Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
When the McCain quietly acknowledged on Saturday that Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman of the presidential campaign, had resigned over his lobbying ties, advisors probably hoped it would go by largely unnoticed. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff ran with the story, and blogs picked up on it, but would five key campaign resignations in a week [...]
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
When the McCain quietly acknowledged on Saturday that Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman of the presidential campaign, had resigned over his lobbying ties, advisors probably hoped it would go by largely unnoticed. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff ran with the story, and blogs picked up on it, but would five key campaign resignations in a week [...]
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
John McCain is just more of the same Republican corruption America has been voting against. According to Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff, McCain's “finance co-chair Tom Loeffler[’s] … lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests.” Another McCain aide, finance director Susan Nelson, was paid [...]
Don't Tell the Donor (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... New Hampshire primary victory. Loeffler ’s departure followed a report this weekend by Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff that Loeffler ’s “lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests, including a French aerospace firm seeking Pentagon contracts.” Apparently the "maverick" presidential candidate didn't...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just days after at least four McCain campaign aides resigned, three of whom after news reports revealed that their lobbying groups had worked on behalf of the repressive regime in Myanmar and the energy lobby, a new report shows that McCain's problems with lobbyists are not over. According to Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, McCain's "finance co-chair...
Donklephant (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... play” politics. From Politico : Loeffler’s departure followed a report this weekend by Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff that Loeffler’s “lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests, including a French aerospace firm seeking Pentagon contracts.” [...] The McCain campaign last week announced a restrictive...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just days after at least four McCain campaign aides resigned, three of whom after news reports revealed that their lobbying groups had worked on behalf of the repressive regime in Myanmar and the energy lobby, a new report shows that McCain's problems with lobbyists are not over. According to Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, McCain's "finance co-chair Tom Loeffler['s]...
Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
... consultant who was a member of McCain's Virginia Leadership Team." And why did Loeffler leave? Michael Isikoff at Newsweek : "One top campaign official affected by the new policy is national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler, a former Texas congressman whose lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests,...
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
... campaign dumped one of its national finance chairmen over his Saudi lobbying work. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff, who’s been doing great work on this story, reported yesterday : One top campaign official affected by the new policy is national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler, a former Texas congressman whose lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and...
Random Musings (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
By now, most people have heard how Douglas Goodyear, the man that John McCain and his campaign picked to coordinate his coronation at this fall's Republican convention, had to step aside after word got out of his lobbying ties to Myanmar's repressive regime. From Newsweek - ...[I]nvestigative ace Michael Isikoff reported that the man chosen by John McCain's presidential campaign to run...
