Mccain General Election

Sam Stein

Obama Floated Idea Of Voluntarily Capping Donations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


During a private fundraiser last month, Sen. Barack Obama said he was "considering" voluntarily restricting the amount of money he could raise in a ge...

Sam Stein

Obama Seen As Stronger Candidate Versus McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Hoping to woo superdelegates, Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has turned to the argument that she, not Sen. Obama, is the best Democrat t...

John McCain's Oratory Leaves Much To Be Desired

Washington Independent | Holly Yeager | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in all but name, has spent this week on an autobiographical road trip, seeking to pull attention...

Report: McCain Camp Divided Over Facing Clinton, Obama

Texas Monthly | Evan Smith | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Last night I moderated/facilitated a conversation at the Headliner's Club in Austin between old (and still) friends and (possibly future) collaborator...

McCain Benefits From Protracted Democratic Race

Huffington Post | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


Despite assurances by Sens. Clinton and Obama that everything will come out rosy in November, Democrats are becoming more and more concerned that the ...

McCain Fundraising DROPS In February Despite Being Nominee

NY Times | LESLIE WAYNE | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics


In February, the month before he became the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain raised $11 million, which was slightly less than he had raised...

McCain Mobbed By Rowdy Crowds In Israel

Washington Post's The Trail | Michael Shear | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


What was supposed to be a somber visit by Sen. John McCain to the Western Wall this morning was marred by an unruly mob of Israeli photographers, poli...

McCain Foreign Policy Shows Mixed Signals

LA Times | Paul Richter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain is well-known for scorching denunciations of Democrats, who he says would raise the "white flag of surrender" by cutting off funds fo...

John McCain Heads To Iraq, Jerusalem

Washington Times | Joseph Curl | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With the Democratic presidential contenders crisscrossing Pennsylvania in a provincial battle for the nomination, presumptive Republican nominee Sen. ...

McCain Heads To Europe

Political Wire | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


After Tuesday's primary results, which ended the race for the Republican nomination and prolonged that for the Democratic nod, the three remaining cam...

AP: McCain Faces Uphill Struggle In November

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — John McCain's last-man-standing strategy prevailed. Now, on to the general election and the hurdles that come with it. "I do not u...

Conservatives Revisit Third Party

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The same conservative Christian activist who called a meeting last fall to discuss backing a third-party candidate to counter a possible Rudy Giuliani...

McCain Will Accept Public Financing If Opponent Does

Financial Times | Edwards Luce | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain's campaign said he would accept public financing in the general election were his Democratic opponent to do so, raising the prospect that ...