Charlie Black

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

Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver


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

McCain Adviser Black Goes Back To Lobbying

Washington Times | Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


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...

Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

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

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

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-09-25-shaw_salterSchmidt.jpgIs 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?

John McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in Chief

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics


Janet Ritz

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 ...

Sam Stein

McCain's Russia Lobbyists Confuse Georgia Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics


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...

Seth Colter Walls

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


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...

McCain's Lobbyist Loophole

David Donnelly | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


David Donnelly

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.

Sam Stein

McCain Heads To Colombia, Already Tied To Country By Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


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...

Death in the Afternoon

Martin Garbus | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Martin Garbus

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.

Let McCain Be McCain

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home


Craig Newmark

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.

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

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Bob Cesca

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.

John McCain and Charlie Black's October Surprise

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

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?

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

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

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

The G in GOP Stands for Ghoul

Mary Lyon | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Mary Lyon

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.

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

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media


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.

Charlie Black: Not Just Offensive, but Wrong

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

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.

Charlie Black's "the Bogeymen Are Coming" Terrorism Remarks were on Purpose

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

Black is no dummy. He has been around and knew that something had to be done quickly to bring terrorism back on the agenda.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


***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...

Obama Adviser On FISA: We'll Trust The Inspector General To Prevent Surveillance Abuses

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

So Obama's position now is that the duty and power to protect the Constitution resides primarily not with the president or congress or the courts, but with a bureaucrat whose job is to conduct internal investigations of government agencies.

Richard Clarke: Charlie Black Should Be Fired (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


John McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, ignited a firestorm with his comments that another terrorist attack on the U.S. would create a "big advant...

Blue Alert: Obama And the Dems Need Contingency Plans for Terror and War

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Richard (RJ) Eskow

Obama should start laying the groundwork now with a series of speeches that explain why we can -- and must -- defend the liberties that make us Americans, even in the face of terror.

Obama Must Accept McCain's Town Hall Challenge

Paul Peete | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home


Paul Peete

The only modern way to combat this powerful, entrenched, well-financed conservative cabal is to create public outrage. After sleeping through the bloodless coup the 2000 elections turned out to be, Americans have tuned into the battle between Hillary and Barack that kept us listening, talking and taking sides. Obama must re-ignite that excitement by engaging McCain in the most democratic of forums.

Thomas B. Edsall

McCain's Ethical Dilemma: Campaign Filled With Lobbyist Kingpins

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


The steady disclosures of past lobbying activity by campaign aides, and the struggle to minimize firings, continue to plague John McCain's presidentia...

Charlie Black's Lobbying Career With Dictators Profiled

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Longtime uber-lobbyist Charles R. Black Jr. is John McCain's man in Washington, a political maestro who is hoping to guide his friend, the senator fro...