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In 2006 McKinnon started working on the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign, but in January 2007 he said he would quit if the general election pitted McCain against [[Barack Obama]], as he refuses to take part in tearing down Obama. [http://www.talk.newsweek.com/politics/default.asp?item=618145] ==Related SourceWatch Resources==
SW: adding additional ref, more info to Obama / McCain info (and moving it further up)
'''Mark McKinnon''', former [[media]] adviser for President [[George W. Bush]], is a founding member of the new online political and social networking community [[HOTSOUP.com]], which is to debut in October 2006.
In 2006, McKinnon started working on [[John McCain]]'s 2008 presidential campaign. In January 2007 he said he would quit if the general election pitted McCain against [[Barack Obama]]. "I will, however, still support and vote for John McCain," he told the ''Austin American-Statesman''. "I just don’t want to work against an Obama candidacy. I think a McCain vs. Obama race would be a great choice for the country." [http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2007/06/08/_political_medi.html] [http://www.talk.newsweek.com/politics/default.asp?item=618145]
In October 2005, President Bush nominated McKinnon to serve on the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]], which oversees U.S.-funded international media outlets including [[Radio Sawa]], [[Al Hurra]] and [[Voice of America]].
"I think the most important thing to recognize is that in all the campaigns with President Bush, it always begins with the president saying: 'Here are the things I care about. These are the things I want to talk about. Now, you guys can go and execute the plan however you want to, but this is what I'm talking about; this is what I believe in,'" McKinnon told ''Frontline'' for their 2005 piece on [[Karl Rove]] called "The Architect." [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/interviews/mckinnon.html]
*[[Matthew Dowd]]
*[[Carter Eskew]]
