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By rss@youtube.com (SpinTellyCH1) From the audience, the Senator suggests a cost saving idea to the President. ------ [FEB 23 09] President Barack Obama never had a helicopter, which he says might explain why he's perfectly happy with the current White House fleet and doesn't need a more costly one. At the conclusion of a fis...

By rss@youtube.com (SarahPalinStuff) Sarah Palin stands up for the good people of Georgia and the re-election of United States Senator Saxby Chambliss. He won. She is a force of nature unprecedented in 21st century American politics. Keywords: Sarah Palin Saxby Chambliss Georgia speech rally campaign solidarity United Stat...

By rss@youtube.com (jbranstetter04) In my opinion Senator John McCain has make an excellent choice for his Vice Presidential running mate. Her best qualities are; she's pro-life, she's a pro Second Amendment and a life member of the NRA, she's a small government low tax fiscal conservative, she has personally fought agains...

By rss@youtube.com (atticusdonnie) Former maverick and current captain of the double-talk express, Senator John McCain, likes to call Barack Obama an "elitist." This comes from a man who's worth over $100 million and doesn't know how many homes he owns! Keith Olbermann and Eugene Robinson examine this issue on "Countdown....

By rss@youtube.com (IssueAlliance) John McCain Town Hall Las Cruces, NM 08/20/08 TRANSCRIPT: AUDIENCE MEMBER: Senator McCain I truly hope you get the opportunity to chase Bin Laden right to the gates of hell and push him in as you stated on your forum. I do have a question though. Disable veterans, especially in this state have...

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By Frank Sharry Senators Vitter (LA-R) and Bennett (UT-R) were adamant that the 2010 Census ask about the citizenship and immigration status of respondents, a change which would have cost the government millions of dollars. All Republican Senators voted to keep debate going, save Senator John McCain...

The office of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John McCain today made the following statement regarding the tragedy at the U.S. Army Base in Fort Hood, Texas: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the victims of the terrible tra...

FOX NEWS CHANNEL "FOX AND FRIENDS" INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) SUBJECT: THE USS NEW YORK AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN INTERVIEWERS: BRIAN KILMEADE, STEVE DOOCY AND GRETCHEN CARLSON TIME: 7:36 A.M. EST DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 MR. KILMEADE: If I could have one wish, I'd l...

The following information was released by Arizona Senator John McCain: Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by Senator Graham, which I am pleased to co-sponsor along with Senator Lieberman and Senator Webb, to prohibit funds appropriated to the Department o...

By Gary Shumway I received an email from a friend who included the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s (DSCC) latest ‘The RANT’, a DSCC publication. It is an interesting document. The DSCC is apparently worried regarding Carly Fiorina being in the Republican primary for U.S. Senator from Califor...

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Washington, Nov 4 - Congressman Joe Courtney welcomed The American Legion's support this week of H.R. 3943 and S. 1932, the Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act of 2009, which were introduced by Representative Courtney and Senator John McCain, respectively, and announced durin...

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The following information was released by Arizona Senator John McCain: Today we mark a painful anniversary for our country the day, 30 years ago, when America's embassy in Iran was violently seized, and when an institution of diplomacy became a prison for 66 peaceful servants of this na...

By Rep. David Price But my Republican colleagues aren't interested in debating the merits of their arguments. They sense an opportunity to score political points against President Obama by undermining his ability to do exactly what both President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain also promised to do.

By The Huffington Post News Team Even deeply conservative figures like Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okl) insisted as recently as August that "everyone agrees" that legislation should "eliminate pre-existing conditions" as an excuse for denying coverage. Even the Republican Whip in the Senate, Jon Kyl of Arizona, has stre...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain today made the following statement regarding the cancellation of the runoff election in Afghanistan:

By Craig Newmark Even Senator John McCain was for Net Neutrality, before he was against it. More on John McCain

By Jamie Doward, Toby Helm, Rajeev Syal As well as meeting Clinton, Hague was scheduled to see national security adviser General Jim Jones, Senate committee on foreign relations chair John Kerry, Senator John McCain and World Bank president Robert Zoellick. A spokesman for Lord Ashcroft referred all queries to the Conserva...

By The Huffington Post News Team SCHATZ: I think one of the things that Senator McCain has been very active on in the last few years on telecom policy is cable and a la carte pricing. He's been very vocal in the thought that Americans spend way too much to pay for cable and he's talking a lot about Congress passing laws to requir...

By Max Blumenthal During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator John McCain avidly sought Hagee's endorsement, appearing by the pastor's side during a widely publicized press conference to announce it. McCain was intent on winning a seal of approval from a figure of the Christian right, especially si...

By Steve Clemons Senator Chuck Hagel has a great sense of humor, and he loves Halloween. Hagel also wore a John McCain mask at a McCain event -- and did this with Senator Pat Roberts too. Nonetheless, humor helps Washington move forward even when so many policy issues appear gridlocked and hopeless.

By Steve Clemons Senator Chuck Hagel has a great sense of humor, and he loves Halloween. Hagel also wore a John McCain mask at a McCain event -- and did this with Senator Pat Roberts too. Nonetheless, humor helps Washington move forward even when so many policy issues appear gridlocked and hopeless.

By The Huffington Post News Team As we've previously discussed, Senator John McCain hates him some "net neutrality!" And so, he's introducing the "Internet Freedom Act of 2009," that would give... As we've previously discussed, Senator John McCain hates him some "net neutrality!" And so, he's introducing the "Interne...

The office of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John McCain today made the following statement regarding the forthcoming announcement by the Department of the Air Force on Luke Air Force Base and Tucson International Airport (IAP) being selected a...

Senator John McCain, President Obama's Republican foe last year, has largely supported his rival since the election. But now, the Vietnam War hero and Iraq troop surge supporter is putting increasing pressure on Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan...

The following op-ed by Senator John McCain appeared on CNN.com: CNN Opinion Wednesday, October 28, 2009 McCain: Why We Can - and must - win the war in Afghanistan By Sen. John McCain WASHINGTON (CNN) - For the first time since September 11, 2001, America is having a vigorous national debate a...

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The following information was released by Arizona Senator John McCain: Mr. President, in 2007 the world began to first hear about the latest strain of swine flu, now known as H1N1. The previous administration conducted the initial analysis and worked with the World Health Organization (...

The following information was released by Arizona Senator John McCain: Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, today I am pleased to be joined by Senator Michael Bennet in introducing the Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act. This legislation would allow more veterans and school districts to...

The following information was released by Arizona Senator John McCain: By Sen. John McCain For the first time since September 11, 2001, America is having a vigorous national debate about how to succeed in Afghanistan. This debate is entirely worth having. Whenever America sends its citiz...

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LISBON, Portugal _ A Lisbon hospital says it has discharged the 97-year-old mother of U.S. Senator John McCain after a weeklong stay following a fall. The Sao Jose hospital said Wednesday that Roberta McCain left the neurology ward where she had been under observation. Senator McCain's off...

CBS "EARLY SHOW" INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN INTERVIEWER: HARRY SMITH TIME: 7:05 A.M. EDT DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 MR. SMITH: Joining us now from Washington is Republican Senator John McCain. Senator, good morning.

By David Brody Bazooka Joe has struck again. Senator Joe Lieberman was a thorn in the side of the Democrats during the 2008 presidential campaign when he backed Republican John McCain instead of Barack Obama and now he's at it again. See a picture of Lieberman below:

By The Huffington Post News Team On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took up the issue of "net neutrality" and Senator John McCain's efforts to create one of those ironically... On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took up the issue of "net neutrality" and Senator John McCain's efforts to create one of those ironical...

By Tabassum Zakaria On the question of political ideology, 40 percent of those surveyed said they were conservative, 36 percent were moderate, and 20 percent liberal. Photo credit: Reuters/Larry Downing (Senator John McCain at an American Conservative Union conference in February 2008)

By AZ BlueMeanie SENATOR McCAIN INTRODUCES “THE INTERNET FREEDOM ACT OF 2009” One of the denials that John McCain made: McCain said on Friday that he had never, ever, ever met with Vicki Iseman and her clients. It didn’t happen even one time, McCain said. When John McCain said that, he lied.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is vulnerable right now. He just introduced legislation to kill the open Internet, the deceptively named "Internet Freedom Act." This comes from a Senator who has received more money ($894,379) from AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and their lobbyists than any other...

By Noel Sheppard Besides which, senator, who in your camp thought it was a good idea to take a shot at NBC and MSNBC during the Olympics on NBC and MSNBC? During the Olympics, Senator McCain, on which you have already run millions of dollars` worth of McCain Campaign commercials on NBC and MSNBC? [...]

Hours after the FCC unveils their new set of regulations that will give the great promise of "Net Neutrality", our favorite Maverick Senator, John McCain, introduces a bill that plans to stop it. The reason for it, according to McCain is, "[to] allow for continued innovation that will in t...

By NB Staff After going to a commercial break, the CNN anchor came back, and after giving a summary of the controversy, read the apology, which was released earlier, almost verbatim: Sanchez also issued an apology in August 2009 for claiming that Senator John McCain stated that the Republican Part...

By jorr Palin is catastrophic? By the way, Senator McCain was more gracious than GOP chief Michael Steele on the topic of Obama’s Nobel Peace prize. McCain congratulated the president on Friday saying, “I join my fellow Americans in expressing pride in our president on this occasion.”

By State of the Union KING: One-on-one with the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, Arizona Senator John McCain . We will discuss the policy and political flashpoints on Afghanistan, health care and the economy with two influential Democrats -- Michigan's Debbie Stabenow and Pennsylvani...

By Jen Chung The head of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele said, "The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?'" However, some other members of the GOP actually gave (measured) praise—Obama's 2008 opponent Senator John McCain said...

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By Larry King Live LARRY KING: Good evening. It's always a great pleasure to welcome Senator John McCain to LARRY KING LIVE. Senator, we're going to begin with a quote from your Senate colleague, in fact, the co-author of one of the most famous bills ever offered in the Senate, Russ Feingold -- you of the famed M...

By firstread The highlights of yesterday's bipartisan Congressional leader meeting with the President seem to be overshadowed by an exchange between Obama and his '08 foe, John McCain. Reports Politico's Lee: "Senator John McCain drew a sharp response from Obama during the meeting Tuesday aftern...

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By Steve Singiser In his morning edition of "The Fix", Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post reported that a longtime rumor in Arizona right-wing circles may be edging closer to reality--a primary challenge for veteran Senator and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain by former right-wing Congressma...

By Anthony Dalke …What is clear is that General Petraeus’s relationship with Mr. Obama is nothing like his bond with Mr. Bush, who went mountain biking with the general in Washington last fall, or with Mr. Obama’s opponent in the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator John McCain of Arizona, whose aides brief...

By Aron Goldman Do you approve or disapprove of Republican Senator John McCain’s job performance? Favorable 24%Unfavorable 40% If the Republican candidates for Senate were John McCain and Chris Simcox, who would you vote for? John McCain 67%Chris Simcox 17%Undecided 17% Among Hispanics

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By Steve Singiser A day after saying that Democrat Terry Goddard would handily beat incumbent Republican Governor Jan Brewer, PPP gives some good news to the Republicans today for 2010, reporting that incumbent Senator John McCain holds double digit leads over three prospective candidates. He has huge...

By Amanda Terkel Since the president took office, McCain has been on “Meet the Press” twice (July 12 and March 29), “Face the Nation” three times (August 30, April 26, and February 8), CNN’s “State of the Union” twice (August 2 and February 15), and “Fox News Sunday” three times (July 2, March 8, and January...

By pparets Yesterday, Senator John McCain pointedly reacted to the President’s waffling on this critical issue. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. John McCain questioned the Obama administration’s approach in Afghanistan Tuesday, saying he has never seen such a “disconnect” between the White House and le...

By Jen Chung Kennedy's body will lie in state at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library for two days. Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry and Senator John McCain are expected to speak at the Friday night memorial. At the funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica on Saturday, President Bar...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate: “When the people of Arizona sent me to Washington, I took an oath. I swore to uphold the Constitution. For millions of Americans, it is clear what the Constitution means.

By anill MCCAIN: I don’t know…uh…I can’t speak for all Republicans…I know I was out there twice — on the floor of the Senate with Senator Kennedy — trying to pass comprehensive immigration with a path to legalization on it and I was attacked during the campaign for being anti-immigrant. Life isn’t f...

Now, back in the unromantic world of politics, Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham, two of my favorites, have been jumping up and down on Twitter and the Sunday morning shows, basically calling President Obama a chicken for not taking a harder stance over Iran.  McCain would li...

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By M. Duss We are back with Senator John McCain. Of course Republican from Arizona and former presidential candidate. By the way, Senator Lieberman has a proposal that we put sanctions on countries that sell gasoline to Iran. MCCAIN: Maybe we ought to think about passing that legislation.

By The Huffington Post News Team Yesterday afternoon, Air America White House Correspondent (and friend to Eat The Press ) Ana Marie Cox interviewed Arizona Senator John McCain for her forthcoming... Yesterday afternoon, Air America White House Correspondent (and friend to Eat The Press ) Ana Marie Cox interviewed Ari...

By Brent Baker But Palin, along with her husband, got big cheers from the audience when they were introduced on stage at this fundraiser last night; and their table was the only one in the ballroom with a crowd around it. Several Republicans thanked Sarah Palin for showing up. Senator John McCain said it wa...

By The Huffington Post News Team Back in the rough and untamed ancient days of 2008, Senator John McCain used to trod this earth under a banner that read "Country First."... Back in the rough and untamed ancient days of 2008, Senator John McCain used to trod this earth under a banner that read "Country First." His good friend Lin...

Senator McCain was in Columbia last week (July 2008) touting his support for the trade agreement that the Bush administration had negotiated with the country. He also touted his support of NAFTA, contrasting both position with Senator Obama's oppositon to the two pacts.

New York Times - May. 15 (News Report) - Senator John McCain on Thursday welcomed President Obama’s decision to oppose the release of photographs documenting prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan by United States military personnel, even as criticism continued from groups of the left....

By Brent Baker Scheft, a writer for Letterman since 1991, at the May 8 event: Letterman's hit on McCain about Liddy comes a little past the 19-minute mark in the video linked on this page (ACT 3, Senator John McCain, Watch now) of the contentious interview on the October 16 Late Show.

McCain defends Napolitano, insists 9/11 perpetrators came from Canada…”Arizona Senator John McCain is the latest high-profile politician to repeat the diehard American falsehood that the Sept. 11, 2001, attackers entered the United States through Canada. "Well, some of the 9/11 hij...

By Scott Whitlock Good Morning America" on Tuesday highlighted a controversy involving gay marriage and a beauty contest and touted Meghan McCain as an example of a moderate Republican. Reporter David Wright referenced the daughter of Senator John McCain in a piece on the developing story over the Miss U...

I just had the privilege of visiting with Felicitas Rosel and Francisco Cano at their home here in Las Vegas. Today, John McCain is having a different kind of meeting. He's holding a fundraiser with George Bush behind closed doors in Arizona. No cameras. No reporters. And we all know why. Senator...

By Kristofer Lorelli McCain leaves off Gingrich, Romney, Huckabee and others from his list John McCain has changed his commonly used, ’I love Sarah and her family’ line in response to questions about her potential candidacy in 2012.  Senator McCain offered some names of potential candidates.  Knowing tha...

By Max Twain It seems to me that Meghan McCain has failed to learn the most fundamental lesson of her father’s election defeat, a lesson that Senator McCain learned the hard way and may never recover from. In 2000, John McCain was the darling of the media, loved not only by moderate republicans who were d...

By Jed Lewison Only one problem -- he never made any such promise. That was John McCain, as Keith Olbermann pointed out last night. I mean, Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18 billion of our budget.

I’m a little skeptical of any move toward limited government and fiscal responsibility led by John McCain, but after hearing him and Senator Richard Shelby first say that the automakers should be allowed to fail and now say that the banks should be allowed to fail fills me with a little bit...

According to David M. Herszenhorn, in his article titled "For McCain, a Dual Role, Center Stage," over at the New York Times, "Senator John McCain is rewriting the part of presidential loser." Is this article news analysis? Is it an opinion piece? They don't tell us, so presumably it's just...

By Jay Allbritton Filed under: Senate, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Obama AdministrationToday on Fox New Sunday, former Presidential candidate Senator John McCain said he would not support the stimulus package House Democrats have written. "There should be an end point to all of this spending," McCain s...

By Kristofer Lorelli According to the International Herald Tribune, McCain has been counseling President-elect Obama for the last three months on cabinet appointments, national security policy and other issues.  Not long after Senator John McCain returned last month from an official trip to Iraq and Pa...

By brownsox Republican Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh is thought to be Brownback's major competition for the GOP nomination. This also raises the question of whether Brownback and Sebelius will essentially trade places; she'll have a good shot at becoming the state's first Democratic Senator...

By Jim Newell Perhaps the most poignant moment occurred when Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer, hobbled a bit with the help of a cane, as he escorted Senator Dick Durbin for the ceremonial swearing in. One colleague after another reached out to hug or shake hands with Mr. Kenned...

By Brian Moon-audio WIBA Tough economic times call for tough scrutiny of federal spending says Senator Russ Feingold. He is proposing a new effort to block the use of pork-laden federal spending bills "to reign in wasteful spending." He's joined with three colleagues including Republican Senator John McCain w...

By brownsox As for recent history, in 2008, 84-year-old Senator Frank Lautenberg hammered his Republican opponent Dick Zimmer, beating him 56-42 for the biggest victory of his career. Meanwhile, Barack Obama beat John McCain severely, 57-42. New York

By Andrew Malcolm Saturday in Arizona, McCain, a decorated former POW who has spoken often of the horrors of war, said, "I would hope that, in keeping with his commitment, that Senator Obama would condemn such language, since it was part of his campaign."

By DemFromCT Sen. Joseph Lieberman appears to be paying a high price for his embrace of Sen. John McCain in the presidential race. This is the highest disapproval rating in any Quinnipiac University poll in any state for a sitting U.S. Senator - except for New Jersey's Robert Torricelli, just before he resi...

By dandelionsalad Democracy Now! As tension in the region builds, U.S. Senator John McCain has warned Pakistan that, if it didn’t act fast to arrest the “bad guys,” he had personal information that India would launch air strikes on “terrorist camps” in Pakistan and that Washington could do nothing because M...

By Kristofer Lorelli What else do we not know about Senator Obama and his campaign operations?  Has Senator Obama already suffered from smoking related illnesses and are there other health issues that they are keeping private? Senator Obama as a young state Senator and public smoker.

By Tim Graham The worst idea in the next few months would be for Matthews to try and run for the Senate and simultaneously hold on to his Hardball chair at MSNBC. It’s already getting difficult to watch him mock Sarah Palin’s potential 2010 Senate ambitions or witness him interviewing key Democratic ope...

By Michael Kraskin Don't be distracted by the birth certificate and Indonesia issues. They are irrelevant to Senator Obama's ineligibility to be President. Since Barack Obama's father was a Citizen of Kenya and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of Senator Obama's birt...

These patriots includes Senator John McCain (Annapolis, class of ‘58), George W. Bush (remember him?), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (JD Georgetown University), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (JD, Kentucky Law School), Senator Chris Dodd, Chair of the Banking Committe...

By Andrew Malcolm For the Senate. From Arizona. Photo credit: Associated Press SEN. MCCAIN: I'm a Senator. No problem. Q Senator -- Q Senator -- SEN. MCCAIN: Where have you been, Dan? Q Senator? SEN. MCCAIN: Yeah. Q Senator? Q Senator? SEN. MCCAIN: Yes. SEN. MCCAIN: Yes. Q Thank you very much, Senator.

By jen Chambliss won his Senate seat in 2002, and Democrats are reminding voters of the ad Chambliss aired; the ad implied then-incumbent Senator Max Cleland--a Vietnam War triple-amputee--was unpatriotic by showing Cleland and then images of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Back then, S...

And the Republicans are very, very worried about the Hispanic vote. They see the African-American vote as largely gone, but the Hispanic vote was a possibility in future elections. If only Republicans knew how to appeal to Hispanic voters.

By jen Senator Joe Lieberman told Politico he doesn't feel punished after the Democratic caucus voted to let him keep his Senate chair on the Homeland Security Committee but forced him out of the Environment and Public Works one. He said, "I don't view it as a sanction," and suggesting Senate Maj...

By jen Senator Joe Lieberman, whose support of Republican candidate John McCain raised the ire of Senate Democrats, was allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He was, however, ousted from the less showy Environment and Public Works Com...

In a story on President-elect Barack Obama’s Monday meeting with Senator John McCain, CBS’s Dean Reynolds listed some “areas of potential cooperation,” but he worried: “Will it be McCain the bipartisan maverick who reemerges in the Senate or the campaign conservative who might want t...

By Aron Goldman Before attempting to answer that question in earnest, may I first suggest reading these previously-embargoed interviews that I conducted two months ago at the convention in St. Paul with pro-choice Republicans, following the selection of staunch pro-lifer, Sarah Palin, as Senator...

By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) Democrat Barack Obama swept Republican rival Senator John McCain in several key battlegrounds, scoring a landslide victory. Obama beat McCain in at least eight states that went Republican in 2004: Indiana, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Virginia. Obama also bea...

New York Times - By Michael Cooper - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Polls closed in most of the Eastern United States on Tuesday evening, marking the beginning of the end of an election in which millions of Americans voted to decide whether Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain was better suit...

By It's Trent, Bitch! Source] John McCain made a very funny appearance on Saturday Night Live last night where he participated in the show’s opening skit and later appeared during the Weekend Update. Spoofing Senator Barack Obama’s half-hour infomercial which aired on 3 major networks earlier this week, Mc...

By Kathryn Jean Lopez From SNL tonight: SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN - "Good evening, my fellow Americans, I'm John McCain. TINA FEY AS GOV. SARAH PALIN - "And, you know, I'm just Sarah Palin." MCCAIN - "The final days of any election are the most essential. This past Wednesday, Barack Obama purchased airtime on three major...

By MooseStew We've learned that Barack Obama's economic plan for America to redistribute the wealth of America with higher taxes. It took a working man in Ohio to finally get him to explain his economic plan in plain language. Senator Obama wants to "spread the wealth around." He thinks that your job is to...

By Doug John McCain in Wolfeboro. (GG file photo)Senator John McCain's Weekly radio address:[DOWNLOAD THE AUDIO FILE HERE: http://www.johnmccain.com/Downloads/wra110108.mp3 ]Good morning, this is John McCain, speaking to you just 72 hours before the time for choosing.Presidential electi...

New York Times - By Larry Rohter Warrenton - Nov. 01 (News Report) - WARRENTON, Mo. — One of the first places Senator Barack Obama visited after clinching the Democratic nomination was Cape Girardeau, Mo., the birthplace of Rush Limbaugh, the talk show host. On Saturday, he ended his campaign...

What follows is a transcript of my interview this morning with Sen. John McCain on the investor class and the stock market. Big Mac is talking tax cuts on capital gains, businesses, and individuals. There’s no question that he is energized. But politically he is still running even with Obama a...

John McCain on the investor class and the stock market. Big Mac is talking tax cuts on capital gains, businesses, and individuals. There’s no question that ... Experts: Obama, McCain tax plans won't close income gap Seattle Times New York Times - My Windsor Now

Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? “Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are,” Sarah Palin told the Chicago Tribune Thursday.

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Boston Globe (registration), United States - Oct 28, 2008 John McCain in Hershey, Pa.: "Senator Obama believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that grow our economy and create jobs. ... McCain, Obama battle for Pennsylvania Politico

By Todd Gitlin McCain strained, but his heart wasn't in it as he gamely repeated his clichés: "My friend." "I respect that." "The worst thing we can do is increase taxes." Sarah Palin "has more executive experience than Senator Biden and Senator Obama together." "I could not be more proud of her." McCain aban...

From the October 26 edition of NBC's Meet the Press: But then we have an account of you on Meet the Press, going back to June 2005. And this is what you had to say about your relationship with Present Bush at that time. break] BROKAW: But it's not the only poll, Senator. A number of polls show that.

By dweigel@reason.com (David Weigel) Erika Franzi, who described herself as conservative and preferring Senator John McCain over Mr. Obama, used the name “Della Ware” and entered an address of 12345 No Way in Far Far Away, DE 78954. Under employer, she listed: Americans Against Obama; for occupation, she typed in: Founder.

By Andrew Romano Senator John McCain woke Thursday morning to what has become a fairly common greeting in these tough last weeks of his campaign. A raft of polls showing him well behind. Early post-mortems on his candidacy. Even Republicans speaking of him in the past tense. But is it really over? As Mr. McCain e...

By Scott Whitlock SENATOR BARACK OBAMA: All I can say is wow. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: And I'm also very pleased to have the endorsement of four former secretaries of state. BERMAN: And as for McCain's running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, Powell also had harsh words.

By info@wrn.com On Thursday the Associated Press reported of a preliminary FBI investigation into ACORN. Senator John McCain and GOP leaders have accused the voter drive group of knowingly submitting false voter registration cards to election officials.

Senator McCain’s statements concerning teacher certification during the final presidential debate prompted an interesting post on Open Salon by Molly Gum, Who Needs Qualified Teachers When We Have Military Troops?  The post itself and the comments that immediately followed promp...

By info@townhall.com (Hugh Hewitt) Karl Rove sits down with Michael Medved to share the little-known facts about Senator John McCain; Dr. Albert Mohler discusses Barack Obama's radical views on abortion at the Saddleback Church event; Jack Kemp talks to Michael Medved about Barack Obama's dangerous economic plan; Bill...

By Mireille for Obama And he pointedly sought to distance himself from President Bush, both on issues and seemingly personally. As if taking offense to the continued comparison, McCain curtly told his opponent, “Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should ha...

By Jeff Chang With watery red eyes that had him looking as if he'd just smoked a bowl of medical marijuana, Senator John McCain might have made me... Here's why. We're now past silly season and into shitty season. Falling down in the polls like Michael Douglas, Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin hav...

And the winner is... Joe The Plumber. Or maybe Bob Schiffer. John McCain survived another day, leading the first half of the debate, putting Barack Obama on the defensive, wording his distance with Bush ("Senator Obama, I'm not George Bush"), (...)

By Steve Clemons This is by far the best start I have seen for Barack Obama. McCain: "Senator McCain. . .I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago. . ." It's getting more tense. McCain and Obama tied -- but that wasn't good enough for John McCain.

By Brent Baker JEFF GREENFIELD: If Senator McCain does bring up Bill Ayers tonight would that contradict a promise he made just a few days ago? JOHN McCAIN, ON SUNDAY: I respect Senator Obama. We will conduct a respectful race and make sure that everybody else does, too. And that's important. But there are s...

By dandelionsalad Former McCain Supporter Accuses the Senator of “Deliberately Feeding the Most Unhinged Elements of Our Society the Red Meat of Hate” see TrooperGate Official Report Finds Gov Palin Broke Alaska Law McCain and The Evil Empire McCain-John Palin-Sarah Obama-Barack

McCain responded: "Congressman Lewis' comments represent a character attack against Governor Sarah Palin and me that's shocking beyond the pale. The notion that legitimate criticism of Senator Obama's record and positions could be compared to George Wallace, his segregationist po...

By Todd Gitlin Perhaps Balz missed this Michael Cooper piece in The New York Times of July 30, two and a half months ago: In recent days Senator John McCain has charged that Senator Barack Obama "would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign," tarred him as "Dr. No" on energy policy and run adve...

By Berhan Produced by Natalie Moore, Chicago Public Radio Click here to listen >> We’ve been reporting on Chicagoans who are deeply invested in the presidential race between Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Senator John McCain. Today, we meet an Ethiopian-born Chicago resident...

By Scott Whitlock CHRIS CUOMO: Now, Robin, both vice presidential candidates were out on the campaign trail over the weekend. Governor Palin spoke to a crowd in southeastern Ohio. And Senator Biden was joined by both Bill and Hillary Clinton in his home state of Pennsylvania. Now, our Kate Snow, GMA weekend a...

By info@townhall.com (Hugh Hewitt) This special Townhall.com Weekend Journal is spent addressing Senator Barack Obama. Next week we will focus on Senator John McCain.

By Warner Todd Huston Barack Obama played the "me too" game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a brac...

A couple of months ago I wrote on Daily Kos inviting Senator to join me and thousands of others at Netroots Nation in Austin so that he could answer questions from ordinary people. McCain never accepted that invitation. ...

By Liz Mair If Senator Clinton will not agree to join Senator Obama in releasing her earmark requests, voters should ask why she doesn’t believe they have the right to know. Question: if the standard of full disclosure was the appropriate one where Hillary was concerned, why is it not the appropriate...

Good morning, this is Sarah Palin -- the governor of Alaska and candidate for vice president. When Senator John McCain asked me to join the ticket last week, he placed a lot of confidence in me, and I'm going to do my level best to be worthy of it. Senator McCain also asked me to fill in for him toda...

By worldmilitaryhistory McCain Jr., the grandfather and father of Senator John McCain. Purchase a poster or framed print of USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) online at The PatriArt Gallery. The Boston Globe (Sept. 5 edition) printed an article with the headline: ...

By Info@townhall.com (Dennis Prager) Prager H2: The Republican nominee's judgment was on the line last night. Sarah Palin confirmed that judgment with her spectacular speech… Dennis talks to Captain Charles Plumb who served with John McCain and was also a POW in N. Viet Nam… Dennis talks to Orin Hatch, Senator from Utah.

By jen Senator John McCain was officially nominated as the presidential candidate of the Republican party last night, but his running mate Sarah Palin took the convention hall by storm. The Governor of Alaska addressed the crowd and energized them by introducing herself and her family--and a...

By Rich Noyes ABC’s Robin Roberts posed virtually the same question: “Sarah Palin went after Barack Obama. Do you need to change your tone to get your point across?” LAUER: Senator Joe Biden. Senator, nice to spend time with you this morning. Thanks very much. BIDEN: Thanks, Matt.

By jen Senator Joe Lieberman addressed the Republican National Convention in St. Paul last night, heralding presidential candidate John McCain's record. The former vice presidential candidate in the 2000 election discussed his political affiliations, "What, after all, is a Democrat like...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) In 2002, Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for babies who survive abortions -- living, breathing babies whom Senator Obama described as, quote, "previable." This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Illinois had a version of the...

By jen Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has finally made his decision for his running mate and announced that he was selecting Senator Joseph Biden through a series of text messages that went out after 3:00 a.m. An e-mail--from Obama "himself"--later followed, saying, "I have s...

By Mark Memmott In his weekly "radio" address, Republican presidential contender John McCain takes aim at Democrat Barack Obama on the issue of abortion. "For a man who talks so often about 'hope,' " McCain says, "Senator Obama doesn't offer much of it...

By Mike Liberty Peterson The represented includes the millions of Ron Paul supporters and other traditional Republicans who refuse to give their vote to an unsatisfactory candidate, Senator John McCain. For me, I dove more into this stance when Mr. ...

In the meantime, McCain's appearance may have done more for Senator Barack Obama's bid for the presidency than his own. McCain took the opportunity to continue his false, dishonest attacks on Senator Obama instead of, you know, talking about veterans issues. Other veterans, such as Jame...

By david Paris Hilton today posted a video response to a Presidential campaign ad for Senator John McCain. The McCain ad ad, aired last week and compared Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and pop star Britney Spears. ...

By Dan McLaughlin Of course, what matters is what these men did with the national platform they inherited. Reagan immediately became a leading spokesman on national security issues; in 1967 he debated Robert Kennedy about the Vietnam War on national television before a hostile audience, and by all accou...

By jen Of course, the Obama campaign is trying to deal with a celebrity downer: Rapper Ludacris released a song attempting to boost Obama called "Politics/Obama is Here," but not only does he slam McCain (he belongs in a wheelchair) and Bush, he calls out Senator Hillary Clinton:Hillary hated...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) Good morning. I'm John McCain, and this week, debate in the presidential campaign turned to the war in Afghanistan. My opponent, Senator Obama, announced his strategy for Afghanistan and Iraq before departing on a fact-finding mission that will include visits to both those countries. Ap...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) Government has grown by 60 percent in the last eight years, because this Congress and this Administration have failed to meet their responsibilities. In his Senate career, Senator Obama has requested some $930 million for earmark projects. That comes to more than a million dollars in por...

By Nelsa McCain-obamaFrom McCain.com Statement by McCain Campaign on Barack Obama's Iraq Comments Today ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released the following statement from McCain spokesman Brian Rogers concerning Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq:

I think it's been instructive for Americans to see the comparison between the plan that Senator McCain has put forth and Senator Obama's vision on this important issue. And they've both been here in Nevada within the last 24 hours, and it's been good for Nevadans, because while Senator McC...

By schotline In both ads, Graham also makes his case to South Carolina Republican voters. SEN. MCCAIN SPEAKING. SUPER: Senator John McCain Here’s what Senator John McCain has to say about Lindsey Graham: This is Lindsey Graham. It’s been an honor to serve you in the United States Senate.

By Scott Whitlock 7:02am SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: And I'm very honored today to have one of the truly great spiritual leaders in America, a moral compass, a spiritual guide, Pastor Rod Parsley, who is here. Thank you for your-- for your leadership and your guidance. I'm very grateful you're here, sir.

By Flap In a telephone conference call this morning, Democrat Massachusetts Senator John Kerry blames Rush Limbaugh for Barack Obama’s loss to Hillary Clinton in Indiana last night. Hillary Clinton Watch: Rush Limbaugh - “He’s Always Had a Crush on Me”

By jen Senator John McCain headed visited New York today. He stopped off to appear on The View in Manhattan and discussed a homeowner aid plan in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. And while in Bay Ridge, he went to Verrazano Pizza on 4th Avenue and 91st Street and bought a $3 slice of pepperoni pizza.

By Brent Baker RON CLAIBORNE: What's remarkable is that he [McCain] beat Mitt Romney in a closed primary, where only Republicans could vote. No independents, who provided him winning margins in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Today, Romney told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts that he would rem...

By jen Sharpton also asked how black voters who are proud of Obama but also have "affinity" for the Clinton should vote, to which Clinton replied, "I would say first of all: You have a hard choice, and if you decide to vote for Senator Obama I respect you because it is a source of enormous pride in the...

By Domenico Montanaro Dear John: Barack Obama United States Senator February 6, 2006 The Honorable Barack Obama United States Senate SH-713 Washington, DC 20510 John McCain United States Senate February 6, 2006 Dear John: Barack Obama United States Senator

By jen Interesting, fluffy political article in the NY Times about the diverging political allegiances of two high-profile friends. Oprah Winfrey has made no secret of her support for Senator Barack Obama - she's throwing him a fund-raiser at her California home. Maya Angelou, however, has en...

On The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity questioned McCain about allegedly being "heckled by the CNN reporter Michael Ware." McCain replied: HANNITY: What happened at this press conference? You were in Baghdad you were with Senator Graham.

State Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff of Fort Lauderdale is backing GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Here is what she said about the Arizona Senator. “John McCain has been on the right side of the issues that are most important to the...