Why Obama Would Be Better on National Security than McCain
If Obama is far more likely to resolve the current crisis, which is widely accepted polls tell us, then he can provide a critical national security function which McCain cannot.
If Obama is far more likely to resolve the current crisis, which is widely accepted polls tell us, then he can provide a critical national security function which McCain cannot.
Win McCormack | Posted 05.25.2011
Not for nothing did McCain carry the moniker "McNasty" during his prep school years. McCain's struggle with a volcanic and unstable temper has apparently been life-long.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011
Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.
The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011
Writing for the Daily Beast, Michael Kinsley relays a disturbing story about John McCain from Jeff Dearth, former publisher of the New Republic, when ...
Politico | Posted 05.25.2011
When Politico's Ryan Grim approached Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after the evening of the Senate bailout vote, the reporter didn't even get his questio...
Michael Showalter | Posted 05.25.2011
Watch John McCain recently and you will see a grown man seethe, froth, squirm, stare, glare, intimidate, wince, scowl, grimace, pick your SAT word for "act mean." It's really, well, uncomfortable to watch.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
On Monday, John McCain had a truly combative meeting with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, discussing heatedly everything from Sarah Pa...
Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 05.25.2011
The best available gauge of executive qualifications may be the way the candidates conduct their own campaign. In the hothouse of a presidential campaign, temperament and decision-making style are critical.
Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain has made another desperate gamble that is likely to do him no good and may even go bad. More importantly, he has introduced a major opening into his character and temperament.
Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011
I don't know about you, but being smart has always been a characteristic that I look for in a potential President. I hope America agrees.
James O'Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011
In contrast to the Democrats I spoke to, the Republican lawyer said she saw no problem with McCain's militarism, nor that of the neoconservatives more generally. She didn't worry about the possibility of a draft. She felt that the Iraq War was "mismanaged" but that there was no hidden agenda and no "conspiracy" to lead us to war.
Paul Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
We tend to excuse Senator McCain's irrational outbursts and inappropriate behavior -- including a 1995 scuffle with a 92-year-old Senate colleague (from his own party, no less) -- by referring to their root cause.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
On Sunday, McClatchy Newspapers published a story on Sen. John McCain's oft-discussed temper, detailing one incident in which McCain allegedly pushed ...
James Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011
Note: This article was authored by James O'Gallagher. Any other versions are the result of a technical glitch. ...
MyDD | Posted 05.25.2011
Joe at AMERICAblog catches an interview Harry Reid did with the Nevada-based pundit Jon Ralston: "I just think he doesn't have the temperament to...
Max Bergmann | Posted 05.25.2011
The question really needs to be asked whether a man with such an angry temperament and who is prone to an overly hawkish foreign policy should be president.
Posted 05.25.2011
The Washington Post does a long profile of John McCain, talking to the candidate and the aide who co-wrote all his books. They talk literature: He ...
Time | Posted 05.25.2011
A few months ago, I wrote that John McCain was an honorable man and he would run an honorable campaign. I was wrong. I used to think, as David Ignatiu...
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011
CARTAGENA, Colombia — John McCain denied a Republican colleague's claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on...
Jodi Lampert | Posted 05.25.2011
Eminem doesn't even countenance use of the epithet McCain is reported to have called his wife. We get endless videos of Rev Wright, who is not even running for President. But nothing about this. So this must be bad.
Keith Dinsmore | Posted 05.25.2011
"It was a mental health question. A guy who would call his wife a cunt in front of reporters is not only a jerk but dangerous. It's scary to think of a hothead like McCain having his finger on the trigger."
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
On Tuesday, The Huffington Post published an explosive excerpt from Cliff Schecter's new book "The Real McCain," alleging that Sen. John McCain once p...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: McCain has responded to the report below. Watch the video here. * * * Appearing on Fox News this past Sunday, Sen. John McCain attempted t...
AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Temper, temper. Republican John McCain is known for his. He's been dubbed "Senator Hothead" by more than one publication, but he's ...
Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 05.25.2011