Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy — President Obama’s Wrong Turn

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  October 5th at 02:00 PM  | 

Last year, as national finance chairman for John McCain’s Presidential campaign, I strongly supported my friend Sen. McCain, but have kept an open-mind about President Obama’s administration, which you can see in the “100 Days Scorecard” posted here back in April. Don’t get me wrong, it was not a glowing assessment. In particular, I gave him a “D” on the Economy, and his recent decision | Read More »

Nobody Boos a Nobody

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  July 2nd at 01:46 PM  | 

To summarize baseball legend Reggie Jackson: nobody boos a nobody. That is definitely true in the case of Governor Sarah Palin. I don’t think I am going out on a limb here when I speculate that individuals who repeatedly attack her anonymously view her as a threat. And that includes members of the media hell-bent tearing down young Republican up-and-comers as well as some in | Read More »

With the McCain Campaign: The Final Push

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 04:47 PM  | 

My last chapter in the campaign ended with our successful convention in St. Paul, MN. Both John McCain and Sarah Palin excited people across the country, and we came roaring into the general elections. Due to the enthusiastic crowds that Sarah was attracting, John and Sarah did a lot of campaigning together as a team. It was working, and John’s message and character, as well | Read More »

The McCain Campaign: A Leadership Shift

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  March 20th at 10:11 AM  | 

(Note: I wrote this originally for my personal blog, but I think RedState readers will find it interesting too, so I am posting my thoughts here as well.) After leaving Sedona on June 30th with a clearer picture of the campaign’s financial plight, Terry and John Weaver returned to campaign headquarters with the resolve to lighten the campaign’s monthly burn rate.  They ordered each department | Read More »

McCain Campaign: The Early Days

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  March 10th at 07:00 PM  | 

The 2008 presidential campaigns will long be remembered as historic.  Of course, one of the most remarkable thresholds crossed was the record breaking financial resources raised and spent through the process.  In fact our fund-raising for McCain-Palin 2008 raised over $450 million, by far the most successful in Republican Presidential campaign history.  The previous record was $260 million, set by Bush-Cheney in 2004.  Much will | Read More »

Inauguration, Alfalfa, McCain and Palin

By: Fred Malek (Diary)  |  March 9th at 05:39 PM  | 

The January 20 Inauguration and the January 31 Alfalfa Club dinner brought me in close quarters again with John McCain and allowed me to bring John and Sarah Palin together for the first time since election night. I have met numerous times since the election with John McCain and have been heartened and inspired by his refusal to look backward, his total absence of bitterness | Read More »