" WARNING: ATTACK DOG ON PREMISES " signs hung from fences.
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He is Trump's personal fixer, attack dog, and chief intermediary.
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FOR TEN years, Michael Cohen was Donald Trump's attack dog.
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He could be an effective attack dog against Hillary Clinton.
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GOP attack dog Jim Jordan accuses Vindman of leaking information.
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Someone suggests that Kylie could get a German Shepard attack dog.
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However, a day later Trump backpedaled on the "attack dog" comments.
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"I'm not looking for an attack dog," Trump told Fox News.
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But at this gathering, the attack-dog speech is the standard.
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But how can Beijing show a loyal attack dog the door?
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Biden's brand has never been that of an attack dog, however.
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Then, he was the scowling, scathing attack dog hounding Hillary Clinton.
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Was she the attack dog making the case against the establishment?
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It was Mr. Trump's old attack dog against his new pack.
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Clinton should be president, rather than delivering stemwinders or playing attack dog.
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Formerly known for his bipartisanship, Graham elected to play the attack dog.
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Or will he pick an "attack dog" who will tear into Clinton?
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But there is something underneath the attack dog mentality Trump turned on Vindman.
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Doesn't this just make you fundamentally an attack dog for the White House?
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I'm not looking for an attack dog," he said on Fox's "Special Report.
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Attack-dog skill should be retired as a factor in choosing a president.
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What was on display last Thursday was not Klobuchar the partisan attack dog.
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If Clinton wanted an in-your-face attack dog, Tim Kaine answered the call.
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"Let's remember who David Brock is: he is a political attack dog," Sanders said.
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Should he go after Kaine hard and risk sounding like Trump the attack dog?
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Jordan has established himself as Trump's main attack dog in the hearings, but Rep.
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In his testimony in front of the committee, Kavanaugh was a partisan attack dog.
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The job is frequently referred to as that of an "attack dog" for a reason.
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Gwyneth told the jury she got an attack dog to protect her and her family.
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However, based on those adorable faces ... we're guessing it's more obedience than attack dog school.
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And the media, too, is viewed by this president as an attack dog against him.
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He is a Washington outsider and would be an effective attack dog on the Democrats.
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At times, though, he proved a brutally efficient attack dog, delivering polished critiques of Mrs.
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Trump may be a natural attack dog, but he's not a professional writer and it shows.
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Once Nixon was in office, Vice President Spiro Agnew served as his anti-press attack dog.
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" A speechwriter responded that Podesta's guidance was: "We don't want her to be the attack dog.
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Wait, you are not an attack dog But by Wednesday night, the job description had changed.
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Traditionally, it is the vice presidential nominee's role to be the attack dog on the ticket.
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By acting as the proverbial attack dog, he makes witnesses look like they're on the defensive.
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Clinton, who has said she wants a running mate who can act as an attack dog.
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As his attack dog, Mr. Trump hired Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor.
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Tom Cotton, a reliable Republican attack dog, tweeted the morning after the Ramirez accusation was published.
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Kaine does not inspire fear, and the position is part attack dog and part fund-raiser.
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And his understated persona is a departure from the traditional attack-dog persona many presidential candidates seek.
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Kaine has increasingly stepped into the role of vice presidential attack dog for Clinton in recent days.
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A last-ditch defense against an attack dog is Looney Tunes-absurd, but also makes perfect sense.
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But somewhere along the road to becoming Trump's "attack dog," he lost a bit of his humanity.
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Far from being a wimp, Mr. Cortes argued, Mr. Baroni was an attack dog for Mr. Christie.
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And "attack dog" Matt Gaetz&aposs bullying, hypocrisy, and "alternative facts" often land him in hot water.
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It's how the Virginia senator would do as an attack-dog running mate that's still in question.
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Instead his role is more political than legal -- a combination showman, political attack-dog and Trump whisperer.
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Giuliani has been Trump's attack dog since he was hired as an unpaid personal attorney April 2018.
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He's repeatedly attacked Trump with insult-laden provocations straight out of the president's own attack dog playbook.
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Traditionally, he or she must also be an attack dog, making the case against the nominee's opponent.
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He's so against it, in fact, he sends his attack dog Doug to confront LeAnn in Episode 1.
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Mr Neil is a tenacious attack dog: few continental leaders are subjected to this level of public interrogation.
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He has been referred to as an ''attack dog'' in his role as lawyer for the state Republicans.
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The last time the president's once-ubiquitous attack dog did a major TV appearance was on Sunday, Jan.
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Nevertheless, Cruz claims Stone is now "the campaign's attack dog, spreading lies and personal smears," Yahoo News reports.
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Biden has been one of Clinton's top surrogates of the cycle and a frequent attack dog of Trump.
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She also said she was so afraid, she got an attack dog to protect her and her family.
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A soft-spoken and polite former prosecutor, Schiff is in many ways an unlikely attack dog on Russia.
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The Fox hosts called Wolf's jokes "attack dog-style" humor and praised Sanders for how she handled it.
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He has shown himself to be an effective attack dog, the traditional role for a vice-presidential nominee.
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Clinton during the 2008 election, defending her in attack-dog fashion during a difficult primary against Barack Obama.
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Issa was chairman of the House Oversight Committee and had a reputation for being a conservative attack dog.
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It's hard to imagine improving on last week's debate in terms of attack dog politics for either candidate.
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I think, in the Zinke profile, that ... Which, by the way, called him Trump's attack dog, I believe.
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It was also a showcase for Giuliani's freelance, catch-as-catch-can approach to being a Trump attack dog.
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Christie has several major strengths as a VP contender: governing experience, attack dog skills, and loyalty to Trump himself.
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Trump, the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, said Wednesday he not looking for an "attack dog" in his running mate.
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Mr. Pence left most of the attack-dog role that is typical of a running mate to Mr. Trump.
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And at the center of their wrath is Mr. Schiff, whose doughy-faced demeanor hardly evokes an attack dog.
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Mr. Connolly is comfortable playing attack dog in the hearing room, but his aggressive tactics have also drawn reprimands.
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Despite his frustrations with Giuliani, Trump associates say the president understands his value as an attack dog against Mueller.
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The group could pump millions of dollars behind her candidacy and provide an outside attack dog against her Democratic opponents.
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Unlike many vice presidential running mates, the mild-mannered Pence was not tapped as the attack dog in the Nov.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was an attack dog, positioning himself to the left of most of the pack.
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Witnesses told the paper police sicced an attack dog on him and tased him before closing in and detaining him.
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Obama has also reveled in going after Trump, an indication he could play the role of attack dog for Clinton.
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The seemingly ubiquitous Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Dominic Cummings, a political "attack dog" chosen to spearhead the "Vote Leave" effort.
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His victory seemed a vindication not only of his willingness to embrace President Trump, but of his attack-dog brand.
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Giuliani is an attack dog There's another side to Giuliani that Trump likes — he is not afraid of a fight.
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"People don't want a lap dog for Mitch McConnell, but they don't want an attack dog, either," Jones told Weigel.
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Palin pioneered the brash, off-the-cuff anti-establishment rhetoric and freewheeling attack-dog style that Trump has perfected this cycle.
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With that in mind, why not sic Fiorina on Trump in the traditional "attack dog" role for a vice presidential nominee?
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" Trump walked back the "attack dog" comments the following day, however, saying, "I want to pick somebody who is very good.
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Warren has over-exposed herself as an attack dog for Clinton and thus, put herself in the crosshairs of the GOP.
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During that contest, then-Vice President Thomas Jefferson outsourced his dirty work to a secret attack dog named James Thomas Callender.
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Here's your NFL savage hit of the week ... courtesy of a U.S. military attack dog that just BLEW UP Mark Ingram!!!
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Which makes it all the stranger that his chief attack dog for nearly five years has been so dismissive of one.
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Critics argue that the newspaper has become something of an attack dog for the government ahead of presidential elections next year.
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Where, in other words, is my attack dog ready to shred the special counsel Robert Mueller and the rule of law?
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Cohen, 51, is a close confidante of Trump and is often seen as an attack dog who will fiercely defend the president.
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" But Grayson appeared to link Reid to other top Democrats, saying he is "their attack dog, that's what it comes down to.
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Tallahassee, Florida (CNN)Tim Kaine assumed the role of Hillary Clinton's attack dog Friday, saying Donald Trump embraces "Ku Klux Klan" values.
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Trump indicated in one interview that he'd like an attack dog, although he rowed back on this when later asked about it.
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In hiring Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Trump has turned to someone who is a reliable, loyal surrogate and an attack dog on television.
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Castro's willingness to play attack dog could be a benefit in and of itself, but his real virtue is his immigration policy.
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In one stuttering sequence of pictures, a police attack dog lunges at an unarmed demonstrator and rips the clothes from his body.
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He is viewed as one of Trump's most loyal allies and a strong attack dog for questioning witnesses and pushing GOP arguments.
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Democrats noted Chelsea is much more comfortable showing Hillary's softer side and seemed uncomfortable switching to an "attack dog" role. http://bit.
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Mr. Trump wanted Mr. Kemp to appoint Mr. Collins, figuring Mr. Collins would be an attack dog during a Senate impeachment trial.
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The president seemingly wanted an attack dog for himself, but ended up hiring a person who wanted to attack others for real.
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Admission includes watching former Israeli commandos take down an "attacker" and other means to thwart assaults, including the use of an attack dog.
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Tim Kaine had a much sharper mastery of policy but was forced to play attack dog, a role that doesn't fit his personality.
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After all, it is often seen as a primary role of a vice presidential candidate to act as the presidential candidate's attack dog.
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And if Warren has proved one thing in the past few months, it's that she'd be a fantastic attack dog against Donald Trump.
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The trial lawyers, who the Chamber of Commerce, the attack dog for the large corporations, spends millions of dollars to attack and belittle.
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Vice President Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney were both known for playing the role of attack dog on the campaign trail.
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And Mr. Ryan, after a brief pretense of agonizing about Mr. Trump, is now in full attack-dog mode on the candidate's behalf.
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Warren's intense feud with Trump has fueled speculation she desires the vice presidency, which often fills the attack dog role on political tickets.
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Mr. Kaine and Mr. Pence are both solid debaters, but Mr. Kaine is more natural as an attack dog, a quality that Mrs.
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It is the traditional role of a vice-presidential running mate—that of attack dog—to which Mr Kaine has most easily adjusted.
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While Mr. Vucicevic freely admits to being "old friends" with Mr. Vucic, he rejects accusations that The Informer is a political attack dog.
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The Republican senator has waffled on the issue of protecting Mueller, and of late he's been a loyal attack dog for the president.
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But he also pointed out that Trump's effectiveness as an attack dog on the stump would destroy Hillary Clinton in a general election.
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The Mountain steps forward silently to defend her, and Lancel warns her to call off her giant zombie attack dog, lest there be violence.
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Matt Gaetz, who sits on the subcommittee for Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative law, has become a lead attack dog for Trump on Fox News.
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The lawmaker from Massachusetts, who endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Clinton last month, has served as an attack dog for the Democrats against Trump.
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The 24 race has been notably nasty, with Trump assuming the attack dog role campaigns have traditionally outsourced to running mates and surly surrogates.
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And Castro really does seem like he'd do the job of vice president — attack dog on the stump, glad-hander in office — very well.
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" Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that he's looking for an "attack dog" running mate who's "skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
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Really, Sanders' campaign being light on Hillary is a huge lost opportunity for her and, as a political attack dog, you should know this.
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Clinton may not have picked Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey as her running mate, but he still gave his best attack dog performance.
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Playing the attack dog role in these hearings is the sort of thing that conservatives, who care deeply about judicial nominees, will remember forever.
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If nothing else, this week's Democratic Party conclave will be remembered as the unlikely coming out party of its newly minted attack dog: Elizabeth Warren.
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For months, the Florida senator resisted taking on Republican front-runner and expert attack dog Donald Trump, much to the chagrin of the GOP establishment.
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YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF ME: Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate, spoke at the convention last night, playing attack dog against Donald Trump.
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Fiorina, Mr. Cruz has turned to a credible outsider and an expert attack dog who has sparred often with the senator's rivals in both parties.
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Clinton pause about putting a young fresh face on the debate stage this fall — rather than an attack dog, according to several Clinton campaign advisers.
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Each person brings a different skill or asset, whether it's a well-trained attack dog, an off-grid home, or a black belt in karate.
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As a part of it, someone decided it would be hilarious to suit Ingram up and let an attack dog have a go at him.
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Some GOP lawmakers have privately questioned whether Jordan would be a thorn in leadership's side if he were named the Judiciary Committee's attack dog. Rep.
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This can mean different things — sometimes playing the attack dog role for an incumbent president while the president balances campaigning and actually holding the office.
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Unified Patents is a PAE counter-measure — one might even call it a patent attack dog: It challenges bad patents to get them out of circulation.
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Far from being the liberal attack-dog of his imagining, the agency is already thinly stretched and environmental groups correspondingly accustomed to filling in the gaps.
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Furthermore, Fiorina's effectiveness as an attack dog will be limited because she won't ever be in the same room as Trump in the next few weeks.
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But Rubio and Haley also had plenty of insults for Trump, as well, in keeping with his recent attack-dog stump speeches since last week's debate.
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The self-effacing Will Straw, its executive director, is hardly an attack dog, unlike his counterparts at Vote Leave, Matthew Elliott and the pugnacious Dominic Cummings.
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" Another former aide who worked for Clinton during her 2008 bid said Bill Clinton "should have let others be the attack dog while he promotes Hillary.
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During his recent alliance-mending mission in Asia, however, Mr. Mattis was more loyal friend than attack dog, hailed as a welcome voice of sober restraint.
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Whoever fills those roles in a Democrat-controlled House would become the face of the GOP resistance and the leading attack dog defending the Trump administration.
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Whitaker was already on Trump's radar — per the New York Times, he'd been interviewed about joining the White House "as a legal attack dog" against Mueller.
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More than anything else, Kaine showed that he's quite comfortable mocking Republican nominee Donald Trump, apparently relishing the attack-dog role traditionally assumed by vice presidential candidates.
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She generally avoided public criticism of the nuclear negotiations themselves, in keeping with a decision aides made that she shouldn't be an "attack dog" against the deal.
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The Senate Minority Leader, a former boxer, often serves as his party's attack dog, and he has pulled no punches when going after the Republican presidential nominee.
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But Pence made clear this week that he's more than willing to play the role of attack dog, strongly criticizing Hillary Clinton during a rally with Trump.
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Its biggest story, though, is the man himself, and how he reacts to feeling cornered: exhaustion behind the scenes, and revved-up attack-dog determination in public.
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And though Christie's presidential campaign never really took off, he repeatedly demonstrated his skill as an attack dog — most memorably when he provoked Marco Rubio's debate meltdown.
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Meanwhile, in the presidential campaign, Mr. Cohen continued showing the boss what a tough guy he could be, playing attack dog on TV and with the media.
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He made his name defending corporations in price-fixing cases, transforming himself into an impeccably tailored oenophile whose elegant appearance belied his attack-dog style in court.
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Joe McCarthy's chief counsel and lead attack dog during the so-called Communist witch hunts of the 1950s, represented Trump and his businesses during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Tim Kaine leaned further into the role of vice presidential attack dog Tuesday, suggesting Donald Trump wouldn't stand up to a potential Russian hack of the American election.
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" Kaine was in full attack-dog mode during a series of television interviews, mocking Trump's high-profile meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on CNN's "New Day.
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Christie wasn't just an attack dog, though, also defending Trump from Rubio's suggestion that Trump has only been successful because he inherited millions of dollars from his father.
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At the margins, a Veep-pick can be an effective attack dog, tearing into the other party's presidential nominee while the boss stays, statesman-like, above the fray.
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Rubio has escalated his attack against Trump today, while Christie coupled his support for Trump with an attack-dog barrage against Rubio, whom Christie obviously holds in contempt.
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He's not seen to be this attack dog, a lot of people like him for his Midwestern charm, so we're yet to see how that will play out.
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The news raised eyebrows in D.C., with some Democrats worried that the the department is acting like Trump's political attack dog instead of an independent law enforcement agency.
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A fixture on cable news and a fierce critic of Trump, Connolly would bring an attack dog aspect to Democrats' impeachment messaging that many lawmakers say is needed.
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Cohen, a former Trump Organization executive vice president, had been one of Trump's most loyal associates for years, and an attack dog when he faced unfavorable coverage from journalists.
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While some in the party have suggested he may not be the best attack dog against Trump, Kaine is confident he knows how to draw distinctions with other candidates.
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The moment showcased Christie's political dexterity and ability to outwit his opponents, leaving little doubt that he could easily embrace the role of loyal surrogate and willing attack dog.
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Christie, a former rival of Trump for the presidential nomination, showed himself capable of assuming the role of political attack dog, a job the vice presidential nominee usually assumes.
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He puts his attack dog tail between his legs, opens his big blue eyes, bats those CoverGirl worthy eyelashes, and bites his tongue as he appeals to his partner.
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Trump and Warren are far apart politically, and Warren established a reputation during the campaign as a particularly able attack dog for Clinton in challenging Trump as a candidate.
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Mr. Castro can help with that, especially should he become the vice-presidential nominee, a job for which the main qualification is being a pull-no-punches attack dog.
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Last April, Mr. Trump hired Rudolph W. Giuliani, his longtime friend and a famously combative former mayor of New York, as his personal lawyer and ubiquitous television attack dog.
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"Senator Sanders said he understood that I was supposed to be a pitbull and attack dog when I was party chairman, and sometimes you get carried away," Mr. Harpootlian said.
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RELATED: Giuliani previews potential 2020 attack dog role with Biden-Ukraine story Giuliani said he's meeting in his capacity as the President's personal lawyer and helping to defend his client.
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That gives Giuliani -- with decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and a lengthy list of media contacts -- the chance to play a free-agent attack dog on Trump's behalf.
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It's not just that Warren is a potent attack dog against Trump; it's that she's basically the only available Democrat of sufficient stature to look like a plausible vice president.
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Mr. Cohen is a longtime lawyer and fixer who, in a decade at Mr. Trump's side, has served as a reliable attack dog against real or perceived threats to him.
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Christie has proven himself to be a loyal Clinton attack dog—but with more damning revelations in Bridgegate coming to light, he might have to take it up a notch.
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TMZ Sports has obtained police body cam footage from the SWAT team raid on ex-NFL wide receiver Davone Bess ... including the moment officers sicced an attack dog on him.
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His supporters privately make the case he could be the first African-American speaker, arguing his dynamic style and rhetoric could make a formidable attack dog against President Donald Trump.
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Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who in many ways served as Clinton's attack dog on the campaign trail, was able to pull off revolution unscathed during her congressional run, Traister notes.
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Jim Jordan, a strident ally of the president and long a congressional attack dog for Trump, quickly made a splash in Wednesday's hearing after being subbed in on the committee.
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Hell, she defuses a biological bomb from detonating in Grand Central station, while commanding Spider-Man (her ex, let's not forget) like he's the well-trained attack dog in the situation.
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Take the career of James Callender, a nefarious mudslinger of the worst sort who was employed (on the down-low) as an attack dog by Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 election.
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The approach has added to speculation about her becoming a running mate for Hillary Clinton, who has said she wants a vice-presidential candidate who can act as an attack dog.
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He had more equivocal words for some other potential running mates: Mr. Gingrich, he said, is a fearless attack dog but has "issues," according to people present for Mr. Trump's remarks.
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"No one wants to take sexism seriously," said Adam Jentleson, a Democratic political operative in close contact with the Warren campaign who has served as an attack dog for her online.
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With his own presidential campaign an unqualified bust, Mr. de Blasio appears to have found his voice and renewed vigor as an attack dog for Mr. Sanders, the Democratic front-runner.
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Here's what we know: Giuliani's accusation Rudy Giuliani, the President's attorney and political attack dog, said on CNN Thursday night that his ongoing efforts to pursue Clinton took him to Ukraine.
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That President Trump initially decided that the trade "attack dog" should be chained sends a signal to China of the philosophical divide that exists within his administration on the China trade issue.
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Jordan, an attack dog who frequently appears on cable news defending Trump and calling out leaders in both parties, has been adamant that he knew nothing about any abuse of his wrestlers.
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I think the president is the one person who does not need to be an attack dog if he can make people feel just a little bit better about our economic future.
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Jordan, a former collegiate wrestling champion and partisan attack dog, has come out swinging against the allegations, and he has more than 20 former wrestlers and coaches denying the accusations against him.
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So that July, the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, interviewed Mr. Whitaker about joining the president's team as a legal attack dog against the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
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Even when American citizens and institutions are threatened with deadly violence, his instinct brings him back to the attack dog-style response that we would hear on almost any other given day.
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If another candidate on stage Thursday night (other than Biden) wins the nomination and is looking for an attack dog for a running mate, Castro gave them something to think about. 2.
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His final act on the campaign trail was as an attack dog, savaging Marco Rubio, a favorite among establishment Republicans looking for a breakout candidate to take on Mr. Trump and Ted Cruz.
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When he joined the chant of "lock her up" against Hillary Clinton at the Republican National Convention he made it clear that this military official had turned into a rabid partisan attack dog.
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UFC badass Max Holloway doesn't get taken to the ground very often ... but he got BLOWN UP by a military attack dog in South Korea -- and the whole thing was caught on video.
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He was not always flashy, particularly compared with speakers before and after him, but he proved his attack-dog mettle with a blistering, exaggerated impression of Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee for president.
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Kaine's finest moments in the debate were when he listed Trump's most reprehensible campaign moments — but a lot of them were undermined by his overeagerness to jump into the role of attack dog.
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Lindsey Graham, who turned into a pro-Kavanaugh attack dog for the GOP during the hearings and after, said he will set aside a longstanding commitment to not campaign against sitting Democratic senators.
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Scott Brown on Monday stepped into the attack dog role for Donald Trump, saying his former Senate opponent Elizabeth Warren should "take a DNA test" if she wants to prove her Native American heritage.
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And despite the myth of the door-slamming homeowner or the vicious attack dog in the yard, Tucker thinks most people are receptive to the in-person sales pitch (this sounds like my nightmare).
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Before entering provincial politics in Alberta, he served as a federal minister in Harper's cabinet, where he was known as the Conservative prime minister's lieutenant and his attack dog in the House of Commons.
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READ: CNN's Veep shortlist Conventional political wisdom says that a VP pick should "do no harm" and offer up a viable campaign surrogate for the candidate who can also serve as an attack dog.
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Since then, the consumer organization, a reliable attack dog on competition issues involving Google, has often been described as a front group for the software company that makes perennial second-place search engine Bing.
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" The Clinton campaign was quick to tout Kaine's handling of his attack dog role to supporters, blasting out in an email that he "took on Donald Trump's most overused and false promise: 'Believe me.
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Perhaps more so than Fallin, Blackburn would embrace the role of attack dog against Clinton and be able to neutralize some of the attacks Trump will face over his past disparaging remarks about women.
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One of the key jobs of a vice presidential candidate is to be an attack dog, and Booker embraced that task with relish, throwing a series of rhetorical bombs at the presumptive Republican nominee.
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He has introduced several bills related to energy, including one that would phase out tax subsidies for oil companies and another that would set a carbon fee, while embracing the role of attack dog.
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Pence, who is campaigning with Trump on Tuesday night and likely knows the candidate the least well of the three, will need to prove his "attack dog" bona fides over the next few days.
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That's probably a fair question, because Giuliani served as an undisciplined attack dog for Trump during the campaign, saying a large number of patently and provably false things on a wide array of topics.
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Kaine, whose attack-dog demeanor on Tuesday conflicted with his usual nice-guy approach, didn't have his best performance, but "he did what he needed to do," one longtime friend of the Democratic nominee said.
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It was a disappointing turn of events to see a Marine-turned-chief-of-staff take the White House lectern and complete his transformation from the adult in the room to a political attack dog.
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Like Clyburn, his allies privately make the case he could also be the first African-American speaker and argue his dynamic style and rhetoric could make him a formidable attack dog against President Donald Trump.
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And then, too, Trump's unprecedented mudslinging and attack-dog campaign style unsettled Clinton's mojo, but through it all she was able to hold her own and managed to remain the frontrunner until the very end.
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Instead, his remarks served as more of an offensive attack against Trump, in a sign that the vice president may reprise his role as attack dog, which he played in the 85033 and 2012 elections.
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He's one of the few true plus defenders left at the point guard position, a long-armed, strong, quick attack dog who knows exactly how to play the angles to force his man into uncomfortable spots.
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In Westfield, Indiana, Pence took the stage, making a short introduction that struck down the notion that he couldn't successfully play the attack dog -- taking aim at Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.
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It was hard not to remember that Mr. Trump once said he wanted an "attack dog" for his running mate, something that Mr. Pence, who has previously denounced negative campaigning, has not yet proved skilled at.
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Even Jordan, who has largely established himself as the president's main attack dog in these hearings, refrained from attacking Yovanovitch directly and instead tried to get her to acknowledge the Ukrainian government was opposed to Trump.
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"When the facts changed, I changed my mind," said Carville, the ex-Clinton senior strategist who played a lead role as an attack dog defending the Democratic president against a GOP-led 1998-99 impeachment effort.
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He made his name in 2006 when he received public recognition for his role as the attack-dog prosecutor grilling former Enron chairman and CEO Ken Lay in one of the biggest corporate fraud trials ever.
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She has also appeared to audition for the part by ratcheting up her attacks on Trump, providing Clinton with a glimpse of how effective she could be in the vice president's traditional role of attack dog.
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"His demeanor, his attack dog strategy, he would've been much better served being the Tim Kaine he's always been, which is a really genteel and good, you know, just a policy focused person that cares," Rickers said.
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By giving Boyle (Breitbart's most unrestrained attack dog) such prominence from the outset, Scaramucci is signaling that the President wants to make better use of conservative/friendly media outlets to transmit his messages without a critical filter.
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The Ohio congressman, who has long been an attack dog on the right, went after two of the wrestlers who initially came forward with the accusations that Jordan had turned a blind eye to the alleged abuse.
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Podliska, an Air Force Reserve major, made the notable claim last year that he was fired from the Benghazi Committee for refusing to follow its turn into a political attack dog against Clinton and the State Department.
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Of the two, Mr. Kaine appeared far different from his usual self: He has been a more mellow debater in the past, a sign that the Clinton campaign trained him to be an attack dog on Tuesday.
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Rather, it backfired badly for the Democratic ticket, giving Pence the debate win and allowing him to act like a calm soft-spoken Midwesterner in the face of a "negative" attack dog — although a seemingly nervous-sounding one.
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The ex-staffer told me that Weiner felt he was doing an important job as Democratic attack dog, but that his real passion was constituent service—helping a voter with a mortgage modification, getting someone a green card.
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Twenty points ahead of her nearest contender in opinion polls, and with most of Britain's attack-dog tabloids cooing at her every move, the 60-year-old vicar's daughter appeared a perfect fit for the post-Brexit mood.
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The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Trump's feelings about Giuliani's role in the burgeoning Ukraine scandal, but the president has appeared pleased with his lawyer's performance as an attack dog against Biden.
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Virginia senator Tim Kaine happily embraced the role of Hillary Clinton's running mate and attack dog at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, introducing himself to a national audience as the relatively unknown No. 2 on the party's presidential ticket.
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The Morton County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant for Democracy Now's Amy Goodman in September for "rioting" after capturing the attack dog footage that finally made mainstream media outlets pay attention to the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance efforts.
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John Carreyrou, the journalist who helped take the company down with a series of explosive articles, told Vanity Fair in June that Holmes had "sociopathic tendencies" and viewed herself as the victim of incompetent staff and attack-dog journalists.
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Unlike Trump, the mild-mannered, Midwestern governor is hardly a natural attack dog, and the former radio show host appears far more comfortable sitting at a Sunday show roundtable than revving up a large crowd at a campaign rally.
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When you say jerk, it seems so subjective because somebody who might seem like a jerk to people to certain point of view might seem like a satirist or good attack dog for a lot of other Twitter followers.
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Warren -- who is being vetted by Hillary Clinton as a potential running mate -- has proven to be an effective attack dog against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, as well as a liberal firebrand that generates excitement on the left.
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After struggling to find a cable-ready defender, Trump has been mostly appreciative of Giuliani's attack-dog style — and, for a time, his broadsides against Mueller appeared to play a role in driving down the special counsel's poll ratings.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he wants to pick an "attack dog," someone who can help deflect criticism from all sides — a role for which Christie and Gingrich are thought to be ideally suited.
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"His best way to rally hostile Republican delegates before the convention is to show he's a great Clinton attack dog," said Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who oversaw a "super PAC" supporting Mr. Bush in this year's Republican race.
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Priorities USA, a super PAC founded by two White House veterans to combat the flood of cash pouring into Republican coffers after the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, plans to serve as Clinton's main attack dog this fall.
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The political action committee, the brainchild of one-time conservative attack dog turned Clinton supporter David Brock, announced it would launch a task force to push back against Clinton haters on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Reddit.
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Before the settlement, Mr. Dauman played the role of attack dog decried by the Delaware judge — an approach he no doubt learned from decades at the side of Mr. Redstone who, in his prime, was notoriously combative and litigious.
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Mr. Cruz's far-right attack-dog persona, failed bid for president and his embrace of President Trump, a former rival who has insulted him and his family, has made the senator unappealing to a subset of moderate Republicans. Gov.
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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Republican presumptive presidential nominee said he wants an "attack dog" on the ticket to help fend off what he sees as attacks from Democrats, the media and even fellow Republicans.
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Issa, one of the wealthiest members of Congress and among the best-known due to his reputation as a conservative attack dog, is bowing out of what would have been one of the nation's most hotly contested congressional races.
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And by elevating Jordan in the impeachment battle — McCarthy temporarily placed him on the Intelligence Committee to play attack dog at the public hearings — it could make Jordan even tougher competition should he choose to run against McCarthy again.
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Republican sources say if Jordan's bid is unsuccessful, he could try to leverage the support of Freedom Caucus lawmakers for a perch atop one of those committees, which would give Republicans an attack dog who relishes battling with Democrats.
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Michael Cohen, the Trump clan's attack dog, and Paul Manafort, the ultimate Washington swamp creature with the ostrich skin jacket, paid dearly for their association with their former boss in near-simultaneous convictions that will mean years in jail.
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Warren has taken on the role of Twitter attack dog, as the New York Times puts it, going after Trump aggressively with some of the Hillary Clinton campaign's favored lines, including that Trump is simply unfit to be president: .
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Trump sings the praises of Cohn — Joe McCarthy's infamous legal attack dog later turned Trump mentor: Just compare that with all the hundreds of "respectable" guys who make careers out of boasting about their uncompromising integrity but have absolutely no loyalty.
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Giuliani has also taken the lead on laying out the preconditions that he says would be necessary for Trump to sit down with special counsel Bob Mueller and emerged as the top attack dog against former FBI Director James Comey.
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In 1996, the former Nixon media consultant Roger Ailes brought his attack-dog ethos to Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel and built the network into a transformational power in Republican politics before his fall this year amid accusations of sexual harassment.
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Then, last February, we learned that Mr. Trump's former attack dog, Michael Cohen, had written letters to the Wharton School at Penn and to the College Board, threatening legal action if they released the president's college transcripts or his SATs.
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Instead, the diminutive Ms. Staunton brings to mind a tiny yet terrifying attack dog who indeed resembles the "little yum yum" spoken of by George and whose signature bray knows no limits — until George takes control and all bets are off.
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Jordan was one of Trump's leading defenders during the impeachment proceedings, when McCarthy temporarily added him to the House Intelligence Committee to serve as an attack dog for the president while the panel conducted its fact-finding phase of the impeachment hearings.
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Trump sings the praises of Roy Cohn — Joe McCarthy's infamous legal attack dog later turned Trump mentor: Just compare that with all the hundreds of "respectable" guys who make careers out of boasting about their uncompromising integrity but have absolutely no loyalty.
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She's proven to be an excellent anti–Donald Trump attack dog already this cycle, and her anti–Wall Street credentials and populist approach to economic issues would help shore up Sanders supporters who might be skeptical of Clinton's ties to the financial sector.
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Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanGraham says Schiff should be a witness in Trump impeachment trial Democrats seize on new evidence in first public impeachment hearing House Republicans call impeachment hearing 'boring,' dismiss Taylor testimony as hearsay MORE, a relentless and reckless attack dog.
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In 22000, Cramer, then the state GOP director, found himself in a war of words with one of the state's Democratic senators, who called him a "hired gun who belongs to the attack dog school of politics," per a local press report.
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How Democrats can avoid fatal flaws of their impeachment inquiry Live coverage: Schiff closes with speech highlighting claims of Trump's corruption MORE was put on the committee this week for the express purpose of bringing his attack dog style, which he did.
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During the campaign season, Warren took up the mantle as the anti-Trump attack dog, and gave scathing speeches calling Trump a "small, insecure money grubber," and has been among the leading Democratic voices calling for Trump to release his tax returns.
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His 1988 campaign infamously strove to tie his opponent, Michael Dukakis, to an African-American named Willie Horton who committed rape after being released on a weekend furlough program — an effort for which Mr. Bush's attack-dog campaign manager, Lee Atwater, later apologized.
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Her challenge on Tuesday night will be to find a happy medium between the attack dog performance she put in last week, when she spent nearly two hours eviscerating Bloomberg, and making a winning appeal to voters here on her own behalf.
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Instead, Loeffler and Kemp are confronting vocal criticism from anti-abortion leaders, conservative media figures and other Trump allies who wanted an attack dog for the president in the seat — particularly with a possible impeachment trial looming in the new senator's first days.
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Through it all, he's breaking free from the confines of his office and the formality of the White House to fire up the free-wheeling, media-bashing brand of attack-dog politics that powered his stunning takeover of the Republican Party and the presidency.
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Sanders meets with Obama, Reid ahead of final contest Trump doesn't have a campaign operation in Ohio, but the billionaire businessman recently spent nearly an hour on the phone with Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges -- who was a prominent attack dog for Gov.
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Other big jobs are expected to be offered to Republicans who came out early for the president-elect, such as Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, an anti-immigration hardliner and close adviser, and a former mayor of New York (and campaign attack dog), Rudy Giuliani.
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What we saw in Tim Kaine was a friendly, loyal, bland but upstanding (upblanding?) politician who ably filled his role as Hillary Clinton's staunch defender, but who fell a bit short in executing the other half of his job, as the ticket's designated attack dog.
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ANKENY, Iowa — Such is the state of the 2016 election that the following, apparently, needs to be said: "I have no intention of shooting anybody in this campaign," Ted Cruz told reporters here on Saturday, with a now-official attack dog at his side.
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Yet, despite dropping out of the race, the source said the New Jersey governor wanted to be a factor in the campaign, and after his evisceration of Rubio in a debate in New Hampshire, he relishes the role of being Trump's top attack dog.
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Does she remain in the race with a reed-thin rationale that she is the only viable woman left, play attack dog against brother Biden in the debate to come, or does she endorse her ideological soulmate Sanders, despite bruised feelings from an emotional primary?
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The film's other key characters are Sergeant Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), a mini-celebrity thanks to his consulting gig on the Dragnet-esque TV cop show Badge of Honor, and Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe), a brutish attack dog with a particular taste for wife-beaters.
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BUDAPEST — Sebastian Gorka — national security aide and all-round Donald Trump attack dog — failed his way upwards to the White House, having been denied security clearance to work in the Hungarian parliament, defeated in a local mayoral race in the 2000s, and widely dismissed as an opportunist.
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The Trump campaign enjoyed a moment of victory at the vice presidential debate after Democrat Tim Kaine's attack dog strategy resonated badly in the face of Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, who, while claiming the debate victory, also failed to defend Trump's campaign transgressions or proposed policies.
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Further evidence of a potentially conflicted conscience: While he said Tuesday he wanted a running mate "skilled in hand-to-hand combat," he flipped the script late Wednesday, telling Fox News he actually doesn't need a vice presidential candidate in the mold of an attack dog.
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But before Trump launched into his attack on Rubio's "really large ears" and the Floridian's alleged profuse sweating -- "I have never seen a human being sweat like he sweats," Trump said -- Trump let his new Rubio attack dog, Christie, level a few attacks of his own.
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Speculation that Mr. Giuliani is under consideration for attorney general is particularly startling, considering he has been the Trump campaign's attack dog on "crooked" Hillary Clinton, calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed after the election to continue the assault on her dodgy email habits.
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But his appearance before a judge was a remarkable reversal of fortune for the man who styled himself Mr. Trump's attack dog and fixer, a man quick with a threat of a libel suit or a promise to destroy journalists who vexed him or his boss.
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The former New York mayor has relished his role on the Trump personal legal team, where he has served as an attack dog tarring the president's investigators and a point man to go on friendly cable TV shows to spin bad news in the best light possible.
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Nor is he a particularly charismatic presence on the stump (his 2008 presidential campaign flamed out so quickly it's easy to forget it happened), an important ideological or factional leader, or the kind of guy who's likely to serve as an effective attack dog during a presidential campaign.
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The former speaker would be a rabid attack dog against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, wasting no opportunity to savage her over the Benghazi attack, the email probe, the Clinton Foundation and the entire menu of Clinton family imbroglios that dominate the hashtag fever dreams of the hard right.
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Graham, the state's senior senator and an expert on the military and foreign policy issues, campaigned for Bush at nearly every event in South Carolina the past 10 days, warming up the crowds with his Southern wit and playing the role of attack dog by lambasting Trump and Rubio.
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I take no joy in being the one recapper on the internet who, rather than rant and rail against the decision to even aurally depict an attack dog tearing a part a new mother and her baby, must award imaginary points to the young man doing the siccing.
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Clinton's advisers told the New York Times that she is less concerned about finding a running mate whose personality or ideology will help her campaign than she is about finding someone who can dominate the vice presidential debates and be "an effective attack dog" against the Republican nominee.
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In response to questioning from CNN's Chis Cuomo Thursday night, for example, Trump's personal lawyer and TV attack dog, Rudolph Giuliani, both denied and confirmed that the controversy may have to do with the fact that Giuliani has urged Ukrainian officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
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For years, to keep the circle of people involved as small as possible, he chose to have Mr. Cohen serve as his legal attack dog from a perch inside Trump Tower in Manhattan instead of having outside counsel deal with his problems, according to two people familiar with their relationship.
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The vice president relished the role of attack dog during the 2008 and 2012 elections, and he appears ready to take on the part now in support of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
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Raymond La Raja, a professor of political science at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, told CNN that chairing Ways and Means is a job a pragmatist like Neal is prepared for even if he may not be the vision of the attack dog the Democratic base may have had in mind.
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But gradually, she has started to take on the role of attack dog for Trump at the UN, stridently espousing his "America First" position against the Paris accord on climate change, the Iranian nuclear deal, further US funding for the UN and any US membership in the UN Human Rights Council.
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Nunes's performance on Tuesday may shed some light on why Trump-defended attack dog Jim Jordan (R-OH) was recently added to the intelligence committee, with the Los Angeles Times reporting at the time that "some Republicans have privately questioned whether Nunes is prepared for the role" of leading the hearings.
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Like an attack dog who finally has a long-desired piece of meat within his grasp, the actor brings a fangs-bared intensity to a roundelay of truth telling that moves on from differences in artistic perception to a takedown of the men's choices of (unseen) partners and their own ways of being.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall In shift, top CEOs say shareholder value not top goal MORE (D-Mass.) signaled Tuesday that she intends to continue in her de facto position as the Democrats' attack dog.
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Like the Phantom of the Opera, he seemed destined to lurk in the bowels of the Capitol forever— relishing his roles as Obama's chief obstructionist and gatekeeper (at one point sitting on more than 350 House-passed bills) and willing attack dog against anyone who would deign to challenge him or any other Democrat.
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All this at a time when Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's own attack dog style has deepened our divide on energy and environmental issues.
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Speaking to the press after the meeting with Obama, Sanders indicated that he will meet with Clinton to discuss the best way to defeat Trump, suggesting that he will continue to play a role during the general election and that, at the very least, he's willing to be an attack dog, if not a full-blown surrogate.
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Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanDemocratic Women's Caucus calls for investigation into Epstein plea deal DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews CNN slams GOP for not appearing on network after mass shootings, conservatives fire back MORE (R-Ohio), a member of the Judiciary panel and a chief attack dog on behalf of the White House.
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" Ms. Cheney, who has styled herself as a fierce attack dog on behalf of the Trump administration, wrapped her criticism in praise of the president, later telling reporters at the Capitol that he "has shown absolutely that he is going to stand up and do what's right when it comes to defending the United States of America.
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Long before he became Donald Trump's feared attack dog, or began to visit the White House as the president's personal attorney, or took a position with the Republican National Committee, or partnered with powerhouse lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, Michael Cohen backed a different kind of venture: a gambling cruise that stiffed employees and vendors and blew off many of the ensuing lawsuits.
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A review of his career should be required reading for AT&T's board: From falling into finance as someone who didn't know what he wanted to do in his early 20s to becoming Paul Singer's attack dog on some of his most influential campaigns, Cohn has developed a reputation as a feared investor with the means to change America's blue-chip corporations.
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McGahn, who left the White House last month, interviewed Whitaker in July 2017 about taking the position, according to the Times, which described Whitaker being interviewed to be "a legal attack dog" against special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE isn't looking for an "attack dog" as his vice presidential pick, he said Wednesday, as election-watchers were in a frenzy over whom he will ultimately choose.
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Whether it is because you actually believe in her or you are trying to make up for the fact that as a right wing attack dog you went after the Clintons viciously, or maybe you are just trying to apply the lessons you learned while working at the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation or making up for trying to smear Anita Hill and other liberal leaders.
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Majority Whip Steve ScaliseStephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseManchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms Sunday shows - Trump's Epstein conspiracy theory retweet grabs spotlight Sanders: Trump doesn't 'want to see somebody get shot' but 'creates the climate for it' MORE (R-La.) said he was "confident" that Jordan, a conservative attack dog who has called out leaders in both parties, would stand up for his athletes.
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But that hasn't stopped him from gaining buzz as a progressive swing-state senator who could help reach out to the liberal wing of the party and be an attack dog against Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE.
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As Taubes sees it, the S.R.F. may have been created in the spirit of other industry-funded research programs — to promote and defend a product — but it helped establish relationships with scientists like the ones recently reported on at Harvard in the 1960s, and it institutionalized an aggressive, attack-dog public relations strategy that remains prevalent and pernicious to this day (tactics that the tobacco industry would also adopt).
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Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineWarren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Almost three-quarters say minimum age to buy tobacco should be 2628: Gallup Overnight Defense: Dems talk Afghanistan, nukes at Detroit debate | Senate panel advances Hyten nomination | Iranian foreign minister hit with sanctions | Senate confirms UN ambassador MORE (D-Va.), a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton, took on the attack-dog role at a campaign rally Thursday.
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