Breaking News: More layoffs in McCain camp
Published May 31st, 2007 in Uncategorized.
Picture: Montgomery with Karl Rove while working at the White House
Analysts say that this quarter’s lagging economy could be due to the major layoffs by the McCain for President Campaign in the second quarter.
McCain made news weeks back for laying off employees across the nation following a lower than expected fundraising quarter. Last week we learned that South Carolina Political Director Brad Henry left the campaign for reasons undetermined. Insiders predict that Henry could have been let go for financial reasons.
We now learn that McCain has laid off another 3 South Carolina field reps. A source close to the McCain camp says that Blake Montgomery and Brian Haskins have both been let go. Haskins is the son of State Representative Gloria Haskins.
Update: Fallout from these firings could be intense. Brain Haskins is the son of state Rep. Gloria Haskins (Greenville) and her involvement in the campaign is now questionable. Blake Montgomery is the grandson of the famed political strategist Harry Dent Sr. who served as the Director of the Office of Political Affairs during the Nixon Administration and is also credited for being the architect of the “Southern Strategyâ€. Blake’s uncle is Harry Dent Jr. a world renowned economist who has numerous ties to the Wall Street community. Montgomery also previously worked as an intern in the White House Office of Political Affairs. During that time he stayed with Sally Atwater the widow of the legendary Lee Atwater. Sally still is very politically active. Montgomery also did a stint in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Protocol. Overall he is one of the most well connected operatives in the state of South Carolina.
 
S.C. Rep. Gloria Haskins is from the key county of Greenville
What appears to be a massive shakeup of the McCain SC field team in the past 2 weeks comes after major upsets in straw polls across the state.
11 Responses to “Breaking News: More layoffs in McCain camp”
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why don’t you TTS goons quit reveling in the firing of a young man. Report the story and move on to something more relevant.
rumor has it….its not relevant that the McCain staff is laying off employees because they can’t reach their goals?
rumor has it,
I do not know what TTS has to do with the story, I am sure if Romney were laying off people the shot would write about it. The story really has nothing to do with people loosing there jobs it has to do with the McCain campaign coming apart. it is a simple rule of business; if you cant produce the results that you were hired for then you are let go.
I attended the Lexington County Counvention and the McCain staffers just sat around in the back of the room and talked to each other the whole time while the Romney staffers went and mingled in the crowd.
Also, Henry McMaster only talked about himself during his McCain speech.
And they wondered why they had to fire everybody. This reminds me of when Holtz fired the whole staff after getting whipped by Clemson a few years back. It rarely leads to much success (see Holtz).
I know that I said I was going into semi-retirement. And I am but this merits a post. In the upcoming days I will be doing a full analysis of SC today. We are on a new battlefield.
The quinn’s v. tompkins v. shealy’s. I am cautiously confident that Rod and company are in line to take the bid for TEAM THOMPSON.
Look for it in the next couple of days. This is now going to be a “real” bloodbath…between Giuliani, Romney and Thompson, McCain, what happened? Oh yeah, that thing with hiring Trey Walker and Richard Quinn again.
wow, I thought y’all were harsh. That politico report was a solid kick in the you know what.
Its also good to know that McMaster is already campaigning for governor
It is sad when “breaking news” is in regards to staffers on the McCain campagin. While it is clear that McCain is behind on the fundraising it is only rational for his campagin to make changes to make the most of that money. I don’t understand the huge deal of firing a field manager and a youth coordinator. McCain is smart and knows he doesn’t have the money to run the campagin he had intended so he has adapated. Furthermore, if I am correct Haskins just graduated a year ago and Montgomery either just graduated or is still in school. Either way it isn’t like they are major players in the McCain campagin. I agree with C.Ross, the firing of Brad Henry comes with the nature of a job, particularly in politics.
I consider myself a true conservative, and it sickens me this divide and cattiness between Republicans(by ALL sides). This divide in the party is going to result in a victory for the dems in 08.
Breaking news? - We aren’t CNN. We are a political insider news aggragator and blog.
The folks that read our site are insiders and uber-informed voters. Those are the same folks who go to county party meetings and have probably been approached by these members of McCain’s field staff.
Also, these firings are an indication of a larger problem.
We agree that the divide is sickening, but you have to remember the atmosphere in which you are commenting. Here its all politics.