Jump to full article: New York Times, 2008-04-13
Author: KATE ZERNIKE
Intro: When conservative opposition threatened to derail Mr. McCain just as he was surging again this winter, it was Charlie Black who called prominent conservatives to secure their backing. And when Mr. McCain was finally the last man standing, it was Charlie Black who engineered the campaign’s takeover of the Republican National Committee.
“The Republican Party’s quintessential company man,” as one friend calls him, Mr. Black has worked in every Republican presidential campaign since 197 . . .
One of five senior advisers to Mr. McCain, Mr. Black is considered the Republican Wise Man. . . .
On the trail, he sits in a big swivel chair at the front of the Straight Talk Express, joining in Mr. McCain’s rolling news conferences . . .
He is often joined by his wife, Judy, a lobbyist and former Tobacco Institute executive who is a chairwoman of Women for McCain.
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