PROTECTING THE SARAHCUDA FROM THE CLOWN FISH:

Sources: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff (Dana Bash, 11/05/08, CNN)

Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator's campaign last week for what one aide called "trashing" the campaign staff, three senior McCain advisers tell CNN.

One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick Davis fired Scheunemann after determining that he had been in direct contact with journalists spreading "disinformation" about campaign aides, including Nicolle Wallace and other officials.

"He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," said one of the aides.

That's when she hit her stride and the ticket got back on track.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 5, 2008 10:37 PM