First TV Ads On The Air
We have two exciting, new TV ads on the air this weekend in New Hampshire! Please take a moment today to watch "One Man" and "Live Free." We also have a new radio ad, "Courage," on the air in New Hampshire. These ads are important in making sure voters know about John McCain's courageous service, experienced leadership and bold solutions that make him the only candidate ready to lead.
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McCain Momentum Continues To Grow
Energy and momentum are growing every day - John McCain is on the road meeting voters - recent polls have confirmed the McCain momentum.
Election Day is when it really counts, and we're working hard to get the message out. With an important fundraising deadline approaching on September 30th, we're counting on supporters like you to make a generous last-minute contribution to support John McCain.
Watch George Stephanopoulos discuss how McCain "Is Back In New Hampshire." To read and hear what others are saying, click here.
Rebuilding the McCain campaign
Manager from 2000 race reprises role, but will it be enough?
Dan Nowicki
The Arizona Republic
Sept. 27, 2007 12:00 AM
While Sen. John McCain is making headlines by pressing his case for victory in Iraq, one man is quietly putting back the pieces of the Arizona Republican's shattered presidential campaign. Rick Davis, a longtime political player, former lobbyist and McCain's campaign manager since July, is reprising the role he played in 2000, when he helped coordinate McCain's well-remembered insurgent challenge to GOP front-runner George W. Bush. Davis emerged on top after rampant overspending set off an internal power struggle that resulted in the departures of much of McCain's inner circle. Ex-staffers declined to talk to The Arizona Republic about Davis' performance, but recent developments may speak for themselves: For the first time this year, the campaign is displaying energy, spending more carefully and rising rather than plummeting in many polls.
Davis, 50, has spent the past 2 1/2 months trying to balance the books, canceling contracts, shedding debt and scraping up enough cash to keep McCain active in the strategic early states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. His efforts have allowed McCain, re-energized after six demoralizing months as an uneasy Republican establishment candidate, to elbow his way back into the spotlight in a manner reminiscent of the "maverick" of seven years ago.
And to the surprise of some, McCain's scaled-down, low-budget campaign in September found some political momentum for the first time this year.
"I think we're starting to prove that money doesn't buy youDavis said in an interview with The Republic. "
love,"
But how much McCain's progress has to do with campaign organization is debatable."McCain now benefits from low expectations, whereas simply running in the black is now a huge asset," said John J. "Jack" Pitney Jr., a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in California. "The expectations at the beginning of the race were sky-high, and failing to dominate the race was seen as a defeat. . . . He started off fighting a conventional war, and now he's fighting a guerrilla war.It doesn't mean I don't want more money,
but it means that we can conduct a perfectly good, competitive
campaign."
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