Know Your Future Leaders by whom they Surround Themselves

Of course, it's a response to the nutjobs, whackos and screwups that Our Leader has, um, allowed himself to be surrounded by, that and fear of President Rudy with his differently yet equally choices of cronies....

But here's John McCain, on his long march (I'm less than a week back from China!) from heroic survivor to joke:

Rick Davis, a lobbyist, McCain confidant and now the Arizona Republican's campaign manager, had more to do with budgeting, fund raising and spending than any individual, in his prior role as chief executive officer, current and former McCain advisers say.


• Who He Is: Rick Davis emerged from the sidelines in Sen. McCain's staff shake-up to be campaign manager, the job he had in 2000.
• What's The Issue: While this month's upheaval stemmed from Mr. McCain's anger at overspending, Mr. Davis's own decisions on expenditures had long been a source of internal tension.
• What's At Stake: Mr. McCain must rebuild a campaign that is broke and demoralized from staff departures, and stop his slide in Republican polls.
Moreover, they say, Mr. Davis stood to benefit from campaign expenditures to an Internet-services company he formed with lobbying partner Paul Manafort. And he steered campaign funds to another company owned by a lobbyist-friend's client, an Indian-casino developer. In that case, campaign colleagues objected about what they saw as an unorthodox arrangement potentially embarrassing to Mr. McCain, who had been a Senate investigator of scandals involving Indian casinos.


The campaign ended its relationships with both companies in past months, though it still owes money to each, say people familiar with the arrangements.

Against this backdrop, the controversy within the campaign over Mr. Davis's ascent to manager, a job he held in the senator's 2000 campaign, reinforces questions of whether the one-time Republican front-runner can recover. Mr. Davis had been sidelined in recent months after fighting with now-departed advisers, campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver, and with his return and their departures, more than a dozen senior staffers have left in protest.

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McCain may not be crazy as the Bushies once rumored but he is scary if not nuts. Between this and all his flip-flopping... my God, how could anyone in their right mind vote for him?