McCain Adviser Lays Out Strategy for Final Days

McCain campaign manager Rick Davis was buoyant in his assessment of the state of the race as it enters its final weekend.

In a McCain campaign conference call today, Davis said he was “jazzed up” and assured reporters that “we are witnessing, I believe, probably one of the greatest comebacks More…

20-20 Hindsight: Electoral Delusions May Have Sunk McCain

Ben Smith at Politico takes us back to June 2008, when McCain campaign manager Rick Davis laid out an ambitious electoral strategy that included, among other things, a push to take such states as Connecticut.

For comparison, I dug up a presentation (PDF) by Obama campaign manager David More…

McCain Adviser: ‘Can’t Imagine’ Talking About the Stock Market Daily

McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, in a conference call with reporters today, boldly confronted the big issue on the minds of American voters: Sen. Barack Obama’s connection to the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN.)

However, after he and Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt finished denouncing ACORN as More…

McCain Adviser Still Officer At Lobby Firm

In the embarrassment that just won’t go away, Newsweek reports that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis — despite numerous comments to the contrary — remains an officer at the lobbying firm that bears his name, Davis Manafort.

McCain Adviser vs. New York Times

McCain senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt had his response ready to go when reporters inevitably questioned campaign adviser Rick Davis’ $35,000 per month former position as the president of an organization set up by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stave off increased federal regulation, as reported today More…