McCain Loses Two Iowa Strategists

[RedEarth]

Source: (AP)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Two veteran Republican strategists are abandoning John McCain's campaign in Iowa, dealing another blow to a presidential bid still reeling from a major staff shake-up earlier this week.

Ed Failor Jr., said Thursday that he and Karen Slifka plan to notify McCain by letter of their decisions. Both are GOP operatives with deep ties in Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation caucuses, and national politics.

"As much as I like Senator McCain, it's not a team I'm willing to stay involved with any longer," Failor said.

Once the GOP front-runner, McCain's second presidential candidacy has been foundering on all fronts. His support has dropped in national polls and his top GOP rivals, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, have easily outdistanced him in fundraising. Over the past week, he has accepted the resignations of two top aides in his national campaign, laid off more than half his staff, narrowed his strategy to three states and disclosed he had only $2 million to spend.

Failor ran the Iowa field operation for President Bush's campaign in 2004, assembling a deep campaign organization that energized social and religious conservatives. Bush narrowly won the state, the first time since 1984 that a Republican had prevailed in Iowa in the general election.

Failor also works for Iowans for Tax Relief, a conservative group that runs the state's largest political action committee.



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[Binka]

1. The Bullshit Bus Is Losing It's Crew

Give it up fucktard McLame.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. McCain is finished. Bring on Rudy!

He'll get his ass kicked.

[napi21]

4. YEAH! That's the way to do it! Take 'em down one at a time!

I'd say one down already, several of the 10 never even got started, and hmmmm....3 to go (Rudy, Mittens & Freddie!)

[napi21]

3. Is anyone still WITH his campaign other than HIM?

It sure seems like I've heard a whole lot of people have either been fired, or quit, just in the last 2 weeks!

[Dr.Phool]

5. He can send his Florida co-chairman up there to help raise funds.

He probably wants to get out of Florida for a while anyway.

Let's see. They need a quick $20 million. Thats only a million blowjobs at $20 a pop.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2007/07/rep-bob-allen-c.html

He's got a 5:00pm news conference scheduled. Maybe announcing he's going to Iowa,

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2007/07/detail-emerge-i.html

There's also the arrest affidavit at this link.