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has created enough swirl around lobbyist and McCain insider, Doug Goodyear, that the man tapped by the GOP presumptive nominee to run the September Minneapolis/St. Paul convention, stepped down after the story broke. Goodyear’s tenure was short lived. Obviously, Team McCain had good reasons for concern.

to represent some politically controversial clients. Given McCain’s ardor for campaign finance reform and the number of lobbyists and PR gurus who comprise the senior ranks of his campaign, his aides are acutely sensitive to appearances. Goodyear accepted the post just this past weekPenn, of course, is a big cog in the PR firm whose clients range from defenders of murderous Blackwater mercenaries to the GOP-favored Columbia trade deal. (h/t Doug)

May 1, 2008:John McCain's campaign has settled on a veteran Republican public relations executive to help run the Republican convention in September. Doug Goodyear, a co-founder and the current CEO of the DCI group, will serve as McCain's manager in St. Paul,