McCain 2008

Stories

Stories 61 - 80 of 1576

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 79 Next >>

November 2008
- GOP Offered $10K to Prove Ayers Authored Obama Book
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 2, 08 1:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Republican congressman and his brother-in-law approached an Oxford philosophy don in an attempt to prove that Barack Obama's autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Ayers, the Times of London reports. Peter Millican says he was offered $10,000 to analyze Obama's Dreams From My Father and Ayers' Fugitive Days for similarities. More »
- McCain Plays Defense With Red-State Stops
  
  Politico | Nov 2, 08 9:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign map for the next few days puts him on the defensive, touring mostly states that President Bush won in 2004, Politico reports. Tomorrow’s schedule puts him in Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona, all Bush states except the Keystone State. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is also sticking to red states, breaking out of traditional Democratic ground. More »
- Festive Brits Blow Up Palin Effigy
  
  CNN | Nov 2, 08 8:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It was all in good fun, insisted a group of Brits yesterday after they exploded an effigy of Sarah Palin, which was packed with firecrackers. The spectacular send-off was the climax of an annual bonfire celebration in the southern town of Battle, which traditionally blows up an effigy of someone famous, usually a politician, reports CNN. "We just felt she was one of the most interesting characters in the American elections," said one diplomatic resident. More »
- Bush-Blitzed Mac Morphed Into Empty Suit
  
  New York Times | Nov 2, 08 7:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has tried to paint Barack Obama as an unknown risk of a candidate—but these days, McCain is the unfamiliar one, Maureen Dowd writes. The Arizona senator used to be “one of the best brands in politics,” a “known and knowable quantity” that was transparent to the press. Now, his campaign has transformed him into a Bushie-backed “question mark,” she notes in the New York Times . More »
- McCain Pals With Fey, Skewers Himself on SNL
  
  USA Today | Nov 1, 08 11:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain capped a busy day of campaigning with an appearance on Saturday Night Live , where he teamed with his VP-lookalike, Tina Fey, to poke fun at himself and Barack Obama. In the opening sketch, he and "Palin" hawked wares on QVC because he's a true maverick—"a Republican without money"—and couldn't afford the bigger networks like Obama, USA Today reports. They sold "Joe" action figures: Plumber, Six-Pack, and Biden ("if you pull this cord, he talks for 45 minutes," said Fey.) More »
- Silver: Only 5 States Matter Now
  
  FiveThirtyEight.com | Nov 1, 08 10:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The campaigns would have you believe that lots of states are still in play, but only five really matter at this point, writes Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com. They are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Ohio. Silver emphasizes that "by far the most likely scenario" is that Barack Obama will cruise to victory with somewhere between 300 and 400 electoral votes. But if the national polls tighten—and he doesn't think they will—some combination of these five states will decide the day. More »
- McCain Ditches Town Halls for Larger Crowds
  
  Politico | Nov 1, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain hasn’t held one of his trademark town hall meetings since early October, and it’s not only because they started turning nasty, Politico reports. Though the question-and-answer format revealed some distressing misconceptions in the McCain faithful, town halls also are much smaller than more spectacular rallies. “The final weeks are all about volume, volume, volume,” a political scientist said. More »
- Nader, Barr Could Still Tip Some Tight Races
  
  Boston Globe | Nov 1, 08 10:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Third-party candidates haven’t won much attention in this election, but in some hotly contested states their candidacies could still affect the outcome, the Boston Globe reports. Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr could play a role in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Ohio, among others, the paper reports—even if they draw votes only from hardcore backers who wouldn’t vote for anyone else. More »
- 'Clinton Wins!' And Other Might Have Beens
  
  Slate | Nov 1, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Reporters are already writing up advance analyses of how each of the two presidential candidates achieved victory next Tuesday—to be ready for either outcome. Slate has a little fun imagining some of the other scenarios that might have played out: Hillary Clinton claimed a historic win after John McCain's oft-used phrase, "lipstick on a pig," insulted voters—and his VP pick, a black police lieutenant form small-town Maryland, backfired on him. More »
October 2008
- Campaigns Call in Big Guns for Final Fireworks Shows
  
  New York Times | Oct 31, 08 5:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In the final days of the presidential campaign, the candidates are ramping up their schedules and bringing in their parties’ big names to motivate voters, the New York Times reports. John McCain, in addition to sending running mate Sarah Palin on a grueling two-day sprint across the country, has enlisted the help of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rudolph Giuliani. More »
- Obama Wins in Doonesbury Version of World
  
  Washington Post | Oct 31, 08 3:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cartoonist Garry Trudeau has put his newspaper clients in to a bit of a pickle, the Washington Post reports. In a bid to stay current, Wednesday’s installment of "Doonesbury"—written a week in advance—will show characters reacting to a Barack Obama victory. The choice is “a rational risk assessment,” Trudeau said. Replacements are being made available to papers who’d rather not chance it. More »
- Mac's Tactics Time-Tested ... But This Ain't the Time
  
  Boston Globe