ST. PAUL, Minn. – John McCain’s decision to all but scrap the first night of convention proceedings is a sign of his leadership skills, one of the Republican presidential candidates top advisers told the Nevada delegation at a lunch meeting here today.
“It truly does demonstrate that this man is about country first,” said Black, echoing one of the campaign’s central themes.
Black used his address to urge the Silver State delegation to keep in mind those in the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricane Gustav.
He also said that, in a conversation he had with McCain earlier today, the candidate had said he was planning on campaigning extensively in Nevada – widely seen as one of the nation’s most competitive battleground states – in the coming weeks.
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