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CNN
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Apr 25, 08 8:25 PM CDT
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Former rivals John McCain and Mike Huckabee stumped side-by-side in Arkansas today, reviving rumors that they may form a joint ticket for the November election, CNN reports. Huckabee "can be a great asset to our campaign," McCain said. Huckabee, who has announced a new book and political action committee, joined McCain on his tour of economically depressed—and historically Democratic—regions.
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New York Times
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Apr 10, 08 1:49 PM CDT
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Republican “pragmatists” are growing uneasy seeing John McCain consorting with prominent neoconservatives, the New York Times reports. They fear McCain’s foreign policy isn’t as crystallized as it seems, and could be influenced by neocon advisers like John Bolton. “It might be too strong to say a fight is going on over John McCain’s soul,” one said, “but I’m worried that it’s taking place.”
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Politico
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Apr 10, 08 10:33 AM CDT
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David Brock, the once-right-wing journalist who led an assault on Bill Clinton in the early '90s, is taking the lead in a Democratic attack campaign against John McCain, Politico reports. The Brock-helmed group Progressive Media USA is planning a $40-million media blitz aimed at McCain; the group currently has $7.5 million in commitments.
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Salon
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Apr 9, 08 9:40 PM CDT
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Republicans are complaining loudly that Democrats keep distorting John McCain's comments about staying in Iraq for 100 years. So loudly, in fact, that it's a dead giveaway the GOP is seriously worried about the consequences of McCain's statement, writes Steve Benen in Salon. The continuing fallout is the "single biggest mess" for his campaign.
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Politico
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Apr 9, 08 1:42 PM CDT
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Sen. Lindsey Graham must be getting something special from his friendship with John McCain, Politico writes, because he's willing to be dubbed Mac’s “mini-me” in the press—and called “little jerk” by the candidate himself. Of course, it's worth it for the first-term South Carolina Republican, who gets a spot in the sun—and what one colleague calls “almost a father-son relationship.”
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Washington Post
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Apr 8, 08 3:14 PM CDT
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Is it too much to ask for one more major dose of entertainment this election season, Eugene Robinson wonders in the Washington Post —then answers his own question by begging John McCain to pick Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. The secretary of state may not come with a natural base, but she’s vice-presidential timber if there ever was any, Robinson writes.
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Politico
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Apr 8, 08 2:26 PM CDT
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John McCain has "pretty well zero relationship" with African Americans in his home state, says one prominent civil rights leader, and many others say they've never even gotten their senior senator's attention—much less met him. McCain's perceived indifference may be one thing in Arizona, and quite another in the event of a general election in which he faces Barack Obama.
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Los Angeles Times
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Apr 7, 08 3:05 PM CDT
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John McCain slammed his Democratic presidential rivals today over their calls for an Iraq troop withdrawal, calling the notion “the height of irresponsibility.” Speaking to veterans in Kansas City, McCain said a quick departure would be “imprudent and dangerous." The remarks foreshadowed political heat over this week's visit to Capitol Hill by Gen. David Petraeus, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
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Apr 4, 08 3:42 PM CDT
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John McCain apologized today for his 1983 Senate vote against a federal Martin Luther King holiday. Standing at the Memphis site where King was assassinated in 1968, McCain called his nay vote “a mistake,” the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports; McCain later voted for a state holiday in Arizona. Democrat Hillary Clinton, also in Memphis today, recalled meeting King as a teenager.
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Politico
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Apr 3, 08 2:05 PM CDT
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John McCain is notably reserved about his religious faith. He rarely refers to God on campaign stops, in marked contrast to the two presidents who preceded him and, in a role reversal, to his Democratic opponents. His reticence is a throwback to the days when religion was kept out of politics, Politico notes, and may be a weapon against him in the general election.
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Reuters
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Apr 2, 08 2:26 PM CDT
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John McCain revealed today that he has a list of 20 people he’s considering for runningmate, and that he’d like to settle on a ticket “as early as possible.” The future Republican nominee joked he was “aware of the enhanced importance of this issue given my age,” Reuters reports, but he wasn't naming any names.
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Washington Post
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Apr 2, 08 1:00 PM CDT
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John McCain's choice of economic advisers is stirring up controversy, the Washington Post reports. Phil Gramm is vice-chairman of troubled UBS and oversaw widespread deregulation as chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the late 1990s, and Carly Fiorina was publicly ousted as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. In the current economic climate, their aggressive style of capitalism may be a liability.
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New York Times
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Apr 1, 08 8:39 PM CDT
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David Letterman had his routine McCain-is-old shtick interrupted today with comebacks from the Arizona senator himself, the New York Times notes. In the Late Show monologue that airs tonight, Letterman fired off comments such as, “He looks like the guy at the hardware store who makes the keys”—until McCain walked onstage. "Hi Letterman. You think that stuff’s pretty funny, don’t you?” he quipped.
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Washington Post
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Apr 1, 08 6:08 PM CDT
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John McCain plans to keep a decentralized campaign structure heading into the general election, with 10 regional managers who will make on-the-ground decisions, the Washington Post reports. The unusual move is part of McCain's efforts to turn his campaign team—one that often flew by the seat of its pants out of necessity and a lack of funds during primary season—into a formidable force for the general election.
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