Mark Salter

...on McCain -- tearfully, by one account -- to retain Weaver. By the time McCain returned, he had decided Nelson and Weaver had to go, with Salter put on virtual inactive status. McCain is not the first presidential candidate to begin on top...

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...him and the campaign without pay, an arrangement worked out last week. But two officials said Salter's adviser role will be limited to McCain's official Senate duties. Other senior aides followed Nelson and Weaver in resigning Tuesday,...

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...created a behemoth of a bureaucracy to support McCain's second try at the White House. The top four -- Davis, Nelson, Weaver and Salter -- believed that a competitive campaign required all the tools of a modern operation, otherwise it would...

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...with Nelson, Weaver and Mark Salter, one of McCain's closest confidants, over operations. Salter will continue in his role as an unpaid senior adviser. On Tuesday, Davis put out a brief statement on the new structure. "This campaign has...

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...internal power struggle to become the new campaign manager. Salter, who was particularly close to Weaver and had never enjoyed a warm relationship with Davis, contemplated resigning. His misery mounted on the day that Weaver and Nelson exited.

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...would unfairly penalize them for Jack Abramoff's behavior, he agreed and withdrew his support for the provision at that time," Salter explained, referring to the lobbyist in prison for fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy. In December,...

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