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Presumptive Nominee Mac

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

So John McCain is now the "presumptive nominee" of the Republican party for president. And now the skeletons are coming our of the closet. Did he or didn't he have an affair? What about that loan? Then there's his temper. And his age.

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February 2008
- Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology
  
  CNN | Feb 27, 08 12:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bill Cunningham has “had it up to here with John McCain,” the conservative talk-show host tells CNN of the likely GOP presidential nominee. By apologizing for Cunningham’s remarks at a McCain rally yesterday—in which Cunningham called Barack Obama a “hack” and repeatedly used his middle name, Hussein—McCain “threw me under the ‘Straight Talk Express,’” Cunningham says. More »
- Broadcaster Rebuts McCain Lobbying Denial
  
  Washington Post | Feb 23, 08 10:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's campaign has flatly denied that the senator met with a broadcaster or his lobbyist before writing to the FCC on his behalf in 1999. But Bud Paxson remembers the meeting; he says VIcki Iseman set it up, and may have attended, too. "Was Vicki there? Probably," Paxson tells the Washington Post . And he specificially remembers asking McCain to write the letter. More »
- McCain Support Comes From All Corners
  
  Politico | Feb 22, 08 2:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - One day after the New York Times reported on John McCain's "close bond" with Vicki Iseman, reaction is still developing, and not necessarily along ideological lines. Observers of the observers offer their impressions. Popular liberal bloggers, "breaking with partisan patterns, are expressing discomfort," Ben Smith of Politico writes, adding, ""The defense of McCain from the left reflects well on the blogs' objectivity.” More »
- Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT
  
  ABC News | Feb 21, 08 6:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Conservative media figures who previously shunned John McCain stood up for him today—but also said he had it coming to him for wooing the mainstream press, ABC reports. Sean Hannity called the New York Times story on McCain's relationship with a lobbyist “beyond disgraceful." Rush Limbaugh, lumping the media in with the left, said, “The lesson is liberals are to be defeated. You cannot reach across the aisle.” More »
- McCain Story Spurred Turmoil at Times
  
  New Republic | Feb 21, 08 1:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Today’s New York Times bombshell alleging improper ties between John McCain and a lobbyist dropped only after three months of feuding between reporters who thought they’d “nailed” a story and the Gray Lady’s unsatisfied editor, the New Republic reports. One writer quit the paper over the holdup; another staffer begged off covering McCain's campaign because he felt like “a pawn.” More »
- Feds Taking Closer Look at McCain Loan
  
  TPM Muckraker | Feb 21, 08 12:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Today just isn’t John McCain’s day. The Federal Elections Commission says it may not allow the presumptive Republican nominee to drop out of the federal matching funds program, because he used it as collateral for a $4 million loan he took out to fund his cash-strapped primary campaign in December. If the FEC doesn't allow him to opt out, McCain will be restricted to spending just $54 million through August. More »
- Will McCain Bombshell Help or Hurt With the Right?
  
  New Republic | Feb 21, 08 11:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Now that the New York Times ’ long-awaited story on John McCain’s relationship with a female lobbyist is finally out—matched by a similar Washington Post story—how will it affect the presidential race? The New Republic ’s Christopher Orr says the article may cut both ways for conservatives, with some seeing a TImes “attack” as a feather in McCain’s cap and others seeing more evidence of Mac the “sanctimonious phony.” Noam Scheiber says the piece clearly “had its guts ripped out” before it ran—and wonders whether those guts will re-appear. More »
- McCain Denies Charges of Impropriety with Lobbyist
  
  CNN | Feb 21, 08 8:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A subdued John McCain, flanked by his wife, held a press conference today to deny all charges in a New York Times story alleging improprieties involving a female lobbyist. Saying he is "disappointed" in the Times , and that the story alleging a romantic relationship is "not true," McCain said that he and Vicki Iseman are just friends, and that he did not do favors for her as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. He said no former staffer ever spoke to him about an appearance of impropriety in his relationship with Iseman, as several claimed to the Times . More »
- McCain Denies Lobbyist Scandal, Attacks Times
  
  ABC News | Feb 21, 08 7:26 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s camp came out swinging at the New York Times last night, calling a “hit and run smear campaign” a report alleging that the senator had been involved in an improper and possibly romantic relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman eight years ago. “The New York Times is playing the National Enquirer ,” one adviser told ABC News, calling the story “gossip.” More »
- McCain Ties to Female Lobbyist Questioned
  
  New York Times | Feb 20, 08 9:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In his last run for the presidency, John McCain developed a close relationship with a female lobbyist that worried his advisers so much they intervened with both McCain and the woman to keep them apart, the New York Times reports. The paper cites the incident in a lengthy look at McCain's track record on his signature issue of ethics and finds that the candidate is sometimes prone to embarrassing conflicts of interest. More »
- Limbaugh Defends His McCain-Bashing
  
  Time | Feb 14, 08 3:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Talk radio's right-wing mouth Rush Limbaugh has defended his sustained anti-McCain invective, panning the presumptive GOP nominee yet again for "walking across the aisle and sitting down with Democrats." Limbaugh bemoaned his party's lack of "genuine conservative leadership," but was at least optimistic that he'll have plenty to rail against in years to come, he told Time magazine's Jay Carney. More »
May 2007
- McCain Curses Out Colleague —Again
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 23, 07 9:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain raised the temper issue again by getting into a shouting match with GOP Sen. John Cornyn yesterday, the LA Times reports. The candidate and Cornyn had a dust-up just off the Senate floor over details of a compromise on immigration legislation. Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning to do his job, to which McCain replied, "F*** you!" More »
October 1999
- McCain's Temper May Become an Issue
  
  Associated Press | Oct 31, 99
  
  While rising in the GOP presidential polls, Sen. John McCain is facing questions about what some Arizona political leaders view as his quick temper -- and whether it might hinder him as president.In a front page article and separate editorial Sunday, The Arizona Republic said it wanted the nation to know about the ``volcanic'' temper McCain has unleashed on several top state officials.Those who have been on the receiving end of a McCain uproar include Republican Gov. Jane Hull, former Republican Gov. Rose Mofford and former Democratic Mayor Paul Johnson of Phoenix.

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Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accompanied by his his wife Cindy, speaks at a news conference in Toledo, Ohio. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Associated Press)

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