McCain sources say Duberstein lobbied to head transition; Duberstein denies claim

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

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But three McCain sources tell CNN that little more than three months ago, Duberstein was pushing to run John McCain’s post-election transition to the White House — a charge Duberstein himself insists is not true.

One of the sources says he was contacted by Duberstein in July with a request to relay a message to the McCain team that he thought he would be an “ideal” person to run the Republican nominee's transition.

This source — who noted that at the time McCain was doing well in the polls — said he and Duberstein had several conversations about it, and that he did pass that information along to the campaign.


Two senior McCain advisers confirm this account, one telling CNN that Duberstein reached out at the "highest levels of the campaign."

However, Duberstein vehemently denies to CNN that he lobbied to run any McCain transition. He said he did have a conversation with someone outside the McCain team, but insists that he was the one approached, and did not push for the post.

“This is a non-story,” Duberstein tells CNN.



Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/31/mccain-sources-say-duberstein-lobbied-to-head-transition-duberstein-denies-claim/

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more sour grapes from the McCain camp.

[Buck Laser]

1. How hard can it be to set McCain in a rocking chair?

What else could there be to his "transition?"

[Idealism]

2. Ahh the GOP way

If you can't get them to recant, discredit them.
This would've been Eagleburger if he had the balls to tell the truth

[johnnydrama]

3. hmmmmm

What else was going on in July????

Oh yah, NO SARAH PALIN