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Another Freddie Mac Lobbyist Now McCain Staffer

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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When mortgage giant Freddie Mac feared several years ago that Sen. John McCain was too outspoken on the issue of executive pay, it pinpointed a lobbyi...

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Obama Launches New Attack On McCain's Ties To Lobbyists

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in a new bid to strip his opponent of maverick credentials, on Saturday launched an ad, website and road show designed to ...

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McCain's Anti-Boeing Lobbyists Cost Jobs, Dems Say

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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At 12:01 a.m. Pacific time Saturday, 27,000 Boeing Co. machinists, protesting a lack of job security, went on strike. A lengthy walkout would halt the...

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John McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in Chief

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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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 ...

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McCain Campaign Manager: We Do Hire Lobbyists

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Last night, Rick Davis, the campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gave CBS News' Katie Couric a confusing answer to a question about lobbyis...

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McCain Led Lobbyist-Loving GOP Think Tank For 15 Years

NY Times | McCain Think Tank Gave Lobbyists More Access | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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As Senator John McCain waited to speak at the annual awards dinner of the International Republican Institute, a democracy-building group he has led fo...

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McCain Lobbyist Scandal Continues: Government Warned Senator That Campaign Manager Was Undermining National Interests

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The lobbying firm of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis acted in direct opposition to American foreign interests, which prompted a warning to McCain's...

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McCain Campaign Manager's Lobbying Firm Worked For Client With Ties To Iran

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The McCain campaign's lobbyist ties have proved to be a persistent source of criticism as well as questioning during this election season, and it show...

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Phil Gramm, McCain Co-Chair, Lobbied US On Mortgage Crisis While Advising Candidate On Economic Policy

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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An MSNBC exclusive aired on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Tuesday evening revealed potentially explosive news about McCain co-chair Phil Gramm's lobb...

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Thomas B. Edsall

McCain's Ethical Dilemma: Campaign Filled With Lobbyist Kingpins

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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McCain Camp Quietly Reassuring Lobbyists

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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After a fervent round of anti-lobbyist posturing by John McCain provoked public grumbling from the K Street crowd, his presidential campaign quietly r...

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Lobbyists To McCain: This Is The Thanks We Get?

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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More than a few Republican lobbyists in Washington are scratching their heads these days, asking: So this is the thanks we get? It was a small band o...

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Rick Davis, McCain's Campaign Manager, Benefited As Unregistered Lobbyist

NY Times | BARRY MEIER and KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Sorting out the lobbying entanglements of his campaign advisers is proving to be a messy business for Senator John McCain.... In 2005, Mr. Davis was ...

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McCain's Lobbyist Problem: Fifth Person To Leave Campaign Over Lobbying Ties

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The Washington Post reports that yet another top aide to Sen. John McCain has resigned in an attempt to clean up the "perception problem" that McCain'...

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Will Thomas

Obama: McCain Campaign Paid For And Run By Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Today, Barack Obama sharpened his criticism John McCain's relationships with Washington lobbyists: During a speech at a local high school here, Obama...

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McCain's Lobbyist Scandals Prompt Additional Scrutiny

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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UPDATE (3/18): John McCain's chief strategist Charlie Black isn't losing any sleep about his firm's involvements with some of the worst dictators and ...

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McCain's Fundraisers Are Lobbyists And Bankers

NY Times | Michael Luo & Sarah Wheaton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Senator John McCain has staked his campaign for the presidency in large part on his reputation as a reformer intent on curbing the influence of money ...

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CNN Resurrects Ralph Reed And Softballs McCain

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Lou Dubose

CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper began his wrap-up of the New Hampshire presidential primary by observing that it was "a remarkable night." John McCain...

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