Word: mehlman
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Those who were offended by Mahtani’s comment generally agree that it’s okay for Democrats to criticize President Bush—or even Ken Mehlman, Dewey’s equivalent on the national stage—but they feel that such criticism is off limits when it comes to our fellow students. Unfortunately, when Harvard undergraduates publicly air ignorant and offensive beliefs, we tend to give them far more slack than they deserve. For some of us, it appears, loyalty to Harvard comes before responsibility to the broader community. Dewey attacked the queer community...
...significant development last week when RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, an as down-to-his-boots Bushie as you're likely to ever find, privately told John McCain that he would be willing to lend a hand raising money for the Arizona senator's political action committee, multiple Republican sources told TIME...
...years after the Bush team, which included Mehlman, all but trashed McCain in the ugly 2000 Republican primaries, Mehlman's move was another signal that the party's allergy to McCain is lifting as the senator continues to garner positive looks from the GOP's key base of financial fundraisers. Roughly a dozen top fundraisers attending a closed RNC meeting this week in Naples, Florida, privately promised McCain, who delivered a speech to the group, that they would be with him if and when...
...Mehlman, as party chair, can't go that far. But before the Naples session ended, he told McCain he'd help him raise money for his leadership PAC, which gives money to Republican congressional candidates. It was another sign that party leaders realize that a man they not so long ago reviled can, and just might, win the nomination...
...party official told TIME that "the chairman is working with McCain just like he's working with other '08 aspirants and it's in his job description to do so." But there is no question that Mehlman's offer was another sign of warming between the party establishment and its frontrunner. "Obviously," said a McCain ally, "we're gonna take him up on the offer...