Rove Now In Control Of McCain Campaign

The folks at Americablog.com called it. They quote an article by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune when discussing the elevation of Steve Schmidt to McCain campaign head as follows:

"The elevation of Steve Schmidt -- who worked closely with Karl Rove -- at McCain's headquarters represented a sharp diminishment of the responsibilities of Rick Davis, who has been McCain's campaign manager since the last shake-up nearly a year ago.

The move is the latest sign of increasing influence of veterans of Rove's shop in the McCain operation. Nicolle Wallace, who was communications director for Bush in the 2004 campaign (and in his White House) has joined the campaign as a senior adviser, and will travel with McCain every other week. Greg Jenkins, another veteran of Rove's operation who is a former Fox News producer and director of presidential advance in the Bush White House, was hired by Schmidt last week after a series of what McCain's advisers acknowledged were poorly executed campaign events."

So for all those folks who though McCain was anything but a George Bush clone, think again. Looks like Karl Rove will be guiding the campaign from behind the scenes as well as an on-camera figure on FOX. Look for dirty politics, racial slurs and buisness as usual from the GOP.