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...McCain's historic willingness to work with Democrats and an alleged McCain quote-that he has since denied-that he would not appoint judges in the mold of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. This last allegation sparked especially sharp words from the McCain staff. Senior advisor Steve Schmidt, pushing back against Romney's insinuation that McCain is not a "real" Republican, told reporters about his effort, at the 2004 Democratic convention, to have prominent Republicans be available to refute Democrats' attacks on George Bush and attack John Kerry. Many came to Boston, including Rudy Giuliani, but, says Schmidt, "Mitt...
John McCain's presidential campaign has no shortage of sophisticated political consultants. There's Steve Schmidt, who masterminded Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback in California; veteran strategist Charlie Black, whose counsel has found an ear in every Republican White House since Reagan; Mark McKinnon, the political advertising genius who made John Kerry's wind surfing famous; Mark Salter, McCain's co-author, speechwriter and id; and Rick Davis, a successful lobbyist and Washington sage. They've all been with the campaign since it began, and they all survived its implosion last summer; the only thing that really took...
...This is a bigger sacrifice for some of them than others: Black says he never intended to take a paycheck (he got out of "professional politics" years ago), Salter's campaign salary before he became a volunteer was $200,000 a year; Davis would have made about that much. Schmidt was paid over $300,000 for the nine months he toiled for the Governator. And McKinnon? Media advisers on presidential campaigns personally take in, all told, about a $1 million for just over a year of work...
...husband does more good than harm. And whether it's Bill or Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail doesn't seem to make much difference to South Carolina voters, who seemed as much, if not more, excited to see the former President. Back at Lizzard's Thicket, Caitlin Schmidt was treated to the full force of Bill Clinton's charm. The 36-year-old homemaker, who had been deciding between Obama and Clinton, was swayed. "This did it for me, I think," she said. "Though I did tell him: you catch more flies with honey...
That's the kind of confidence that was hard to find the night before South Carolina, but with a key win behind them, the McCain campaign seems to have it's inner Rocky back. "They keep giving us reasons why John Mccain can't win a primary," says Schmidt, "and he keeps winning primaries...