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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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September 2008
- McCains Dish About Family Life
  
  People | Sep 11, 08 1:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The McCains are hardly the average American family, but Cindy still wants that gas tank filled when the car comes back. Cindy, a reticent John, and eldest daughter, Meghan, 23, spilled the beans to People about McCain family life: On messing with mom: “Sometimes I just like to shock her and say the dirtiest jokes I can possibly think of and she's like, ‘Oh, Meghan!’ I think she secretly enjoys them.” More »
- Paul Un dorses McCain, Obama
  
  CNN | Sep 10, 08 4:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ron Paul wants you to vote for a third-party candidate, CNN reports. The failed Republican presidential wannabe doesn’t particularly care whether you back Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, or Chuck Baldwin—all of whom are declared candidates—but he had no kind words for John McCain or Barack Obama during today's endorsement. More »
- Cindy McCain, Lonesome Cowgirl
  
  New Yorker | Sep 10, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cindy McCain is a classic Western loner who chose to raise her kids as a self-styled “single parent” in Phoenix rather than join John in Washington as he served in the Senate. She may be a size zero, but she has "unusual grit": she drives a race car, flies a plane, and she likes to tell stories of making big decisions and then springing them on John, Ariel Levy writes in the New Yorker . More »
- Obama Blasts Mac's 'Phony Outrage' in Lipstick Flap
  
  Washington Post | Sep 10, 08 3:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama fired back today at a McCain campaign ad claiming he smeared Sarah Palin, calling the tactic "phony outrage and Swift Boat politics," the Washington Post reports. Obama used the phrase "lipstick on a pig" to describe John McCain's policies during a campaign stop yesterday, which the McCain camp criticized as a sexist reference to Palin. More »
- For McCain, Winning Is War's Only Honorable End
  
  Atlantic Monthly | Sep 10, 08 2:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s views on war and defending the US were shaped by his Navy father and by his own time in Vietnam, Jeffrey Goldberg writes in the Atlantic , with victory as the only honorable outcome. His father believed public sentiment led to defeat in Vietnam even as a winning plan was taking root. “History repeats itself, huh?” says McCain, aware of the parallels with Iraq. More »
- Hockey Mom's Policies Won't Help Disabled Children
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 10, 08 2:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The image of Sarah Palin as a take-no-prisoners hockey mom doesn’t square with advocating for special-needs kids, Marianne Leone writes in the Boston Globe. She may have a newborn with Down syndrome, but the “warrior culture” that suits "pit bull" Palin has "no place for the weak," Leone writes. And after caring for a quadriplegic son, who died 3 years ago, she knows McCain-Palin policies aren't what parents of these kids need. More »
- Obama Needs Gut-Level Connection
  
  New York Times | Sep 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has lost his “gut connection” with the American people, and he’ll need a change we can believe in if he wants to get it back, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times . “If you as a politician connect with voters on a gut level, they will follow you anywhere and not fret about the details.” But Obama, who's gone from "cool to cold," isn’t “making the sale.” More »
- GOP's Heartland Appeal Just Plain Heartless
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 10, 08 12:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin can’t say enough about the virtues of small-town Americans, the good, honest folk “who do some of the hardest work,” skip college and join the military. But they have to work so hard and skip college because they’re not doing very well, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal—and they’re not doing well because they keep electing Sarah Palins. More »
- Mac Misleads in Obama Sex-Ed Ad
  
  McClatchy Newspapers | Sep 10, 08 11:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s new campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of voting to teach kindergarten kids the explicit details of sex, is “deliberately misleading,” Margaret Talev notes for McClatchy. While in the Illinois legislature, Obama voted in favor “age-appropriate” sex ed—which for young kids would primarily consist of being able to recognize inappropriate adult affection. More »
- Enquirer : Palin's Son Addicted to Painkillers
  
  National Enquirer | Sep 10, 08 11:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin’s Iraq-bound 19-year-old son, Track, was addicted to the painkiller OxyContin and binged on cocaine before joining the army last year, the National Enquirer reports. The supermarket tab also claims the Alaska governor kicked 17-year-old daughter Bristol—also supposedly a party animal—out of the house and made her switch schools when she learned of the teen's unexpected pregnancy. More »
- McCain, Obama Both Have Ties to Loan Giants
  
  New York Times | Sep 10, 08 7:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are both railing against the excesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the campaign trail, and promising to end the lobbyist culture in Washington that led to their fall. But both candidates and their parties have multiple ties to Fannie and Freddie, the New York Times reports, and both have taken campaign contributions from their leaders. More »
- 'Palin Factor' Levels Race
  
  NBC | Sep 10, 08 3:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has era