http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/McCain_camp_adds_veteran_GOP_hand_to_staff_Palin.html?showallSeptember 01, 2008
Categories: Veep
McCain camp adds veteran GOP hand to staff Palin
John McCain's campaign has brought on board a seasoned Republican strategist to prepare Sarah Palin for the media onslaught.
Tucker Eskew, a Bush-Cheney campaign veteran, will serve as a counselor to the Alaska governor, whose introduction as McCain's running mate has jolted the presidential race.
Eskew has been tasked with getting Palin briefed on domestic and foreign policy issues, advising her on her stump speech on the road and, perhaps most important, getting a newcomer to the national political scene ready for the sort of exacting scrutiny she and her family are already receiving.
For now, though, the focus is to make sure she's well-prepared for her highly-anticipated convention speech, tentatively to be delivered Wednesday night in St. Paul.
Eskew, a South Carolina native, got his start working in the Palmetto State vineyards for former Gov. Carroll Campbell and joined Bushworld in the 2000 campaign.
He served the president in a variety of positions, including directing the White House Global Communications office where he ran international media relations during the first months of the Iraq war.
He now leads a public affairs firm in the Washington area, from which he'll take a leave until Election Day.
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