Fra Dean til McCain

Følgende kan man kalde en endorsement. Nicco Mele der i 2004 arbejdede for Howard Dean er i de sidste dage blevet kædet sammen med Senator John McCains (R-AZ) kampagne i 2008. Mele var manden bag Deans meget succesfulde internetstrategi og det bliver betegnet som lidt af et boost til McCains kampagne (John McCain er dog ikke helt ukendt med internettet. I 2000 blev han den første kandidat der fik mere end en million dollaser online. Når men Nicco Mele har på sin hjemmeside www.nicco.org skrevet følgende:

"A lot of people are asking me about John McCain. When I worked for Common Cause, I worked on the McCain-Feingold bill and worked closely with Sen. John McCain’s office. After Sen. McCain lost the Republican primary in 2000, I traveled with him as part of a group of campaign finance reform staffers as we criss-crossed the country working to secure support for the McCain-Feingold bill. I have long admired Sen. McCain’s work on campaign finance reform and his independent streak. If Sen. McCain runs for president, he’s got my support.

EchoDitto, the company that I co-founded and am CEO of, has not in the past, does not now, and will not in the future do any work for Sen. McCain in any way.

Right now, I’m involved in many projects that have nothing to do with presidential politics. While I currently don’t know what role I’d like to have in 2008, if Sen. McCain runs I hope to be helpful. This is a personal decision for me based on my own first-hand experience. I like Sen. McCain - I think he should be president!"

John McCain (rødt slips) sammen med Præsident Ronald Reagan.