McCain advisor tries to keep the old man "focused", cuts down John's cell phone use

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The most recent shake-up of his campaign has helped. It put Steve Schmidt — a former marine known for a tough management style who made clear he would leave if he was not given the authority to impose discipline — in a senior role at headquarters, working alongside Rick Davis, a longtime survivor of the McCain staff wars.

Mr. Schmidt has sought to cut down on Mr. McCain’s use of his cellphone and limit the people who have regular access to Mr. McCain in an effort to keep him more focused, advisers said. He has been the impetus for an effort by Mr. McCain to limit sharply his engagements with reporters, the kind of freewheeling encounters that Mr. McCain enjoys — and that helped him charm the news media for years — but that often lead him to veer from his campaign’s message of the day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/us/polit...mY/MgUp0S+vj9tw

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The cell phone McCain can't get away from:

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:lol: :lol:

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Do we get from this that McCain is easily distracted down tangental paths?

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The cell phone McCain can't get away from:

Is that the Blueberry that everyone's talking about?

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Well isn't it obvious?

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