Posted on 05/17/2010 10:34:08 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
It almost seems like a political tradition: the great John McCain campaign-staff shake-up. As the Arizona Republic's Dan Nowicki first reported Sunday, the top two staffers in McCain's Senate re-election effort campaign manager Shiree Verdone and her deputy, Mike Hellon have decamped. The two will work for the Arizona Republican Party, overseeing strategy for a "victory" fundraising effort for statewide candidates, including McCain.
The move comes on the heels of a recent TV ad meant to tout McCain's border security credentials, including a push for a stronger fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. "Complete the danged fence," McCain says in the ad. The only problem: Three years ago, McCain dismissed a fence as the "least effective" means of securing the border. The ad prompted much snickering not just from his GOP primary rival, Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who attacked McCain as a flip-flopper, but even McCain pals like Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), who openly laughed at the ad last week on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
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Wasn't that the name of the protagonist in the Transformer's movies? Or was that Witwicki?
We should all probably use the word “courage” or “guts” rather than “balls.” It’s vulgar.
I figure that the Senate is such a cush club they can NEVER face the notion of being just another schmoe old person who’s rear end people don’t have to kiss. From there it’s just another step to the nursing home. I mean, look at snarlin arlen, he’s 80 for Gawds sake.
It sounds to me like these two staffers have been promoted and are now going to be working for McCain from within the Arizona Republican Party.
I suspect by June he and Arlen Specter will be teaming-up to launch their new Geriatric Moderate Party....
I voted for McCain for president. I didn’t have any choice, but I wish just once he had shown the spirit shown by NJ Gov, Chris Christy in that news conference. McCain was like a spineless jellyfish telling us over and over again how decent Obama was. Obama wasn’t decent. No decent man loathes his own country, apologizes constantly for it, and unwittingly tries to destroy it. I would be hard pressed to ever vote for McCain again. Sometimes you can be too easy going and civil, especially when your opponent is going for the jugular.
Here’s a VERY scary thought: what if McCain decides to pull a “Crist” and run as an independent? On second thought, I think us Arizonans see him for who and what he represents, but it is the closeness of the race that has me worried.
The time for that classy move was long ago. He didn’t do it. Instead, he roped Palin into supporting him. He could’ve spared her that and chose not to. McCain is all about himself. Like you, I don’t hate him, but that he’s staying in this race makes me like him less than I ever did. And I’ve never had any use for Senator McCain.
That sounds like an idea born in the mind of Meghan McCain.
Replace the candidate not the committee.
agreed.
The committees of many state parties can be quickly retooled&rebuilt to stay more attuned to an American agenda, rather than pursuing a EUroWorldly one.. if they just drink the ‘TEA’.
Fire the danged McCain.
Looks like a traitoress to me!
Thar’s confidence, John!
He could/should/must retire.
Maybe he should hire Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt....I hear they are looking for work.
Wow, this is pretty pathetic. Rabscuttle ping.
I am no expert on AZ but McCain is pretty powerful in the state. Thank goodness for Jan Brewer. I am so sick of open-borders RINOs. Open-borders are bankrupting or have bankrupted America and especially California.
The public is so manipulated by TV.
What did he do, dump some cheap illegal aliens, er ... undocumented workers, from his phone bank staff?
He should bus down some of the northeastern dems that put him back in the game in the NH primary in 08
Amen, and bring Lindsey Graham with them.. That would go over big in AZ. Which reminds me, we should give Mc a break. In '08 he was sucking up to moderates in all states. Now, he is only sucking up the absent-minded folks in AZ. See?? He is flexible!
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