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Article: McCain Chief Loyalist Has New Role; Mark Salter Now 'Litigator' of What He Views as Media Wrongs Against Candidate
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 30, 2008
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"I see the bias for Obama all over," he said, and let that hang
there. His office TV was muted, but his crazed beeper was signaling
him every minute or so. He hadn't had a cigarette for several hours
and confessed to feeling a tad jumpy. "But this thing with Obama:
We're naturally concerned -- especially because the media isn't,
none of you guys are."
And then he just stared at his visitor.
He has a good stare, not exactly foreboding, but hard enough to
let a stranger know when he is not messing around. He stands a
stocky 5-foot-9, about the same as his boss. The goatee is all his
own, but his steel-blue eyes, intensity and bluntness regularly
evoke comparisons to his hero's bearing and ...