Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:13 PM by Mark Murray Filed Under: 2008 , McCain From NBC's Chuck Todd and Mark Murray Republican political strategist Mike Murphy -- who worked on John McCain's 2000 presidential bid and also once served as an adviser to Mitt Romney and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- tells First Read that he WON'T be joining the McCain campaign. After last week's medium-sized shakeup in the McCain campaign, in which adviser Steve Schmidt took over the day-to-day reins from manager Rick Davis, it was widely speculated that Murphy might eventually join the campaign. The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, who first reported this news, has more: "Though Murphy has told associates that McCain asked him to come aboard ten days ago, he has come to believe that the press speculation about his arrival has become a maelstrom of...
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