Phil Gramm Steps Down as McCain Co-chair

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by ecthompson md

Friday night is trash day in politics. All of the stuff that a campaign, or even the White House, has to get out to the media but really doesn’t want covered is thrown out on Friday. Former Senator Phil Gramm’s resignation from Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign was announced this evening. It is widely believed Gramm was one of the chief architects of McCain’s economic plan.

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  • http://www.compassionatebadger.blogspot.com Compassionate Badger

    Senator McCain’s long and close relationship with Phil Gramm will make it very hard for McCain to “run away” from Gramm. McCain can claim that Gramm no longer has an influence on the campaign, but I think Gramm will continue to be a headache the McCain campaign.

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