The True Colors of John McCain
Dear Senator McCain, Who are you? Do you even know any more? You recently told a reporter you've always done whatever's necessary to win, and j...
Dear Senator McCain, Who are you? Do you even know any more? You recently told a reporter you've always done whatever's necessary to win, and j...
Max Bergmann | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain is for cutting spending, but McCain is against Obama cutting defense spending, so when Obama is for cutting, McCain is for increasing (except he's still for cutting). Clear?
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011
As my feminist, Cameroon trekking girlfriend said last night, "I vowed not to hate Palin but shes making it impossible." Ain't that the truth!
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
It's easy to take a position in a campaign. But the promises are empty if the candidate has a record opposing those very positions.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm voting for McCain because he's a straight talker and I often agree with his view on things, and when I don't, usually if I wait a few days he comes around.
William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011
Campaign officials say in coming weeks the candidate will similarly support unfettered oil drilling and a switch to alternative energy sources.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011
John McCain is a coward. We have heard countless invocations of Senator McCain's courage during his 1,966 days in captivity, but it is time for the S...
Shawn Brimley | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain attacked Obama yesterday on military spending, questioning the Democratic candidate's stance on increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011
John McCain's defining moment came during the 2000 campaign when he voiced his opinion over the Confederate battle flag which flew over South Carolina...
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011
In a commercial released today, McCain looked directly at the camera and promised not to engage in negative attacks. Yet he released a vehemently negative press release as the fireworks were still bursting in the sky over Invesco field.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.
Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 05.25.2011
Why the latest McCain flip-flop on a pro-choice running mate? Look no further than McCain's diminishing support among a key voting bloc: independent women. He needs them to win in November.
Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011
I've been calling him the Gasbag, but Thomas Frank has come up with another description for him -- the best I've read anywhere: John McCain is "a hood ornament on a hit-and-run machine."
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama campaign has to be more selective in choosing its spokespeople, using more strong, smart advocates like Sen. Biden and Sen. Webb, and keeping Pelosi and Kerry as far away from the media as possible.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it. Three years before the Arizona Republic...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
For McCain to try to argue that he is not being treated fairly by the media is downright outrageous. Nobody in the history of modern politics has been a bigger media sweetheart than John McCain.
Steve Benen | Posted 05.25.2011
After working on this project for a few months, I'm pleased to report that we now have a whopping 61 policy reversals from the Republican nominee.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
How apathetic does McCain think the voters are that his campaign can get away with accusing Obama of the very thing that has been McCain's biggest weakness?
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011
We should always hold politicians to high standards. But in the end we should always accept that those we hold close are the ones who -- whatever their flaws -- land highest in their deeds, and enrich our lives the most.
Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011
The conventional wisdom these days is that Wesley Clark's raising questions about McCain's fitness to be commander in chief causes political problems for Barack Obama. But don't be fooled.
Ira Forman | Posted 05.25.2011
The gall of McCain's 'straight talk' is breathtaking and the flip-flops here ought to finally put the myth of McCain's maverick moderate image to rest.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
One time opponent of the GI bill, Presidential candidate John McCain, has now taken credit and expressed approval of the bill at a recent town hall ev...
Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the last year, The real McCain has disappeared. We've heard nothing real from him. What we hear instead are the words predatory lobbyists are putting into his mouth.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
It's not everyday that Senator John McCain's tendency to switch positions on important issues - even seminal McCain issues like torture - are greeted ...
Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011