US presidential hopeful taps Bush adviser for help on possible 2008 run

[Judi Lynn]

US presidential hopeful taps Bush adviser for help on possible 2008 run
(AP)

18 March 2006

WASHINGTON - With an eye toward the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona has hired one of US President George W. Bush’s top re-election advisers to help run his political action committee.

Terry Nelson, political director of the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004, will be senior adviser to Straight Talk America, according to several official familiar with the hiring. They spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt an announcement by McCain’s committee.

McCain is using the committee to raise money and organize his travel on behalf of Republicans running in November’s midterm elections.

The Arizona senator ran for president in 2000, losing the nomination to Bush in a bitter two-way race. The Bush and McCain camps eventually came to terms and McCain campaigned vigorously on Bush’s behalf in the 2004 re-election campaign.
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