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NEWS ABOUT: Meghan McCain

Meghan McCain stories: 36 news summaries

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(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thinks erstwhile Republican Arlen Specter should take some “other people who aren't really Republicans” to the other side of the aisle, CNN reports. “Take McCain and his daughter with you,” a laughing Limbaugh said today. Though he said Specter's party switch was “ultimately good”... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Rush Limbaugh • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • Meghan McCain

ANALYSIS

 'Cone of Silence' 
 No Longer 
 Muzzles Cheney 

He just left—but the former VP is back as opposition voice

Apr 24, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former vice presidents tend to keep a low profile right after leaving office—not so Dick Cheney, who has been making the rounds as a voice for Republican opposition. When Cheney “sees the current administration making decisions that he believes are making the nation less safe, he does not... More »

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Dick Cheney • conservative • John Bolton • Republican Party • vice president • Meghan McCain

OPINION

 Meg: Eww, Rove Is 
 Twitter-Stalking Me! 

Creeps like Rove and the county sheriff prove to be the downside of Twitter

Apr 21, 09 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain likes being able to share the "humorously uncensored" moments of her life on Twitter but she's not so thrilled about sharing them with the likes of Karl Rove, she writes in her Daily Beast blog. "I am now being followed by Karl Rove, and my... More »

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Internet • Karl Rove • politics • Meghan McCain • Twitter • Meghan McCain Twitter

 Meghan McCain: 
 'Old School' 
 GOP 'Scared 
 Sh**less' 

Senator's daughter says there's 'a war brewing in the Republican Party'

Apr 19, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain says “old school Republicans” are “scared shitless” of the future, Huffington Post reports. The new GOP it-girl told a friendly audience of Log Cabin Republicans that “too many Republicans want to cling to past successes. We’re seeing a war brewing in the Republican Party.... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Log Cabin Republicans • Meghan McCain

OPINION

Meghan McCain: GOP Needs to Rock Out Its Inner Gayness

Opposing gay marriage is 'un-Republican'

Apr 13, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time for a gayer GOP, Meghan McCain writes in the Daily Beast. Opposing gay marriage is anathema to the GOP's founding beliefs of personal freedom and liberty, charges the mini maverick, and it’s a political misstep, too. Ditching the anti-gay rhetoric is critical to restoring... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Ronald Reagan • Log Cabin Republicans • Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Meghan McCain has snagged a book deal thought to be in the high six figures, the New York Observer reports. The 24-year-old chose Hyperion over at least three other publishers. No official word on the subject, but a good bet is the future of the Republican party and how to... More »

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publishing • author • Meghan McCain • conservatives • young Republicans • book deal

(Newser) - Meghan McCain continues her Generation Y rebellion within the GOP with a blog on a hottie congressman she admits discovering from beefcake shots on TMZ. In her Daily Beast column, McCain sees 27-year-old Aaron Schock of Illinois as the party's best hope of reinventing its stodgy image. "Schock should... More »

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GOP • Generation Y • Aaron Schock • Meghan McCain • young Republicans

OPINION


 'Smart Cookie' 
 McCain Is What 
 GOP Needs 

PR-savvy moderate gives party hope in courting youth vote

Mar 25, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain’s scuffle with Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham has shown she knows how to take a punch—and how to throw one, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. McCain’s critique of her party’s bomb-throwers is accurate, and her strategy has been savvy. "If McCain... More »

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Ann Coulter • feud • Republican Party • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain • young Republicans

Meghan McCain: I'm a New Kind of Republican

Tells Larry King she supports Obama, but is 'totally daddy's girl'

Mar 24, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain considers herself a “progressive Republican,” she told Larry King last night on CNN—a new, younger voice for the party. McCain, who’s been in the news lately for her spat with conservatives Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter, said she was “totally daddy’s girl,... More »

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John McCain • Ann Coulter • Larry King • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain • conservatives • President Obama

Ingraham Denies Calling Meghan McCain Fat

Blames left-wing conspiracy for taking remarks 'out of context'

Mar 19, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The liberals made her do it. Laura Ingraham denied on last night's O’Reilly Factor that she’d ever called Meghan McCain fat—even after playing the radio clip in which she seemingly did just that, Gawker reports. The talk-show host argued that the whole thing was a “left-wing... More »

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feud • Republican Party • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain

OPINION

 Conservative 
 Catfight Knocks 
 Women Down 

GOP female pundits attempt fight over party's future, end up in degrading spectacle

Mar 18, 09 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female Republican pundits squabble over the future of their party and it descends into a snarkfest over age and weight? "You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding," writes Dahlia Lithwick in Slate. Meghan McCain and Laura Ingraham's catfight is the reason why men don't see women as serious political... More »

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Ann Coulter • Republican Party • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain

Ingraham Calls Meghan McCain 'Useful Idiot'

Feud continues; 'I'm proud of my daughter,' says John McCain

Mar 17, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain, who has recently attacked certain prominent female conservatives, is a “flavor of the month” being manipulated by the media, says one of her targets. Laura Ingraham writes on her blog—under the title 'Useful Idiot' Watch— that McCain is following her father’s maverick playbook, CNN reports.... More »

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John McCain • Ann Coulter • conservative • feud • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain • Meghan McCain Twitter

 Mac Junior Rips 
 'Train Wreck' 
 Coulter 

Meghan calls pundit 'poster woman' for GOP extremism

Mar 10, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's daughter Meghan has ripped into right-wing media harpy Ann Coulter as a hate-spewing "train wreck." "I straight up don't understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing," wrote McCain, 24, in a Daily Beast column. She lashed Coulter... More »

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John McCain • Ann Coulter • Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Republican Party • Bill Maher • Meghan McCain • Bill Maher Grid

Meghan McCain: I'll Get NH Tattoo If Dad Wins

A loss in the state would be 'very depressing' for her

Oct 17, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain takes the White House and wins New Hampshire, Meghan McCain says she'll get a tattoo of the state’s motto, the Union Leader reports. "New Hampshire is so important to me and my family," the younger McCain told supporters in the state where her dad... More »

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John McCain • New Hampshire • tattoos • New Hampshire primary • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Meghan McCain

McCains Dish About
Family Life

Cindy, John and eldest daughter spill about dirty jokes and checking in

Sep 11, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCains are hardly the average American family, but Cindy still wants that gas tank filled when the car comes back. Cindy, a reticent John, and eldest daughter, Meghan, 23, spilled the beans to People about McCain family life:
  • On messing with mom: “Sometimes I just like to
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John McCain • Cindy McCain • Meghan McCain • interview

McCain's Daughter Blogs About Trail Life, Not Politics

Meghan, 23, prefers candid snapshots of the grind over policy statements

Feb 23, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Potential first daughter Meghan McCain has been blogging about life on the campaign trail, focusing on Henry Kissinger’s shoes and iTunes playlists rather then the finer points of policy, the Los Angeles Times reports. Candidates’ children are often deployed to humanize their parents—in carefully choreographed ways—but... More »

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John McCain • presidential primaries • blog • campaign trail • McCain 2008 • first families • Election 2008 • Meghan McCain

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