McCain Ran 1,304 Ads Day Campaign "Suspended"
Turns out John McCain never did quite "suspend" his campaign during negotiations over the federal bailout plan, at least on television. Tucked into a...
Turns out John McCain never did quite "suspend" his campaign during negotiations over the federal bailout plan, at least on television. Tucked into a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
Okay. Once you get your head around a week in our political lives, during which: The first presidential debate was nearly scuttled By the candidate ...
Lee Camp | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
One would think that some of John McCain's Republican colleagues might actually want to help him become president of these United States, but no: give...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
When John McCain announced yesterday that he was suspending his campaign to help everyone solve the economy, and inviting Barack Obama to do the same,...
Katie Halper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
After his econ-immersion course, McCain's understanding of the economy will be as comprehensive, and as keen--if possible-- as Sarah Palin's view of Russia on a clear Alaskan day.
Sean Carman | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
Candidates for President answering questions about the preeminent issue of the day? An open discussion on the subject before the American people? In an election year? Please.
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
Spare us the pain of having to sweat out the results and spare your advisers the pain of trying to figure out how to rig them.
AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed confidence Thursday that Congress and the Bush administration can reach conse...
AP | AMY WESTFELDT | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
NEW YORK — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
Talk about bail-outs. John McCain had just made one of the riskiest, and perhaps costliest, moves of his presidential campaign, in attempting to bai...
Steve Young | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media
"Governor Palin believes that geography is more important than politics," said McCain campaign spokesman, Tucker Bounds.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
Apparently, even though John McCain doesn't want to debate Barack Obama, he doesn't have any problem attacking him -- even after suspending his presid...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
When John McCain held an unexpected news conference mid-Wednesday afternoon he addressed the current economic crisis with direness previously unseen. ...
Linda Hansen | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home
The strategic time-out! You stop the game, try to stop the momentum of that offensive line. Maybe they'll lose their focus. Maybe they'll lose the crowd. And maybe they'll lose the ball.
Howard Schweber | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
McCain's desire for a break is understandable, given the poll numbers and the seemingly endless stream of gaffes, flubs, and inconsistent statements coming out of his campaign.
RJ Eskow | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
McCain's election-year flipflops and gimmicks -- including the "time out" -- should be treated no differently than any salesman's attempt to confuse you into making a bad deal.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
McCain can kill two birds with one stone by ducking the debate: get out of debating Obama for a few days, and figure out what his position is on the economy that he helped destroy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama rejected the proposal -- put forward by John McCain today -- that the two presidential candidates leave the campaign trail, delay Friday'...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics