Last Stop For The Straight Talk Express?
Tue, 05/20/2008 - 3:43pm
Is McCain going to have a campaign staff left by this time next month? The latest member of Team McCain to leave is chief strategist and media adviser Mark McKinnon. McKinnon, a former Democrat and a key part of George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns, said he is "transitioning, shifting position from linebacker to head cheerleader." Of even more interest is this nugget:
“I just don’t want to work against an Obama candidacy,” McKinnon told Cox Washington bureau chief Ken Herman; electing Obama, he added, “would send a great message to the country and the world.” McKinnon said at the time he would vote for McCain.
