John McCain has a problem on his hands. His campaign manager Rick Davis was a well known, prominent lobbyist. McCain apparently thought that there wouldn’t be a problem having this lobbyist in charge of his campaign. Turns out he was wrong.
Rick Davis lobbied on behalf of the German owned shipping company DHL in its efforts to buy Airborne Express five years ago. Because of Davis’ fine work, the deal succeeded. Airborne Express is based in Wilmington, Ohio. But now DHL wants to move operations out of Ohio and to Kentucky, which will result in the loss of more than 8,000 jobs in Ohio.
So John McCain has quite the problem. The man responsible for more than 8,000 lost jobs in the most crucial of swing states is his campaign manager.
McCain is scrambling to address the problem:
In Wilmington on Thursday, McCain promised to hold congressional hearings and send a letter to the CEO of DHL’s parent company, Deutsche Post AG, asking him to meet with the affected workers.
“I’m deeply troubled by the specter of job loss confronting the town of Wilmington and this entire area, nine counties,” said McCain. “My concerns are being reinforced in my meeting today with those facing the most personal consequences.”
Jobs are a critical issue in economically-struggling Ohio, a swing state that awarded George W. Bush the 2004 election. Wilmington, located in the southwest part of the state, is traditionally a Republican stronghold.
Perhaps it won’t be such a “Republican stronghold” this year.
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Wow, that actually really sucks for Mccain. But with the already established incompetence of his campaign and everyone on it, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that his campaign manager is an idiot too.
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