CALIFORNIA YANKEE (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The world must never doubt where we stand in the liberation struggles of our time." - Senator John McCain In today's weekly Republican address, Senator John McCain speaks on Independence Day and the Iranian protests: "We are strong and prosperous because we are free, not the other way around." Full transcript of Senator McCain’s remarks: Hi, I’m Senator John McCain....
Opinions You Should Have (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
President Sarah Palin shocked the country today after she announced that she would resign her position as President because, among other things, she did not wish to become a lame duck. President Palin, who was elevated to the post shortly after nine Inaugural balls proved too much for the elderly President John McCain -- "It was one dance too many," said a tearful Cindy McCain -- has only...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain expressed support for his former presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, on Saturday as Washington speculated about why the Alaska governor abruptly announced her resignation.
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, released a statement following his former running mate Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor: "I have the greatest respect and affection for Sarah, Todd, and their family. I was deeply honored to have her as my running mate and believe she [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters.
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sen. John McCain gave the GOP's weekly radio address. WASHINGTON (CNN) – The United States was founded on the idea that "history has a right side and a wrong side," Arizona Sen. John McCain said in the weekly Republican address broadcast on the Fourth of July. "We share a kinship of ideals with every man and woman [...]
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
aides of presumptive republican presidential nominee john mccain have asked 45yearold eric cantor a young jewish congressman from virginia to submit documents as part of a rigorous vettingprocess to select the ideal running mate for the november presidential pollaccording to the telegraph cantor would be a dramatic choice for mccain who is running almost level with barack obama in national polls but...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Yesterday in an interview with Phoenix’s KTVK 3TV, the local news anchor asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to play a quick word association game. McCain was left tongue-tied and speechless when the reporter asked him to give a one-word response to what he thinks about the controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio: HOST: Health care. [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
While the elitist #dickwhisperers at the Washington Post dream up ways of monetizing their "access," let's take a trip down memory lane to shortly 4AM Eastern time on September 1, 2008, less than 72 hours after John McCain announced Sarah Palin would be his VP. At a quarter-past the hour, Daily Kos diarist Liz Arnett posted a diary featuring several videos tying Sarah Palin to the Alaskan...
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
That great duo from early in the decade is back together again, this time blocking one of President Obama's nominees: Campaign finance mavens John McCain , R-Ariz., and Russ Feingold , D-Wis., are joining forces once again – this time to block President Obama’s nomination of labor lawyer John J. Sullivan to the Federal Election Commission. If confirmed by the Senate, Sullivan would fill...
Election Law (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
This is an important development: In a surprising move that invokes memories of a bitter skirmish during Obama’s annihilation of McCain in last year’s presidential election, Feingold (D-Wis.) and McCain (R-Ariz.) have placed a hold on the FEC nomination of...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
In the wake of the release of a hard-hitting Vanity Fair article on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, it seems that the most damage to Palin -- and the Republican Party -- might not come the article itself, but from its aftermath. In response to the piece, the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, a longtime Palin defender, wrote on his magazine's blog, "You don’t have to be a big Palin fan to recognize...
Swampland (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Todd Purdum wrote a very dishy story on Sarah Palin in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. But even more revealing of how dysfunctional campaigns really operate is Jonathan Martin's account of what happened next. If John McCain's team was like this on the campaign, it's interesting to imagine what a McCain White House would [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
The New York Daily News previews "an expansive story" in the August edition of Vanity Fair , a slew of senior members of John McCain's presidential campaign team "trash" Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). "They can't quite believe that for two frantic months last fall, caught in a Bermuda Triangle of a campaign, they worked their tails off to try to elect as vice president of the...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
I disagree: WASHINGTON (CNN ) – Meghan McCain wrote Monday that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s revelation that he had an extramarital affair “isn’t relevant to his role as a public official” and called on her fellow Republicans to forgive him. McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said that she is “mad” about the “hypocrisy of it all,”...
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