Barney Frank: GOP Colleagues Winced At 'Mighty Mouse' McCain
One would think that some of John McCain's Republican colleagues might actually want to help him become president of these United States, but no: give...
One would think that some of John McCain's Republican colleagues might actually want to help him become president of these United States, but no: give...
Bart Motes | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media
Huffington Post's Rachel Weiner highlighted for us Obama's dead on impression of Marlon Brando. Now compare it to Obama's reaction to McCain's effort ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
One of the things I couldn't help but think about is how this whole "suspension of things in the face of hardship" has very quickly become something of a trend.
RJ Eskow | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
McCain's election-year flipflops and gimmicks -- including the "time out" -- should be treated no differently than any salesman's attempt to confuse you into making a bad deal.
Bart Motes | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
McCain's appeal is a cynical move based on a genuine economic crisis. Not the economic crisis in Washington -- the financial crisis is in McCain's campaign.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Ironically enough, if John McCain goes through with his threat to skip the foreign policy debate scheduled for this Friday for the sake of prolonging ...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
It's not that the McCain campaign doesn't want to have this debate; it's that they don't want to have it now. They think it is terrible timing for their side.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
McCain can kill two birds with one stone by ducking the debate: get out of debating Obama for a few days, and figure out what his position is on the economy that he helped destroy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign in order to focus on the ongoing debate and negotiations over the Paulson bailout package is -- like al...
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Wouldn't it be a better idea to change the topic of the debate to the financial crisis and the domestic economy? The debate can be moved to Washington DC.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
McCain's call is deceitful and frankly desperate. Why? Yesterday he "approved this message" in an ad titled "Mum." It attacks Obama for doing nothing on the economic crisis.
Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War. Reagan ran at the height of the Cold War. Bush ran with two wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. But McCain can't run during a crisis on Wall Street?
Bob Cesca | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
If what we've seen from the senator so far is him "focusing" on the economy -- what the hell is he like when he's multitasking?
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Bush was able to debate Kerry while he was president. For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics