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  • October 2008

    • Anger Growing at GOP Rallies

      Politico  |  Oct 10, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Anger Growing at GOP Rallies

      (Newser) - With the polls going south for John McCain, the anger is becoming palpable at his campaign’s rallies, reports Politico. Party supporters are not only lashing out at Barack Obama—one audence member shouted "Terrorist" when McCain mentioned him—but they're frustrated that McCain isn't going into attack mode more. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • conservative base

  • September 2008

    • Limbaugh May Hold Key to McCain's Fate

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 29, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      Limbaugh May Hold Key to McCain's Fate

      (Newser) - Rush Limbaugh may be John McCain’s best friend in the fight against Barack Obama, writes Zev Chafets in the LA Times . Vociferously anti-McCain during primary season, Limbaugh is now on board and can't be underestimated. "A lot of Limbaugh's critics dismiss him as a buffoon or a fanatic," Chafets writes. "These are people who don''t listen to his show." More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Rush Limbaugh  • conservative base

    • Palin Pick Takes Battle to New States

      New York Times  |  Sep 6, 08 5:34 PM CDT

      Palin Pick Takes Battle to New States

      (Newser) - John McCain's camp is pushing some states back into play in the presidential election, convinced that Sarah Palin has re-energized GOP voters, the New York Times reports. McCain believes Palin improves his chances in Ohio and Pennsylvania, states Barack Obama is counting on. And with just 8 weeks left, both campaigns have defined an unusually wide swath of state-by-state battles. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • Ohio  • Pennsylvania  • conservative base  • battleground states

    • Moderates Feeling Snubbed at Grand Old Party

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 4, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      Moderates Feeling Snubbed at Grand Old Party

      (Newser) - Where conservatives once felt uneasy with John McCain, his drift rightward now has moderates wondering if there’s a place for them in the Republican Party, the Chicago Tribune reports. “We are discouraged by the platform,” says one pro-choice Republican, noting that while she was glad to have a woman on the ticket, Sarah Palin’s far-right views worried her. More »

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      John McCain  • McCain 2008  • Republican National Convention  • conservative  • social conservatives  • conservative base  • moderate  • the moderate vote

  • August 2008
  • May 2008

    • McCain Can't Afford, Literally, to Ignore Bush

      Bloomberg  |  May 27, 08 4:22 PM CDT

      McCain Can't Afford, Literally, to Ignore Bush

      (Newser) - Though he may be “absolutely radioactive” for Republican candidates (in the words of one GOP legislator), Bloomberg reports, President Bush is no easy hurdle for John McCain, who must build distance with the historically unpopular incumbent while using him to raise money and build conservative bona fides. Hence tonight's fundraiser in Phoenix, closed to the media despite both McCain and Bush being in attendance. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • campaign fundraising  • conservative base

    • McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

      New Yorker  |  May 20, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

      (Newser) - If you aren’t a conservative activist, John McCain didn’t have you in mind when he recently laid out his position on judicial appointments: The speech was “a dog whistle for the right,” Jeffrey Toobin writes in the New Yorker , in a piece that decodes references meant to assure that he’d continue—“and perhaps even accelerate”—President Bush’s Supreme Court revolution. He denounced those who legislate from the bench, but then took close listeners even deeper. More »

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      John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • privacy  • capital punishment  • abortion rights  • conservative base

  • March 2008

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