Mccain Campaign

McCain's Chief Strategist Defends Palin VP Choice

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a 2012 presidential candidat...

McCain's Latest Palin Lie

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Geoffrey Dunn

It's time for McCain to tell the truth about his campaign and, rather than blame his own failures on "the stock market crash," to accept responsibility for his lack of economic credibility and his selection of a running mate.

Sam Stein

McCain Campaign Manager: Palin In 2012 Would Be Catastrophe for GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics


If Sarah Palin is her party's nominee for president in 2012 it will be a "catastrophic election" for the GOP, Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign manager...

McCain Campaign Investigated Obama Birth Certificate Rumors

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


n the final months of the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) campaign learned of a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania that asked the stat...

Palin Clothing Complaint Dismissed By FEC

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 06.19.2009 | Style


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

McCain's Hypothetical First 100 Days: Walter Shapiro

Politics Daily | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


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

Pandering for Palin: SarahPAC Makes First Sales Pitch

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


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.

GOP Recycling Failed McCain Campaign Tactics

The New Republic | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics


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...

McCain Blogger: We Almost Kicked NYT Off Our Plane

CJR | Kate Klonick | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


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

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

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

McCain Pollster Explains Loss, Calls Frank Luntz A Moron

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


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...

GOP Senator Demint: McCain Betrayed Republican Principles

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


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

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

CNN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


(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...

What Really Happened To The Old John McCain

New Yorker | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


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...

Top McCain Aide: Press, Obama Made Him Change

Time | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


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...

One Sentence Helps Explain Why the GOP Lost

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


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 ...

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

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


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.

You May Have Missed the Best Interview of the Election

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


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.

Tampa McCain Rally: Where Is Everybody?

The St. Petersburg Times | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


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...

Photo Essay -- Joe The Plumber At Midnight In Miami

Stephen Elliott | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Stephen Elliott

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Sam Stein

Obama And McCain Turn To Two Different Robocall Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics


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...

AP Poll: Obama Supporters Gleeful, McCain's Glum

AP | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


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...

Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset

AP | BETH FOUHY and DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


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

AP: Does Palin's Maverick Label Still Stick?

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


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