’s liaison to Drudge. Drudge became famous-or infamous, depending on your political persuasion-in January of 1998 by keeping on the front page of the nation’s newspapers every salacious, shocking detail of Hillary’s husband’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky (including some that weren't so true in the end).įast forward to 2008 when Sefl, then working for Mrs. ![]() I have to admit that what first drew me to interviewing the political strategist and tireless Hillary booster Tracy Sefl, now living in Chicago, was her unlikely friendship with Matt Drudge, the founder and chief cook and bottle washer of The Drudge Report. ![]()
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