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May 2009
- GOP Base Sees Moderate Plot in Reform Group
  
  Politico | May 8, 09 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With Eric Cantor's high-profile new group aimed at diagnosing what ails the GOP, members of the party base are worried that the answer might be them. Social conservatives from Steve King to Mike Huckabee are accusing the group of excluding them from the National Council for a New America, Politico reports. Says former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, conservatives “have the experience of being used and then abused and then forgotten.” More »
- Campaign Over, Mac's Mom Lays It Out
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 6, 09 12:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Throughout the presidential campaign, James Rainey of the LA Times tried to land an interview with Roberta McCain. “They wouldn’t let me talk, thinking I don’t do the politics thing,” the 97-year-old says. “And they were right.” Now the gag order’s off, and McCain says she “loved every second,” of the campaign, even if she does think the media favored Obama. “You know, you don’t have to win everything to have a good life.” More »
April 2009
- Top McCain Aide Comes Out for Gay Marriage
  
  CNN | Apr 17, 09 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Backing what he calls "a sound conservative argument," a top McCain campaign operative is explaining his newly public personal support for gay marriage, CNN reports. Steve Schmidt will address the Log Cabin Republicans today and urge them to reverse their position. “No other exercise of one's liberty comes with greater responsibilities than marriage,” an advance text says. More »
- For $89K, McCain's Bus Can Be Yours
  
  ABC News | Apr 3, 09 4:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The bus that took John McCain from Senate maverick to presidential hopeful can be yours for $89,000, ABC News reports. The Republican’s "Straight Talk Express"—powered by gas, not hot air—is for sale at BusForSale.com. No word on whether McCain’s planning on an upgrade or if he’s looking for extra recession cash. More »
- Clothes Spending Spree 'Out of Our Control:' Todd Palin
  
  Associated Press | Apr 2, 09 12:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Todd Palin says the $150,000 spending spree that outfitted his wife during last fall’s campaign was “out of our control,” the AP reports. “You come into a campaign late,” he told Men’s Journal . “You put all your trust into the team.” At least his Secret Service detail had a good time. “They liked cruising around with me,” describing trips to “the Arctic Cat snowmachine factory” and a NASCAR race. “Rough duty, hanging out with me.” More »
March 2009
- 'Smart Cookie' McCain Is What GOP Needs
  
  Washington Post | Mar 25, 09 8:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Meghan McCain’s scuffle with Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham has shown she knows how to take a punch—and how to throw one, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. McCain’s critique of her party’s bomb-throwers is accurate, and her strategy has been savvy. "If McCain doesn't make it in journalism, she has a future in marketing," Parker predicts. "Madonna, meet Britney." More »
- Ingraham Calls Meghan McCain 'Useful Idiot'
  
  CNN | Mar 17, 09 4:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Meghan McCain, who has recently attacked certain prominent female conservatives, is a “flavor of the month” being manipulated by the media, says one of her targets. Laura Ingraham writes on her blog—under the title 'Useful Idiot' Watch— that McCain is following her father’s maverick playbook, CNN reports. But he, at least, “backs up his views with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service.” More »
- Earmarks? No, 'Crank' Mac Warrants Earplugs
  
  American Prospect | Mar 10, 09 3:06 PM CDT
  
  (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,” and represents his “larger modus operandi” of cultivating journalists as a way to power. More »
- Joe the Plumber Sues Over Privacy Violations
  
  Cleveland Plain Dealer | Mar 6, 09 9:12 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - “Joe the Plumber” is suing former Ohio officials for violating his privacy, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Employees of the state’s family services department (since resigned) checked Samuel Wurzelbacher for unpaid child support obligations, after Sen. John McCain elevated him to prominence. “You shouldn't have to regret asking a reasonable question in a public forum of a presidential candidate,” says the head of the group representing Wurzelbacher. More »
- Sen. Crotchety Routine Is Old
  
  Salon | 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 Obama, Madden writes—even mastering Twitter to post dozens of snarky comments about the bill. More »
- Pirates Target Brit Cruise Ship
  
  Sun (UK) | Mar 5, 09 5:21 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Frightened British cruise ship passengers were herded below decks in a chilling encounter with Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Sun reports. The crew sent up flares and fashioned fake guns out of wood to appear to be armed when they spotted two suspicious small craft speeding toward the liner. A US Navy ship sped to the scene and escorted the Balmoral to safety. More »
February 2009
- Obama Shoots Down New Helicopter Fleet
  
  ABC News | 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 said he's already on it, and he finds the current chopper more than adequate. “Of course I've never had a helicopter before," he joked. "So, you know, maybe—maybe I've been deprived and I didn't know it.” More »
- Times, McCain Lobbyist Spar Over Settlement
  
  Politico | 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 claimed the lobbyist had an affair with John McCain in the first place. Times DC bureau chief Dean Baquet says, “We did not retract one word of the story.” More »
- Lobbyist Linked to McCain Ends Times Suit
  
  New York Times | 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 McCain had an affair. But in an uncommon move, the paper has published a letter from Iseman's lawyers on its website. More »
- Right America Divides Critics
  
  News-Herald (Ohio) | 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 most profoundly disturbing programs I've seen” in the News-Herald , Verne Gay, writing in Newsday , says the film is “just a parade.” More »
- Obama and McCain Back at It, Over Stimulus
  
  Washington Times | 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 the table from the Democrats and the Obama Administration,” McCain wrote to his email list yesterday. More »
January 2009
- Palin's Pricey Duds Wind Up in Trash Bags
  
  New Majority | Jan 23, 09 5:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As promised, Sarah Palin turned her expensive campaign outfits over to the RNC, but the costly threads haven't gone to charity, reports the conservative New Majority website—they're in trash bags at RNC headquarters. A committee spokesman says the $180,000 wardrobe is being "inventoried and will be appropriately dispersed to various charities," but the revelation has some donors hot under the collar: "Has the party not learned their lesson?" asks one. More »
- Maverick McCain Back in Action
  
  Washington Post | Jan 23, 09 9:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Too bad John McCain couldn’t get this story written before the election: the New York Times reports that, back in the Senate, McCain is reverting from his dour, orthodox campaign persona to his maverick and frequently bipartisan ways. He’s been hanging out with President Obama, and he told off Republicans trying to delay Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as secretary of state. “He's an activist legislator. He's not an obstructionist,” says Maine Republican Susan Collins. More »
- Former Rivals Cozy Up on Inaugural Eve
  
  Reuters | Jan 20, 09 6:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain buried the hatchet last night at a dinner honoring the Arizona senator, whom Obama called an "American hero." The president-elect praised McCain's bipartisan record and added, "John is not known to bite his tongue and if I'm screwing up, he's going to let me know." McCain vowed to cooperate with Obama "in the hard work ahead," and the two embraced. More »
- Palin Off List for Bipartisan McCain Fete
  
  Mother Jones | Jan 16, 09 12:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Obama inaugural committee is throwing a dinner honoring John McCain as an advocate of bipartisanship, but there's a gap in the guest list. Notably absent is running mate Sarah Palin, Daniel Schulman blogs for Mother Jones . “I don’t know if she was invited,” says a Palin spokesman. The inaugural committee passed up multiple opportunities to comment. More »