John Weaver
Politician
Stumper : McCain's Right-Hand Men...in 2000 and 2004. But the real sign that McCain's boat-rocker days were over came on March 19, 2006, when Weaver hired Terry Nelson to run McCain's Straight Talk America PAC (he later became McCain's campaign manager). Political director of... In this article: John McCain, John Weaver, Rick Davis, Republican Party, Terry Nelson, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Harold Ford, and Barack Obama |
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New York Times | October 22, 2007
Savior or Machiavelli, McCain Aide Carries On - New York Times
...recover from. When Mr. McCain s first campaign manager, Terry Nelson, left this summer, he was followed out by John Weaver, the longtime chief strategist who had originally helped persuade the senator to run for president. Out of loyalty to...
In this article: John McCain, Rick Davis, Bob Dole, Terry Nelson, New Hampshire, and Iraq War
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Salon | July 14, 2008
McCain's slow motion riot - War Room - Salon.com
...fundraising tasks he (poorly) supervised before the first big shakeup, a year ago, elevated him at the expense of Terry Nelson and John Weaver, both of whom took a walk. Even before Schmidt got the keys to the executive washroom, however,...
In this article: John McCain, Bill Kristol, Rick Davis, Karl Rove, Charlie Crist, Terry Nelson, and Barack Obama
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 11, 2007
McCain Campaign Suffers Key Shake-Ups
...official Senate duties. Other senior aides followed Nelson and Weaver in resigning Tuesday, including deputy campaign manager Reed Galen, political director Rob Jesmer and finance director Mary Kate Johnson. Several officials, who spoke...
In this article: John McCain, GOP, Terry Nelson, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Salter, and Mitt Romney
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | March 10, 2009
McCain Campaign: The Early Days
...beautiful cabin in Sedona to review campaign strategy and fundraising. The date was June 30. Terry and John Weaver presented the situation to us. The campaign had accrued a great deal of debt due to heavy spending and the harsh fundraising...
In this article: John McCain, Tom Loeffler, Terry Nelson, Iraq, Washington, George H.W. Bush, and Lindsay Graham
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McCain Persists Despite Trouble
McCain's campaign was in deep trouble before news broke Tuesday that campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver, one of the senator's closest confidantes, had submitted their resignations after a series of...
In this article: John McCain, Iraq, Rick Davis, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Fred D. Thompson, New Hampshire, Time Magazine, and Robert C. Byrd
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Top Aides Leave McCain Camp
...Davis to return as campaign manager, a role Davis had played in McCain's 2000 campaign. Amid McCain's unhappiness, Weaver and Nelson left the campaign. In their statements, both said they continue to support McCain's bid for the White House...
In this article: John McCain, Terry Nelson, Rick Davis, George W. Bush, GOP, Mark Salter, New Hampshire, and Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
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More Comings And Goings For McCain
...exists now." At the same time, McCain brought back Carla Eudy, his longtime fundraiser, who had been let go by Nelson and Weaver after the campaign's disappointing fundraising effort during the first quarter of the year. McCain got more...
In this article: John McCain, Bob Allen, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Terry Nelson, Sen. Barack Obama, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Tom Tancredo, and Christopher J. Dodd
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Rivalries Split McCain's Team
...the disappointing first-quarter numbers were totaled. Davis supporters blamed Nelson and Weaver for profligate spending and for mismanaging the day-to-day operations of the campaign. One high-level McCain official said Weaver and Nelson did...
In this article: John McCain, Terry Nelson, Rick Davis, George W. Bush, Mark Salter, Cindy McCain, Washington, and GOP
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John Weaver (April 8, 1959-) is an American political consultant best known for his work on John McCain's 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns. He was born and raised in Kermit, Texas and has one daughter. Weaver, described as one of McCain's "closest advisers" and "an architect of McCain's 'Straight Talk Express,'" left the McCain campaign in July 2007, along with campaign manager Terry Nelson, political director Rob Jesmer, and deputy campaign manager Reed Galen, following several consecutive months of poor fund-raising.
In 2004, Weaver appeared in the documentary film (based on the 2003 book of the same name) Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, which alleges that Karl Rove, former campaign manager and Deputy White House Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, was behind a South Carolina push poll during the 2000 Republican primary that used racist innuendo to undermine support for McCain by asking voters: "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" In the film, Weaver assigns blame to Rove, stating "I believe I know where that decision was made; it was at the top of the [Bush] campaign".
In 2008, Weaver made headlines within the Washington beltway during the John McCain lobbyist controversy when some American media personalities speculated about his involvement in an article published by The New York Times that questioned the propriety of McCain's relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Weaver denied speaking to the paper without the campaign's approval.
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