Mccain Watch

The Week That Should Have Ended McCain's Presidential Hopes

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Iraq War, Phil Gramm Mccain, Phil Gramm, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Iraq, 2008 Election, McCain Iran, McCain Iraq, Mccain Watch, Politics News
Max Bergmann

Any one of the embarrassing incidents and comments this week would dominate the news cycle if they came from the Obama campaign. Yet McCain barely gets a mention.

Read Post

Sam Stein

McCain Uses Swift Boat Vet Bud Day To Rebut Wesley Clark

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bud Day Clark, Mccain Swift Boat Veterans, Bud Day Obama, Wesley Clark McCain, Vietnam Criticism, Mccain Siwft Boats, Bud Day Mccain, Swift Boats Obama, Bud Day, John McCain, Mccain Watch, Politics News

Sen. John McCain's campaign on Monday launched the McCain "Truth Squad" - a group of political and Vietnam contemporaries who would counter attacks on...

Read Whole Story

Jason Linkins

The Real McCain: Coming Up Short On Energy Alternatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, Gas Prices, John McCain, Energy Policy, Robert Greenwald, Mccain Watch, Politics News

The latest video from Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films lobs a key inquiry at John McCain, "Why won't McCain require oil companies to pursue alternat...

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein

McCain In 2005: I "Totally" Support Bush On The "Transcendent Issues" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush and McCain, Mccain Bush Agreement, McCain Bush Third Term, Mccain Agree With Bush, McCain Iraq, McCain Bush, Mccain Transcendent Issue, Video, Mccain Watch, John McCain, Politics News

It has been observed that one of Sen. John McCain's most foreboding obstacles in seeking the White House will likely be the lengthy paper trail that c...

Read Whole Story

McCain Iraq Comments: Bringing Troops Home From Iraq "Not Too Important" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Iraq, McCain Iraq Troops, John McCain, John McCain Iraq Troops, McCain Iraq No Too Important, McCain Iraq Soldiers, Mccain Watch, McCain Not Too Important, Politics News

*** UPDATES BELOW *** Sen. John McCain appeared on the Today Show this morning and continued to promote his idea of a long occupation in Iraq. But w...

Read Whole Story

McCain Again Pledges To Send Unlimited US Troops To Iraq (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brian Williams, Warwire, Iraq War, Mccain Brian Williams, Mccain Unlimited Troops, Iraq, Mccain Watch, John McCain, Politics News

During an interview with Sen. John McCain on Monday's NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams noted that "the videotape clip of your comment about being in I...

Read Whole Story

McCain To Snub Bush's Fundraising Dinner

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: President Bush, Mccain Watch, McCain Bush, Mccain Snubs Bush, John McCain, Politics News

On the same day that a CBS News poll found that 64 percent of Americans think Sen. John McCain is the same or even more conservative than President Bu...

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein

Here Comes The Story Of A Hurricane McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Florida, John Mccain National Catastrophe Fund, Mccain Obama Campaign, Katrina Recovery, McCain Florida, Hurricane Mccain, Obama Catastrophe Fund, Mccain Watch, Politics News

The topic-de-jour in Campaign 08 on Thursday was the National Catastrophe Fund, a pocket of loot that would help states to stabilize the insurance mar...

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein

McCain's Day Marked By False Statements And Gaffes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Error, Mccain Divestment, Mccain Katrina, McCain Obama Iran, Mccain False Statement, Mccain Gaffes, John Mccain Misstatement, McCain Iran, Mccain Hurricane, Mccain Watch, Politics News

A series of misstatements and verbal gaffes hampered Sen. John McCain on the day that unofficially marked the beginning of his general election campai...

Read Whole Story

Poll: McCain Is Wrong, U.S. Should Engage Iran Diplomatically

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Diplomacy, Mccain Watch, John McCain, Politics News

John McCain isn't just on the wrong side of American public opinion when it comes to Iraq. A new Gallup poll shows that fully 67 percent of Americans ...

Read Whole Story

McCain Declares Mosul "Quiet" On Same Day As Three Suicide Attacks

McCain Watch | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Watch, John McCain, Politics News

Speaking about Iraq at a townhall event on Thursday in Wisconsin, John McCain declared, "I can tell you that it is succeeding. I can look you in the e...

Read Whole Story