Mccain Bailout

Sam Stein

Reid Blames McCain: Deal Was Done, "Then Guess Who Came To Town?"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


Video of Reid is below Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a press conference on Friday morning in which, in the most blatant of terms yet, he bla...

Chuck Schumer: "Tell Sen. McCain To Get Out Of Town"

MSNBC | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


During a speech on the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) urged President Bush to "respectfully tell Sen. McCain to get out of town. He...

Jed Lewison

John McCain To The Rescue!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


When John McCain came to the rescue...he just made things worse. Here's a video I put together looking back at McCain's disaster of a day on Thursday...

Jed Lewison

Confused: McCain Claims "We've Made Progress" On Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


On NBC News Thursday night, John McCain claimed that "we've made progress" on negotiating a financial rescue package. McCain suggested that he deserve...

Sam Stein

McCain Makes It Worse As GOP Erupts Over Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


A tenuous agreement on a bailout plan for Wall Street that had been reached Thursday morning was threatening to fall apart by the time evening had arr...

Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

At White House, McCain Plays Bailout Spoiler

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Inside an intense White House meeting over the financial crisis on Thursday, where nearly every key player came to an agreement on the outlines of the...

Jed Lewison

McCain Aide Claims Credit For Deal, Says "We're Going Into A Debate"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Shortly before 2pm ET, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said on MSNBC that his boss deserves credit for the bipartisan bailout deal. Bounds then appare...

Sam Stein

Obama Will Make Debate A Townhall If McCain Doesn't Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Updated 9/26: Click here for updated videos, photos and analysis from the first presidential debate Click here for all debate-related news at HuffP...

Bush Tries To Bail Out McCain

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Talk about bail-outs. John McCain had just made one of the riskiest, and perhaps costliest, moves of his presidential campaign, in attempting to bai...

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

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media


Steve Young

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

Jed Lewison

If He Can Attack Obama, Why Can't He Debate Obama?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Apparently, even though John McCain doesn't want to debate Barack Obama, he doesn't have any problem attacking him -- even after suspending his presid...

Sam Stein

McCain's Financial Crisis Timeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


When John McCain held an unexpected news conference mid-Wednesday afternoon he addressed the current economic crisis with direness previously unseen. ...

McCain Supporting Bailout, Reid Says

The Hill | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Republican presidential nominee John McCain will support a proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial markets, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (...

McCain's Bailout Vote Crucial, Party Leaders Say

ABC News | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


If Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain doesn't vote for the Bush administration's $700 billion economic bailout plan, some Republican a...

Bloomberg: Obama, Not McCain, Has Steady Hand

Bloomberg | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


For the first time since 1932 a presidential election is taking place in the midst of a genuine financial crisis. The reaction of the candidates was r...