Senator Mccain

Fiddling As The Housing Market Burns

Michael B. Ellis | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


McCain's stubbornness on Iraq, despite Bush's backpedaling and the expressed will of the Iraqi prime minister, suggests how he would approach the crumbling economy. He'll do nothing.

Fifty-State Strategy Gains But The Old Swing States Still Rate

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

Despite the seeming success so far of Obama's genuine national strategy, the fact is, states that were battlegrounds in 2004 have remained tight, ensuring that McCain remains highly competitive.

McCain's Presidential Transition Gaffe

Paul C. Light | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Paul C. Light

The question is not why Obama has made the decision to launch a transition planning operation, but why Sen. John McCain has not. McCain assumes the presidential appointments process will somehow bend to his will.

Obama In Ramallah

Jan McGirk | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

We drove around the West Bank searching for Obama supporters, but even at venues with names in English, such as the Stars & Bucks cafe or Supermarket Baghdad, there were no Gobama banners to be seen.

McCain Campaign Press Calls: An Investigation

Gabriel Beltrone | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home


Gabriel Beltrone

Intrigued by David Corn's suspicion that the McCain campaign was screening reporters, we decided to dig into our archive of calls and see if there was in fact a pattern of cherry-picking favoritism.

McCain: The Wandering Wallflower of Kennebunkport

John Tomasic | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

"A bleak mood and frustration was on display among McCain's advisers, who have taken to referring to Obama sarcastically as "The One." "'The One' went to Europe, and homage must be paid."

McCain Ally Counsels Alarmist Attack On Health Care

Lester Feder | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home


Lester Feder

In the New York Post, political consultant Dick Morris cries that Obama wants to provide health insurance to undocumented immigrants as part of his plan to cover the 47 million uninsured Americans.

McCain/Obama Press Conference Call Information

Gabriel Beltrone | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home


Gabriel Beltrone

by Holli Buck, Rusel DeMaria, Shoshana Hershkowitz, Nora McDonald, Gail Mellor, Ben Mishkin, Dan O'Donnell, Beth Palkovic, Eric Priebe, Richard Riehl...

Obama: Operation Blue Mountains

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

The ground continues to shift to Obama in deep red territory. Montana, Nebraska and the Dakotas battleground states? Believe it. Obama is on air and on the ground, and for now he is running unopposed.

Circling the Sleeping Giant: The Campaigns and the Latino Vote

Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


Feet In Two Worlds

Both candidates have to overcome hesitancy among Latinos, Obama because of his race and the bitter primary battle; McCain because of his backtracking on immigration reform.

John McCain's Fake Town Halls

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

The John McCain town hall meeting is a fraud. The town halls are not about local issues. They're not conversational. They don't feature a lot of straight talk. They're sad and they're an opportunity lost.

McCain's New Mexican Protesters

Ben Terris | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home


Ben Terris

"More and more, I'm starting to feel that McCain is just saying something, not thinking, he's just saying something that he feels like he has to say [as a candidate] or that people want to hear. "

John McCain and The White Man's Burden

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Jesse Jackson may be mad at Obama for "talking down to black folks" -- but at least Obama never referred to blacks as "them" or demeaningly reminded his audience that blacks are "God's children too."

McCain Courts Pennslyvania With Clean Coal Plan

Elizabeth Ross | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home


McCain's clean coal energy plan is popular in Pennsylvania and Western Virginia, where he technology is being developed. But Pittsburgh, the main city here, is a must win for Obama in the fall.

Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Rep. Lois Capps

American women and families deserve to know how McCain feels on matters such as public funding for contraception, abstinence-only education, and the effectiveness of condoms in preventing STDs.

Logo War: McCain Makes Me Feel Like A Schoolgirl In All The Wrong Ways

Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Obama has a genuine brand logo. Even going back 20 years, I can't recall a single other instance where you could remove the candidate's face and name and still know who the logo represented.

McCain Schools Obama On the Modern Press

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

Obama and the Democrats are beginning again to demonstrate clumsiness in the face of GOP attacks. Obama appears to be admitting to shifting positions on Iraq but he hasn't shifted positions.

McCain Comes Ashore In Pennsylvania

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

McCain says, "I don't have to tell you, old comrades, I hate war." Three generations of veterans in the hall applaud. For all the electrifying moments at Obama rallies, there has never been one quite like this.

John McCain, Bob Barr And The Spoiler Effect

Colorado Confidential | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Colorado Confidential

Despite rumblings that Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr could Ralph Nader Republicans this November, some political observers are say...

The New, More Blue, National Election Map

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

The polling evidence strongly suggests that McCain has to actually convince registered Democrats to vote for him in order to win. He is, or was, perhaps the only GOPer who might succeed at such an effort.

Campaign Internet Strategists Clash At Web Conference

Sarah Granger | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Sarah Granger

"McCain doesn't use a computer. I mean, I would try explaining email, Facebook, Twitter -- massive social movements -- to your grandmother and ask her to apply that to governing and see if that would work for you."

Obama's Plan: Closing The Enron Loophole

R.T. Eby | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home


R.T. Eby

Increased oil production will not result in lower prices at the pump until oil company loopholes are closed and the industry is forced to pay windfall-profits taxes to discourage price gouging.

Helping McCain: The Man Needs An intervention

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home


Craig Newmark

Over the last year, The real McCain has disappeared. We've heard nothing real from him. What we hear instead are the words predatory lobbyists are putting into his mouth.

Filter The Best Stuff To The Front Page: OffTheBus And NewsTrust Do A McCain News Hunt

Jay Rosen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

Expansion of the media space is a good thing, but filtering and forwarding systems must keep pace. The better we are at finding the good stuff, the easier it is to relax and accept that anyone can be a media producer.

Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas

Peter Dreier | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

Increasingly, the challenges facing suburbs are the same ones facing cities. The politics that used to divide metro areas have collapsed. Indeed, in this election, suburban voters are up for grabs.


 

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