McCain Shakes Up Campaign
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, McCain, RepublicansMcCain isn’t saying that Rick Davis is being replaced, but it’s obvious a power shift is happening because I can’t help but think that Steve Schmidt will be tasked with many things that Rick Davis has failed to do so far.
Steve Schmidt is taking over the day-to-day operation of John McCain’s campaign, according to multiple campaign sources.At a staff meeting in the campaign’s Arlington, Va., headquarters this morning, campaign manager Rick Davis made the announcement about Schmidt’s new role.
Schmidt, a bald and barrel-chested operative known for his aggressive brand of political combat, responded by exhorting campaign aides with a speech that one staffer likened to a locker room pep talk out of the football movie “Rudy.”
So why is this happening? Well, let’s just say that the campaign demanded it…
The shift was approved by Mr. McCain after several aides, including Mr. Schmidt, warned him about 10 days ago that he was in danger of losing the presidential election unless he revamped his campaign operation, according to two officials close to the campaign.
Pretty ballsy of Schmidt to basically say that he was the guy to take over operations, but that’s politics for you.
And looks like plans are already in place to redefine McCain with a much more populist message…
In the first public reflection of Mr. Schmidt’s new role, the campaign is planning what will amount to a relaunch of Mr. McCain’s candidacy after July 4, with the senator touring the country to promote a jobs program and visiting battleground states like Colorado, Wisconsin and Michigan to illustrate the economic problems he will be talking about.
Folks, this just may work. Obama and company better pay attention because they could be facing a new candidate soon.
More as it develops…
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July 2nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
“Folks, this just may work. Obama and company better pay attention because they could be facing a new candidate soon.”
And this is why politics sicken most Americans. It’s not about who McCain actually IS, or what he actually DOES. It’s about what he comes across as, not as he really is.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The average voter doesn’t know what he’s voting for or why he’s voting. Albeit, he surely THINKS he must know because the “news” tells him he has learned the pertinent information that he will need in making an informed decision. But in reality he has very little knowledge of the realities propelling our country, the world or his car. We are dealing with a massively ignorant/isolated public that parrots commercial-corporate news and then regurgitates this as is to sound informed or in the know.
Like usual, we will get the campaign promises the honeymoon mock–up of all the “great” changes on the horizon. Then reality will set in. The corporate behind-the-scenes wrangling will take place and the American people will yet again get the latest installment of bullshit lies spoon fed to us on our televisions. And yet again, Americans will be “too busy” trying to obtain the American dream that they won’t have the time to inform, educate and wake themselves up from their seemingly endless hiatus from reality. The good ol’ “But I’m too busy for politics” excuse.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:06 am
Can’t argue with any of that Jeremy, BUT just maybe the McCain Campaign has finally had the wake-up call required to at least turn this pathetic performance into something approaching competitive. With the economy slipping deeper into a longer term tank, this country could be in serious jeopardy with the liberal tax policies of an Obama landslide and a filibuster proof Democratic Congress.