Mccain Suspends Campaign

McCain Ran 1,304 Ads Day Campaign "Suspended"

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Turns out John McCain never did quite "suspend" his campaign during negotiations over the federal bailout plan, at least on television. Tucked into a...

Jason Linkins

New Hampshire Newspaper "Suspends" Writing Editorials To Focus On Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2008 | 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 ...

Jason Linkins

Barney Frank: GOP Colleagues Winced At 'Mighty Mouse' McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2008 | 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...

Jason Linkins

During "Suspension" McCain Grandstands, Advisers Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2008 | 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,...

McCain Speaks At Clinton Global Initiative Despite Suspension

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate John McCain expressed confidence Thursday that Congress and the Bush administration can reach conse...

Palin 'Suspending' Her Campaign Too -- But Going To Philly

AP | AMY WESTFELDT | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives ...

Bush Tries To Bail Out McCain

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.26.2008 | 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...

Palin Suspends Vice Presidential Campaign: Rushes Back to Alaska to Keep an Eye on Russia

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media


Steve Young

"Governor Palin believes that geography is more important than politics," said McCain campaign spokesman, Tucker Bounds.

Jed Lewison

If He Can Attack Obama, Why Can't He Debate Obama?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.26.2008 | 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...

Sam Stein

McCain's Financial Crisis Timeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


When John McCain held an unexpected news conference mid-Wednesday afternoon he addressed the current economic crisis with direness previously unseen. ...

McCain's Non-Denial Denial

Howard Schweber | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Howard Schweber

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.

The 2008 Election Is About... Customer Service

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

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.

McCain Chickens Out of the Debate

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

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.

Sam Stein

Obama And Democrats Call McCain's Bluff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama rejected the proposal -- put forward by John McCain today -- that the two presidential candidates leave the campaign trail, delay Friday'...