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McCain 2008 stories: 275 news summaries

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 GOP Ticket Agrees: 
 Stevens Must Go 

Alaska governor stopped short on state's senior senator, now toes nominee's line

Oct 28, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin delivered Ted Stevens a synchronized shooing toward the Senate door today, Politico reports. McCain said  the 84-year-old Republican senator, convicted yesterday of corruption, “should now step down,” while Palin—who stopped short last night of urging her fellow Alaskan to resign—said today... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • US Senate • corruption trial

OPINION

Who Lost the Race? Blame
the Maverick

Or, more accurately,
the gadfly who couldn't run a campaign

Oct 28, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain could still win the election, but it would be in spite of himself, writes Rich Lowry in the National Review. If Republicans are laying blame for the 2008 race, they should lay it on John McCain, paradoxically the best and worst candidate they could have fielded. McCain’s... More »

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John McCain • maverick • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

 Mac Aides: Palin 'Going Rogue' 

Irked campaign insiders see Palin ditching Mac for 2012 positioning

Oct 28, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is acting like she's more concerned with Palin 2012 than McCain 2008, disgruntled McCain staffers tell CNN. They say the candidate is increasingly going off-message, including at a recent Florida rally where she addressed the $150,000 wardrobe controversy by declaring that the clothes "are not my... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Palin Effigy Sparks Uproar 

Complaints over Halloween display

Oct 28, 08 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - An effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from a noose outside a West Hollywood house has triggered a community furor, reports the Los Angeles Times. The effigy is part of a grim Halloween display which also shows a John McCain mannequin surrounded by flames and skeletons. Complaints calling the display a... More »

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John McCain • hate crime • effigy • noose • Halloween • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Chad-Michael Morisette

ANALYSIS

 Finger-Pointing Begins for GOP 

Republicans try to distance themselves from McCain's campaign strategy

Oct 24, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans inside John McCain’s campaign and out are pointing fingers at one another, striking a surprisingly past-tense tone about their efforts, Politico reports. The recriminations go to the top: senior Bush advisers criticized McCain for a poorly run campaign on the heels of an interview in which the candidate... More »

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John McCain • RNC • GOP • infighting • Republican candidate • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Palin's 'Reforms' Include State Jobs for Donors

Governor's appointees include loyalists
with iffy qualifications

Oct 24, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has touted herself as a reformer, telling voters she "took on the old politics as usual in Juneau." But an LA Times investigation shows the Alaska governor gave more than 100 state jobs to campaign contributors and their relatives, many of whom lacked qualifications for... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • cronyism • Election 2008 • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • political appointee • Walt Monegan • McCain-Palin

Makeup Artist Highest Paid McCain Campaign Staffer

According to campaign's payroll, $11k per week

Oct 24, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - While no more Saks and Barney's charges have surfaced, records for the first 2 weeks of October indicate that Sarah Palin's makeup artist was the highest paid individual contributor to the McCain campaign effort, pulling in $23,000. Amy Strozzi easily beat out McCain's foreign policy adviser (just $12,500)... More »

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John McCain • campaign funds • salary • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • makeup

OPINION

 McCain Was Blinded by Beauty 

Hormones clouded candidate's judgment Parker reckons

Oct 24, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - For Kathleen Parker, it’s suddenly clear why John McCain picked Sarah Palin. Parker's husband called it first, then a male friend confessed, “I’m sexually attracted to her. I don’t care that she knows nothing.” Robert Draper’s much-discussed New York Times magazine piece notes... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

endorsement

New York Times:
Obama Is the 'Easy' Choice


Oct 23, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times is endorsing Barack Obama, calling the choice between him and John McCain an "easy" one. In an editorial to run in tomorrow's edition, the Times says "Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Obama 2008 • newspaper endorsement • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Miss Virginia Strikes Back
at GOP Slight

'Real Virginia' swipe ruffles feathers of 3-time winner

Oct 23, 08 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss Virginia has entered the fray. Former crown wearer Kristi Lauren Glakas takes exception to the division of her state by a top McCain adviser into the "real Virginia" of the conservative South and the urban northern suburbs of DC. Glakas, an honor student at UVA who's won three... More »

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Virginia • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • battleground states

ANALYSIS

How Revolving Narratives Swamped Would-Be Narrator

McCain's move from tactic to tactic resulted in confused overall strategy

Oct 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign has gone through a dizzying number of narratives, as Robert Draper outlines in the New York Times. Draper looks inside a dysfunctional operation driven by two quarreling old McCain friends (Rick Davis and speechwriter Mark Salter), and the Rovian outsider who reconciled them (Steve Schmidt). The... More »

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John McCain • Rick Davis • Robert Draper • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Mark Salter • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt

OPINION

The Makeover Palin Should Have Had

High-end duds totally at odds with GOP target (or Target) audience

Oct 23, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - That the GOP dressed up “a no-frills hockey mom” for her star turn is fine, but that they dressed her up in Neiman's, Saks, and Barneys is “mind-boggling evidence of a tin ear for the symbolism of popular culture,” style maven Robin Givhan wails in the Washington ... More »

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John McCain • fashion • shopping • presidential campaign • Oscar de la Renta • Cindy McCain • Robin Givhan • Neiman Marcus • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Barneys New York • What Not to Wear

OPINION

 Mac Hypocritically Mum 
 on Felonious Pal Liddy 

Republican won't cough up details despite hammering Obama on Ayers

Oct 23, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bad enough for a presidential candidate to pal around with a “lawless radical,” Steve Chapman writes in the Chicago Tribune, but worse to clam up about it even as you blast your opponent for the same thing. That’s exactly where John McCain is over dealings with G.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Watergate • extremists • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Bill Ayers • G. Gordon Liddy

opinion


 Why GOP 
 Name-Calling 
 Is Backfiring 
 This Time 

Americans aren't buying 'real America' comments: Greenwald

Oct 23, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The spectacle of Republican politicians painting their opponents as anti-American is a familiar one, Glenn Greenwald writes for Salon, but three recent headline-making incidents show that something has changed. "The idea that any of them would apologize for insulting liberals or impugning their patriotism is simply unfathomable," he... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • presidential election • Sarah Palin • campaign tactics • political strategy • Robin Hayes • Michele Bachmann

 AP Poll: It's a Dead Heat 


Oct 22, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all the polls are going in Barack Obama's favor. An AP-GfK survey says John McCain has closed the gap with Obama after the last debate by gaining voters among whites and those earning less than $50,000. The poll has the race at 44%-43% in favor of Obama, a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential politics • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • poll numbers

OPINION

Shhh. Don't
Tell: I'm Voting for Obama

Disgusted Republicans could cancel out
Bradley Effect

Oct 22, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are plenty of unpredictable factors that might elude pollsters, Kathleen Parker writes in the Washington Post. Most famous is the Bradley Effect. “While some have minimized the impact of a Bradley Effect in this election, we'd be wrong to discount it. Anti-black has morphed to some degree... More »

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Barack Obama • xenophobia • racism • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Bradley effect

ANALYSIS

GOP Ticket's Disagreements May Be His Idea ... Or Hers

Palin could be shoring up support for her political future

Oct 21, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has publicly disagreed with John McCain on several issues, from giving up in Michigan, to the gay marriage ban, to attacking Barack Obama’s connection to Rev. Wright. A VP hopeful’s job main job is to agree with the ticket, notes John Dickerson for Slate, so why... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • Republican strategy • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers

OPINION

 London's Mayor Plugs Obama 

Dem can restore US as beacon of hope, Boris Johnson writes

Oct 21, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After President Bush managed an “astonishing double whammy,” damaging both democracy, via Iraq, and capitalism, on Wall Street—“the two great pillars of the American idea”—London mayor Boris Johnson sees Barack Obama as the candidate who can rejuvenate “the greatest country on earth,”... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • Britain • McCain 2008 • Boris Johnson • Election 2008

 Dems Loath 
 to Punish Traitor Joe 

The party is ticked, but this might not be the time for vengeance

Oct 21, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman has crossed nearly every line there is in supporting John McCain—on Sunday he even praised Sarah Palin—and many liberals want him ousted from the Democratic caucus. But Harry Reid and company show no signs of moving against Lieberman, Salon reports. “We're going to have... More »

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Senate Democrats • Democratic caucus • Joe Lieberman • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Swing Voters Don't Like 'Hothead' McCain

Crisis turns voters towards 'cool and collected' Obama

Oct 21, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doubts over John McCain's disposition are pushing undecided voters Barack Obama's way, according to the Los Angeles Times. Swing voters interviewed by the newspaper say McCain's negative body language over the last few weeks and his "hothead" outbursts have given them strong misgivings—as did his snap decision to... More »

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poll • negative campaigning • swing voters • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll

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