Keating Five

The Real Legacy of the 'Reagan Revolution'

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Indifference to economics does not explain the prominence of Phil Gramm in the McCain campaign during the U.S. financial crisis. Indifference to the folks losing their homes is a more plausible explanation.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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John McCain: The Devil You Don't Know

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

McCain's political positions are what remain utterly confusing -- it's hard to think of another veteran politician whose political philosophy is as murky as his.

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Change

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Whoever inside the Obama campaign came up with the idea of bringing his most important rally to the very spot where the Republicans will hold their canned convention this September deserves a promotion. Now that's the Audacity of Hope!

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John McCain's (W)right Problem

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Ferentz LaFargue

Now that Wright has come back, McCain has to dread the prospect of religion, the one area he is most vulnerable, becoming a major issue in a campaign with Obama.

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The Mortgage Mess and the Economic Meltdown: What McCain (and the rest of us) Should Learn from the Keating Scandal

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

If McCain were alone in participating in this culture of corruption, we wouldn't be in the economic mess we're now in. Unfortunately, McCain's behavior was typical.

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What Experience Should Tell Us

Alec Baldwin | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

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Alec Baldwin

The question for two candidates running for President is, "What have you learned?"

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John McCain's Mixed Record on Campaign Finance

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Neil Schneider

Given Senator Obama's enormous success in raising campaign contributions it seems obvious that Senator McCain's only real concern is not being able to raise as much money as Senator Obama.

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Sex Doesn't Matter, Conflict of Interest Matters

Helaine Olen | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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Helaine Olen

McCain and Iseman's intimacy was not the point of the expose, even though common sense says the rumored romance is what will give the scandal traction with the American public.

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