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John McCain: Obama Bus Tour Is 'Wrong'

Posted 12.18.2011

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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued his verbal onslaught against President Barack Obama's bus tour on Tuesday, blasting the three-day swing throug...

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DADT Repeal Could Come Down To Obama-McCain Proxy Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The decision by congressional Democrats to put forward a standalone repeal of the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers may pit Pr...

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Would it Be Worse if McCain Were President?

Andrew Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The idea that the Obama administration is no better than a McCain administration would have been is, for most liberals, unthinkable. But this is a disabling conviction.

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Obama vs. McCain: Who's The Maverick Now?

Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican nominee John McCain called himself a political maverick with "the record and the scars" to prove...

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Obama Impeachment Suggested By GOP Dirty Trickster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A popular, ideologically extreme website has begun pushing the idea that President Obama should be impeached. And the person leading the charge is the...

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McCain Won't Say Obama Is On Iran Reformers' Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Either Sen. John McCain didn't hear Joe Klein tell him to "be quiet" or he doesn't care, because the former presidential candidate went right back at ...

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McCain Adviser: Obama Burdened By Campaign Pledge On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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An ongoing lobby effort to get the White House to fund health care reform by ending the tax breaks for employers who provide coverage to their workers...

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McCain Backs Obama Detainee Photo Decision

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator John McCain on Thursday welcomed President Obama's decision to oppose the release of photographs documenting prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghan...

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McCain Slams Obama Global Warming Plan

AZ Central | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John McCain blasted President Barack Obama's global-warming plan Tuesday, saying it would hurt an already battered economy by raising energy cost...

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McCain On Obama: 'I Don't Want Him To Fail'

Politico.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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After a losing presidential campaign in 2000, John McCain came back to the Senate and established himself as a force no White House could ignore. Eigh...

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Obama, McCain Relationship Back On

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington observers are fond of intensely analyzing the relationship between President Barack Obama and the man he beat in the fall election, Sen. Jo...

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Obama Is Killing the GOP With Kindness

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats who worry that Obama is selling out to the opposition may have it backwards. His ingenious approach could end up marginalizing the GOP for decades.

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Obama Meets With McCain At Transition Office (VIDEO)

AP/CNN/HuffPost/NYDN/The Atlantic | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Update, 2:40 pm Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic has a joint statement issued by Obama and McCain on the meeting: "At this defining moment in h...

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What Really Happened To The Old John McCain

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

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A defining moment of the "old" John McCain--as many Americans, even some of his friends, have begun to refer to him as he was before his run for the P...

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Obama: "We Have A Lot Of Work To Do" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via the Jed Report, Barack Obama's campaign sends out a Get Out The Vote video reminding supporters that there's still work to do: ...

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Election Anxiety: Advice From Abraham Lincoln

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

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By the time the votes are tabulated and our choice for President is confirmed, we will find ourselves standing at a critical fork in the road, one tha...

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Reading The Pictures: God, Obama

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Framing Obama as an aspiring deity works like a red cape in the face of the Christian right by flaunting the notion Obama somehow sees himself as a God, God himself, or, the son of God.

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Obama, McCain Doing Interviews During Football Game Halftime

ESPN | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the eve of the presidential election, with "Monday Night Football" from Washington as the backdrop, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are pla...

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Obama Ad Uses Winking Palin (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is out with his own attack ad Wednesday morning. Watch it here. The Obama campaign is directing reporters to an ad it released Wednesday...

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McCain Remains Absolutely Anchored Down By Bush: Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Poll numbers don't look good for John McCain these days. But the internal dynamics are even worse. A Pew Research poll released on Tuesday reveals th...

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Projecting McCain

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virtually every attack McCain makes against Barack Obama is a projection of his own fear or loathing.

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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What Is a Maverick Anyway?

Sarah Moglewer | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to Webster's Dictionary, maverick means "unbranded calf." In the case of McCain, could it mean someone who goes out against the pack? Well, in this case, that definition doesn't apply.

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Even Practical Omaha May Be Welcoming Change This Election

The Ballot Box | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Brad Davis OMAHA -- This city touts a market area of nearly 1.3 million, but it's still the sort of place where people ask where you went to high ...

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The Four Types of Undecided Voters

Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.25.2011

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With eight days to go, and two totally different candidates, how can anyone still be undecided? Turns out, there are lots of different kinds of undecided voters. They don't fall neatly into an easily parodied pigeon hole.

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