Senator Mccain

Outrage Is Overdue

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's call Tuesday's pitifully embarrassing Senate performance on the defense authorization bill exactly what it was: shameful. They blocked debate b...

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The True Colors of John McCain

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear Senator McCain, Who are you? Do you even know any more? You recently told a reporter you've always done whatever's necessary to win, and j...

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The Politics of Distraction: The Arizona Immigration Abomination and Governor Brewer

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Politics of Distraction have proven very effective for the GOP yet again. It was sheer brilliance to use the Palin wannabe, Arizona Governor Jan B...

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De-Mavericking McCain

Jonathan Cowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the ongoing effort to de-maverick himself, yesterday's news that he is a lead sponsor of a bill to eliminate DC's gun laws must go down as the most spectacular and blatant reversal in Senator McCain's political career.

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Sit-In at McCain's AZ Office to Protest Don't Ask Don't Tell

Joe Mirabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five people were arrested at a sit-in staged by Human Rights International to encourage a conversation with Senator McCain about Don't Ask Don't Tell.

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Can Anyone Explain This Offshore Drilling Decision?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Negotiations, Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Energy Independence, Senator McCain, President Barack Obama, Oil Markets, Ken Salazar, Offshore Drilling, Green News

I'm completely confused by the decision on offshore drilling, or at least by its timing. I can only come up with a few plausible reasons the President would support this, but none make real sense to me. Here are some lines of logic that some may support...

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After State of the Union, Gates and Mullen Charge the Hill

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate Armed Services Committee will soon hear what Defense Secretary Robert Gates and JCS Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen think about repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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John McCain Could Lose Senate Primary To Tea Party Supporter

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rasmussen announced a new poll on Friday showing Senator John McCain may be in trouble at home where a polarized electorate has him facing constant criticism from both the left and the right.

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"Taxpayer March" - Real Outrage or McCain-Palin White Angst II?

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

The GOP machine politicos who are organizing them want us to see a country in outrage against our black, liberal, socialist president.

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Meghan McCain: "I Love Gay Men"

Out | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Does it sound campy to say I love gay men?" asks Meghan McCain, sipping an iced tea at the nouveau-chic Hotel Palomar in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Ci...

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In Wake of McCain, Sanford, Ensign: Grassroots Republicans Like Mitt Over Palin

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many of the Republicans who support Romney now liked him in 2008 but talked themselves out of it.

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McCain and Iran -- Hypocrisy Defined

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011

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By grasping at Neda's death to satisfy his own partisan manipulations, McCain is objectifying this young woman as certainly as he objectified the entirety of Iran in his glib response about bombing the nation.

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Minutemen Founder Challenges McCain For Senate

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX - At a news conference today, Chris Simcox, founder of the Minutemen, formally announced his intention to challenge John McCain for his Arizon...

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McCain's Hometown Sheriff Ditches McCain For The Colbert Report

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

Sheriff Joe, who is famous for his reality show, tent-based jails, and large contingent of immigration enforcement officers, says he never intended to appear before McCain and other senators at Monday's hearing.

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McCain Prepping 'Contract With America' Style Economic Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America....

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Obama, Lieberman, and "The Hug": Color It Purple

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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We need pressures from the left in our party to remind us why we chose to be Democrats rather than Republicans.

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Wrong by Definition

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tax cuts without a stimulus package is like shooting someone to minister to a bullet wound: it only creates more bleeding with no end in sight.

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Senator Coleman, Give Yourself Two Christmas Presents - Acceptance & Peace

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

During Bush's first term, I remember seeing you at the White House a number of times. Since that time, your relationship with the president changed dramatically. He's leaving and you are trying to hang on to power by nearly any means necessary.

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Voting While Disabled: The Real "Functionals" In This Election

Auburn McCanta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disabled voters can make a difference, not only through their votes, but also by their campaigning activities.

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Preview! Las Vegas' High-Performance SEMA Show and the Los Angeles Auto Show; How Green Will They Be?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The LA Auto Show is now officially the first big extravaganza on the national car calendar. It opens Friday, November 21st and runs through Sunday, November 30th at the LA Convention Center.

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Afghanistan: Endless Army Mission Creep?

Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey | Posted 05.25.2011

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To fill the vacuum of meaningful statecraft, the Department of Defense now finds itself both war-fighter and diplomat.

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Real Change Depends On Replacing Entrenched Party Operatives

David Lucht | Posted 05.25.2011

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There may be good reasons to vote the Republican ticket, but the hope that John McCain will bring change to Washington cannot be counted as one of them.

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Middle Americans Are Not Just White, Christian, Working Class Folk

Tami Winfrey Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is nothing wrong with being Joe the Plumber. I just disagree that Joe is a symbol of the authentic American. And I say this as a Middle American.

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Candidates Stand Far Apart On Women's Issues

Dottie Lamm and Marilyn Van Derbur Atler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama co-sponsored legislation to overturn a Supreme Court decision making it more difficult for women to challenge pay discrimination. McCain opposed the same legislation, calling it "a great burden on business."

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McCain And Goldwater Growing More And More Similar

Lynne Glasner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barry Goldwater adamantly railed against large government and supported tax cuts (sound familiar?). He advocated making Social Security voluntary and selling off the TVA, neither of which garnered him many votes in 1964, a time of economic expansion.

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