McCain in Vain
Is America's primary proponent of campaign finance reform being taken down by his enemies? In a sign that his campaign is in serious trouble, one of Senator John McCain's chief advisors has resigned over allegations of questionable lobbying ties.
Thomas Loeffler, the McCain campaign's national finance chairman, resigned after it was reported that his former lobbying firm had collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests. Asked to sever his ties with his former employer by McCain's campaign manager, Loeffler refused, and stepped down instead.
It should be telling that such a senior staff person of a major political organization, albeit a presidential one, would choose the loyalties of a lobbying organization over a Presidential candidate. Not only is it a demonstration of doubt about McCain's prospects. It is also a sad statement about what many Americans think the real source of power in this country is. Not government, but money.
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- News Source: The San Antonio Express-News | about 1 year agoFor Sen. John McCain, it was a way to show his presidency wouldn't be business as usual. For San Antonio lobbyist Tom Loeffler, apparently it was just business. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Loeffler, who used his moneyed ties to...
- News Source: The Washington Times | about 1 year agoMr. McCain's new policy, enacted last week, prohibits any campaign staffer from being a currently registered lobbyist or foreign agent. Part-time, unpaid volunteers for the campaign must disclose whether they are registered lobbyists or lobbying on...
- News Source: Turkish Daily News | about 1 year agoemocratic White House hopeful Barack Obama is bidding this week to reach a symbolically potent milestone in his nominating battle with Hillary Clinton and take the fight to Republican John McCain. When Kentucky and Oregon hold their primaries today,...
- News Source: Houston Chronicle | about 1 year agoBush moved into the White House, former Texas Congressman Tom Loeffler has parlayed top-drawer political ties into a lucrative lobbying practice that has reaped more than $32 million in business. But in the past few days Loeffler, a fundraiser for...
- News Source: Asian Age | about 1 year agoMr McCain's national finance co-chairman Thomas Loeffler also became the highest placed official in the campaign to resign. The former Tax representative's stepping down comes in the wake of Democratic front-runner for presidential nomination Barack...
- News Source: Miami Herald | about 1 year agoJohn McCain's latest campaign angst, this time over his ties to lobbyists, is putting the Republican in conflict with his carefully honed, decades-old reformer image...McCain, for his part, is trying to stem the woes from his lobbyist links. "We have...
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- Blog Source: www.blogrunner.com. Loeffler resigns as national co-chair of John McCain's campaign rather than step down from his... Lobbyist Purge Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chair for Sen. John McCain's presidential
- Blog Source: www.americablog.comalready dropped. This one, Thomas Loeffler, McCain's national finance co-chair, not only represented Saudi Arabia, he lobbied McCain on behalf of Saudi Arabia -- after saying he didn't : John McCain's
- Blog Source: www.progressivemediausa.orgJohn McCain's presidential campaign has resigned, becoming the latest of five aides to leave in recent days as McCain moves to sever ties with lobbyists. Thomas G. Loeffler, a lobbyist whose clients have included Saudi Arabia, ...
- Blog Source: www.mydd.comTom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, resigned yesterday because of his lobbying ties, a campaign adviser said. He is the fifth person to sever ties with the campaign amid a growing ...
- Blog Source: blog.takepoliticalaction.orgFinance Co-Chairman's Lobbying Ties Are Cited. By Michael D. Shear. Washington Post Staff Writer May 19, 2008. Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, resigned yesterday because of ...
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