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Jonathan Martin just posted a piece about retired General Wesley Clark's disparaging comments about McCain's military service. I hope Clark has a big mouth because he just put both feet in to it.
The McCain camp responded immediately and with a vengence.
29, 2008
Categories: McCainWesley Clark touches the third rail
On "Face the Nation," the former general — who is supporting Obama — said, "I don't think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president."
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers just sent a statement, where he said, "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right. But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."
"John McCain is proud of his record of always putting the country first — from his time in the Navy, in Vietnam and through to today. And on the biggest question we've faced in recent years, the war in Iraq, the facts on the ground show that John McCain was right, as Barack Obama is about to find out after failing to visit there in over 900 days.
"John McCain will remain focused on the big challenges facing America — growing our economy and adding jobs, breaking our addiction to Mideast oil, and defending our nation's security. Rather than engage in old style political attacks, we hope Senator Obama will reverse his decision to refuse to appear in town hall meetings where the voters can speak directly to Senators McCain and Obama about the issues facing America."
From The Politico
McCain camp hammers Obama on small town comments
The McCain campaign, finding a gift in its lap, tees off on the eye-opening comments by Barack Obama from a fundraiser last week in San Francisco (of all places).
Asked to respond, McCain adviser Steve Schmidt called it a "remarkable statement and extremely revealing."
"It shows an elitism and condescension towards hardworking Americans that is nothing short of breathtaking," Schmidt said. "It is hard to imagine someone running for president who is more out of touch with average Americans." read more »
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Last night in a post I created to give everyone the heads up about Sean Hannity's pending interview with John McCain (Thursday 03/13/08 at 9pm EST on Fox)I Mentioned that Sean was also going to interview Mitt Romney tonight. That interview was taped earlier today and will be shown on Hannity and Colmes.
Lastly, I stated,"Karl Rove said that he heard some buzz about what he calls the M&M ticket. That would be McCain/Mitt. It will be interesting to see if that is a topic for both interviews."
Apparently the topic did come up in the Romney interview and there are a few stories and opinions about it today.
The bottom line is that Mitt Romney said he WOULD accept the VP spot it asked by Mccain.
Jonathan Martin at the Politico.com writes:
Romney says he'd take Veep, calls McCain "Big Dog"
Mitt Romney said in his first interview since departing the GOP race that he would accept the number two position on the ticket and that there is no lingering bitterness between him and John McCain.
“I think any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included," Romney told FOX's Sean Hannity in a broadcast set to air tonight. "Of course this is a nation which needs strong leadership. And if the nominee of our party asked you to serve with him, anybody would be honored to receive that call … and to accept it, of course.”
Hotair.com has a little different take.
Here is an excerpt from Hannity&Colmes of what Sean and Karl were dicussing when Karl mentioned the M&M ticket:
HANNITY: We continue with our friend, FOX News contributor Karl Rove. All right Karl Rove, I never, ever doubt my good friend Bob Novak, and he's saying that you're suggesting that Mitt Romney would be a good VP choice for John McCain.
ROVE: Well, I talked with Bob recently, and we got to talking about the vice-presidential choice, and I shared with Bob, I've been traveling around the country recently — in fact, tonight I'm at the University of Pittsburgh where I'm a guest of the Pitt Program Council. And as I go around the country, I'm hearing a lot of conversation about VP, and I told Bob I was surprised by how often I was hearing the name Mitt Romney, and there seems to be some level of enthusiasm for the M & M ticket, "McCain & Mitt."
Read or watch the entire Rove segment at Foxnews,com
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From the Politico.com
Jonathan Martin 03/06/08
McCain begins to take charge at RNC
The Republican National Committee tomorrow will announce the appointment of three top John McCain loyalists to help coordinate the party's effort with McCain's campaign and to lead the joint voter contact program, according to GOP sources. Also involved in the effort will be Rudy Giuliani's former campaign manager.
Frank Donatelli will serve as the new deputy chairman of the RNC and will serve as the chief liaison between the committee and the campaign. A veteran Republican strategist, Donatelli has worked on numerous GOP presidential campaigns and in the Reagan White House. He's currently a lobbyist at McGuire Woods but will take a leave to join the committee. His wife, Becki, works for McCain, handling his online presence.
Leading the so-called Victory organization will be Carly Fiorina. The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard got behind McCain early on and has been a frequent surrogate. She also traveled with him in Michigan and helped carry his economic message there.
The Victory effort serves as the party's primary voter contact organization and is aimed at helping Republicans from McCain on down the ballot.
Fiorina will serve as chairwoman in a spokeswoman and public advocate capacity. read more »
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