McCain ‘08 Death Watch: Going, going…

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 16, 2007 10:50 AM

Gone are McCain ’08’s press staffers, reports Marc Ambinder:

Sen. John McCain’s top three press aides resigned this morning, Republicans close to the campaign said and one of those aides confirmed.
The campaign’s research director and two other press staffers also stepped down.

The departure of Brian Jones, the communications director, Danny Diaz, his deputy, and Matt David, another deputy, had been widely anticipated since last week’s resignation of campaign manager Terry Nelson. All three were Nelson’s proteges and worked closely with departed strategist John Weaver.

But all three showed up in New Hampshire last Friday to staff McCain’s two-day trip through the state. Jones carefully attended to McCain at a press conference and Diaz staffed him on a blogger conference call. The Wall Street Journal reported that day that the three would resign Saturday. They did not. They did, in fact, share a farewell drink with the Senator.

On the rocks, I’m sure–just like the McCain ‘08 campaign.

Which is more annoying: Waiting for the McCain campaign to officially end…or waiting for the Fred campaign to officially begin?

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  1. #105020
    On July 16th, 2007 at 10:59 am, Tom Blogical said:

    Which is more annoying: Waiting for the McCain campaign to officially end…or waiting for the Fred campaign to officially begin?

    Without question for me, waiting for the McCain campaign to officially end.

  2. #105022
    On July 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am, josetheguerilla said:

    Fred! needs a Michelle Malkin Stiletto heel in his posterior side. He’s getting behind the money curve!!!!!!

  3. #105023
    On July 16th, 2007 at 11:01 am, captivated_dem said:

    “Which is more annoying: Waiting for the McCain campaign to officially end…or waiting for the Fred campaign to officially begin?”

    Delayed gratification is a wonderful thing.

  4. #105028
    On July 16th, 2007 at 11:07 am, GlenW said:

    We weren’t buying what he was selling before … and we aren’t buying it now.

  5. #105034
    On July 16th, 2007 at 11:20 am, Alphonse said:

    Just another Harold Stassen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stassen

  6. #105044
    On July 16th, 2007 at 11:30 am, Bad Candy said:

    I say McCain officially drops out a day before thanksgiving, it people will be traveling and he can end his campaign quietly.

    Fred needs to declare already, I’m getting tired of the wait.

  7. #105063
    On July 16th, 2007 at 12:11 pm, Bruce said:

    Don’t forget…. McCain is going down because he is pro-victory, not because he is pro-amnesty.

    That’s what the Democrat media says anyway.

  8. #105077
    On July 16th, 2007 at 12:39 pm, John Ansell said:

    McCant was finished once he supported amnesty. For that matter, anybody that supports Amnesty should be voted out.

    Newt and Fred, enough said.

  9. #105078
    On July 16th, 2007 at 12:41 pm, uhangtight said:

    I presumed that McCain campaign would be finished after the 4th of July and offically dead by July 31, 2007. I sure wish July would hurry up and be over.. come on August.

    Stale left over McCain campaign. The Media wants it to be over the war and not over the immigration. they just don’t get us conservatives.. heard some talking heads arguing over it, one saying it was the war the other saying it was immigration. the lefty said well conservative independents were disgusted with him over the war.. Since when do independents decide who becomes the Republican nominee?? geesh.. they just can’t imagine that it wouldn’t be over the war…dhimmies are dumb..

  10. #105084
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:01 pm, DesertLover said:

    McCain has been on the downhill slide ever since McCain-Feingold (recently put down by the Supreme Court) to limit all of us from being able to have anything to say for the last couple of months of an election …

    Other things along the way … but the Shamnesty was the final straw …

    Now he is trying to go back to the way he was in 2000 … little late … don’t you think John? …

  11. #105092
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:12 pm, John Ansell said:

    Once he learns to say Adios in English his campaign will be over.

  12. #105096
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:18 pm, Al in St. Lou said:

    Whenever Fred announces, if he announces at the right time, he’ll win the nomination. I see no good reason for him to announce earlier than Labor Day. OTOH, McCain is going to wait for the New Hampshire results before considering giving up. So, get used to waiting, folks.

  13. #105100
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:20 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    I do not believe that his stance supporting the War in Iraq, which is really the war against Islamic terrorism, is the reason for his failure. He is simply horribly inconsistent and his illegal immigration stance was the last straw for anyone who actually thought he could be an effective candidate. I suspect that his senate seat is also at risk because Arizona has just voted in one of the most stringent illegal alien employer laws in the country. (Of course, the Arizona law may very well have no money and no real enforcement behind it – but that remains to be seen. At least state employers are on notice that the hiring of illegals can have serious consequences.)

  14. #105112
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:50 pm, DesertLover said:

    publiuswarmac9999

    Here is the AZ law you referenced …

    you will notice that the enforcement money is appropriated in the bill …

    http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.hb2779_06-20-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm

  15. #105115
    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:53 pm, Rick Moran said:

    Those staffers leaving are just the other shoe dropping from last week’s firing of the campaign manager. It was pretty much expected by campaign watchers so I don’t know if this puts McCain any closer to quitting or not.

    I really don’t think he’s going to bow out until he at least sees whether he can still raise some money – which means sometime in September before the bell tolls on his campaign.

  16. #105118
    On July 16th, 2007 at 2:01 pm, bdfaith said:

    Count me as one who hopes he doesn’t drop out right away. The shamnesty’s dead till ‘09 regardless and being a presidential candidate gets him better coverage for his pro-victory speeches. The best thing he could do at this point would be to announce he’s putting the campaign on hold till after the mid-September Iraq showdown in Congress. Depending on how that goes he might look like a viable candidate again by the end of the year.

  17. #105146
    On July 16th, 2007 at 3:41 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    It is nice to see, the unlike the US Congress, illegal alien enforcement in Arizona actually has some greenbacks and state prosecutors to back it up. I await the first arrests and convictions.

  18. #105164
    On July 16th, 2007 at 4:23 pm, Nichevo said:

    On July 16th, 2007 at 1:01 pm, DesertLover said:
    McCain has been on the downhill slide ever since McCain-Feingold (recently put down by the Supreme Court) to limit all of us from being able to have anything to say for the last couple of months of an election …

    Au contraire, McCain became the fair-haired boy of the MSM with CFR, while most of the American public greeted it with a giant yawn — too complicated and remote for the average voter to even understand.

    I would bet that his media triumph with CFR led him to fool himself into thinking that amnesty — another issue the MSM loudly supports — would bring him even more accolades, and the nomination.

    Unfortunately, being a member of the elite 100-club, John had no idea that he was walking into a mine field. Contrary to CFR, amnesty is something that the majority of Americans can personally relate with negativity — either because they’ve had to deal with illegals personally in their own little corner of the US, or because they or their ancestors chose the long hard path to legal immigration.

  19. #105309
    On July 16th, 2007 at 10:43 pm, CC said:

    Doesn’t John McCain read the right wing blogs? For the last few months, in huge and escalating numbers, the people have stated their dislike for him and the fact that they won’t vote for him.

  20. #105503
    On July 17th, 2007 at 12:36 pm, sherlock said:

    Doesn’t John McCain read the right wing blogs?

    No, and neither do most of his elite. That will change eventually.

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