April 02, 2008

ABOVE THE FOLD - McCain's Press Secretary Profiled in Politico

Melissa_shuffield_2 McCain's straight talker, Melissa Shuffield, is profiled in today's Politico.  Read about her meteoric rise to prominence in our nation's capitol and how she has nightmare visions of John McCain being mobbed by the press corps.  Good stuff!  (The Politico)

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