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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

Republican presidential candidate John McCain accepted the resignations of two of his top aides today in a stunning shakeup of a campaign that has been roiled by financial and political problems.

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.

An angry McCain reportedly confronted Weaver and Nelson about the campaign's operations, particularly the amount of money that was being spent even when it was clear funds were tight. The final confrontation, coming after McCain returned from a visit to Iraq over the weekend, ultimately led to their departures, according to sources......."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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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.
61 posted on 07/10/2007 12:27:20 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

62 posted on 07/10/2007 12:31:20 PM PDT by quark
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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.


63 posted on 07/10/2007 12:58:29 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: Petronski

gee, ya think they’re related?

Great post. Bump.


64 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)
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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.

65 posted on 07/10/2007 1:12:19 PM PDT by Texas Federalist (Fred!)
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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.

66 posted on 07/10/2007 1:13:48 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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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.,

67 posted on 07/10/2007 1:18:28 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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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.

68 posted on 07/10/2007 1:26:21 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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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.


69 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)
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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~

70 posted on 07/10/2007 1:33:48 PM PDT by SergeiRachmaninov
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I just want to say “So what?” A McCain candidacy is so irrelevant.


71 posted on 07/10/2007 1:38:22 PM PDT by Palladin (NO Shamnesty!!!)
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72 posted on 07/10/2007 1:46:09 PM PDT by ASA Vet (http://www.rinorepublic.com)
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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.


73 posted on 07/10/2007 1:58:18 PM PDT by RockinRight (FRedOn. Apply Directly To The White House!)
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To: Texas Federalist

Just exactly what anti-Thompson hit pieces did the Romney campaign release to the media ?


74 posted on 07/10/2007 2:11:21 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (Don't forget to thank the good Senators who stopped Amnesty .)
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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.


75 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!")
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To: Petronski
By ROBERT PEAR and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: May 18, 2007

May 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.

76 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.")
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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.

77 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.")
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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.


78 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)
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To: Neu Pragmatist
Just exactly what anti-Thompson hit pieces did the Romney campaign release to the media ?

Try this on for size: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863812/posts. Not a 'release to the media' per se, but use of a bogus story nevertheless.

79 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.")
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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.

80 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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