Mccain Straight Talk

McCain's Straight Walk Express

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

"Just a closer walk with thee." It should be the theme song of the McCain campaign, and the "thee" is George W. Bush. John McCain has given up ...

Reporter: My Viagra Question Convinced McCain To Cut Off Press

LA Times | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


It wasn't my intention, but I played a role in shutting down John McCain's Straight Talk Express. ... The questions meandered across more than a doze...

Sam Stein

McCain Gets Testy With Des Moines Register

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics


On Monday, John McCain had a truly combative meeting with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, discussing heatedly everything from Sarah Pa...

McCain's Cousin: John "Replaced by A Desperate Version Of Himself"

St. Petersburg Times | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Recently, my father gave me an envelope full of press clippings which chronicle the history of a very notable part of our family. Most of the articles...

Oops, the McCains Said It Again

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

While many people were going ga-ga over Sarah Palin being able to read, with feeling, the Bush team's talking points off the teleprompter on Wednesd...

McCain to America's Youth: "Get Off My Lawn!"

Matt Littman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Matt Littman

McCain's ads are not about racism; they are about hope -- the hope that the American people are so stupid that they care more about Paris Hilton than they do about their jobs, the environment, and foreign policy.

McCain Accepts Media Environment

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


At the end of another adventuresome week on the trail, full of ups and downs and awkward developments, John McCain talked about campaigning without a ...

John McCain Sells His Soul to the Right: Backs Off on Torture Ban

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

John McCain's unconscionable capitulation on torture -- a desperate attempt to win over the lunatic fringe that is running the GOP -- should drive a stake through the heart of the McCain-as-straight-talker meme once and for all. Read More End of a Romance: Why the Media and Independent Voters Need to Break Up with John McCain McCain is essentially running to give America a third Bush term -- and, indeed, will even out-Bush Bush when it comes to staying the disastrous course we're on in Iraq. If you think the problem with the United States is that we haven't given Bush enough time to finish his agenda, then John McCain is your man. Read More Who Is Maggie Williams?