Charlie Black

Informal Romney Adviser And Top GOP Lobbyist Helping Walmart

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2012

WASHINGTON -- A top GOP lobbyist with informal ties to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is among the group of officials h...

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The GOP's Indispensible Man

Roger Stone | Posted 04.09.2012

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Charlie Black has been a key figure in the campaigns of Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and John McCain. Romney is both wise and lucky to have him.

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Former Pawlenty Colleagues, Mentors Don't Recognize The Man Running For President

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 09.04.2011

WASHINGTON – Those who have known Tim Pawlenty for a long time are stumped by a simple question: What happened to him? It's not just his presiden...

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John McCain Still Pallin' Around With Lobbyists

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is an air of both tragedy and farce as the Arizona Republican primary for the United States Senate comes to a conclusion this Tuesday. Incumbent John McCain has been forced into the sludge against an unworthy opponent, J.D. Hayworth, in what is likely to be the final campaign of his political career. He may have once branded himself a political reformer, but with John McCain, the democratic process has always come with a price attached.

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GOP Raised Wall Street Cash During Obama's Cooper Union Speech

Posted 05.25.2011

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From HuffPost Hill newsletter: HuffPost's Arthur Delaney from the front lines of our Republic's slow rot: While President Obama begged Wall Street t...

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Jane Norton Denies Being A Lobbyist; Record Much More Hazy

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with a Colorado Springs radio talk show host Tuesday, Former lieutenant governor and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jane Norton ...

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Michelle Malkin Rips Jane Norton For Ties To McCain

Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative firebrand Michelle Malkin didn't have to look far to find an example of what she argues is the selling out of the Republican party. In a...

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Michael Bennet At Center Of Senate Health Care Debate, Target Of John McCain Robocalls

Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Journal reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee is paying for an automated phone campaign that will feature John McCain...

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McCain Adviser Black Goes Back To Lobbying

Washington Times | Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles R. Black Jr., a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, is returning to his former profession: lobbying. Mr. Black will go back to...

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

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Reading The Pictures: Have A Little FU With Your National Crisis

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is this what a senior campaign staff would look like having just been forced to take earth-stopping measures in response to a national crisis they likened to 9/11?

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John McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in Chief

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain's attempted co-opt of the Obama campaign's change message avoids the fact that McCain has surrounded himself with a campaign staff of top ...

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McCain's Russia Lobbyists Confuse Georgia Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of John McCain's forceful rebuke of Russia for sending invading forces into Georgia, scrutiny has been placed on the role McCain's chief f...

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Track The Lobbyist Money That Bankrolls McCain's Campaign (And His Advisers)

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to tracking the lobbyists and companies who either work for or have contributed to John McCain's presidential campaign, now you can play...

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McCain's Lobbyist Loophole

David Donnelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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McCain's policy ignores the problem with having a campaign run by corporate and foreign lobbyists: they are happy to abandon their lobbying work temporarily to get valuable chits with the potential future president.

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McCain Heads To Colombia, Already Tied To Country By Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday, Sen. John McCain will travel to Colombia to highlight his support for a free trade pact with that country. It is a trip that comes with a...

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Death in the Afternoon

Martin Garbus | Posted 05.25.2011

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What Charles Black and Hillary Clinton said were not "accidents" as they were in the past. It is likely that words like these will become the accepted political dialogue of the future.

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Let McCain Be McCain

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

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McCain is not "confused"-- not in the way the media means, anyway. It's just hard to remember scripted lines and the arguments they make when they go against your better judgment.

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McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination.

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FearWatch '08: The McCain Campaign Takes Feargasm Advice From Bill Kristol

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though Sen. McCain didn't truly denounce Charlie Black and, instead, basically supported the lobbyist's awful statements, the very serious cable news people are giving McCain a pass on this thing.

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John McCain and Charlie Black's October Surprise

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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If they really see political gold in another 9-11, what would stop them from being delighted if Bush attacked Iran if the timing were right, say in mid-October?

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The G in GOP Stands for Ghoul

Mary Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charlie Black gave away the mindset -- the same chilling, dreadful policy-making mentality under whose influence we've already suffered for almost eight years -- of the McCain campaign.

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This Word Sounds Like That Word! Obama, Osama, And Other Media Tongue-Twisters

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Here is a fact of life: If you are having a conversation with someone about Obama and Osama, there is a very good chance that someone will slip up somewhere. But honestly, it's really no big deal.

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Obama Campaign Slams Charlie Black, McCain's Chief Advisor, For Terror Attack Remarks

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE*** The Obama campaign has slammed John McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, for his comments that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil would c...

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Charlie Black: Not Just Offensive, but Wrong

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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With support for Bush's approach to combating terrorism waning, the notion that another attack during a Republican presidency will help the Republican candidate borders on being downright bizarre.

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