THE KIND OF CAMPAIGN McCAIN WILL RUN

Sen. John McCain is surrounding himself with hit men and creeps. He's added Terry Nelson as his campaign manager. Nelson is the bright boy behind the "Harold, call me!" blond bimbo ads attacking Tennessean Harold Ford. Nelson had been hired by the Republican National Committee to put some blood 'n' sinew into saving Congress from Democrats. He stuck in a little racism. Before that he had been political director of the 2004 Bush/Cheney campaign.

According to the Huffington Post, Nelson was fired as an advertising consultant by Wal-Mart because of complaints over the Ford spot. More than that, he's been mentioned in two criminal investigations, both the New Hampshire phone jamming case in 2002 (in which someone has gone to jail) and in one of the Tom DeLay money-laundering charges (in which no one had gone to jail -- yet).