John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent "527" group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. He was reportedly ...
McCain Campaign To Re-Vet Entire Staff
marcambinder.theatlantic.comFound 65 days, 14 hours, 44 minutes, and 55 seconds agoAfter a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists. ...
First thoughts: Bush's gift to Obama
firstread.msnbc.msn.comFound 65 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, and 40 seconds agoFrom Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Bush's gift to Obama: When President Bush -- thousands of miles away in Israel -- decided to fire his thinly veiled shot at Obama yesterday, it was a giant gift to the Illinois senator and his campaign. ...
The Early Word: Conflict Issues for McCain
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.comFound 65 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
McCain Adviser Ousted Over Links to 527 Group
feeds.feedburner.comFound 65 days, 14 hours, 44 minutes, and 56 seconds agoSen. John McCain's campaign "asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role and released a new conflict of interest policy Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent '527' group opposing the ...
thecarpetbaggerreport.com
On Saturday , John McCain had to get rid of the man he tasked with managing the Republican National Convention when we learned he'd run a lobbying firm that represented Burma's military junta. On Sunday , McCain had to get rid of a regional campaign manager because he'd been the lobbyist responsible ...
Found 65 days, 18 minutes, and 18 seconds ago
dailykos.com
John McCain talks straight, but he acts crooked. Mr. Reform strays from the straight path by following crooked lobbyists for their money, money that comes from corporations and brutal foreign governments.
McCain's been embarrassed several times the last few weeks by lobbyists connected to his campaign. Last week he was forced to fire two lobbyists who had worked for the brutal military junta in Burma/Myanmar, the oppressive goons who are killing people through their refusal to let aid workers in to the country and help the millions of Burmese affected by the cyclone.
Found 64 days, 16 hours, 50 minutes, and 4 seconds ago
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
15 May 2008 08:24 pm
... more firings. McCain loses another staffer , and has pledged to re-vet his entire staff . Not the best news for the Republican hopeful. And did Bush's Nazi silliness unwittingly stomp on McCain's big speech today?
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Found 65 days, 14 hours, 44 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
talkleft.com
is holding its annual meeting in Louisville, KY this weekend. John McCain will be speaking . He has tended to campaign against Obama rather than Hillary. There are Democrats who belong to the
Found 64 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes, and 26 seconds ago
redstate.com
"McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar," reads the Politico headline. That may make for a great headline, but neither it nor the sensationalism in the story are accurate.
Craig Shirley, a friend who helps RedState with PR work (hey, they should have mentioned us too), has done work with Stop Her Now, that our own Kevin Holtsberry is involved in. The Obama campaign no doubt pushed this story on the Politico, which as an organization seems more susceptible than any other media organization save the New York Times for candidate generated stories, and the Politico gladly went with the sensationalism.
Found 65 days, 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 58 seconds ago
balloon-juice.com
More awesomeness :
After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.
This morning, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge, Rick Davis, the campaign manager, e-mailed to McCain's entire staff a memo entitled "McCain Campaign Conflicts Policy"--Effective Today" that includes a questionnaire asking about previous professional activities.
Found 65 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
joemygod.blogspot.com
Meanwhile :
Found 65 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
reachm.com
Dirty, dirty and now he's clean . Because selling himself as a career long clean politician is hard work when he's not.
But this time, he really, really means to be.
Really.
This time. This counts. All the other versions of McCain don't.
Found 65 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
freerepublic.com
Politico.com ^ | 5/15/08 | Ben Smith
Found 65 days, 9 hours, 14 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
crosstabs.org
"McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar," reads the Politico headline. That may make for a great headline, but neither it nor the sensationalism in the story are accurate.
Craig Shirley, a friend who helps RedState with PR work (hey, they should have mentioned us too), has done work with Stop Her Now, that our own Kevin Holtsberry is involved in. The Obama campaign no doubt pushed this story on the Politico, which as an organization seems more susceptible than any other media organization save the New York Times for candidate generated stories, and the Politico gladly went with the sensationalism.
Found 65 days, 56 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
WWW.samefacts.com
McCain consigliere and top-drawer Washington lobbyist Charlie Black thinks that Barack Obama's willingness to talk with the Iranian government shows that he's naive and incapable of defending the country .
Black, of course, has been a long-time ally of Ahmed Chalabi , who turns out to be an Iranian agent ( not that we didn't more or less know that already ) as well as a general-purpose crook. Chalabi is the guy who provided all the false intel about Saddam Hussein and WMD as a way of getting the US to act as his cat's-paw, and bragged about it later .
Found 65 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes, and 36 seconds ago
democrats.org
How many lobbyists does John McCain have running his campaign -- even at the very highest levels?
So many that he lost count.
Yes, with resignation after resignation and controversy after controversy about John McCain's connections to lobbyists -- which, by the way, have done their lobbying work inside of the campaign bus -- he's now being forced to re-vet his entire campaign staff :
After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.
Found 64 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
observer.com
Howard Dean spoke to Monroe County Democrats last night. [ WXXI ]
John McCain has a new policy for his staff. [ Politico ]
Hillary Clinton released new ads for Kentucky and Oregon. [ YouTube ]
Robert Harding tallies how the New York congressional delegation voted on the new G.I. Bill. [ Albany Project ]
Filmmaker Brett Story makes five-minute documentary about the potential redevelopment of Willets Point. [ Blip.tv ]
The Brooklyn Optimist is running for office. [ The Brooklyn Optimist ]
Sheldon Silver protested Michael Bloomberg's cuts to education this morning.
Found 64 days, 22 hours, 22 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
electionlawblog.org
The Politico offers this interesting report . See also this post from Marc Ambinder.
Found 65 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
examiner.com
McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar
Found 65 days, 11 hours, 49 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
freedemocracy.blogspot.com
Politico
Found 65 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes, and 8 seconds ago
nuestravoice.com
John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent "527″ group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. The campaign also released a new conflict of interest policy barring such arrangements.
Shirley, a conservative public relations veteran, doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns.
Found 65 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes, and 34 seconds ago
miamiherald.typepad.com
Republican presidential contender John McCain on Thursday fired an energy policy advisor who lobbies the federal government on behalf of energy clients, citing a new policy that seeks to quash influence peddling.
"The campaign recently severed ties with Eric Burgeson due to a new campaign policy that prohibits any registered lobbyist from participating in any policy discussions on the subjects in which they work,'' said McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky .
The policy was developed following the recent dismissals of two campaign aides whose lobbying firm represented the military junta that runs Myanmar, widely condemned for thwarting rescue efforts after a deadly cyclone.
Found 65 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 56 seconds ago
blogrevolution.com
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#) :
Found 65 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
donklephant.com
Politico reports there's progress on the "partisan hack" front…
Found 65 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
mithras.blogs.com
I guess better late than never: After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain
campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided
to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out
connections to lobbyists.
This morning, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge,
Rick Davis, the campaign manager, e-mailed to McCain's entire staff a
memo entitled "McCain Campaign Conflicts Policy" -- Effective Today"
that includes a questionnaire asking about previous professional
activities.
Found 65 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 39 seconds ago
radaronline.com
Website Politico gets a scalp: " John McCain 's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley , to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent '527' group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. The campaign also released a new conflict of interest policy barring such arrangements." Shirley is the most recent Team McCain departure: two other staffers were jettisoned last weekend because of their ties to Myanmar's brutal military government.
Found 65 days, 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
redstatenetwork.com
"McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar," reads the Politico headline. That may make for a great headline, but neither it nor the sensationalism in the story are accurate.
Craig Shirley, a friend who helps RedState with PR work (hey, they should have mentioned us too), has done work with Stop Her Now, that our own Kevin Holtsberry is involved in. The Obama campaign no doubt pushed this story on the Politico, which as an organization seems more susceptible than any other media organization save the New York Times for candidate generated stories, and the Politico gladly went with the sensationalism.
Found 65 days, 56 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
blogs.wsj.com
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Sen. John McCain 's presidential campaign is vetting its own staff members' lobbyist connections-scurrilous or otherwise-after two aides recently left the campaign when questions arose over their prior lobbying work for Myanmar's military junta.
The Atlantic reported Thursday night that campaign manager Rick Davis , himself a former lobbyist , is asking staffers to disclose any past or current ties to lobbying activity or outside political groups, such as 527s, to be vetted by their legal team in an effort to head off any future embarrassing staff revelations for the Arizona senator.
Found 64 days, 23 hours, 18 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
sistrunk.net
A John McCain adviser has been asked to leave the campaign following inquiries about the consultant's work with an independent "527″ group that sharply criticized the Democratic presidential candidates, according to a report Thursday night by The Politico. Click here to read the Politico report on McCain's adviser.
Found 64 days, 23 hours, 8 minutes, and 50 seconds ago
democraticcentral.com
and McCain is being hypocritical when he faults Obama on this -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Will the California Supreme Court's ruling complicate the November election? -- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05...
Hillary's new ads in Kentucky and Oregon are positive -- http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes...
"Poor Hillary!" ("Bless her heart") -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
McCain's conflict of interest issues -- http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes...
Republican brand is really lousy -- http:
Found 64 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, and 50 seconds ago
examiner.com
McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar
Found 65 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
the-two-malcontents.com
An radical jihadist Web site has announced that a new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is forthcoming.
A banner announcing the message says he will address the 60th anniversary of Israel. His message is titled, "The reasons for the struggle in the remembrance of the 60th anniversary of the rising of the occupier nation of Israel."
Developing bullshit…
Source
Found 65 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
flapsblog.com
McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar - Ben Smith - Politico.com
Found 65 days, 7 hours, 14 minutes, and 56 seconds ago
bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com
In the WaPo today, James Rubin points out that McCain was willing to engage in talks with Hamas just two years ago. (
Found 65 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
desertbeacon.blogspot.com
" isn't anti-Semitic? Some commenters have also found it interesting that Hagee's apology was not addressed to any official Church leaders, but to members of activist Catholic organizations like the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights. ** If the McCain campaign keeps shedding lobbyists will there be anyone available to answer the phone? Craig Shirley, of Shirley & Bannister Associates, is the latest to get kicked off the Weasel Wagon. [ Politico ] McCain seems to have done a major flip-flop on holding discussions with Hamas , although a carefully phrased denial says not; and appears to have rotated another 180 on whether the NRA should have a major role in the Republican Party.
Found 64 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, and 55 seconds ago
blogrevolution.com
McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar
Found 64 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes, and 24 seconds ago
bitsblog.florack.us
Memo to John McCain ; Craig Shirley did nothing wrong . Get your head out of your cheeks. You need all the help you can get, and turning it away isn't helping. Oh, and John? This isn't the help you need.
Found 64 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
dhinmi.dailykos.com
John McCain talks straight, but he acts crooked. Mr. Reform strays from the straight path by following crooked lobbyists for their money, money that comes from corporations and brutal foreign governments.
McCain's been embarrassed several times the last few weeks by lobbyists connected to his campaign. Last week he was forced to fire two lobbyists who had worked for the brutal military junta in Burma/Myanmar, the oppressive goons who are killing people through their refusal to let aid workers in to the country and help the millions of Burmese affected by the cyclone.
Found 64 days, 16 hours, 49 minutes, and 52 seconds ago
dailykos.com.
John McCain talks straight, but he acts crooked. Mr. Reform strays from the straight path by following crooked lobbyists for their money, money that comes from corporations and brutal foreign governments.
McCain's been embarrassed several times the last few weeks by lobbyists connected to his campaign. Last week he was forced to fire two lobbyists who had worked for the brutal military junta in Burma/Myanmar, the oppressive goons who are killing people through their refusal to let aid workers in to the country and help the millions of Burmese affected by the cyclone.
Found 64 days, 16 hours, 23 minutes, and 18 seconds ago
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com
On the day we hear of one more way Obama is asserting himself as leader of the party, this is just out from Ben Smith and McCain's standard for 527s:
Found 65 days, 14 hours, 8 minutes, and 31 seconds ago
thepage.time.com
Campaign of presumptive GOP nominee asked consultant Craig Shirley to leave his official campaign role Thursday after Politico inquired about his work for a 527 group opposing the Democratic candidates.
Plus: Campaign also plans to re-vet entire staff, distributes questionnaire requiring members to disclose any current or former lobbying ties or connections to foreign regimes.
Found 65 days, 12 hours, 25 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
Things are so ugly for the members of the GOP right now, it's worth pondering their political mortality: Put bluntly, can this party be saved?
Politico: McCain adviser ousted in conflict uproar
Found 65 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com
The practice of outsourcing defense operations in Iraq and Afghanistan includes another wrinkle, the House Oversight Committee reported Thursday. While the pertinent government agencies have set rates with a single carrier, the Pentagon has allowed the contractors to negotiate their own insurance deals, causing massive markups that taxpayers inherit . (Associated Press)
Following the recent resignation of two staffers of Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign team due to their ties to lobbying for a dictatorship, Republican consultant Craig Shirley has been asked to leave the campaign now after Politico found Shirley working for a '527' group in opposition to Democratic presidential candidates.
Found 65 days, 55 minutes, and 41 seconds ago
weblogs.baltimoresun.com
by Frank James
Being the former Navy fighter pilot that he is, Sen. John McCain may want to install an ejection seat in his presidential campaign, given the number of aides being forced to leave.
The latest is Craig Shirley, a Republican consultant, who was forced to leave after the disclosure of his links to one of those 527 groups, the organizations that do a lot of the slashing and burning in modern politics.
Politico.com was responsible for this one. This is how they report on the developments:
Found 64 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
weblogs.chicagotribune.com
by Frank James
Being the former Navy fighter pilot that he is, Sen. John McCain may want to install an ejection seat in his presidential campaign, given the number of aides being forced to leave.
The latest is Craig Shirley, a Republican consultant, who was forced to leave after the disclosure of his links to one of those 527 groups, the organizations that do a lot of the slashing and burning in modern politics.
Politico.com was responsible for this one. This is how they report on the developments:
Found 64 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, and 10 seconds ago
latimesblogs.latimes.com
John McCain 's campaign sent a top advisor packing after questions surfaced over his role in a 527 group -- the kind of organization that is barred from coordinating activities with political campaigns.
Consultant Craig Shirley , a public relations veteran, got the heave-ho after a reporter for Politico began asking questions about his role in the "Stop Her Now" 527 and his former spot as a paid advisor to the McCain campaign (he apparently was most recently an unpaid volunteer).
And giv
Found 64 days, 21 hours, 45 minutes, and 12 seconds ago
bhfrick.dailykos.com
John McCain talks straight, but he acts crooked. Mr. Reform strays from the straight path by following crooked lobbyists for their money, money that comes from corporations and brutal foreign governments.
McCain's been embarrassed several times the last few weeks by lobbyists connected to his campaign. Last week he was forced to fire two lobbyists who had worked for the brutal military junta in Burma/Myanmar, the oppressive goons who are killing people through their refusal to let aid workers in to the country and help the millions of Burmese affected by the cyclone.
Found 64 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, and 12 seconds ago
politicalrealm.blogspot.com
A McCain advisor linked to an independent 527 group is ousted.
Found 65 days, 10 hours, 43 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com
Updated: 5/16/08
John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent "527″ group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. The campaign also released a new conflict of interest policy barring such arrangements.
Shirley, a conservative public relations veteran, doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns.
Found 65 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes, and 24 seconds ago
roadkillrefugee.wordpress.com
: Fourth resigns this morning . No word on when McCain will have to step down under new conflict of interest policy…
Found 65 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
time-blog.com
This was supposed to be John McCain's green week, when he went to the Pacific Northwest, hung out with the forest people , and made clear to America that he is not George Bush. Yesterday's Back-To-The-Future prediction that the war in Iraq would be essentially won by 2013 was icing on the cake.
Then George Bush goes to Israel and forces McCain into a shouting match with Obama about whether or not Hitler has anything to do with Hamas. As Marc Ambinder points out , this debate puts McCain on the same side as Bush, drowning out the earlier talking point about being different than Bush.
Found 64 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes, and 10 seconds ago
accomackdems.wordpress.com
Great point from First Read : "When President Bush -- thousands of miles away in Israel -- decided to fire his thinly veiled shot at Obama yesterday, it was a giant gift to the Illinois senator and his campaign. Why? One, it essentially kept Clinton on the sidelines just two days after her big West Virginia victory. Two, Obama's opponent was no longer Clinton or McCain, but the man with the 27% job-approval rating. And three, it rallied Democrats to Obama's side."
To keep the story going, Obama reportedly will make a "very vigorous" response to Bush's remarks today while campaigning in South Dakota.
Found 64 days, 16 hours, 3 minutes, and 56 seconds ago
