Thursday, May 15, 2008

McCain Adviser Ousted Over Links to 527 Group


Tsk, tsk. Note that the group the guy was involved with, "Stop Her Now" is the one I mentioned earlier that is regrouping into "Stop Him Now" to reflect Obama's lead in the primary.

Sen. John McCain's campaign "asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role and released a new conflict of interest policy Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent '527' group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates," according to The Politico.

"Shirley, a conservative public relations veteran, doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns. He is not currently on the McCain campaign's payroll, but would also step down from his role on McCain's Virginia Leadership Team, a McCain spokesman, Brian Rogers, said.

"Marc Ambinder reports the McCain campaign "has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.**"


**Hoo boy, that's alot of scrutiny to get to in only 6 months.

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