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July 26, 2008

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Can America Afford a McCain First Term?

Daniel Burrell | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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If managing a presidential campaign is any indication of how these candidates will perform day one in the White House, it is McCain's campaign, not Obama's that should be worrying American voters.

McCain Spokeswoman: Obama Trip First "Campaign Rally Overseas"

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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It's not just surrogates that are giving John McCain trouble. Spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker went on Fox News and said of Obama's trip abroad, "Let's dro...

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McCain Is Running Same Campaign As Hillary

New York Magazine | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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Feel free to tell me I'm nuts for asking the question, but doesn't it seem that, more and more, the McCain campaign is turning into the Clinton campai...

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McCain Spokesperson Re: Denver Post: "I Don't Review Some of the Regional Media"

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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McCain's national spokesman said he doesn't "review some of the regional media." In other words, the campaign would like to define its national agenda by what's reported in the Washington Post.

McCain Accepts Media Environment

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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At the end of another adventuresome week on the trail, full of ups and downs and awkward developments, John McCain talked about campaigning without a ...

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AP: Road Still Bumpy For McCain's Retooled Bandwagon

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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HUDSON, Wis. — Every presidential campaign has its hitches. For John McCain, they felt more like full-blown lurches this week, with nearly every...

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McCain Aide Carly Fiorina Talks Hillary Clinton, Sexism

Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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As chief executive of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005, Carly Fiorina was the most powerful woman in corporate America. She also became one of the mo...

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Is The McCain Campaign Screening Questioners On Conference Calls?

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

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John McCain has cultivated the rep of a politician unafraid of questions. When he campaigned for president in 2000, he often hung out with reporters o...

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Inside McCain's Campaign: A Mess Of Festering Feuds

New York Times | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Senator John McCain's campaigns have long been defined by internal squabbling and power plays, zigzagging lines of command and a penchant by the candi...

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Kristol: McCain Will Hire 2000 Strategist Murphy

Marc Ambinder | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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The Republican world today is buzzing over the McCain campaign Kremlinology attempted by de facto McCain insider Bill Kristol, who, while not being pa...

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McCain Campaign "Concedes" That Obama Is Patriotic

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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This line from a top McCain adviser, in a Politico article on Obama's efforts to convince the electorate that he's American through and through, is un...

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Romney Hits Up Old Donors To Raise Money For McCain

Politico | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Mitt Romney is soliciting his donor list for contributions to the McCain campaign. He sent a letter to supporters that came with a "Mitt Romney, Belm...

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Giuliani's Campaign Manager Joins McCain Team

ABC News | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: ABC News has learned that the McCain campaign has hired Mike DuHaime as political director, the first new hir...

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McCain Struggles To Regain Footing

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama ...

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Day After Shakeup, McCain Campaign Cites Incredible Progress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Newly appointed McCain campaign director Steve Schmidt sent out a memo to staff on Thursday reiterating support for the campaign's regional operations...

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McCain Campaign Press Call 7.2 AUDIO: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Kori Schake on Iraq

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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WHO: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Senior Policy Advisor Kori Schake WHAT: Press conference call to discuss Obama's and McCain's positions on Iraq...

McCain Camp Shakeup: Rove Acolyte Takes Charge

Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Rick Davis is being replaced by Steve Schmidt as head of day-to-day operations in McCain's campaign, the Politico reports. McCain aide Carly Fiorina...

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McCain Doesn't Work On The Weekends

Poitico | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

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Since effectively capturing the Republican nomination when Mitt Romney dropped out of the race on February 7, John McCain has held just one public cam...

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McCain Hampered By Campaign Missteps

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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OTTAWA — Call it campaign growing pains. Or bad luck. Or a combination of the two. By any name, Sen. John McCain is hampered by missteps and se...

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Obama-Carter Comparisons Dubious

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Jimmy Carter has been among the country's most active retired presidents, but even the peripatetic Georgian might not have anticipate...

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McCain Discusses Immigration With Hispanic Leaders

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Republican presidential John McCain assured Hispanic leaders he would push through Congress legislation to overhaul federal immigratio...

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Why Giuliani Is The Perfect Choice To Defend McCain's Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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There's a debate over whether it's wise to have Giuliani as McCain's campaign surrogate on matters of terrorism and homeland security. Obviously McCain thinks so, but last September he didn't sound so sure.

McCain Camp Says It Will Open Fundraisers To The Press

NBC News | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

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NBC News has learned that McCain advisors expect to have a new policy on fundraiser coverage as early as next week. The campaign expects to include ...

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Meanwhile In McCainland... A Whole Lot Of Nothing

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

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We're talking McCain's home state of 30 years-- there must be events, I thought, a troupe of highly motivated supporters making battle plans? But No, McCain HQ in Virginia told me there was absolutely nothing happening in Arizona.

Secret McCain Website Edits Leaked to Press

Lee Camp | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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