No, really this time, we think
Washington Post Jul 25, 08 8:07 AM CDT
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John McCain is ready to announce his running mate, and he’s going to do it sooner rather than later, top aides tell the Washington Post. “He's in a position to make (the decision) on short notice if he wanted to,” said one adviser. The announcement will most likely come after Barack Obama returns from Europe but before the Olympics begin on Aug. 8.
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ANALYSIS
Liberals add reporting
to arsenal; pro-GOP sites mainly comment
Politico Jul 24, 08 7:31 PM CDT
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The left is using the Internet far more effectively than the right, Jonathan Martin writes on Politico. While conservative political sites are principally opinion, lefty destinations like the Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo tread the line between reportage and commentary, breaking stories ignored by the mainstream media that advance liberal interests—and often hurt Republican candidates.
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'Guilt by endorsement' ad runs on South Florida websites
Huffington Post Jul 24, 08 2:12 PM CDT
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The McCain campaign is running an Internet ad composed of photos of Barack Obama and Fidel Castro side by side, with the caption “Fidel Castro thinks he is 'the most advanced candidate,'" the Huffington Post reports. The ad is running on websites catering to South Florida, home to many Cuban expatriates and deep anti-Castro sentiment.
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But governor's being considered as keynote speaker, sources say
CNN Jul 24, 08 12:22 PM CDT
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Bobby Jindal issued an uncommonly strong denial that he's interested in the veep slot on the GOP ticket—especially since he's considered a top contender, CNN reports. But John McCain’s campaign could still feature the Louisiana governor. Republican sources say he’s being considered as keynote speaker at the convention. In that case, Mac could use the 37-year-old without negating his criticisms about Obama's inexperience.
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OPINION
Oilman's environmental turn enrages GOP, writes columnist
New York Times Jul 24, 08 8:40 AM CDT
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The reinvention of oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens as an environmentalist represents a huge political about-face, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . Four years ago, Pickens bankrolled the Swift Boat campaign that derailed John Kerry's presidential bid. Now Pickens, "looking a bit like the John Huston character from Chinatown ," is attacking the efficacy of new drilling just when John McCain is pressing for it.
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Candidate shores up support as shift in demographics pushes home state into play
New York Times Jul 24, 08 7:12 AM CDT
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Al Gore's 2000 loss of Tennessee aside, normally a presidential candidate can expect to win his home state relatively easily. But this month John McCain, a full press retinue in tow, made a campaign stop in Arizona, shaking hands and encouraging volunteers to get out the vote. As the New York Times writes, Arizona's demographics are changing, and McCain's own campaign now lists the state he's served for more than 25 years as one of its battlegrounds.
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Set for NBC and cable channel coverage
TV Week Jul 24, 08 6:52 AM CDT
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The Obama campaign has bought $5 million worth of network and cable television airtime to run during coverage of the Beijing Olympics, reports TV Week. It's the first major TV airtime purchase by a political candidate in 16 years. NBC and its cable channels will air 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage beginning August 8.
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OPINION
Republican becoming the example of what voters 'want change from'
Slate Jul 23, 08 8:45 PM CDT
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Attacking Barack Obama relentlessly and sloppily, John McCain has made himself an example of what voters “want change from,” John Dickerson writes in Slate. A good negative attack can be effective, but Mac is doing it “too much and indiscriminately”—making himself so untrustworthy the smart stuff doesn’t stick. He could go after Obama all the time—but he’s just not good at it.
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Counterinsurgency tactic began before it began, he says
Associated Press Jul 23, 08 8:13 PM CDT
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John McCain insists that he did, indeed, have his facts straight when he said Tuesday that the US troop surge had made the Sunni Awakening movement possible. Barack Obama’s camp was quick to point out that Sunni tribesman had begun their revolt against al-Qaeda months before Bush announced his plan to deploy 30,000 more troops, but McCain countered by saying elements of what became known as the surge began before Bush’s announcement.
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OPINION
Time's Klein can't believe he said Obama would rather lose war than election
Time Jul 23, 08 3:58 PM CDT
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John McCain’s latest jab at Barack Obama—“It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign”–stuns Joe Klein, who writes in Time that the Republican’s Iraq claim is the most “scurrilous statement by a major party candidate” he’s heard in nine elections. “It smacks of desperation,” Klein says. “How sad.”
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ANALYSIS
Even as campaign blasts press fawning over Obama, candidate demurs with Couric
Huffington Post Jul 23, 08 2:34 PM CDT
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Yesterday, as his campaign released an ad mocking the press corps’ affection for Barack Obama—and handed out press credentials rubbing it in—John McCain said the opposite to CBS’ Katie Couric. Mac “doesn’t think” the media has been unfair: “I'm certainly not complaining. And, in fact, I think it’s fun to watch." Observes Rachel Weiner on the Huffington Post, “so much for message discipline.”
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OPINION
A laundry list of what to change
Time Jul 23, 08 1:36 PM CDT
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It's not quite time for John McCain's "obit," Mark Halperin writes in Time , but we're getting there. How the Republican could right the ship: Realize that voters “want an upbeat president”—and stop pointing out his old age. Recognize that Americans care more about mortgages and health-care costs than about his life story. Try driving one message for longer than a day.
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