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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: John McCain

John McCain stories: 1757 news summaries

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(Newser) - Most also-ran candidates slip off quietly once the presidential campaign is over, and yet the media is still interested in what John McCain has to say. The attention is undeserved, Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s signature issue, earmarks, is “as substantively empty as could be,... More »

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Congress • John McCain • media • Senate • earmarks • journalist • presidential candidates • Election 2008

(Newser) - Unlike a certain talk radio host, John McCain is rooting for Barack Obama—they just don’t agree on much. In an interview with Politico, McCain says he’s trying to work with Obama; in the past week he’s appeared with him at a press conference and consulted with... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican • economy • interview • financial crisis

 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

 Lieberman: 
 I Always 
 Liked Obama 


Once a McCain ally, Lieberman now praises the president

Mar 9, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - He endorsed John McCain in the election and called Barack Obama "a talker," but now Joe Lieberman is singing "Hail to the Chief." The Democratic-turned-independent senator has been showering the president with praise, saying Obama has "shown real leadership" and "is off to a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain to Obama: 
 Veto Stimulus Bill 

Rush isn't GOP's leader: Gingrich; Stem-cell reversals a 'distraction:' Cantor

Mar 8, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that the battle over the stimulus bill is over, John McCain has one request for President Obama: Veto it. “We fought a good fight,” the Arizona senator conceded on Fox News Sunday, saying the $410 billion bill would likely pass the Senate despite those efforts. McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • John Boehner • 2009 budget • Peter Orszag

OPINION

 Sen. Crotchety Routine Is Old 

Senator's attacks on federal spending starting to seem like sour grapes

Mar 5, 09 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's complaining about the omnibus spending bill is starting to sound more like he's trying to fight the election again instead of fighting pork-barrel spending, Mike Madden writes in Salon. The senator appears to be going out of his way to remind people how much he disagrees with President... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • earmarks • pork barrel spending • spending bill • Twitter • Obama administration

 Obama Targets Gov't 
 Contract Fraud, Waste 

Vows to save money

Mar 4, 09 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama today announced a plan to clean up waste in federal contracts, a set of reforms he believes will save taxpayers up to $40 billion a year, the Washington Post reports. Flanked by spending hawks John McCain and Carl Levin, Obama said his budget manager is drafting “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Carl Levin • government contracts • Obama administration • budget reform • defense contractors • Peter Orszag

Angry McCain Slams Obama Over Earmarks

Old spending bill proves minefield for Democrats

Mar 3, 09 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats were hoping they could sneak the $410 billion omnibus spending bill from last fall quietly through the Senate and onto the president’s desk, to make way for the 2010 budget. But John McCain is having none of it. “If it seems like I’m angry, it’s... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • appropriations • Rahm Emanuel • federal spending

Obama Sways GOP on Iraq, Loses Dems

McCain backs plan; Pelosi thinks leaving 50K is too many

Feb 27, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Key congressional Republicans, including John McCain, gave their backing to President Obama's plan to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq by August 2010. The New York Times reports that GOP members at a bipartisan White House meeting yesterday left more impressed than some Democratic counterparts, who thought Obama was leaving... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • John McCain • Charles Schumer • Iraq exit strategy • John McHugh

(Newser) - Fox News is poking fun at Joe Biden for seeming a little clueless about the web. During an appearance on CBS' Early Show today, Biden sought to refer viewers to the government's new stimulus-tracking website, but he couldn't come up with its "number." His full line: "You... More »

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John McCain • Joe Biden • Internet • vice president • George W. Bush • The Early Show

Obama Shoots Down New Helicopter Fleet

Joins McCain in dissing costly Marine One chopper upgrade

Feb 24, 09 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain should know by now that Barack Obama is not an easy target. Yesterday, at the White House fiscal summit, Obama gave the floor to McCain, who tried to put some heat on his host by criticizing a plan to procure a new presidential helicopter fleet, ABC reports. Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • White House • defense spending • Marine One

Times, McCain Lobbyist
Spar Over Settlement

Lobbyist claims to have extracted a retraction; paper disagrees

Feb 20, 09 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Vicki Iseman’s lawsuit against the New York Times ended not with money changing hands, or a retraction, but with what Iseman’s lawyer have dubbed a retraction of an "implication"—which allows both parties to declare victory, Politico reports. The paper issued a statement that it never... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • lawsuit • Vicki Iseman

Lobbyist Linked to McCain Ends Times Suit

Iseman settles with no payment or retraction; article implied affair

Feb 20, 09 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist whose relationship with John McCain was the subject of an explosive New York Times article during the 2008 campaign, has settled her lawsuit against the paper. Iseman will receive no payment, and the Times has not retracted the article, which seemed to imply that she and... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • libel • settlement • McCain 2008 • Vicki Iseman

OPINION

Don't Give Up on Bipartisanship, Barack

President needs GOP for his ambitious agenda, says Broder

Feb 19, 09 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama came into the White House pledging bipartisanship, but one month in, pundits are telling the president to forget compromise and "get real." Don't listen, writes David S. Broder in the Washington Post, who calls those recommendations "the worst advice he has received." Not only... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Bob Bennett

Documentary Review

 Right America Divides Critics 

Doc offers voice to McCain supporters Feeling Wronged

Feb 16, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Right America, Feeling Wronged, a documentary airing tonight on HBO, follows filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi as she chats with die-hard McCain/Palin supporters on the campaign trail, some of whom fear Barack Obama is the anti-Christ. Critics are mixed on the result: While David S. Glasier calls it “one of the... More »

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television • Barack Obama • John McCain • film • HBO • documentary • Alexandra Pelosi

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Stimulus Will Hit Fast: Axelrod

Obama aide defends Geithner; Graham: country 'screwed' if this is bipartisanship

Feb 15, 09 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Calling Tim Geithner’s economic rescue plan “a very thoughtful strategy,” David Axelrod said the economic stimulus will be felt soon and defended the treasury secretary today on NBC’s Meet the Press. President Obama’s senior adviser said Wall Street’s expectations were unrealistic and that the... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • terrorism • talk show • Lindsey Graham • Meet the Press • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • David Axelrod • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • This Week

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Transport Sec to Fellow GOPers: 
C'mon, Ride the Stimulus Train

But McCain wonders where bipartisanship is

Feb 8, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Talk of the economic stimulus package dominated the morning shows today, with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican, promising on State of the Union that the stimulus bill won't come with any earmarks or "boondoggles," the Chicago Tribune reports. LaHood said that he had tried to get his... More »

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John McCain • Mike Pence • Barney Frank • John Ensign • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • bailout • President Obama • Lawrence Summers • Ray LaHood

GLOSSIES

Palin: Without Makeup, I'm
Not So Hot

Alaska guv says she loves Carmex, hates 'pathetic' bloggers

Feb 5, 09 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - “I eat, therefore I hunt,” Sarah Palin tells Esquire in a wide-ranging interview, dishing on motherhood, how to make good mooseburger chili, and life as a supposed MILF: “If only people could see me as I come in from a run early in the morning without a... More »

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John McCain • politics • hunting • blogger • Sarah Palin • Esquire • interview

President Gets Personal With Swing Senators

Holds highly unusual
1-on-1 meetings with stimulus holdouts

Feb 5, 09 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is reaching across the aisle to moderate senators whose votes are crucial to passage of the economic stimulus bill. He put in a call to John McCain, who has been a vocal critic of the bill’s current incarnation. “We'd like to sit down and try to... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Senate Republicans • Olympia Snowe • Susan Collins • economic stimulus package • Ben Nelson • President Obama • meeting

Obama and McCain Back at It, Over Stimulus

'Season of cooperation' short-lived as Mac rips 'comical' spending bill

Feb 4, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - How to spend hundreds of billions of dollars has a way of opening up old rivalries, the Washington Times reports, with John McCain—who recently pledged to cooperate with President Obama—spearheading the Senate effort to rewrite the stimulus package. “I cannot and do not support the package on... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • Election 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama

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