Spin this: The losingest duo is out

They had different approaches to handling their candidates, but in the end, their guys lost, and loudly. John Kerry’s chief consultant Bob Shrum and Howard Dean’s head advisor Joe Trippi announced to the Observer that they’re switching gears: Shrum, whose influence made Kerry put on that stupid camouflage outfit and who is less hot than a good Strom Thurmond joke in DC right now, is out of the game altogether. Trippi is, too, but wants to win one more – in New York!