John Mccain Lobbyists

Another Freddie Mac Lobbyist Now McCain Staffer

Washington Post | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


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...

Obama Launches New Attack On McCain's Ties To Lobbyists

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


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 ...

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

Washington Independent | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics


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...

John McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in Chief

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.07.2008 | 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 ...

McCain Campaign Manager: We Do Hire Lobbyists

ABC News | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


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...

McCain Led Lobbyist-Loving GOP Think Tank For 15 Years

NY Times | McCain Think Tank Gave Lobbyists More Access | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


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...

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

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


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

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

Huffington Post | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


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...

Suckers for McCain

David Donnelly | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


David Donnelly

Question: How many lobbyists does it take to get to the center of John McCain's campaign? Answer: Too many.

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

Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


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

Thomas B. Edsall

McCain's Ethical Dilemma: Campaign Filled With Lobbyist Kingpins

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics


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

McCain Camp Quietly Reassuring Lobbyists

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


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

Lobbyists To McCain: This Is The Thanks We Get?

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


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...

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

NY Times | BARRY MEIER and KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


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 ...

John McCain's Lobbyists (the list)

Tom Matzzie | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics


Tom Matzzie

John McCain has 118 lobbyists either working or raising money for him. So far, he's fired only three of them.

Will Thomas

Obama: McCain Campaign Paid For And Run By Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics


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

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

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics


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'...

McCain's Lobbyist Scandals Prompt Additional Scrutiny

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


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 ...

McCain's Fundraisers Are Lobbyists And Bankers

NY Times | Michael Luo & Sarah Wheaton | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics


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 ...

John McCain Is A Big F*cking Whore

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

McCain is an embarrassment of contradictions: he pretends to be a proponent of political reform when in fact he chronically dips into the lobbyist cookie jar.

CNN Resurrects Ralph Reed And Softballs McCain

Lou Dubose | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home


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...