July 13, 2007 10:23
McCain Family Disunion
Jackie Calmes, who I think had been working on a profile of John Weaver prior to the McCain meltdown, pulls together a lot of information and anecdotes into this WSJ story. Cue violins.
She also reports this: "Tomorrow, the press-communications team is planning to resign, people familiar with the matter say."
I've heard the same thing. The whole press shop -- almost all of whom are Terry Nelson gets -- is likely headed to NH tonight for one final hurrah before taking leave. They started out Bushies but, staffers say, they became fierce McCain advocates. My suspicion is that they still believe in McCain, but that the chaos that erupted after Weaver and Nelson's abrupt resignations puts them in an impossible position.
UPDATE: A member of the comm team writes to say that Calmes' report is "premature."
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Reader Comments (18)
Why don't we see any posts on the bottom rung candidates in the Democratic Party, while every second thread here is devoted to McCain?
Posted by Derek | July 13, 2007 10:30 AM
Like rats escpating from a sinking rat infested rat ship!
They know that McCain is done.
Even if he were to win the primary, our Hillary or Obama would crush him like a rotten grape.
If by some repuke election rigging McCain won, then we would simply impeach him like we are going to do to Bush and Cheney!
I am surprised the rats didn't leave sooner.
Posted by archie stanson | July 13, 2007 10:31 AM
I would guess that the est. of $250,000 left in the fund is a big factor.
Could we just let McCave fade away?
It might also have to do with the fact that the Bushies and their backers now have EARNED the 'liar, liar, pants on fire' label. That calling them out is coming into fashion.
Check out Joe's kudos for calling a lie a lie:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
Posted by linda | July 13, 2007 10:35 AM
Posted by Derek
July 13, 2007
Why don't we see any posts on the bottom rung candidates in the Democratic Party, while every second thread here is devoted to McCain?
Cause the Biden people don't have the same grasp of reality as the McCainites? also, whose self-destructon has the theatrical potential of McCain's? guy's a hair's breadth away from declaring himself emperor, with Joe Lieberman as his praetorian eunuch and Lindsey Graham as his cupbearer-cum-adopted 'heir'
Posted by Jim | July 13, 2007 10:36 AM
JOE KLEIN YET AGAIN PROVES HIS WORTH TO OUR CAUSE AND DESERVES ALL THE KUDOS HE GETS.
I think Hillary should give him the best seat in the WH Press Corp room once she is President to reward his most excellent journalistic behavior.
Posted by archie stanson | July 13, 2007 10:41 AM
Thank god for ANOTHER McCrazy post. WTF!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2007 10:48 AM
McCain again?
Don't. Care.
Posted by Enceladus | July 13, 2007 10:56 AM
Couldn't happen to a better man. McCain is finished and it was a pleasure to watch. Now he can check into the assylum he so richly deserves to spend the rest of his days in. Hotdogs ... get yer hotdogs ....
Posted by Steamboater | July 13, 2007 10:59 AM
Tsk Tsk.
McCain is a good man who went astray; I wish the media would just stop talking about him and let him fade away.
But no, the media is like a dog, it's not enough to sniff the crap, they have to roll around in it too. And then come and seek an approving pat from us.
Ick.
sean s.
Posted by sean samis | July 13, 2007 11:30 AM
Seriously Ana, you religiously post on McCain, what exactly is the news on him? His campaign in tatters, got it...staffers fleeing, yep, we know...what else? Guess what other campaigns still running...sorry for the snark, but there is other news out there...
Oh and QH, any comments on your failed candidate?
Posted by YMM | July 13, 2007 11:36 AM
yeah...didn't think so...
Posted by YMM | July 13, 2007 11:37 AM
"But no, the media is like a dog, it's not enough to sniff the crap, they have to roll around in it too. And then come and seek an approving pat from us."
in my experience, most dogs don't roll around in crap. The do roll around in dead things, however... and it seems to me that the press rolling around in the dead thing that is the McCain campaign is an even more apt metaphor.
Posted by p_lukasiak | July 13, 2007 11:52 AM
Please. Enough McCain. It's over. He was never that great of a candidate.
Posted by Justin | July 13, 2007 12:04 PM
It is good to revel in the defeat of yet another neocon who supported the illegal war for halliburton and bechtel.
We must celebrate our victories and prepare for even bigger ones!
Posted by archie stanson | July 13, 2007 12:38 PM
Ana, what exactly is it that you do other than tell us what other news organizations report?
Posted by John | July 13, 2007 2:40 PM
I just posted this on my site-
A very concise summary of the recently-concluded new-media conference call with Senator McCain today
Here is a quick, concise summary of the most recent conference call conducted by Senator McCain with new-media publishers and writers this afternoon.
Patrick Hynes, the organizer of the call, got things under way just after 2 PM, and then Senator McCain got on the line.
Opening
Senator McCain began the call several minutes after 2 PM. He apologized for the long delay in scheduling this conference call, saying something to the effect that he believes “these are important and should be held every two weeks”, and offered anyone who had an idea for the improvement of the process to contact him or his campaign, to submit such a proposal.
He briefly discusses the luncheon in Concord, NH, where he had just delivered a major policy address on Iraq, and said that he had been met with an enthusiastic response. Finally,
Finally, he noted the internal campaign turmoil and said that he would miss many dear, departed friends, and that the responsibility for the campaign’s problems lie entirely with him.
Question-and-Answer Session
The first several questions, surprisingly, dealt with policy issues in Iraq, with only one question about the political issues involved with the campaign. That questioner asked him if he could confirm the reports that the campaign had even less than the $2 million cash-on-hand which had been initially reported, due to debt. Senator McCain apologized, saying that while he wished that he could provide a definitive answer, but could not confirm those reports simply because he had not seen the data.
One questioner finally noted that this presumably general-interest conference call had seemed to develop into a conference call devoted to Iraq, and then proceeded to ask another question on the war. McCain noted that what he was about to say ”was trite and over-used, but I’ll say it once again - I’d rather lose a campaign than a war.”
Senator McCain also noted, in the context of his campaign troubles, that he has been met with enthusiasm in doing the town-hall meetings “that brought us victory last time [in New Hampshire in 2000].” He expressed his optimism that the campaign turmoil “was mainly of interest to us political junkies” and that the electorate as a whole was not interested in these court intrigues, and that he didn’t view the campaign obstacles as an insurmountable problem. (He made it quite clear - although not overtly spoken - that he certainly has no plans to drop out of the race, or run a less assertive and energetic campaign. This was a repetition of his direct response in South Carolina to that question a couple of weeks ago: “anyone who believes that [I’m dropping out of the race] has been smoking something which is FAR more illegal, than anything permitted in the state of South Carolina.”
The final question was posed to the Senator by Time’s Ana Marie Cox, also known as “The Wonkette”. The central part of her question was the following: “Your three main Republican rivals are all soft on the war issue” - to which the Senator laughed, in affirmation of the accuracy of Cox’s remark - ”and your campaign has become a bit of a long-shot. If your viability decreases how you can ensure that your strongly position and feelings on the war can continue to influence debate in the Senate?”
Senator McCain’s answer was along the lines of “I’m certainly going to be in the Senate, regardless of the duties of campaigning, when Iraq comes up, because it’s simply too important.” (The Tower interpreted this statement as quashing any of the rumors and advice provided to him by some commentators: namely, that like Senator Bob Dole in 1996, he should demonstrate his commitment to the campaign by resigning his Senate seat and devoting all of energies to his White House quest. On the contrary, Senator McCain made it clear that he wasn’t going to leave his seat for any reason.)
After it was announced that Cox’s question was the final one, Senator McCain thanked everyone for participating. He also reiterated what he said in his opening: if anyone had suggestions for improving the conference call process, to please let him know. He cited certain examples: announcing in advance that conference calls were going to be devoted to certain issues, setting a regular series of dates in advance, so that participants could coordinate their schedules, etc.
Patrick Hynes, the call’s organizer, then came back on the line, thanked everyone, and noted that they had his contact info, if anyone had suggestions.
The Tower’s conference call timer on the phone indicated that the blogger conference call had taken about 34 minutes or so, although since The Tower called in several minutes prior to its actually getting under way, it probably lasted for less than 30 minutes.
Do you have a question about campaigns, politics, etc.? Or do you have information to pass along? Or both? The Tower welcomes all replies and/or commentary, positive or otherwise. You can contact The Tower at tower@campaignia.org. Come visit the main site - www.campaignia.org - for more about Campaign 2008 and campaigns in general.
This entry was posted on July 13, 2007 at 2:43 pm
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