Another McCain Staffer Departs

[brooklynite]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/07/another_mccain_staffer_departs.html

Mary Kate Johnson, the finance director for Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign, has resigned -- joining a stampede of senior staff on Tuesday.

Johnson's resignation was confirmed by two sources with intimate knowledge of the inner workings of McCain's campaign. Johnson was a relatively new addition to the McCain team, brought in after McCain underperformed expectations in the first fundraising quarter. Johnson replaced longtime McCain finance consultant Carla Eudy.

With Johnson gone, the vast majority of McCain's senior staff has left the campaign. Rick Davis has stepped in as campaign manager and a few other key figures remain involved -- including former McCain chief of staff Mark Salter. But, the McCain campaign looks vastly different tonight that it did just twelve hours ago.

Would the last person out, please turn off the lights - unless, of course they've simply stopped paying the electic bills...

[TwilightGardener]

1. If Salter leaves, well...it's really over. He helped co-author McCain's books

and speeches. I think McCain will be nowhere without him.

[napi21]

2. That's sort of what I was thinking. How many people are left?

I don't know a damn thing about running a campaign, but I know enough to state he sure can't do it ALONE!

[partylessinOhio]

3. Bush killed McCain years ago but he doesn't know he's dead yet.

:eyes:

[More Than A Feeling]

4. Zombie McCain!

That's really an excellent way of describing McCain's behavior since 2000.

[elocs]

5. McCain stupidly tied himself to the Bush Iraq war anchor

and now he is deservedly going down, down, down. Stupid is as stupid does.

[shain from kane]

6. Reminds me about Senator John Glenn's presidential primary campaign from 1984.

I believe that I read that he still owes money to banks and vendors for that one.