Firm top McCain aide 'quit' was paid $90K by campaign

[robertpaulsen]

Source: The Raw Story

John McCain's presidential campaign has become increasingly adamant this week that campaign manager Rick Davis has had nothing to do with the consulting and lobbying firm he founded since signing on for the White House bid two years ago.

So why does it look like McCain's own campaign paid Davis's firm in lieu of putting him directly on their payroll?

The Arizona senator's presidential campaign paid at least $90,000 to Davis Manafort Inc., the firm Davis founded with Republican lobbyist Paul J. Manafort, during the first six months of last year, while Davis was serving as CEO for the campaign. Five payments were made for "communications consulting" in increments of $10,000 to $40,000, according to a Raw Story review of campaign finance records maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics.



The payments stopped in July 2007, when Davis and some other top McCain aides reportedly began working for free, as McCain's campaign struggled to raise money. Davis himself never received a personal salary from the campaign, although he reportedly earned $20,000 per month from the campaign.


Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_campaign_paid_Davis_firm_months_0925.html

[Indenturedebtor]

1. Hah doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who was really paying him

Sounds like McBush took public financing after all! Fannie is public property at this point no?

[HopeHoops]

2. I'm sure McCain considers $20,000/month to be a small salary