Monday, July 16, 2007

McCain's top political strategists forced out

Campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver announced their departures in joint statements released by the campaign.

Several sources tell CNN that McCain met with Nelson and Weaver on Monday to discuss the campaign's direction.

"Apparently [McCain] didn't like the answers and [said] this morning he wanted changes," according to a source familiar with the internal deliberations.

Also Tuesday, Deputy Campaign Manager Reed Galen and Political Director Rob Jesmer resigned from the campaign, a campaign source told CNN.

"No one was fired and they remain good and close and loyal friends and they'll continue to help out in the campaign," McCain told reporters.

wow this sucks for McCain what is he going to do now with his campaign now that his top strategist are gone.. this is sure going to be a tough one for McCain.. the election is going to be quite interesting with all these turn of events

4 comments:

katieannkwok said...

Having McCain's top political strategists taken out of his champagne committee, puts him in a risky situation. From here on out, the road for McCain may be either drastically downhill or uphill depending on how well he takes care of these circumstances. I wish him best of luck because I would assume that this event adds a lot more stress to him.

courtnaaayyy said...

I too am excited to see what happens. It seem as f the elections are going t be complicated, but interesting. I also wish McCain luck.

Optimus Prime said...
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Optimus Prime said...

Wth did he do that for. McCain, you just let go some of your top advisors. This election will be a brutal process for him and he needs all the help he can get. I agree with spongebob. It'll be very interesting. And remember,"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."