More from Charlie Black on McCain Camp Lobbying Ties
On his wife being a lobbyist: “My wife has never gotten a client because of me, or because of John McCain...If you read the fine print of our lobbying policy, it says that even people who are volunteers in the campaign in minor roles commit not to lobby him, or his staff, or his committee staffs, so what incentive would somebody have to hire her or any other person to lobby McCain.”
On Campaign Manager Rick Davis' lobbying ties: "Rick Davis and nobody else at his firm either has been a registered lobbyist in five years. Five years.”
On why line of attack on the lobbyist issue on the campaign relies on a false premise: “I think you can change professions and unless you did something unethical or criminal, your past profession should not be injected into the candidate's campaign. It's absurd.”
On losing Loeffler due to new lobbyist policy: “Lew Eisenberg and others are going to have to take up the slack."
On the average voter not caring about lobbyists on a campaign: “This is complete inside-the-Beltway nonsense."
