Steering the McCain Campaign, a Lot of Old Bush Hands

[kskiska]

Source: WP

When Gov. Sarah Palin flew home to Alaska for the first time since being named the Republican vice presidential nominee, she brought along at least half a dozen new advisers to conduct briefings, stage-manage her first television interview and help her prepare for a critical debate next month.

And virtually every member of the team shared a common credential: years of service to President Bush.

(snip)

Yet others, including some sympathetic Republicans, have begun to quietly question whether McCain and Palin are well served by strategists so firmly anchored in the Bush establishment when the candidates are presenting themselves as a "team of mavericks" and agents of change. One Republican with long-standing ties to the Bush administration described the situation as a paradox in which Palin is especially vulnerable.

"If the McCain campaign is trying to prop up Palin as its change agent, and its inoculation against the 'third Bush term' rap, then why on earth is she surrounded by a cast of Bush advisers?" said the Republican loyalist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "Since she's been selected, every single one of the senior aides that she's brought on board had prominent roles in Bush's White House or on his campaigns, or both."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092101608.html

[DFW]

1. Two possibilities come to mind

1.) She has decided she prefers "McSame" to "McFailin'"

2.) The claim that the Republican ticket has exactly zero new ideas is true,
and they are actually proud of it. Why, after all, change a winning team?
(Is that scary enough for you?)

[Shardik]

2. These people disgust me with their dishonesty and transparancy.

WHY don't more people recognize this?

[radfringe]

3. don't forget about the 83 lobbyists on his campaign payroll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68x7HRQGyYc

the only thing mccain wants to change is the name on the door - everything else stays the same

[OakCliffDem]

4. It is the powerful that live in the shadows that want to control the Government

How did Bush get elected? He is a dry drunk who is too stupid to operate an elevator, but he sits in the Oval Office as President.
There are forces behind the scenes driving the Republicans, and it is not the ones we see leading their campaigns who are in charge.