Shakeup in McCain Camp?

Many of you will remember the petition we circulated in May telling John McCain to fire lobbyists Rick Davis and Charlie Black. He still hasn't done that. However, it's being reported by the Politico that Rick Davis will no longer be running the day-to-day operation of the campaign:

Steve Schmidt is taking over the day-to-day operation of John McCain’s campaign, according to multiple campaign sources. [...] Schmidt, a bald and barrel-chested operative known for his aggressive brand of political combat, responded by exhorting campaign aides with a speech that one staffer likened to a locker room pep talk out of the football movie "Rudy." [...] One source familiar with the inner workings of McCain's campaign said that the move came after a sluggish ramp-up to the general and number of unforced errors had left the candidate, senior staff and elected officials unhappy with the state of the campaign.

Could be. Or it could be that he was feeling the heat, knowing that the American people didn't like that his campaign is being run at the highest levels by lobbyists. That still happens to be the case, however. The article also quotes Charlie Black (another top McCain lobbyist/aide): "Rick still has authority over all things. Steve works for Rick."

Read more about Rick Davis here. And here.

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Click on to my name below to see the reasons that Barack Obama is making a big mistake advocating furthering the unconstitutional Republican former Michigan Governor John Engler plan of mixing church with state by gutting social services to hand the poor and homeless over to the churches trick! I think Obama is just trying to "cover his own butt" regarding being confused about religion by aiding the Republicans in turning the United States into a Christian theocracy!

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Inquiry on July 2, 2008 at 04:53 PM

So Obama wants to teach Creationism, too.

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SandyH on July 2, 2008 at 07:42 PM

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