Absolutely nothing about Vitter?

Great political coverage.

When you start paying the bills, you can dictate what is covered. In the meantime, feel free to start your own blog and post whatever you want to.

Besides, I thought you leftist weasels disdained any political coverage that was "just about sex," or does that only apply to Democrats?

Vitter is not the question. Like any fair minded liberal, liberals should be elevating David's failures ala Clinton, Villagar., and scores of other Dem sinners. Vitter will be fine as he repents. The real question here is just where will go the supposed followers of McCain go. Will they go to Fred, Rudy, or Mitt?Will they realize that it is time to move on and defeat the socialist pacifists of the Dem Party and they must decide between the GOP's 3. As we have said it many times and as commentators have written, McCain is a great patriotic American and a lousy Republican Senator!

John McCain is a proud and tough man. Those who are willing to subject themselves to a national campaign are not likely to quit even when all the signs are telling them that they should. McCain is deeply, emotionally invested in this run and it will be difficult to convince him to bow out.

I would welcome his quitting the GOP presidential nomination campaign. I'd really like to see a John McCain in the Senate who is not in a constant campaign mode for President. Something we probably haven't seen since 1999.

Absolutely nothing about Vitter?

Great political coverage.

Posted by jp2

I'm sure they are pissing and moaning about Vitter over at wizblues. Go join them there.

Weaver isn't going anywhere. He's a very close friend and confidant of McCain, and was his Senate COS before joining the campaign, so I imagine he will return there. Even if he doesn't, I can't see him joining a rival.

Nelson may well find a home elsewhere, probably with Thompson since Fred has more positions to fill. His national experience would make him an asset to any campaign, though. The problem with McCain's campaign isn't the staff, it's the candidate's record.

McCain has spent the last decade proving his "maverick" status by defying the Republican base not only repeatedly, but in several cases with evident glee. This didn't hurt him in 2000, when the media adopted him and Democrats and independents crossed over to vote for him against Bush (many presumably as much to bloody Bush as to support McCain, the Democratic nomination was not in question).

Now he is trying to get the approval of people he has continually snubbed for years, and they aren't buying. As Gomer Pyle might have said, "Well, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!"

actually, weaver was never senate cos and, in fact, never worked anywhere in mccain's senate office.

and while he definitely won't join a rival, he won't return to the campaign. your earlier guess about leaving because mccain couldn't afford to pay him couldn't be farther from the truth.

i know you're just some hack with a computer, so journalistic standards don't apply, but try to get the basic truths right and you'll have a little more credibility.

It's true that Weaver was never COS or officially on McCain's Senate staff - he's always been "strategist" and associated with the campaigns or their substitute organizations between cycles.

McCain's down to less money on hand than Ron Paul, though, so he can't afford to pay many big salaries. After laying off 50+ only a short time ago, another wave of exodus appears, starting with the top, as the campaign hints it may have to accept federal matching funds to stay afloat.

McCain may not be out, but he is circling the porcelain drain.

I may be a hack, but I can afford a computer with a shift key.