Breaking: McCain casts aside partisanship, suspends campaign…
September 25th, 2008Apparently, the surest evidence of suspending one’s Presidential campaign and reaching across the aisle is by arriving in Washington, DC with your campaign manager (a financial industry lobbyist) and meeting with these guys:
“McCain left his office and took the subway to the capitol. He is now in Minority Leader John Boehner’s office with Sens. Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman. [Campaign manager] Rick Davis was on the subway with McCain but I don’t know if he went into Boehner’s office.”
If you’re keeping score at home, that’s three Republcan congressman and an independent (who happens to be a co-chair of McCain’s campaign). Remeber: the first step in sidestepping partisan gridlock is huddling with your team and figuring out your strategy for entering negotations.
Update: McCain will be assisted by a campaign aide tonight at his White House meeting; Obama will be accompanied by his Senate counsel. Who else came to DC with McCain after suspending his campaign besides Rick Davis and Doug Holtz-Eatkin?