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McCain: Obama Putting "Lives In More Danger" Without Bump In U.S. Afghan Forces

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.) warned President Barack Obama on Tuesday that he will be risking American lives if he decides not to follow recommendation...

McCain Booed By Arizonans For Saying Obama Respects Constitution (VIDEO)

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Senator John McCain, (R-Ariz.) found himself drowned out by boos and hisses on Tuesday after insisting to an otherwise friendly home-state crowd that ...

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McCain Hits Obama On Iran Again, Joe Klein Tells Him "Be Quiet" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


Sen. John McCain continued to rap President Barack Obama for his measured reaction to the crisis in Iran, which McCain said was inadequate in its supp...

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McCain: Obama Has Come Up Short On Post-Partisanship (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics


Barack Obama's rival in the 2008 election gave him good marks for the job he has done in the White House so far. But Sen. John McCain suggested Sunday...

McCain Uses Obama's Planned Immigration Reform To Raise Money

The Hill | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


Allies of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) are using recent reports that President Obama will address immigration reform this year as an opportunity to rais...

McCain Backs Obama Call To End Nuclear Weapons

AFP | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics


US Senator John McCain Friday backed a call by President Barack Obama, his former rival for the White House, for a planet free of nuclear weapons and ...

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McCain Rumored To Be Working His Own Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


The buzz on Wednesday morning is that Sen. John McCain will introduce his own, alternative budget, perhaps sometime this week, to serve as a contrast ...

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McCain: Obama Opened Himself Up To Charges Of Incrementalism In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Sen. John McCain largely applauded the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan on Tuesday. But he said that if he had been elected, he would ha...

McCain Pounds Obama... In NCAA Picks, That Is

The Hill | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics


The "First Bracket" may have brought President Obama some unwanted scrutiny this past week, but a number of lawmakers -- like most Americans -- preppe...

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Meghan McCain Knocks Obama For Going On Leno (And Gets Her Facts Wrong)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


The McCain family remains a tough one for the president to win over. Half an hour or so before Barack Obama's interview on the Tonight Show was set t...

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Coulter: McCain v. Obama Was Like Helen Thomas v. George Foreman In His Prime

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


One of the more interesting dynamics of the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend in D.C. has been how eager conservatives have been t...

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McCain Confronts Obama On Marine One (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


At the closing session of the president's fiscal responsibility summit on Monday, high-ranking members of Congress were asked to put on their reportor...

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Dems Fed Up With McCain: "Angry Old Defeated Candidate"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics


Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated with the brash political attacks Sen. John McCain has launched against Barack Obama in the weeks since t...

McCain Hits Obama For William Lynn Pick

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A former Raytheon lobbyist nominated to be deputy defense secretary despite President Barack Obama's ban on hiring lobbyists will s...

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McCain Praises Clinton, Draws On Obama's Inaugural Address

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


Sen. Hillary Clinton's ascension to the post of Secretary of State has never really been in doubt, even after Sen. John Cornyn put a hold on a confirm...

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McCain: GOP Must Work With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


Reverting to the role of Republican foil that made him an unpopular figure for many conservatives, John McCain argued on Friday that historical circum...

Why McCain Could Break the Presidential-Loser Mold

Observer | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


Like the sun rising in the east and the L.A. Clippers losing more games than they win, you can count on the losing candidate in any election talking a...

McCain Tells Letterman: "I Don't Want To Talk About The Bleeping Campaign"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


NEW YORK — John McCain paid a lighthearted visit to David Letterman on Thursday, joking: "I don't want to talk about the bleeping campaign." Th...

Dems See McCain Role In Congress

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


PHOENIX — Before resting from the grueling presidential race, John McCain began discussing with senior aides what role he will play in the Senat...

Wash Post: Obama, Democrats Hold A Commanding Position

Washington Post | David S. Broder, Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama and the Democrats hold a commanding position two days before Tuesday's election, with the senator from Illinois leading in states whose e...

McCain Forced To Campaign In Arizona

CNN | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Democrats are making a late play for Arizona as new polls show home-state Senator John McCain with a shrinking single-digit edge over Barack Obama. A...

McCain Running Robocalls In Home State Of Arizona

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


John McCain and the Republican National Committee are now running robocalls attacking Obama as weak on terrorism -- in McCain's home state of Arizona,...

Israeli Daily Denounced by French Government for Attack on Obama

Jan McGirk | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home


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Citing alleged insider knowledge of talks conducted between Obama and French President Sarkozy, Haaretz's front page story berated the U.S. Democratic candidate as "utterly immature." The strategy backfired.

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McCain Ad: Obama Wants Higher Taxes For Workin' Joes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Expanding on his closing argument, John McCain put out an ad on Tuesday morning that accuses Barack Obama of pushing redistributive tax policies and w...

Dozens Of Call Center Workers Quit Over McCain Attacks

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


At least three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attack...