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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Another nasty McCain lobbyist story

The WaPo has a frontpage story on McCain campaign adviser Rick Davis and all the money that he's made as a lobbyist representing those "who need McCain's help in the Senate."

Frankly, the story seems a little thin for the level of broad corruption innuendo, but it's quite damning in tone, and Rick Davis isn't the only McCain campaigner mentioned.

I would think the McCain campaign will come out blasting this article, but I wonder if they can dispute any of the facts. (Or do they ignore it and try to bump it out of the headline?)

The real point here is that it's just another in a series of articles on the lobbyist/insider politics of McCain campaign staff. His "reformer"/maverick image is on the line, and without that.......

(To ask the same question we should always ask about these types of articles at this point in the campaign, was this article spawned by opposition research delivered to the reporter?)

And, Politico also slaps McCain around this morning. "John McCain doesn't work weekends." (Doesn't help debunking "the old," doesn't help separating from Bush.)

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