Mccain Spending

Obama, McCain spend record $94M in August

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain together spent $94 million in August, a record spree mostly aimed at about a dozen...

Sam Stein

McCain Ad Rips "Big Government" Even As He Supports Bailouts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


After days of positioning himself as a newfound champion of more efficient market regulation, John McCain is out today with a commercial denouncing th...

McCain's July Money: $26 Raised, $32 Million Spent

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain spent $32 million in July, with nearly $2 of every $3 devoted to advertising, accordi...

Read His Lips: McCain Already Breaking 'No New Taxes' Pledge

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


In February, McCain pledged that his administration would offer no new taxes against the American people. And yet since then, he has pledged large am...

McCain Making Promises That Would Cost Taxpayers Billions

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain is making promises that would cost billions of taxpayer dollars, yet he is vague about how he would pay for ...

The Simple Arithmetic of Republican Failure

David Fiderer | Posted 04.20.2008 | Business


David Fiderer

The numbers over the past 30 years are not refutable. When it comes to creating jobs and managing the nation's finances, Democratic presidents demonstrate success while Republican presidents show failure.

McCainomics: A Double Dose of the Same Poison

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

McCain's proposed tax cuts would increase our national debt to lavish billions on oil and pharmaceutical companies already enjoying record profits.