Rick Davis: Twerp

Yesterday:
McCain says, "My campaign manager [Rick Davis] has stopped [lobbying], has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it."

This morning:
The New York Times says, Rick Davis was paid $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group that was set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former officials say.

Later:
Steve Schmidt says, "Whatever The New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization."

Then:
New York Times says, "The New York Times is committed to covering the candidates fully, fairly and aggressively, [and by the way, fuck you. Stop crying.]"

And finally:
The Politico says, "Sen. John McCain’s top campaign aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called “liars.” They pressed the media to scrutinize specific elements of Sen. Barack Obama’s record. But the call was so rife with simple, often inexplicable misstatements of fact that it may have had the opposite effect: to deepen the perception, dangerous to McCain, that he and his aides have little regard for factual accuracy."