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Top McCain Aides Quit Struggling Campaign
The Washington Post ^
| July 10, 2007
| Dan Balz
Posted on 07/10/2007 10:24:08 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182
John, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your speech on the Senate floor upon your return. That said, your stand on immigration and the First Amendment mean you will never get my vote no matter who you have running your campaign or how much money you raise. Your staff did the best they could with what you gave them to work with.
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posted on
07/10/2007 12:27:20 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: Anti-Bubba182
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posted on
07/10/2007 12:31:20 PM PDT
by
quark
To: Anti-Bubba182
“Campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver issued terse statements announcing their departures from the McCain camp, which reportedly came after the candidate erupted after concluding that his top-level advisers had mismanaged the operation.”
Classic McCain.
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posted on
07/10/2007 12:58:29 PM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: Petronski
gee, ya think they’re related?
Great post. Bump.
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posted on
07/10/2007 1:09:38 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(We need to get away from the Kennedy Wing of the Republican Party ~Duncan Hunter)
To: SergeiRachmaninov
Is there any basis to believe that Romney has a temper problem or that his campaign, admittedly not surging, is in freefall the way McCain is? How about the way his campaign is feeding Fred Thompson hit pieces to the media.
To: Anti-Bubba182
McCain is beginning to realize he is toast and predictably he is blaming others. If he drops out it will be interesting to see who benifits most. The Bill of Rights.
To: RockinRight
When McCain drops out, Fred Thompson will take 75% of his support...putting him solidly in front.If that is accurate, then I really have to wonder about Fred Thompson - or at least what people think he stands for.,
To: headstamp
Classic McCain.I have to wonder whose idea it was to fall on the amnesty sword? I wonder if the strategists advised him that amnesty was a winning plan and McCain was furious when it backfired or if it was McCain's and the strategists left because he wouldn't listen.
Of course I have the same question about Bush and Lott and their decision to commit political suicide over the issue as well.
To: Petronski
FWIW sources are saying that Weaver was fired and Nelson quit to protest Weaver being fired. I have heard it four times today and don’t have a clue if it is true or not but these people should have some idea since they know people in the McCain campaign.
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posted on
07/10/2007 1:28:20 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
( Inhofe for Senate 08 -- Broken Glass Republican -- vote out the RATs in 2008)
To: Texas Federalist
How about the way his campaign is feeding Fred Thompson hit pieces to the media.>\Oh ~~SHRIEK~ ~SHRIEK~ those meanie campaigns are being hateful to my man! I've seen him in on TV and he is a great, strong hero! You can see the character all over his face whenever the camera moves in tight.
My man should be exempted from scrunity and opposition research! ~whine~
To: Anti-Bubba182
I just want to say “So what?” A McCain candidacy is so irrelevant.
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posted on
07/10/2007 1:38:22 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(NO Shamnesty!!!)
To: Asclepius
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posted on
07/10/2007 1:46:09 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(http://www.rinorepublic.com)
To: JeffAtlanta
Nothing like that at all. McCain’s supporters have refused to go to Giuliani or Romney. I think they like his “maverick” style - and while Fred’s not a maverick the way McCain is, he has that image moreso than the others.
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posted on
07/10/2007 1:58:18 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(FRedOn. Apply Directly To The White House!)
To: Texas Federalist
Just exactly what anti-Thompson hit pieces did the Romney campaign release to the media ?
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:11:21 PM PDT
by
Neu Pragmatist
(Don't forget to thank the good Senators who stopped Amnesty .)
To: Anti-Bubba182
With his “inner circle” bailing out, McCain is finished. His arrogance is what drives him on. Can you imagine him “erupting” as the President? His anger problem is reason enough to keep him away from nuclear controls.
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:26:05 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: Petronski
By ROBERT PEAR and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: May 18, 2007May 18th is the exact date the downward spiral began in earnest in your chart. Two bars to the right of the 16th is when it began, and free fell until the 23rd, with a somewhat less accelerated drop off since.
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:29:04 PM PDT
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
To: PhiKapMom
FWIW sources are saying that Weaver was fired and Nelson quit to protest Weaver being fired.Interesting if true. Weaver was close to McCain for years (according to the stories). One would think it would be the other way around. But as McCain's political guru, I wonder whether he took the hit for McCain's trouble with immigration.
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
To: bcsco
You were right — it was the other way around. Nelson was fired and the other two quit — it just hit all the news wires.
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:39:29 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
( Inhofe for Senate 08 -- Broken Glass Republican -- vote out the RATs in 2008)
To: Neu Pragmatist
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:41:00 PM PDT
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
To: JeffAtlanta
I have to wonder whose idea it was to fall on the amnesty sword?
Privately, I do believe that they, the RINO herd, and the left of center dems are ideologically intertwined on this issue and they
very much wanted it not to become a campaign issue as well.
This fits into the overarching issues that they share among themselves, and that those opposed to amnesty do not share.
Passage of amnesty would effectively moot the entire issue as being one of settled law, and would therefore remove a huge plank for their opponents, such as Fred and others, to run on, hence the fevor to give the conservative voters the Bum's rush on passage, asap.
Occam’s razor.
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posted on
07/10/2007 2:43:53 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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