WASHINGTON (CNN) - Veteran Republican operative Charles Black stepped down from his job as chairman of a high-profile Washington lobbying and consulting firm, effective Tuesday, to move full time to the McCain presidential campaign, GOP sources tell CNN.
Black is a senior McCain adviser and one of his top campaign confidantes. He also is one of several top McCain advisers whose work at lobbying firms has been cited by McCain critics in challenging the senator’s credentials or commitment to lobbying and other political reforms.
Black, a veteran of the Reagan and George H.W. Bush political operations, was until Tuesday the chairman of BKSH & Associates. But the firm says he is now at the campaign full time, and referred all inquiries to the McCain headquarters. Black did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment, but two GOP sources, one of them a McCain campaign official, told CNN of the move and said it had been in the works since it became clear McCain would be the Republican presidential nominee.
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis is a former lobbyist who left his firm last year to work at the campaign full time.
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McCain has plenty of the lobbyist money in his campaign. Most of the lobbyist are working hard NOT to change how our Government works. The same sharks have surrounded and jumped on the McCain camp, they want their free meals to continue.
Anyone surprised? I mean, this so called Maverick-Reformer is surrounded by lobbyists. What a fraud.
Wow, a lobbyist moving full-time as a McCain advisor. I would have never ever guessed in a million, kajillion years that senior lobbyists would be tied so tightly to the GOP campaign.
Oh no. Is this a repeat of the Keating Five stuff again?
McBush = lobbyist!
I hope all of the "Clintonians" who are threatening to vote McCain if Obama gets the Democratic nomination are willing to be responsible for another term of cronyism and corruption, but also for the deaths of so many more American soldiers and innocent iraqis that will result from the continuation of this unwinnable war. And for all the people who will continue to die in our country from lack of health care.
PLEASE people, don't vote for another Bush term out of spite.
Just an other lobbyst as usual.. no surprise..
The double talk express has been caught again
Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfovitz, Rice, Rove & now Black. Republicans have a way of recycling their old and we keep on buying it an voting them back in.
McCain's converts....LOL.
You can bet that the firm has saved a place for him, in the event he needs to return. The separation is for public consumption!
After the fact. Once a lobbyist always a lobbyist.
the maverick is officially a follower now.
the straight talk express is just another extension of Bush policies.
Democrats must stay united to save our country from another 4 years of horrible economics, wars and blatant disregards to our constitution.
OBAMA 2008
You traitor!
one lobbyist down, 186 to go, mccain!
When I read stuff like this, it just reinforces the notion that our nation is in great need of the type of change that McSame and his cowarts just can't provide!
Obama 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at this prospective time line
1) He leaves the firm now to help McSame to get elected
2) McSame gets elected
3) Charles Black returns back to Lobbying Firm
4) President McSame sends billions of govenment aid his way
People please don't be fooled.
Obama 08
Just how "Maverick" is McCain if all his cronies are fat cat Washington grease balls? Seems like the old tried and true drum beat of Republican co-mutual back scratching for special interest and inside dubiousness.
Chelsea is not running for anything. Nor did she commit an indiscretion. She is free to decline to answer any question, personal or otherwise.
The question seems off limits for Hillary and Bill,as it does not come up in their press events.
The truth be told. McCain loves lobbyist money.I have a feeling
that won't be the last time McCain wants to crawl in a hole.
OBAMA or no one 2008
We don't have to worry about this because he is not going to win in November anyway. He is to hot headed and does not carry the base of his party much the same way Obama does not carry the wal mart democrats but in November wal mart or otherwise the democrats will fight hard to take this country back
McCain is a fraud and a liar. He has all sorts of skeletons stuffed into his closet. Let's open it up and put it all on the table and watch him lose his temper.
McCAN'T 0NEVER
McCain? Lobbist? No connection? Oh, Ok. Now let us all ask
ourselves this big important question????? Has the Bush
"REGIME" ruined our country yet? Can it be repaired? Is it
"repairable"? By anyone? I know this is a sad question, but
some of you voted for Bush instead of Kerry. And the smear
ads and the religions told YOU how to vote!!!!!!!!!No mind of your own?? Are you going to blow it again?
Obama or No One Please not Hillary or McCain. Please!!!!
i definitely see a BIG blow-up in the future of mccain's campaign. i hope it's enough to sink him once and for all.