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Palin Clothing Complaint Dismissed By FEC

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.19.2009 | Style

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint over the $150,000-plus designer wardrobe the Republican Party bought to o...

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McCain's Hypothetical First 100 Days: Walter Shapiro

Politics Daily | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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If things had gone differently..... John McCain, the oldest first-term president in history, is proving as rambunctious and pugnacious as the youngest...

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GOP Doubles Down on Failed McCain Strategy

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

Obama's ability to walk and eat a pretzel chew gum was one of the primary reasons he beat Senator John "I-Brake-For-Crises" McCain.

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Pandering for Palin: SarahPAC Makes First Sales Pitch

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

While personal and political controversies are muddying up Palin's political agenda in Alaska, the distant horizon of national politics looms ever so pristine -- and inviting.

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GOP Recycling Failed McCain Campaign Tactics

The New Republic | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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The Republican Party has been using a grab-bag of strategies to counter Obama's policies over the past month. They rail against the stimulus package f...

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McCain Blogger: We Almost Kicked NYT Off Our Plane

CJR | Kate Klonick | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

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Michael Goldfarb was the McCain campaign's deputy communications director-cum-media bodyguard, tasked by McCain's high command with bullying the press...

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"Daily Show" McCain Best Of Campaign Released (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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The Daily Show revisits two presidential elections' worth of maverick highlights, from the Straight Talk Express to "That One." Watch: .cc_box a:hove...

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Sam Stein

McCain Pollster Explains Loss, Calls Frank Luntz A Moron

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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The chief pollster for John McCain's presidential campaign offered a candid diagnosis of how his candidate was done in, on occasion reserving harsh wo...

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GOP Senator Demint: McCain Betrayed Republican Principles

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on Friday became one of the first high-profile Republicans to publicly criticize John McCain following his electoral de...

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Rick Davis Calls Palin's $150,000 Shopping Spree A "Failure Of Management"

CNN | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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(CNN) -- Rick Davis, the campaign manager for former John McCain's White House bid came to Sarah Palin's defense in an upcoming interview with the Nat...

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What Really Happened To The Old John McCain

New Yorker | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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A defining moment of the "old" John McCain--as many Americans, even some of his friends, have begun to refer to him as he was before his run for the P...

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Top McCain Aide: Press, Obama Made Him Change

Time | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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The morning after John McCain's defeat, Mark Salter, McCain's closest aide and biographer, sipped coffee in the courtyard of the Biltmore Resort and S...

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One Sentence Helps Explain Why the GOP Lost

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Robert J. Elisberg

In one clear sentence, we are given an insight into the conservative mindset. In one simple question, we see more than just a sense of entitlement, almost to the degree of noblesse oblige.

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Schmidt: "He's Going To Cross The Finish Line Head Up"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, McCain's top strategist, talks about the final day of the campaign: He's [McCain's] been working very hard over the last 100 days of ...

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Is The Election About to be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Elsewhere?

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Cynthia Boaz

It would be a travesty if Obama won the national popular vote by a large margin, but lost the Electoral College narrowly because of electronic-voting manipulation in two or three states.

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You May Have Missed the Best Interview of the Election

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

A word of advice: if you're going to call someone a socialist, you had better make certain you understand what one is prior to a national media appearance.

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Who Would Be a Better President? I Say, Who Ran a Better Campaign?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Obama identified a goal, came up with a plan to attain that goal, and followed it. Not a bad thing for an administration to do, no? And what of McCain's campaign? The only continuity was the consistent lack of it.

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Tampa McCain Rally: Where Is Everybody?

The St. Petersburg Times | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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About 30 minutes before John McCain is scheduled to lead a rally outside Raymond James Stadium, looks like maybe 1,000 people here. What's up with tha...

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Photo Essay -- Joe The Plumber At Midnight In Miami

Stephen Elliott | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Elliott

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Sam Stein

Obama And McCain Turn To Two Different Robocall Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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With the election less than 48 hours away, the Obama and McCain campaigns are trying entirely different tactics vis-à-vis robocalling to advance thei...

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McCain Campaign Continues Lying to Reporters -- And What That May Mean Wednesday Morning

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

When the G.O.P. starts screaming Wednesday about how ACORN rigged the election, I'll be cynical... My experience has been that the McCain-Palin camp has always been willing to lie about small things and therefore presumably willing to lie about large ones as well.

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AP Poll: Obama Supporters Gleeful, McCain's Glum

AP | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- That smiling guy walking down the street? Odds are he's a Barack Obama backer. The grouchy looking one? Don't ask, and don't necess...

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Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset

AP | BETH FOUHY and DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for ...

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AP: Does Palin's Maverick Label Still Stick?

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A loyal Democrat, Kenny Powers never shared Sarah Palin's conservative politics. But the United Way organizer confesses a fo...

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Michael Goldfarb: We All Know Which Anti-Semite I'm Talking About

Disgrasian | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

Jeez. Can somebody please tell these dorks to do their frickin' homework before they go on television? If one is the McCain Campaign National Spokesman, one should at least do that.

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