Politico’s Allen says of the whack-job portrayal: “I found it illuminating because it came from an extremely senior McCain person, clearly reflecting the views of others in the inner circle. I would not have used it from the peanut gallery, internal or external.”
Just what the hell is he doing?
What kind of journalist gives these kinds of hints about who his sources are? "Extremely senior McCain person?" Why don't you just give the guy's Diner's Club number out while you're at it, Mike?
Lots of things get said in anger during and after campaigns over and over again. For example, "We didn't effectively coordinate our efforts with 527s" or "Our get out the vote efforts should have focused more on Median Voter Theorem" or "our running mate is batshit crazy." You know. These things are said in all normal and regular campaigns. These things happen.
Mike Allen -- and you, too, Carl Cameron -- needs to stop talking to the press about their anonymous sources and dropping clues about their rank. Senator McCain's interview on Leno on Tuesday proved to me that he plans on tracking down the real killers ... I mean leakers. Senator McCain will assign the correct extremely senior people on his staff to conduct a thorough investigation and find out who these people are and when he does, the truth will come out. I'm sure that day will happen soon. Real soon. Maybe tomorrow. For all we know, the investigation may be complete now so there's no need for any people from outside the operation to start sleuthing. There's no need for people or bloggers to speculate or create lepers lists that could potentially hurt people who have $600,000 mortgages to pay off.
So. Cone of silence, gentlemen. Cone of silence.
