BREAKING: Mark McKinnon is leaving the McCain campaign...."don't want to work against Obama"

[scheming daemons]

Still think Obama can't win the GE?


Even McCain's own people see the writing on the wall.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/20/1044179.aspx

[NatBurner]

1. wow

how telling is that?

[Mme. Defarge]

23. Ditto! n/t

[Occam Bandage]

2. Well, no shit. He doesn't want to go down in political history as an author of a landslide defeat.

[reflection]

3. Awesome! n/t

[thewiseguy]

4. ByeBye McCain

[Greyskye]

5. Pretty big indicator.

Love the comments at that link.

[AllentownJake]

6. He said this from the beginning

That if Obama was the nominee he would not work against him and might work for him.

[scheming daemons]

13. The "Breaking" part of the story is that a Republican kept a promise!

[dhill926]

38. ha -ha....thanks for the laugh....

much needed today....

[rocktivity]

22. DON'T HIRE HIM, OBAMA!

He might be a GOP mole!

:tinfoilhat:
rocknation

[Happyhippychick]

7. We are witnessing the birth of a movement. It's unprecedented.

[ErinBerin84]

8. Didn't Mark make that pledge a while ago?

He said that Obama is such a nice guy that he would quit if he makes it to the general election? Or was that someone else. I'm surprised he kept the pledge.

[AllentownJake]

9. It was him

[ErinBerin84]

14. I think I also remember them

asking if he would work against Hillary, and he said something like "Yes, I would burn down my house to do it."

[FrenchieCat]

10. This is basically an endorsement.......

'I just don't want to work against an Obama candidacy,' McKinnon told Cox Washington bureau chief Ken Herman ; electing Obama, he added, 'would send a great message to the country

[Aloha Spirit]

11. In 2007, McKinnon told McCain that he would quit if Obama was the Democratic nominee, so this was

expected, and I'd say it's more telling in that McKinnon is assuming that Obama won the nomination.

[featherman]

12. Great news... insider stuff but some heads are spinning in the MSM over this

[chill_wind]

15. I freakin LOVE it. K&R n/t

[NashVegas]

16. So .. The Guy Who Helped W Get Elected Wants to Help Obama Get Elected

And y'all don't see why some of us have issues?

[scheming daemons]

19. Are you talking about McKinnon.... or Rove (who wants to help Clinton)?

[NashVegas]

21. McKinnon

He worked on Bush's campaigns in 2000 and 2004.

[scheming daemons]

25. Did he do more for Bush than Rove did?

Rove is trying to help Hillary.... that is what has US concerned.

[NashVegas]

31. I Don't Know

I do know McKinnon has said he will vote for McCain. He just won't campaign against Obama.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

36. I would argue that he did just as much based on what I have read.

He was the image/advertising guy. Bush was all image.

[cali]

35. god, what hypocrisy. Hilly is touting rove, kissing ass

when it comes to Scaife and Murdoch, and you have an issue with some guy who worked for bush and quit McCain's campaign so as not to work against Obama?

I've never held it against hill that Buchanan and other repukes are touting hill.

[ampad]

24. You got issues

With Hillary saying McCain has more experience than Obama. Hillary taking endorsements from Richard Scaif. Hillary using the math of Karl Rove? You got problems with any of that?

[NashVegas]

32. Sorry

If I'd elongated on that thought, I'd have added how there are some of us who see disturbing similarities between Bush 2000 and Obama 2008 campaigns.

[Occam Bandage]

28. He's not going to help Obama. He's still voting for, and "cheerleading" for McCain. He just doesn't

want his fingerprints on McCain's loss--or on McCain's racist campaign.

[americanstranger]

30. I think he sees what's coming and wants no part of it.

He knows that the only shot McCain has to beat O is to go racist.

I doubt he'll go to work for Obama, but he seems not to want to go anywhere near the negative campaign that will be necessary for McCain not to be blown out of the water.

- as

[Kokonoe]

39. he is not helping Obama

He said he will not help McCain. :D

[NashVegas]

41. If That Were The Case

He could have easily said, and let it be known, he was taking the year off to concentrate on his family / personal life.

Instead, he's told everyone and everyone he refuses to campaign against Obama.

[americanstranger]

17. McKinnon reveals a conscience. That's big.

Maybe things are going to change.

- as

[otohara]

18. Come Back to The Dem Party Mark

vote Obama.

[DearAbby]

20. ...

:wow:

[Barack_America]

26. Thanks. I needed this bit of good news. n/t

[EnviroBat]

27. Oh Man, that's awesome!

:rofl:

[ampad]

29. I remember hearing him say this

months ago but it is quite shocking to witness a repig keeping to their word. He must have tremendous respect for Obama.

[TexasLady]

33. Works for Me!

[Zachstar]

34. Holy moly!

[Fire_brand]

37. "I just don't want to work against an Obama candidacy" Translation:

This is going to get racist, so very racist

[genna]

40. Where have you been the primary was a teaser for the race baiting campaign?

The 527s will perfect the hate.

[Fire_brand]

42. The primaries were child's play

we'll see racism cluster bombing in the GE

[charlie and algernon]

43. this is getting eerily similar to the west wing season 7

with the staffer on republican Arnie Vinnick's campaign leaving because he doesn't want to tell his grandkids he worked against the first hispanic candidate, democrat Matt Santos.

[chill_wind]

44. Gotta kick.

eom

[AlCzervik]

45. Holy hell, he kept his promise? Is it still Tuesday?

[anonymous171]

46. Woah. Even repugs like the guy.

[grantcart]

47. It was part not wanting to work against the first black candidate

and part not wanting to get his assed crushing

[Swamp Rat]

48. k&r

[Willo]

49. I find that quite impressive. n/t