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McCain 2008 stories: 274 news summaries

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 Palin's Lost Concession Speech 

Book reveals what McCain wouldn't let America hear

Nov 3, 09 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - 'Twas a year ago tomorrow that John McCain’s team forbade Sarah Palin from delivering a concession speech, and a new book, Sarah From Alaska, gives you the chance to finally find out what she planned to say. Some highlights, from the Daily Beast :
  • “It would be
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book • speech • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

'Rogue' Palin Was Reading From Script

McCain team wrote 'palling around with terrorists' line: book

Jul 10, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin was actually on message when she attacked Barack Obama’s relationship with former Weatherman Bill Ayers during last year's campaign, the Atlantic reports. A new book, The Battle for America, reveals that Palin received an email from top McCain staff suggesting she use the Ayers attack.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • terrorist • campaign • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers • President Obama

Palin Story Sparks Catfight in McCain Crew

Senior campaign hands publicly bicker, with assist from Kristol

Jul 1, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senior McCain hands are wringing their dirty laundry in the public square thanks to Vanity Fair’s vicious piece on Sarah Palin, Politico reports. When William Kristol publicly accused chief strategist Steve Schmidt of being the story’s source, Schmidt fired back that it was “categorically untrue.” He... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • Todd Purdum • Randy Scheunemann • William Kristol

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's former fiancé says the couple shared a room at Sarah Palin’s home, and  the governor was wise to what was going on, Us reports. “I'm pretty sure she probably knew,” Levi Johnston tells Tyra Banks in an interview. “Moms are pretty smart.”... More »

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Tyra Banks • safe sex • engagement • teen pregnancy • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

OPINION

Palin Hates Earmarks, but Alaska's No. 1

State has highest amount per capita;
Is crusade on hold?

Mar 13, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin crusaded against earmarks as a VP candidate, but she's going to reap the benefits as a governor. The new spending bill gives Alaska a total of $143.9 million for various projects, or $210 for each resident—the most per capita of any state, write Jonathan Stein and... More »

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Alaska • earmarks • governor • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

Lobbyist Linked to McCain Ends Times Suit

Iseman settles with no payment or retraction; article implied affair

Feb 20, 09 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist whose relationship with John McCain was the subject of an explosive New York Times article during the 2008 campaign, has settled her lawsuit against the paper. Iseman will receive no payment, and the Times has not retracted the article, which seemed to imply that she and... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • libel • settlement • McCain 2008 • Vicki Iseman

Palin Off List for Bipartisan McCain Fete

Possible snub could be inaugural team's doing—or bad blood

Jan 16, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama inaugural committee is throwing a dinner honoring John McCain as an advocate of bipartisanship, but there's a gap in the guest list. Notably absent is running mate Sarah Palin, Daniel Schulman blogs for Mother Jones. “I don’t know if she was invited,” says a Palin... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Presidential Inaugural Committee

 Palin Slams Media for 'Salacious' Reports

Reporters habitually took her remarks out of context, Governor says

Jan 9, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin attacked the “personal, salacious nature” of media reports about her during the 2008 campaign, accusing journalists of taking her remarks out of context “to create adversarial situations,” CNN reports. A statement from Palin’s office today specifically criticized the Atlantic (probably mostly just Andrew Sullivan)... More »

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media • journalism • McCain 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin • Trig Palin • wowOwow

 Mac Is Back, 
 Pushing Reforms 

GOP stalwart returns to Senate, eye on reining in lobbying and earmarks

Jan 8, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. John McCain, forgotten but not gone after his failed bid for the presidency, was back in form this week as he pushed bipartisan reform of earmarks and lobbying, Congressional Quarterly reports. Though the Arizona Republican’s eyes were watery and he had some trouble reading at the press conference,... More »

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John McCain • Senate • earmarks • Republican Party • lobbying • Senate GOP • political action committees • McCain 2008 • bipartisanship • the Hispanic vote • young voters

Palin Wishes She'd Talked
to the Media More

Governor wishes she'd spoken to reporters more

Dec 23, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin wishes she’d interacted with the media more while campaigning with John McCain, the Alaska governor told Human Events. Palin identified her “biggest mistake” in the ’08 campaign as not taking a more active role in communicating with voters through the media. “I was not... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • Republican • GOP • American media • campaign • governor • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • conservatives

 'Bleeping' Mac 
 Returns to Letterman 

Mac's back but he's not talking about the 'bleeping' campaign

Dec 12, 08 3:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A jovial John McCain last night paid David Letterman his first visit since the election and made it crystal clear he wasn't interested in bringing up the past, AP reports. "I don't want to talk about the bleeping campaign," McCain said, smiling, actually using the word "bleeping.... More »

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John McCain • David Letterman • Late Night • McCain 2008

 Finally: Mac Wins Missouri 

Last state to be called leaves tally at Obama 365, McCain 173

Nov 19, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Missouri, the last state up for grabs, looks to have gone Republican by less than a 1% margin, leaving John McCain with 173 electoral votes to Barack Obama’s 365, the Kansas City Star reports. There are still 3,000 uncounted provisional ballots, but McCain’s margin is large enough... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Missouri • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • President Obama

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Palin Refuses to Give Up Post-Election Spotlight

Governor looks back in anger, ahead with interest

Nov 12, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is upending protocol with a barrage of post-election interviews, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. The Alaska governor may be seeking to repair her image after a brutal campaign, and to get the ball rolling now for a White House run, Stanley speculates. She's continuing to... More »

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GOP • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Palin: 'Those Guys Are Jerks'

Governor says critics took her remarks out of context for smears

Nov 8, 08 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin went back to work yesterday and blasted the wave of critical post-election stories from anonymous GOP sources that have appeared in the press, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The governor said stories that she had greedily grabbed pricey clothes were way off and she never asked for anything... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

analysis

Kristol Used His Column to Help McCain's Rebels

Pro-Palin camp fed columnist 'a constant stream of poison'

Nov 7, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - As Bill Kristol used his New York Times column to relentlessly praise Sarah Palin and simultaneously blast the McCain camp's handling of her, he was far from an objective observer, writes Scott Horton in the Daily Beast. Kristol regularly received inside information from the McCain team's pro-Palin contingent, then used... More »

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New York Times • columnists • negative campaigning • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Randy Scheunemann • William Kristol

OPINION

Krauthammer: Not Even Reagan Could Have Won


Nov 7, 08 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s easy to see what killed John McCain’s presidential ambitions. McCain, ahead on Sept. 15, was crushed by falling banks, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. There was a full-fledged panic in America, as the S&P suffered its steepest drop in 71 years. The populace... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • economy

Palin Planned
Concession
Speech

McCain aides turned her down, script in hand, at final rally

Nov 6, 08 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin arrived for John McCain’s final rally with her own speech in hand, the New York Times reports, to be told, firmly, by McCain’s top advisers that VP candidates do not get the microphone on election nights, win or lose. Her ambition to take the stage reinforced... More »

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John McCain • infighting • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Palin 'Didn't Know Africa
Is a Continent'

Insiders spill beans on Mac's troublesome
veep choice

Nov 6, 08 2:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's shaky grasp of geography stressed out the McCain campaign, the Chicago Tribune reports. A Fox News reporter, sworn to secrecy until after the election, said a campaign insider told him Palin was unaware that Africa was a continent rather than a single country, and she was unable to... More »

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Africa • Katie Couric • geography • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Six Ways
to Rebuild the
McCain Brand

In defeat, the maverick can remind Americans why they liked him

Nov 5, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The fight for the presidency has left John McCain's reputation battered and bruised, but Christopher Beam of Slate suggests six steps the senator should take to return to glory.
  • Remeet the press. The bad blood between McCain and the media can be removed if he stops clamming up and
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John McCain • maverick • McCain 2008 • bipartisanship • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama addressed the country and the world for the first time tonight, vowing to unite a nation beset by trouble at home and abroad, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Change has come to America," Obama told a crowd of tens of thousands at Chicago's Grant Park and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

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