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Article: The Silver Bullet; Steve Schmidt Makes Sure His Candidate Knows Exactly What He Is Shooting For
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- The Washington Post
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- August 21, 2008
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Steve Schmidt will not budge, and Mark Salter is begging.
"Why do I have to do this if you're not going?" Salter, a close
John McCain confidant, is whining to the man now running the GOP
presidential operation. "Get up."
"I'm not going," Schmidt shoots back.
"Yes, you are."
"I am not. I do not want to do it."
"Come on. Dude. I'm not going if you're not going," Salter pleads
from the doorway of Schmidt's small office at McCain headquarters in
Arlington.
"I will not appear in the pages of GQ," Schmidt declares
defiantly, referring to the photo shoot on campaign hotshots that
the magazine is doing for the November issue.
Salter sulks out, and Schmidt jumps up to lock the door with a
loud ...