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As im sure most folks here are aware, Mccain was just talking emphatically a few days ago about how his campaign manager had absolutely no ties to Fannie Mac. Then yesterday, news broke that his lobbying firm was still taking $15000 a month from Fannie Mac.
The Mccain camp quickly reacted and deflected those criticisms by arguing that Davis wasn't receiving any money, and thus implying there was no conflict of interest. However, anybody who has watched Mccain with a little objectivity over the years knows this must have INFURIATED Mccain. His own campaign manager!! Mccain has already had 3 ultra-embarrassing cases where 3 co-chairs had to leave the campaign due to ties with lobbyists.
Think about what Mccain's morning must have been like, yesterday.
Line #1: White House wants him to fly into DC and be a part of a joint press event with Obama & Bush
Line #2: Mccain's staffers want to review more debate stuff for friday night
Line #3: Obama is calling, saying he wants to work on a joint-statement about the economy & bail out
Line #4: Rick Davis is calling to apologize, said he canceled lunch with reporters and wants to talk.
Line #5: Palin's people are calling to plan damage control around the Katie Curic interview.
Line #6: The Rove kids in his campaign have prepared some more smear ads and want his OK.
Line #7: Fox News just declared that Mccain has sunk overnight to 39% in the polls.
My theory is that Mccain flipped out and literally tried to just shut his campaign down.
He HAS to let Rick Davis go before the 2nd debate, folks. That story is not going away. Think about the implications of this, especially at the end of Sept and heading into debates during a once in a century economic crisis. If he keeps Davis, he risks everything. If he kicks Davis, he at least has a chance of rising from the ashes. History shows that Mccain kicks these people (he's removed 3 co-chairs already).
This is his campaign manager, the guy who runs day-to-day operations.
Now, consider all the wacky events since yesterday morning with this theory in mind. Time will tell, and i'm predicting that Rick Davis will either step down or step to the side in the coming days.
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