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John Mccain Suspends Campaign

McCain's Spending Freeze Would Send Us Into the Dark Ages

Kim Mance | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Kim Mance

No Senator McCain -- a government spending freeze of "everything but defense, veteran affairs and entitlement programs" is not OK.

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Hollywood Memo to McCain: "Don't Start Shooting Without a Script."

Barry Levinson | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Barry Levinson

My suspicion is that no Hollywood producer is involved in the McCain presidential run. I say this for a simple reason -- it's badly orchestrated.

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McCain's Desperate Smears Signal His Failure as a Leader Under Pressure

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

McCain's decision to personally smear Obama with lies and distortions should go down in history as the final nail in his political coffin.

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The Whole World Is Watching--And It's Not Pretty

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

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Larry Gellman

From halfway around the world, it all seems simple. The question is if we are going to keep blaming Washington, Wall Street, mortgage lenders--everybody but ourselves--for our problems.

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McCain Praises Tough Times For Demonstrating American Grit

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday the resurrected financial bailout bill isn't perfect but warned...

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McCain Keeps Us Guessing

Craig Crawford | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

In the fury of tornado-strength news cycles that allow so little reflection, let's not forget that the Republican nominee went nuts last week.

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Bankrupt in Every Sense

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

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Jeff Schweitzer

The very fact of the crisis, and the response to it, provides incontrovertible proof that the founding ideas supporting conservative thought are bankrupt in every sense.

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Well Played, John McCain!

Billy Kimball | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Billy Kimball

The other side made a good play (or ploy, if you insist.) Maybe McCain is lying about his motives for making the dramatic return to Capitol Hill but he isn't lying about any facts.

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The Palin Pick -- The Devolution of McCain

Carl Bernstein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Carl Bernstein

It is time to confront an awkward but profound question: whether in picking Palin as his running mate, McCain has committed -- by his own professed standards of duty and honor -- a singularly unpatriotic act.

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Where's Obama's "Red Cell Operation?"

Lynn Sweet | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Lynn Sweet

The Obama team has not figured out yet that McCain is waging an asymmetrical campaign, meaning at times he will take a risky, counterintuitive course, just as he did on Wednesday.

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Jason Linkins

Barney Frank: GOP Colleagues Winced At 'Mighty Mouse' McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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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...

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No He Can't: Obama's Real Debate Problem

Ari Melber | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Obama is not an expert debater, and if McCain's attempt to skip the first debate does nothing else, it suggests that this is Obama's turf.

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Erratic McCain Parachutes into Temperament Narrative

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

McCain has made another desperate gamble that is likely to do him no good and may even go bad. More importantly, he has introduced a major opening into his character and temperament.

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Jason Linkins

During "Suspension" McCain Grandstands, Advisers Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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When John McCain announced yesterday that he was suspending his campaign to help everyone solve the economy, and inviting Barack Obama to do the same,...

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Obama Responds To McCain's Debate Cancellation Proposal (Video)

Bart Motes | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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Bart Motes

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 ...

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Palin Suspends Vice Presidential Campaign: Rushes Back to Alaska to Keep an Eye on Russia

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

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Steve Young

"Governor Palin believes that geography is more important than politics," said McCain campaign spokesman, Tucker Bounds.

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Reading The Pictures: Have A Little FU With Your National Crisis

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-09-25-shaw_salterSchmidt.jpgIs this what a senior campaign staff would look like having just been forced to take earth-stopping measures in response to a national crisis they likened to 9/11?

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Jason Linkins

"Suspending" Activity When It Gets Too Difficult Is All The Rage Today

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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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.

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McCain's Non-Denial Denial

Howard Schweber | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Howard Schweber

McCain's desire for a break is understandable, given the poll numbers and the seemingly endless stream of gaffes, flubs, and inconsistent statements coming out of his campaign.

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The 2008 Election Is About... Customer Service

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

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.

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McCain Suspends Campaign Because of Economic Crisis

Bart Motes | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Bart Motes

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.

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Our Troops Don't Get a Time-Out for the Financial Crisis

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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Jon Soltz

Unfortunately, insurgents in Iraq don't stop shooting at us, or setting IEDs, because our Commander in Chief needs a breather to figure out Wall Street.

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Jason Linkins

Ole Miss Officials: Debate Cancellation Would Be $5.5 Million Loss

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Here is Why McCain Wants to Move the Debate

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

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.

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Okay McCain, Let's Put Everything On Hold

Toby Barlow | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Toby Barlow

i told my girlfriend that -- due to America's economic crisis -- I was going to put doing the chores on hold for awhile. She responded by putting our sex life on hold.

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