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• Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... Can’t stop the hemorrhaging : Following the news that he ended June with just $2 million in the bank, McCain instituted widespread layoffs in both his national staff and key early states like Iowa and New Hampshire. At the time, his campaign ...
• The Carpetbagger Report: ... 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 being cast as the Republican outsider — a label that he believed cost him the GOP nomination in 2000 — McCain (and Weaver) spent much of 2006 recruiting key cogs in the presidential ...
• MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: ... quarter, less than Ron Paul, according to the NY Times — led McCain to fire them. The DC media is portraying this as a sign that the McCain campaign is adrift, and it's hard to argue. Is it time for me to ...
• The Democratic Daily: ... four years ago, when he dismissed several top advisers after his campaign had fallen into a tailspin.” Kerry pulled out just fine, obviously, going on to win the Democratic nomination. McCain however, is seriously struggling in the mire. Chris Cillizza notes : “If you need to understand just how serious the damage is to Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign as a result of the resignations of two top strategists, you need only look at our earlier post on ...