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How John McCain Can Rescue the Republican Party

Tom Matzzie | Posted May 12, 2008 | Politics

The winds of change have brought Democrats a big advantage in the races for the White House, U.S. House and Senate in 2008. The opportunity for the emergence of a governing Democratic majority is unprecedented.

Democrats have the Republicans to thank for this historic opening in 2008. The...

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DNC To John McCain: "Stop Whining"

The Huffington Post | May 2, 2008 10:46 PM

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John McCain "defended himself Friday against television ads that accuse him of advocating a 100-year war in Iraq," the AP reported. (The Huffington Post unveiled the DNC's Iraq ad -- you can view it here.) The ads tie McCain to...

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Harry Reid: "Everyone Knows" About McCain's Nasty Temper

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | May 2, 2008 05:38 PM

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In an interview today with the website Big Think, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called John McCain a "flawed candidate," and attacked his much-heralded bipartisan reputation as an "illusion." "He's wrong on the war. He's wrong on the economy," McCain...

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McCain Implies Iraq War Is For Oil: Watch Video

The Huffington Post | May 2, 2008 03:48 PM

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UPDATE BELOW: McCain stumbles trying to explain his comments... During a town hall event in Colorado today, John McCain "decried the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil," but "also seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle...

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Flashback: Read McCain's 'Mission Accomplished' Iraq Speech

The Huffington Post | May 1, 2008 09:19 AM

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UPDATE: John McCain said on Thursday that President Bush shouldn't be blamed for the "Mission Accomplished" banner: Republican John McCain says President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized "mission accomplished" banner five years ago, but he should...

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The Real Insanity Of McCain's 100 Years Remark

John K. Wilson | Posted April 30, 2008 | Off The Bus

The Republican National Committee is trying to suppress a Democratic National Committee ad against John McCain, claiming that it’s "false information." And they’re right: the DNC ad does give a misleading impression about McCain and his comments about occupying Iraq for 100 years, which McCain does make conditional on...

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DNC Iraq McCain Ad Sparks Controversy: Watch Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | April 27, 2008 08:35 AM

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UPDATE: The RNC is threatening legal action over the DNC's Iraq ad: Saying that the Democratic National Committee's latest TV ad is "maliciously false" and "deliberately misleading," Republican National Committee Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan just told reporters that the GOP...

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McCain's Fatal Problem: He's Become a Liar

Frank Schaeffer | Posted April 24, 2008 | Politics

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I've tried to figure out what is so insidious about Senator McCain's stubborn support for the misbegotten war in Iraq. I've tried to figure out why -- as the father of a Marine who fought in that war, and as an ardent supporter of our military who believes in the...

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McCain Criticized For Generalizing Enemy In Iraq As "Al Qaeda"

New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and LARRY ROHTER | April 19, 2008 12:25 PM

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As he campaigns with the weight of a deeply unpopular war on his shoulders, Senator John McCain of Arizona frequently uses the shorthand "Al Qaeda" to describe the enemy in Iraq in pressing to stay the course in the war...

A Chat With Dan Rather (Part II)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | April 18, 2008 12:16 PM

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As promised, here is the second part of our wide-ranging and chatty interview with former CBS News anchorman and current HDNet investigative reporter Dan Rather. It was actually conducted earlier than part one, but we went back for follow-up on...

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The 100 Years Defense Makes No Sense

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics

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John McCain has been insisting that his 100 years in Iraq comment is being taken out of context. That in fact what he meant is that American troops can stay in Iraq for fifty or 100 years if American troops are no longer being attacked. This assertion leads to a...

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The Ricing on the Cake for a Republican Disaster

Bennet Kelley | Posted April 15, 2008 | Politics

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Just as Democrats have grown increasingly worried about their chances of recapturing the White House with Senators Clinton and Obama playing "catch the grenade" in the campaign's homestretch, Senator McCain and the Republicans have stepped in to reassert their claim to a defeat that is rightfully theirs. Last week Senator...

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McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill

ABC News | Z. Byron Wolf | April 15, 2008 11:37 AM

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits for members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill. McCain indicated...

Joe Biden Blasts McCain In Scathing Foreign Policy Speech

Politico | Daniel Reilly | April 15, 2008 10:52 AM

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In what could be a preview of the Democrats' main foreign policy attack in the fall, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-Del.) is expected to criticize Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his support of the Iraq war and...

"There Is No Substitute for Victory," and Other Flights from Reality

Harold Pollack | Posted April 10, 2008 | Politics

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More than a half-century ago, Douglas MacArthur proclaimed: "There is no substitute for victory." John McCain repeated this line the other day. Maybe these bromides are mere red meat intended for the Republican base. If not, McCain is on a dangerous flight from reality. These speeches make me wonder where...

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The Senators Grill Petraeus; My Brother Messages Me From Iraq

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted April 9, 2008 | Off The Bus

Just as yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Iraq was winding down, I received an IM from my 24-year-old brother, Sam, a soldier currently serving in Iraq.

ME: hey! i'm at the senate right now, listening to gen petraeus!
SAM: Sweet!
SAM: How is it??
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How Do You Get 100 Years in Iraq? Six Months at a Time.

Ilyse Hogue | Posted April 9, 2008 | Politics

It seems like no matter what happens in Iraq, the Bush administration and John McCain always have an answer: 6 more months.

When the "surge" began a year ago, they told America things would get better by September. In September, they said we'd know more by spring. And this week,...

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Howard Dean: GOP Trying To Weasel Out Of McCain "100 Years" Comment

The Hill | Sam Youngman | April 9, 2008 11:53 AM

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), accused Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and the Republican Party of trying to deceive voters about what McCain really meant when he comment on a possible U.S. presence in Iraq for 100...

McCain Seeks "Success" Instead of "Victory" in Iraq

Craig Crawford | Posted April 9, 2008 | Politics

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Thanks to John McCain, there is a new word in the Iraq war lexicon. Gone is George W. Bush's talk of "victory" or "winning." The new standard is merely "success."

More than a dozen times in his short opening statement on Tuesday at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on...

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Petraeus' Testimony: Everything His President Wants to Hear

Robert Scheer | Posted April 9, 2008 | Politics

General Betray Us? Of course he has. MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to recycle its slogan from last September, when Gen. David Petraeus testified in support of escalating the U.S. war in Iraq, given the hysterical denunciations that worthy group received at the time. But it was right then --...

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