Posted on 06/07/2007 7:08:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Despite his best case for the immigration compromise -- and he made a good one at the debate the other night -- the unalterable fact is that the issue is right now a major problem for the McCain campaign.
To wit, one of the first tangible signs of the damage it's doing, as supplied by Romney's camp:
Subject: RE: TIME TO CALL RADIO
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:15:22 -0400
From: David Nix
To: 'Adam Temple'
CC: Mike Gibbons
Adam,
Please consider this my resignation as Aiken County chair for McCain. I am too far from him on the Amnesty Bill. I was hopeful that he could keep his nose clean this time around, but he can’t read the pulse of the American citizens.
Please pass my regrets on to Henry McMaster.
David Nix Aiken County
Adam Temple is McCain's South Carolina press secretary. The e-mail was in response to a plea for McCain county chairs to call into talk radio stations and make the pitch for their candidate. Nix, evidently, is very unhappy about the "Amnesty Bill" because the guy he cc'd, Mike Gibbons, happens to be a reporter for the Aiken paper. Henry McMaster, btw, is the state AG and a big McCain supporter.
UPDATE: From SC AG Henry McMaster: “Most people understand it's never possible to agree with any leader on every single issue. John McCain has 80 county chairs and co-chairs in South Carolina. Plus hundreds of other endorsements from Republican elected officials and party activists all across South Carolina, more than any other presidential candidate.
“Those of us on John McCain's team admire him for his courage, his honesty and his willingness to take a stand. He is clearly the best prepared to lead our nation in the war against global terror.”
Hey John,your bill McCain\Kennedy loooooooooooooooooost,and now it’s your turn !!!
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