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Phil Gramm's Return Engagement, For Two Days Only - From The Road
Phil Gramm's Return Engagement, For Two Days Only - From The Road
From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro: (ASPEN, COLO.) - Former McCain adviser Phil Gramm is in attendance at John McCain's event at the Aspen Institute this afternoon, which is about to get underway. Gramm stepped down from the campaign last month after he was criticized for saying the U.S. economy is in a "mental recession" and that the U.S. is a "nation of whiners." Gramm, who's seated in the front ...
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Remainders: Offensive game
Jonathan Martin's Blog — In the Wall Street Journal, McCain reiterates his support for Georgia. Elsewhere, he rules out a military response. The FEC gives McCain a break. Phil Gramm resurfaces. John Weaver criticizes the campaign’s offensive game. As does some guy in Michigan. Other Michiganders lobby for Romney. Fineman scrutinizes McCain’s recent strategy shifts. Rove doesn’t expect a new gay marriage debate. Burns Strider and Mark DeMoss ...

Phil Gramm returns to McCain’s side.
Think Progress — ... top advisers this weekend.” Gramm was seated in the front row during a McCain event in Aspen, Colorado today. “I am a supporter of John McCain,” said Gramm. “I am helping him with fundraising. We have a fundraiser today and I will be with him today and tomorrow.” Gramm has been rumored to be a ...

The Return of Foreclosure Phil
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... The Return of Foreclosure Phil Phil Gramm, booted from the McCain campaign for calling struggling Americans a "nation of whiners" in a "mental recession," is back in the mix. Reportedly, Gramm was seated in the front row of a McCain speech at the Aspen Institute. Gramm told the press , "I am a supporter of John McCain. I am helping him with fundraising. We have a fundraiser today and I will be with him today and tomorrow." And John McCain ...

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