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Phil Gramm Attends McCain Campaign Briefing
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Laura Meckler reports from Aspen, Colo., on the presidential race. Ousted John McCain campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm is back with the campaign’s top advisers this weekend, as the campaign gathers top supporters for a series of briefings in scenic Aspen, Colo. The former Texas senator stepped down from his position after he said in an interview last month that the country is in a “mental recession” and that we had become a “nation of whiners.” Gramm was seated in the front ...

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Phil Gramm Attends McCain Meeting
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The former campaign co-chairman sits in on briefings with top McCain staff Thursday in Aspen, Colorado. ...

Friday’s campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... * Guess who’s back? “Ousted John McCain campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm is back with the campaign’s top advisers this weekend, as the campaign gathers top supporters for a series of briefings in scenic Aspen, Colo.” ...

Oops! He Did It Again
The Moderate Voice — ... and will once again be at Honest John’s side this weekend at a series of briefings for major supporters in economically ravaged . . . er, a playground for the super rich in the Colorado Rockies. Recall that McCain’s very own terrorist in pinstripes was (not) fired not because of his key role in the current economic meltdown but his complaint that Americans were “in a mental recession” and had become “a nation of whiners.” More here. Photo by Gabriel Chmielewski/College Station Eagle via AP ...

McCain’s Economic Advisor and the Sub-Prime Meltdown: Who’s Whining Now?
Firedoglake — ... Gramm was supposedly banished from McCain land, but he attended a meeting in Aspen last month of top McCain advisers  that included Rick Davis, Steve Schmidt and Charlie Black. ...

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