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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... Randy Scheunemann, who had been John McCain's top foreign policy adviser and surrogate during the campaign, is denying a report that he was secretly fired from the campaign in the final week for leaking damaging stories to the media about Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace and other campaign officials. "He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," a campaign source ...
Randy, Randy, Randy
Talking Points Memo —
Well, Randy Scheunemann now insists that he wasn't really fired by the McCain campaign in the final days of the election for hitching his wagon to the Palin trainwreck and dishing against McCain to the press, or at least so he now says. But ...
However, Goldfarb did concede that Scheunemann's campaign e-mail was cut off, and his blackberry was taken away late Friday. Goldfarb admits that senior McCain aides were mad at Scheunemann, and wanted to fire him, but he insists they stopped short of that, and instead simply turned off his campaign ...
Kristol Attacks Anonymous McCain Aides Dishing To The Press As ‘Paranoid’ And ‘Disloyal To John McCain’
Think Progress —
... that he had been fired. McCain press aide Michael Goldfarb told Bash this morning that while Scheunemann wasn’t dismissed, he was essentially excommunicated by the McCain staff: ...
Kristol Denies Being Palin’s Henry Higgins
Firedoglake —
... Bill Kristol denies claims by anonymous McCain aids that Sarah Palin stopped taking advice from the campaign and instead consulted Kristol.
Randy Scheunemen denies claims that he was fired for trashing Palin to the press. So does Mark Salter.
But...But... ...
Palin on the leaker: A “small, evidently bitter type of person”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... McCain campaign said on Wednesday that Mr. Scheunemann had been fired from the campaign in its final days. But Rick Davis, the McCain campaign manager, and Mr. Salter, one of Mr. McCain’s closest advisers, said Wednesday that Mr. Scheunemann had in fact not been dismissed. Mr. Scheunemann, who picked up the phone in his office at McCain campaign headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, responded that “anybody who says I was fired is either lying or delusional or a whack job.” More from CNN : Scheunemann, who was widely viewed as a supporter of former vice presidential candidate ...
Your Lengthy Guide To The Insane McCain-Palin Cold War
Wonkette » top —
... McCain will grill ribs.
And so at last we come to the point: Bill Kristol is responsible for all of this, ha ha ha. Here he is angrily whining about life on Fox News this morning.
Tensions between McCain and Palin camps come to light [LAT]
Internal battles divide McCain, Palin camps [NYT]
Palin allies report rising camp tension [Politico]
Yet More On The Breakup [TNR]
McCain aide disputes sources, denies firing [CNN]
Kristol Attacks Anonymous McCain Aides Dishing To The Press As ?Paranoid? And ?Disloyal To John McCain?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that he had been fired. McCain press aide Michael Goldfarb told Bash this morning that while Scheunemann wasn’t dismissed, he was essentially excommunicated by the McCain staff: However, Goldfarb did concede that Scheunemann’s campaign e-mail was cut off, and his blackberry was taken away late Friday . Goldfarb admits that senior McCain aides were mad at Scheunemann, and wanted to fire him, but he insists they stopped short of that, and instead simply turned off his campaign communication. McCain aides claim Scheunemann was providing “ ...
PNAC: Palin’s Pentagon In Waiting?
Wonk Room —
... by the campaign after it was discovered that he was leaking information favorable to Palin to the press. Goldfarb later denied that Scheunemann had been fired, but “ ...
