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• The Washington Monthly: ... One Republican directly connected to today's events said that Mark Salter, McCain's long-time chief of staff and co-author of his five books, had also left the campaign payroll. But Salter will remain as an adviser. Oops. More from Ambinder here. —Kevin Drum 2:08 PM Permalink | ...
• JustOneMinute: ... "Outside of the planet, there is no one more important to me than John McCain. I will continue to help in any way I can." Outside the planet? Huh? Is Galactus on the way? Marc Ambinder has a quick version of the inside story - a "Nelson out" faction ultimately prevailed, but not before Salter and Weaver were swept up as well. Well - the media could not love McCain because of his view on the war and the right could not love him ...
• The Carpetbagger Report: ... Reed Galen and political director Rob Jesmer, both of whom also resigned today. I’ve heard about top-tier presidential campaigns reshuffling some staffers during rough patches, but never anything quite like this. Marc Ambinder has an interesting account of the behind-the-scenes wrangling that led to today’s defenestration, but I think Cillizza alludes to a key point. Seeking to avoid ...
• The Hotline's Blogometer: ... problematic, I think, although there may have been sound logistical reasons for doing so. MCCAIN: No Joy In McCainville Politico's Jonathan Martin and Atlantic 's Marc Ambinder have must-read insider accounts on the exodus of top staff from John McCain's campaign. Martin notes that Terry Nelson had been trying to resign for weeks and Ambinder reports that both John Weaver and Mark Salter chose ...
• The Democratic Daily: ... strategists, you need only look at our earlier post on McCain’s Inner Circle.” Marc Ambinder reports on the inside story on Atlantic Online: The McCain Decimation: The Inside Story: UPDATED . And on Swampland, Ana Marie Cox calls it, “McCain’s Sad Finale.” Stay tuned as McCain seeks to save his sinking campaign… ...
• Obsidian Wings: ... more staffers quit.]Ana Marie Cox tries to figure out what it all means, while Marc Ambinder reports the backstory. Item 2: As many of you have probably already heard, Sen. David Vitter, R-LA and big proponent of family values, ...
• RealClearPolitics: ... Real Clear Politics Tuesday The McCain Decimation: The Inside Story - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic ...
• Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: ... to also resign his post as campaign COO." Update: Marc Ambinder notes Salter will remain an adviser. He also gives the " inside story " of the shake up. Related News ...
• Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics: ... Davis, who ran McCain's 2000 campaign into a ditch, has taken over. If Davis was responsible for McCain caving to Bush's abject swiftboating of him in South Carolina someone should just cut to the chase and start playing taps. But this last ditch shuffling won't do anything for John McCain's presidential ambitions. Iraq has already dealt him a political death blow. Oh sure, wingnuts are going to say it was the immigration debate, but that came after a long slow death march into the Iraq ...
• The Washington Note: ... Most of the political news today is focused on the McCain staff shakeup . The departures of Terry Nelson and John Weaver are noteworthy, but the biggest news is the end of Mark Salter's official employment with McCain. Salter has reportedly walked McCain through every significant decision he's made and the two recently ...