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Mccain Maverick

Obama, Don't Call McCain a Maverick Five Times in Your Ad!

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.

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Sam Stein

Obama Response Ad: WHOA, McCain Ain't No Maverick

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Adhering to the 'hit-back' policy that dictates his campaign strategy, Barack Obama released a response ad Monday evening, declaring the Republican ti...

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John McCain Is A Maverick Like Barry Bonds Is Home Run Champ

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

Finally, McCain's logo makes sense to me. That's no star. It's an asterisk! And an appropriate one -- every day, he makes a claim about his record that needs an asterisk next to it.

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Sam Stein

New McCain-Palin Ad: "Original Mavericks" Working For "Real Change"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign is already out with its second Sarah Palin-related campaign ad, a 30-second spot designed to grab the mantle of change from Barack...

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McCain's Bush Transformation Complete

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Hal Donahue

From the minute John McCain first implied that Barack Obama would rather lose a war and win an election, John McCain compromised all that was strong and good in his resume.

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Obama's Counter-Attack Leaves Palin's "Reformer" Image Intact

Art Levine | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Art Levine

Will Obama spend millions in ad dollars tearing down Palin's appealing reformer and maverick image along with McCain's? Don't count on it. But in case they do, here's some material they might draw on.

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McCain: Irresponsible

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

McCain's choice has been called "surprising," "edgy," "maverick," and at worst, a "gamble." Actually, it reveals a dangerous streak of profoundly irresponsible conduct.

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The Battle Between McCain and Bush: The Cancelled First Night, The "Furious" President and the Palin Gambit

Sidney Blumenthal | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Sidney Blumenthal

The McCain campaign and the Bush White House negotiated terms that unfolded as a script over the past several days, several sources told me.

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It's a Three-Man Race: Obama vs The Two McCains

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

We all thought it was down to a two-man field. Obama vs. McCain. But it's turned out to be a three-man race: Obama vs the Old, Honorable McCain and his political doppelganger the New, Unprincipled McCain.

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Feingold Still Likes McCain: "He's An Independent"

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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If Republican John McCain needs someone to vouch for his independence, he could easily do worse than Senate colleague Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, a li...

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McCain's Brother: Find Your Inner Maverick

The Australian | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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The Maverick Myth Debunk Project

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home

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Stephen C. Rose

The maverick narrative is being grinded at by the McCain camp, but together we can demonstrate that, of the two men, it is Obama who is the outsider and reformer. McCain is just a conservative hack.

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GOP Consultant: McCain A "Grumpy Old Man"

Washington Independent | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain, American war hero and admired political maverick, as well as presumed Republican nominee for president, had a message for Elisabeth ...

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Rachel Weiner

McCain: The Press Does Love Me (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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John McCain has been complaining lately that he gets no love from the press. Media Matters begs to differ -- and they have a new ad to make the case. ...

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Why is McCain Close?

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Bob Burnett

Despite John McCain's maladroit campaign, his association with an unpopular president, and his general ineptness as a candidate, the race will be disturbingly close.

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Sunday Watch 7-13-08

Todd Gitlin | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

On Meet the Press, as elsewhere, the Gramm "whiner" scandal dwindled into a flip-flop revelation when the real revelation was what McCain's long-time trusted economic buddy believes.

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Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

By running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters, the Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake. It didn't work for Al Gore in 2000. It didn't work for John Kerry in 2004. And it didn't work when Mark Penn convinced Hillary Clinton to do it in 2008. READ MORE Seven Things Barack Obama Should Do to Keep from Blowing It To counter the conventional wisdom pundits, the cautious campaign advisers, and his own inner cautiousness, I'm offering Obama seven suggestions for staying true to the vision that took him from longshot "unlikely candidate" to presidential frontrunner. READ MORE Watch Arianna Discussing Secretary Rice's "Proud" Comment on CNN's The Situation Room

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Let McCain Be McCain

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

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Craig Newmark

McCain is not "confused"-- not in the way the media means, anyway. It's just hard to remember scripted lines and the arguments they make when they go against your better judgment.

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Helping McCain: The Man Needs An intervention

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Craig Newmark

Over the last year, The real McCain has disappeared. We've heard nothing real from him. What we hear instead are the words predatory lobbyists are putting into his mouth.

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McCain Cheapened His Own Maverick Brand

Baltimore Sun | Paul West | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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John McCain once had the most powerful brand in American politics. He was often called the country's most popular politician and widely admired for h...

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Maverick No More: McCain Has Diluted His Rare Reputation

Baltimore Sun | PAUL WEST | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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John McCain once had the most powerful brand in American politics. He was often called the country's most popular politician and widely admired for h...

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McCain's Nuclear Veep Option

Chip Collis | Posted 06.14.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

The game-changer for McCain would be to fully take up the mantle of the maverick and fight an ideological battle with Obama for the middle class. His best choice for veep? Christine Todd Whitman.

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HuffPost News Hunt: Keeping the Media Honest When It Comes to Covering McCain

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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Arianna Huffington

The same journalists rendered "too deferential" by George Bush's soaring post-9/11 approval ratings now seem intent on providing cover for McCain. To try to keep that from happening, HuffPost is launching the John McCain News Hunt, an investigative project designed to take a clear-eyed look at the media's coverage of McCain.

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John McCain Trades Straight Talk for Unadulterated Fantasy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

McCain's speech was pure, unadulterated fantasy. The political equivalent of the trippy tour the Beatles gave us in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -- only instead of rocking horse people eating marshmallow pies, we get "a functioning democracy" in Iraq.

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John McCain and al Qaeda

Gary Hart | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

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Gary Hart

If John McCain seriously believes we are at war with al Qaeda in Iraq, that alone is such a serious error in judgment it should disqualify him from any chance to govern this country.

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