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 Far-Right 
 Challenger 
 a Threat 
 to McCain 

Talk show host JD Hayworth gets close in new poll

9 hours, 2 minutes ago
(Newser) - Everyone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • primary • conservative • Senate Republicans • conservative base • poll numbers • US Senate • tea parties • JD Hayworth • McCain Hayworth • McCain Senate primary

 McCain 
 Defends 
 Staffers 
 From Palin 

Says he's 'proud' of her, but 'it's just time to move on'

Nov 19, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain is careful to praise Sarah Palin at the same time he stands by the staffers she's going after in her book. “There's been a lot of dust flying around in the last few days,” he tells Reuters , referring to the publication of Palin’s Going ... More »

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John McCain • presidential campaign • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt • Sarah Palin Going Rogue • sarah palin book • Nicolle Wallace • McCain campaign • John McCain Sarah Palin • John McCain interview

Richard Cohen

We Need an Institute to Study Sarah Palin

And George W. Bush should be the
one to build it

Nov 17, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Dear George W. Bush: Instead of setting up some boring policy institute—there are already about 3,000 of them—why not spend your money on something important, like studying Sarah Palin. Set up the Institute for the Study of Sarah Palin, and “my check is in the mail,... More »

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John McCain • Richard Cohen • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin

Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying 

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

Nov 17, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:
  • The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the
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John McCain • memoir • book reviews • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin book review • Going Rogue review • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

Nov 17, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • Joe Lieberman • memoir • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin • Politico • Going Rogue

BOOK REVIEW

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

Nov 16, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a... More »

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John McCain • memoir • book reviews • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

book preview

 10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits 

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

Nov 13, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:
  • John McCain: Palin claims his campaign
... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • CBS • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • Going Rogue • Animal Farm • The Pearl • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain: 
 Afghan Call 
 Can't Wait 


Troops decision dominates, but everybody backs away from 'dithering' Cheney

Oct 25, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • Charles Schumer • Olympia Snowe • Orrin Hatch • Carl Levin • health care reform • troop levels • Sherrod Brown • Sunday morning talk shows

McCain Voters' Testosterone Dropped After Loss

For men, elections are dominance competitions

Oct 22, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Male McCain voters were feeling a little less macho when the results of the 2008 election rolled in. Duke researchers tested testosterone levels in 183 voters across election night. Testosterone normally drops over the late evening—but male Obama voters’ levels remained stable, while McCain voters saw a bigger drop... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • testosterone • voting • Election 2008

OPINION

In 2012, GOP Goes With Heart (Palin) Over Head (Romney)

Who knows, maybe her star power will make her the next Reagan

Oct 20, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what kind of gains Republicans make in the midterm elections next year, it’s going to be tough to unseat President Obama—and that’s why the GOP is going to choose Sarah Palin, its heart’s preferred candidate, over Mitt Romney, its head’s favorite. Or as... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • Bob Dole • Sarah Palin • incumbents • Election 2012 • President Obama • midterm elections • presidential nominee

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 GOP to Obama: 
 Give McChrystal 
 His Troops 

McCain: Not granting request 'would be an error of historic proportions'

Oct 11, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan was the name of the game on the talk shows today, with John McCain pointedly warning President Obama on State of the Union that sending Gen. Stanley McChrystal anything less than the 40,000 troops he's requested "would be an error of historic proportions." Lindsey Graham chimed... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Lindsey Graham • Stanley McChrystal • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows • Anita Dunn

Frank Rich

 Iraq Hawks Are 
 Just as Wrong 
 on Afghanistan 

Why is anyone still listening to McCain, Lieberman, and Graham?

Oct 11, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Three Amigos who pushed the invasion of Iraq are at it again, now claiming that we must escalate the war in Afghanistan if we want to avoid another 9/11—the same claim they used before to urge us to take on Iraq in 2003, Frank Rich writes. Rich finds... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Lieberman • Lindsey Graham • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - After 11 months licking his wounds, John McCain is getting back out there, appearing on TV more often and acting little like the man who gave a gracious, conciliatory concession speech last November. He's finding support within the GOP, where his combative approach hasn't always resonated, because his target is... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • GOP • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • Election 2008 • US Senate • Obama administration • McCain-Palin

OPINION

Afghan Rift?
It's Just 'Smoke and Puffery'

McCain, others inflate controversy so Obama looks weak: Klein

Oct 8, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s been much consternation recently about the supposed break between the White House and Stanley McChrystal over strategy in Afghanistan. But it’s really all “smoke and puffery,” a political ruse perpetrated by John McCain and some neocon compatriots, writes Joe Klein in Time. The... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Joe Klein • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Stanley McChrystal

No Afghanistan Withdrawal, Obama Tells Lawmakers

But still undecided
on proposed buildup

Oct 6, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama won’t commit to sending more troops to Afghanistan, but neither will he withdraw any, he told congressional leaders in a White House meeting today that included a sharp exchange between the president and Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama wanted to “dispense with the straw man argument... More »

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John McCain • troop surge • White House • troop withdrawal • congressional Democrats • Afghanistan war • President Obama • meeting • Congressional Republicans

Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP:
McCain Insider

Ex-gov has no centrist appeal: strategist

Oct 2, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin is the 2012 presidential nominee, the Republican Party "would have a catastrophic election result,” the top strategist for the McCain campaign said today. Steve Schmidt foresees the 2012 election being won by the party that can sway the independents who backed Barack Obama in 2008.... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • 2010 election • McCain-Palin • 2010 • 2012

ANALYSIS

Unbowed by Loss, McCain Fights for Moderate GOP

Senator fills leadership void with donations, endorsements, advice

Oct 2, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a year ago John McCain still hoped to be president, but the Arizona senator has a new mission now: reshaping the Republican Party around his own brand of moderate, pragmatic conservatism. While previous unsuccessful candidates for the top job have withdrawn after defeat, McCain is offering endorsements to... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Republican Party • Lindsey Graham • Republican candidate • endorsement • political endorsement • Mark Kirk

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

Oct 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney let bygones be bygones when he campaigned for John McCain last year, forgetting an acrimonious relationship with his erstwhile rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Now, McCain appears to be repaying the favor and ginning up support for the former Massachusetts governor’s 2012 bid, reports the Boston ... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Bobby Jindal • Republican nomination • political endorsement • Election 2008 • presidential election • Election 2012

political comedy


 Thank (or Blame) 
 Bush for Dave's 
 Left Turn 

Letterman veers from apolitical-leaning-right to full-on liberal

Sep 27, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most telling thing David Letterman has said in a while may have been a brief comment he made last Monday, as he wrapped up an hour with President Obama: "I can't tell you how satisfying it is to watch you work," the famously crotchety Late Night ... More »

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John McCain • CBS • late night talk show • late night host • Bob Dole • David Letterman • Late Night • Election 2008 • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Obama 
 Not 'Dissing' 
 McChrystal 
 on Troops 


Former first couple dominates Sunday morning shows

Sep 27, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton came to President Obama's defense today, saying on Meet the Press that the president isn't "dissing" Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. Both Clintons emphasized that settling the Afghan election is vital in determining whether the US has a legitimate partner in Hamid Karzai.... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Bill Clinton • troop levels • Kit Bond • Sunday morning talk shows

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