Desperation showing so soon, Senator John McCain has put a veteran of President Bush’s 2004 campaign in charge of day-to-day operations. A guy named Steve Schmidt — who worked closely with Karl Rove — is now runnoing things at Mr. McCain’s headquarters, the New York Times reports. The move of Mr. Schmidt is the latest sign of increasing influence of veterans of Mr. Rove’s shop in the McCain operation.
They were winners eight years ago. And we are the losers. These are the guys behind the guys who brought us gasoline and oil prices, who let Big Oil pocket billions are our expense and who gave us a devalued dollar and a war in Iraq. That’s some track record. And they want to keep it going?
