John Weaver (political consultant)
- John Weaver (political consultant)
John Weaver (April 8, 1959-) is an American political consultant best known for his work on John McCain's 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns. He was born and raised in Kermit, Texas and has one daughter. Weaver, described as one of McCain's "closest advisers" and "an architect of McCain's 'Straight Talk Express,'" left the McCain campaign in July 2007, along with campaign manager Terry Nelson, political director Rob Jesmer, and deputy campaign manager Reed Galen, following several consecutive months of poor fund-raising. [cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071000759.html|author=Dan Balz and Anne E. Kornblut|publisher="The Washington Post"|date=July 11 2007|title=Top Aides Leave McCain Camp: Senator Retools Campaign Team as Money and Support Fall Off]
In 2004, Weaver appeared in the documentary film (based on the 2003 book of the same name) "", which alleges that Karl Rove, former campaign manager and Deputy White House Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, was behind a South Carolina push poll during the 2000 Republican primary that used racist innuendo to undermine support for McCain by asking voters: "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" [cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/03/21/the_anatomy_of_a_smear_campaign/|title=The Anatomy of a Smear Campaign| author=Richard H. Davis| date=2004-03-21|publisher="The Boston Globe"] In the film, Weaver assigns blame to Rove, stating "I believe I know where that decision was made; it was at the top of the [Bush] campaign".
In 2008, Weaver made headlines within the Washington beltway during the John McCain lobbyist controversy when some American media personalities speculated about his involvement in an article published by "The New York Times" that questioned the propriety of McCain's relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Weaver denied speaking to the paper without the campaign's approval. [cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/02/john_weaver_speaks.html|author=Chris Cillizza|publisher="The Washington Post"|date=February 21 2008|title=John Weaver Speaks]
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