McCain Hits Obama For William Lynn Pick
WASHINGTON — A former Raytheon lobbyist nominated to be deputy defense secretary despite President Barack Obama's ban on hiring lobbyists will s...
WASHINGTON — A former Raytheon lobbyist nominated to be deputy defense secretary despite President Barack Obama's ban on hiring lobbyists will s...
Steve Clemons | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
In July 2008, the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes to assemble large rosters of potential personnel for the administration that only one of the candidates would lead.
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
Over the next two days, John McCain and Barack Obama will maintain a break-neck pace to the finish line as they criss-cross the country several times ...
AP | MIKE GLOVER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
DES MOINES, Iowa — Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state wi...
Washington Independent | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
As Sen. John McCain's motorcade arrived for a rally at Cape Fear Community College, this sign, featuring a photo of Osama bin Laden in between photos ...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The house always wins, gamblers are warned, and the U.S. House made John McCain pay Monday for his politically risky, high-profile ...
Logan Perkes | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home
Sarah works hard to convert her fellow Republicans with her unique insider advantage. She realizes how the Republican message works, how it exploits fear. "It's all the same -- that terrorists are coming and we need to be on offense."
Frances Katz | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home
The question remains if the next administration will help formulate a substantive plan for religious and political autonomy for Tibet.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
RENO, Nev. — So much for hugging in church. A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California m...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
A whole lot of Americans are getting weary of seeing and hearing about Obama -- nearly half of independents said they saw too much of him.
Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
On the same day that former GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee told his party that demonizing Barack Obama is a 'fatal mistake,' Obama told a re...
Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Less than five months before The Big Day -- Nov. 4, 2008 -- national polls show John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a dead heat. The latest CNN pol...
Caryl Rivers | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
I love Barack's his ideas about a new politics of hope -- I attended MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. But I worry that Obama is more Harvard law than Chicago street fighter.
AP | BETH FOUHY and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting t...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media
It is egregious, and flat out unacceptable for Mr. Murdoch to tilt the direction of his editorial board in any presidential candidate's favor -- whether it be John McCain or Barack Obama.
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
Today, Barack Obama sharpened his criticism John McCain's relationships with Washington lobbyists: During a speech at a local high school here, Obama...
Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama went one step further today in his pushback against presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and President Bush on appe...
NY Times | Jim Rutenberg | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
The contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton not quite over and the one with Senator John McCain not quite under way, Senator Barack Obama is float...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
The McCain camp is taking offense at an appearance of Barack Obama on Wolf Blitzer this week, claiming that Obama is playing the the age card. Obama ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Over the past few weeks, John McCain has pushed the idea that the terrorist organization Hamas is supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign. To...
Quinnipiac | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
Winning among white working class voters, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton holds strong leads over Arizona Sen. John McCain - and runs much better than I...
Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
From The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb: McCain spoke with bloggers this morning on a number of issues ranging from William Ayers to Rev. Wright ...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama gave rare praise to the idea of a John McCain president during a town hall event in Pennsylvania Sunday: "You have a real choice in this...
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
John McCain has repeatedly insisted in public that he wants to run a respectful campaign, but a recent fundraising email from his campaign suggests th...
Time | Joe Klein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
John McCain continues to fight a different war in Iraq than...the U.S. military. It is a simple war of good v. evil, us v. Al Qaeda. There are aspects...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics