Mccain Campaign

Frank Rich: "McCain Continues To Fade Into Incoherence And Irrelevance"

NY Times | Frank Rich | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Sarah Palin's post-Couric/Fey comeback at last week's vice presidential debate was a turning point in the campaign. But if she "won," as her indulgent...

McCain Planning 'Fiercely' Negative Campaign In Final Days

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics


John McCain and his Republican allies are "readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November the...

McCain Campaign Pulls Out of Contiguous United States

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Steve Young

With polls showing Obama leading comfortably, the McCain campaign confirmed it was pulling staff and advertising out of the economically-distressed or...

Palin On Michigan Pull-Out: "Oh C'mon, Do We Have To?"

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that she disagrees with the John McCain campaign's decision to pull staff and resources out of Michigan. "I want ...

Sign O' the Times

Disgrasian | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Disgrasian

I really don't care who people vote for. Okay, maybe I care a little, but what I'm mostly concerned with is that people care about who they themselves are voting for.

McCain Pulling Out Of Michigan

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


The Politico reports that John McCain's electoral map is getting smaller: John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a st...

Sam Stein

McCain To Hold L.A. Fundraiser

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Weeks after John McCain mocked Barack Obama for raising money in Hollywood "with his celebrity friends," the Arizona Senator is slated to join his wif...

Down, Simba

Kit Gallant | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


Kit Gallant

During the 2000 Republican primaries, the late David Foster Wallace spent a week following John McCain's campaign. On the trail, Wallace was writing f...

McCain Ads Only "Suspended" Until Tomorrow, Obama Camp Says

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


So how long is the McCain campaign really yanking its ads for amid McCain's "suspension" of his campaign to deal with the financial crisis? Well, unt...

Sam Stein

McCain Campaign Still Active Across The Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


John McCain declared on Wednesday that he would suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic cr...

Sam Stein

McCain's Ad Removal Could Save Campaign $1 Million A Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


The McCain campaign is working "feverishly" to take down television advertisements that it is running nationally, according to sources who follow medi...

Both Campaigns Use Ghost Writers, But Only One Uses Them to Manipulate Readers

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home


Chuck Lasker

Obama's Ghost Writer Guild helps his supporters put their own thoughts into words, while McCain's ghost writers help McCain supporters lie to the media.

John McCain Antics -- Thursday 25 September, 2008

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose John McCain is engaged in a hypocritical effort to preempt the narrative of this Presidential contest. Today I shall try to carry ...

Postponing Debates: What John McCain can Learn from Ferris Bueller and Me

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Alexis C. Jolly

You'd think after seventy-two years on this planet, John McCain would have had time to come up with a better excuse to avoid the debate he's obviously not ready for.

McCain Supports Bailing Out of Debate

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

"As of today, I am officially bailing out of the debate," Sen. McCain told reporters in Washington today. "And I invite Sen. Obama to join me in this bailout effort."

Does Palin Have The Spine to Face Down McCain?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

Palin is taking it on the chin, in my odd judgment. Here's a uniformly negative collection of links, but hardly unrepresentative. What else can be ...

Nico Pitney

Andrea Mitchell Compares McCain Press Treatment To North Korea, Syria

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Tonight on the Rachel Maddow Show, NBC's Andrea Mitchell drew a line between the McCain campaign's unprecedented avoidance of the press and the restri...

Sam Stein

McCain Aides Earned Nearly $2.4 Million From Foreign Car Manufacturers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Early on Tuesday, Barack Obama's presidential campaign launched an ad in Michigan pointing out that, despite assurances that he only purchased domesti...

A Kick in the Career: What Sarah Palin Might Have In Common With Your Boss

Thomas Stern | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business


Thomas Stern

Palin has reignited the question on everyone's lips: can someone who is short on experience get elected?

Sam Stein

Press Frustration With McCain Bubbles Over: Is This The 'No Talk Express'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Relations between John McCain and the press corps that was once described as his "base" have fully deteriorated. After an appearance in Strongsville, ...

Sam Stein

McCain Was For The NYT Before He Was Against It

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


For a party that rails against the New York Times, the Republicans sure depend on the Grey Lady to score political points. Since the end of the prima...

Senator McCain's Fannie Problem

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business


Sunil Chacko

Zoellick would have to comply with Congressional subpoenas to explain having headed the lobbying activities for Fannie Mae.

Sam Stein

McCain Camp Goes To War With New York Times

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


It is a truism of modern campaigns that Republican candidates will take umbrage with perceived liberal media bias. And often, the target of their cond...

McCain Capitalizing On Fund-Raising Loopholes He Previously Wanted To Reform

New York Times | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Senator John McCain toiled for years to push a campaign finance overhaul through Congress. After the measure finally passed, Trevor Potter, a lawyer a...

Obama: McCain "A Little Panicked"

First Read | Athena Jones | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


As officials in Washington continued work on a plan to rescue a teetering financial system, Obama responded to McCain's efforts to paint him as a "Was...