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McCain 2008

"I will be our party's nominee." -John McCain

McCain secured the Republican nomination thanks to a decisive win over former nominee Mike Huckabee. But with the star power and oratory smarts of Obama, how will the 72-year-old senator handle the competition?

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July 2008
- McCain Video Mocks Media Coverage of Obama
  
  newser | ABC News | Jul 22, 08 7:14 PM CDT
  
  The McCain campaign debuted an Internet video today it says documents the press corps’ one-sided swoon over Barack Obama, ABC News reports. Set to music, the video features on-air personalities—MSNBC's Chris Matthews is among those featured prominently—offering adoring sentiments about Obama. It also airs Democratic-primary complaints from top Hillary Clinton backers who charged a similar bias. More »
- McCain's Long-Shot Status Slips Into No-Shot Territory
  
  newser | Time | Jul 22, 08 3:35 PM CDT
  
  The presidential race has broken so hard in Barack Obama’s direction that Michael Grunwald asks “the question the horse-race-loving media are never supposed to ask” in Time : “Is McCain a no-shot?” The Republican is in dire straits, having lost advantage on Iran (Bush is moving toward negotiation), the economy (voters want federal intervention) and now Iraq (Maliki is with Obama on withdrawal). More »
- Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters
  
  newser | St. Petersburg Times | Jul 22, 08 2:36 PM CDT
  
  Hispanics could swing the presidential election in November, especially in crucial Florida, but the presumptive nominees aren’t reaching them, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Hispanics tend to vote on issues rather than along strictly party lines, but the media and candidates are pushing immigration reform though polls show the economy and education atop their list of concerns—with immigration reform 10th. More »
- Jews Like Obama Far Better Than Lieberman, McCain
  
  newser | Huffington Post | Jul 22, 08 1:11 PM CDT
  
  Despite Barack Obama’s much debated Jewish problems—and Joe Lieberman’s place of pride as unofficial Jewish spokesman—the Dem is viewed favorably by 60% of American Jews and unfavorably by only 34%, while the Independent scores 37% and 48% (McCain comes in at 34% and 57%). The numbers are part of a poll by new progressive Jewish group J Street—which also notes that the demographic prefers liberal MoveOn to right-leaning AIPAC. More »
- Guarded Cindy Gives McCain Perfect Accessory
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 22, 08 11:46 AM CDT
  
  Cindy McCain has been a candidate’s wife for more than half her life, and she’s gotten pretty good at it, the Washington Post reports in a profile. The demur, good-looking, stay-at-home mom knows how to humanize her husband and avoid policy talk. “I don't see any chink in her armor,” says her mother-in-law, “and I'm not biased.” But Mrs. John McCain has an intensely guarded, even sometimes secretive, private side. More »
- McCain May Announce VP This Week
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 22, 08 7:18 AM CDT
  
  Speculation is heating up that John McCain may pick his running mate this week, in a move to divert attention from the media frenzy surrounding Barack Obama's tour through the Mideast and Europe, CNN reports. Then again, there's speculation that the VP rumors themselves are just a “head fake” to distract from the saturation Obama coverage. More »
- Times Rejects McCain Op-Ed 'as Currently Written'
  
  newser | Drudge Report | Jul 21, 08 9:36 PM CDT
  
  The New York Times has turned down John McCain's rebuttal to a recent Barack Obama op-ed on Iraq, telling the Republican’s campaign it isn’t “able to accept this piece as currently written.” A campaign insider tells Drudge that the Grey Lady simply doesn’t agree with his candidate’s policies; the op-ed editor maintains Mac didn’t “offer new information” in his piece. More »
- McCain Needs Clinton-Style Rebranding
  
  newser | National Review | Jul 21, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  John McCain desperately needs a dose of the strategy that kept Hillary Clinton competitive with Barack Obama during primary season, Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru write in the National Review . McCain should adopt a “conservative version of her occasional theme of a ‘fighter for you’”—the “you” being middle-class Americans and the enemy being “lobbyists, institutions, and liberals.” More »
- Obama Reaps Benefits of Trip McCain Prodded Him Into
  
  newser | New Republic | Jul 21, 08 3:53 PM CDT
  
  John McCain’s campaign made a grave miscalculation by spotlighting Barack Obama’s lack of foreign travel, Noam Scheiber writes in the New Republic , “an incredibly superficial critique” that “can be rebutted incredibly superficially”—see Obama’s current photo-op overseas tour. Hard to believe the Republicans didn’t realize the trip “might become the media event of the season,” Scheiber says. More »
- Forget the Polls: Obama's a Nov. Shoo-In
  
  newser | Financial Times (UK) | Jul 21, 08 3:08 PM CDT
  
  It’s hard to reconcile Barack Obama’s narrow lead in the polls with the massive enthusiasm that seems to surround his campaign, so Clive Cook of the Financial Times has some advice: Ignore the polls. Midsummer polls are notoriously worthless, he says. Instead, he touts political scientist Alan Abramowitz’s “election barometer,” which has correctly called 14 of the last 15 elections. It’s predicting an Obama landslide. More »
- Evangelical Dobson Softens on McCain
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 2:29 PM CDT
  
  James Dobson still won’t formally endorse John McCain, but the evangelical leader voiced support for the Republican candidate in a radio broadcast today, the AP reports. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation,” Dobson said, forcing him “to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice.” More »
- Iraq Sands Shifting Under McCain Position
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is stuck in an awkward position after both President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved closer to a withdrawal timetable favored by Barack Obama, Politico notes. McCain has opposed such a measure, but in 2004 asserted that if a sovereign Iraqi government asked US troops to leave, the American government should comply. More »
- How McCain Became a Senate Power
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 21, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  Prior to his 2000 bid for the White House, John McCain spent more time mocking his fellow senators than compromising with them. But after his defeat, the Arizona legislator returned to the Senate with a softened demeanor and got down to the business of legislation. The New York Times looks at how McCain cuts deals with everyone from Democrats to his sworn enemies in his own party, and has become the Senate's most powerful member. More »
- McCain in the Minority: Peers Are on the Web
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 5:14 AM CDT
  
  John McCain may be a Luddite when it comes to the internet—the 71-year-old candidate confesses that he relies on his wife and aides to do his browsing for him—but most of his peers are computer savvy, AP reports. While only 35% of Americans over age 65 are online, three-quarters of white, college-educated American men over the age of 65 routinely use the internet, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. More »
- Maliki Backs Obama Iraq Plan
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 19, 08 3:36 PM CDT
  
  While shying away from a presidential endorsement, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed support for Barack Obama’s 16-month timeline for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Der Spiegel reports. He expressed frustration at his country’s lack of control over US forces and said they should leave "as soon as possible, as far as we are concerned." More »
- Public Silence Greets Wall St. Blunders
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 19, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  America's financiers have driven the country into crisis with stunning recklessness, James Grant writes in the Wall Street Journal , but public anger seems strangely dormant. Populist politicians railed against Wall Street during past financial crises, Grant notes, but today's politicians appear largely uninterested in taking aim at the easy target. More »
- McCain Demeans Himself With New Attacks on Obama
  
  newser | Carpetbagger Report Blog | Jul 19, 08 8:40 AM CDT
  
  John McCain has abandoned “respect and decorum” with his latest volley of attacks against Barack Obama, blogger Steve Benen writes in the Carpetbagger Report. A case in point: McCain said this week that he had never flip-flopped and, when asked if Obama were a socialist, said simply, "Oh, I don't know." Benen figures that “desperation is beginning to cloud” the Republican’s judgment. More »
- Gramm Quits McCain Campaign
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 18, 08 8:02 PM CDT
  
  After a week of fallout from his gripe that Americans are "whiners," Phil Gramm stepped down today as John McCain's national co-chair, Politico reports. "It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me,” Gramm said. The “distraction hurts not only Senator McCain… it hurts the country." McCain's camp refused to comment on rumors that Gramm will stay on as an unofficial adviser. More »
- 'Right-Wing Freak Machine' Hit Me: Clark
  
  newser | Huffington Post | Jul 18, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  Wesley Clark told a netroots conference last night that he was attacked by the “great freak show” after saying John McCain’s POW experience wasn’t sufficient qualification for the presidency, the Huffington Post reports. “This is a playbook operation by the right-wing freak machine,” Clark said, “the great freak show where they take a statement, distort it, blast it out of context and make it personal.” More »
- Obama Camp Spills Some Details on Foreign Trip
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama’s team released a few details about their candidate's trip abroad today, but the time frame remains tightly under wraps. Israel in particular presents a maze of meetings for the Democrat, who’ll see not only president Shimon Peres, but scandal-plagued prime minister Ehud Olmert and three potential replacements. Obama will also meet with the Palestinian president and prime minister, USA Today reports. More »

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Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a town hall meeting, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is shown during an interview with an Associated Press reporter in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, May 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Adam Bird) (Associated Press)

In this photograph provided by "Meet The Press", Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Aria., left, and his mother, Roberta McCain, speak with moderator Tim Russert during a taping of "Meet... (Associated Press)

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to the media as he arrives for the Republican presidential debate on the campus of The University of South Carolina's Koger Center Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Columbia,S.C.... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves as he take the stage for the Republican debate at University of South Carolina's Koger Center for the Arts, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Columbia,... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopefuls, from left , Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Sen. Sam Brownback... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during the Republican Debate at University of South Carolina's Koger Center for the Arts, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Columbia, S.C. The... (Associated Press)

Meghan McCain listens to her father, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., while speaking at a town hall meeting in Tyler, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M.... (AP Photo)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., conducts a press conference after speaking at a town hall meeting in Tyler, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman) (AP Photo)

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Background

Be Afraid of President McCain
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"The frightening mind of an authoritarian maverick."

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The Coming McCain Moment
JohnMcCain.com

" 'I got some encouraging news this morning in the USA Today,' says Sen. John McCain, holding a copy of the paper with his picture on the front page. 'McCain firm on Iraq war,' it says above the fold. He flips it over to show the rest of the headline: 'despite cost to candidacy.' 'I can't worry about...

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The Real McCain
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"Over the Senate's August recess, John McCain returned to Arizona to quash a brewing conservative insurgency in his home state. The Arizona Republican Assembly, a grassroots right-wing group, had recently censured McCain for 'ignoring the opinions of his constituents expressed in numerous polls and...

» Read more about The Real McCain at Nation

John McCain on Project Vote Smart
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John McCain's Congressional Bio
bioguide.congress.gov

McCAIN, John Sidney, III, a Representative and a Senator from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1958, and the National War College, Washington, D.C. 1973; pilot, United States Navy 1958-1981,...

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John Sidney McCain, 3d
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

John Sidney McCain, 3d 1936-, U.S. politician, b. Panama Canal Zone. A much decorated navy veteran, he was born into a career naval family and attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1958. He became a pilot and during the Vietnam War was shot down over Hanoi (1967) and captured; he was ...

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John McCain
Wikipedia

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and presumptive Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in the upcoming 2008 election.McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958, and became a naval aviator, flying attack...

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