Douglas Holtz Eakin

McCain Adviser A No Show At Tech Debate

Think Progress | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Today from 12:30-1:45 p.m., the New America Foundation and Wired magazine were scheduled to host an event on tech policy with top McCain adviser Dougl...

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McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

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Jason Rosenbaum

According to McCain's senior economic policy adviser, McCain's health care plan won't destroy the employer-based insurance system because the plan doesn't work.

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Jed Lewison

Losing It: McCain Camp Goes Ballistic, Blames Obama For Crash

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Moments after the Dow Jones largest single-day point drop ever, the McCain campaign went on the warpath, blaming Barack Obama for the crash of the bai...

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Jason Linkins

McCain Camp Blames Obama For Bailout Failure (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Here's a video of MSNBC's David Shuster -- whose over-arching disbelief in the John McCain camp version of events seems to be firming up as the mainst...

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McCain Actually Blocked Creation Of Blackberry

Politico | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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To those who express doubts about his economic acumen, John McCain has a simple answer: "I was chairman of the Commerce Committee, which oversights al...

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McCain Invented Blackberry? Adviser Says He Helped

AP | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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MIAMI — Move over, Al Gore. You may lay claim to the Internet, but John McCain helped create the BlackBerry. At least that's the contention of ...

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McCain Top Economic Adviser: He Will Raise Taxes

Time | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and current chief McCain economic advisor, is an honest man--which means he'...

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Sam Stein

McCain Surrogate Cantor Inadvertently Derided On McCain Conference Call

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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There was no shortage of villains during a McCain campaign conference call on energy policy Monday morning. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush...

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The Budget Debate for Grownups

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Miles Rapoport, John McCain, Robert Reich, Brookings Instituion, Budget, Baby Boomers, U.S. Budget, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Business News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

If we continue doing nothing, in about 35 years, the government will have no money for anything other than Medicare, Social Security and interest on the money we've already borrowed.

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