Friday Debate

Sam Stein

Obama Plays Expectations Game: McCain Perfect For Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The expectations game. Both campaigns engage with it before every debate. But with only hours to go before tonight's sparring between Barack Obama and...

Sam Stein

Ex-Adviser: McCain "Blinked," Campaign "Governed By Tactics, Not Ideology"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down to see McCain ad... After days of saying that John McCain would not attend Friday's presidential debate unless an agreement on a bailout ...

Thomas B. Edsall

McCain Gambles In Effort To Regain The Offensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

John McCain, losing ground as the economic crisis deepens, sought today to beat Barack Obama to the punch by suspending his campaign, postponing Frida...