I found a more comprehensive list of the people running the McCain Palin Campaign- from Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.
I've highlighted the name Bush, to make my point that McCain is an extension of Bush.
Running the Campaign Day to Day
Steve Schmidt
(from July 2, 2008; started as a senior advisor in Dec. 2006) Campaign manager for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R-CA) 2006 re-election. Deputy Assistant to the President (Bush) and Counselor to the Vice President, responsible for Dick Cheney's press relations and communications. Point man for the Bush Administration on the confirmations of Judge John Roberts and then Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Deputy Communications Director/Director of Rapid Response on Bush Cheney '04. Communications director at the NRCC in the 2002 cycle. Spokesperson for the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Communications director on Lamar Alexander's 2000 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination for the first part of 1999. Press secretary on Matt Fong's 1998 U.S. Senate campaign in California. From North Plainfield, NJ.
Deputy Campaign Manager/Political Director
Mike DuHaime
(from early July 2008...also serving as senior advisor for political operations at the RNC, announced March 7, 2008) Previously executive director of the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee starting end of 2006. Political director at the RNC, started in January 2005. Northeast regional political director for Bush-Cheney '04. Prior to the campaign served as executive director of the New Jersey Republican Party starting in January 2002. Has his own political consulting firm, DuHaime Communications, Inc., which he formed in 2001. Deputy campaign manager of Bob Franks' 2000 Senate campaign. Graduate of Livingston College, Rutgers. From Hoboken, NJ.
Campaign Manager Rick Davis
(through July 2, 2008, then readjusted role; started as campaign manager July 10, 2007; CEO in the first iteration of the campaign) Managing partner of Davis Manafort; profited from failed mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Chaired Sen. McCain's Straight Talk America. National campaign manager on Sen. McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. Deputy Convention Manager for the 1996 National Republican Convention and deputy campaign manager on Sen. Bob Dole's 1996 campaign. Also worked on the George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan campaigns. Government service includes Special Assistant for Policy to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Special Assistant for the Budget to the Secretary of the Interior, Special Assistant for Trade Development in the U.S. Department of Commerce, and consultant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Graduate of the University of Alabama.
Deputy Campaign Manager Christian Ferry
(National eCampaign director in the first iteration of the campaign) Consultant at Davis Manafort. Worked as a special assistant for the Virginia Department of Natural Resources in the late 1990s during the Jim Gilmore administration.
Senior Advisor Mark Salter
(speechwriting, message and strategy) Administrative Assistant (Chief of Staff) in McCain's Senate office. Has helped McCain write his four books. Started working for McCain in 1989 as a legislative assistant. Previously worked for Jeanne Kirkpatrick when she was UN Ambassador and at AEI. From Davenport, Iowa.
Senior Advisor Charlie Black
(support announced early March 2007; full-time on the campaign starting April 1, 2008) Chairman of BKSH & Associates through March 31, 2008. Senior advisor to Presidents Reagan and Bush (41). Principal public spokesman for President Bush in the 1992 presidential campaign. Chief spokesman for the RNC, 1990. Has managed the successful elections of more than ten members of the U.S. Senate and more than a dozen Members of Congress. Political consultant to U.S. Senators Jesse Helms, Robert Dole, Phil Gramm and Dave Durenberger. Political director at the RNC during the chairmanship of Bill Brock (late 70s-1981). B.A. in political science from the University of Florida and a J.D. from The American University. Native of North Carolina.
The list in the Democracy in Action goes on, so please visit their site.
About Me
- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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