John McCain

 KS - People derided the vetting process used by former GOP presidential hopeful John McCain when he selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate in last year's ...

By info@reason.com (John Berlau) To the extent that Obama's campaign attacked the specific deregulation policies that McCain backed, Obama ended up doing more than just running against McCain and his advisers, such as the much-vilified former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm. Obama was also campaigning against Bill Clinton, Rob...

By jen Polls suggest that Obama is still leading: ABC News/Washington Post poll says he has a 54-43 lead over McCain; the Wall Street Journal/NBC News says Obama has a "solid, though narrowing, lead" of eight points; and CBS News finds a Obama has a 13 point margin over McCain among likely voters.

By jen Powell, a more moderate Republican, described his admiration for Republican candidate John McCain, but expressed his deep reservations about the McCain campaign. In the past few months, Powell questioned McCain's recent judgment (including the selection Sarah Palin as running mat...

By jen Much of the punditry has pointed out that Obama seemed cool and less inclined to attack (notably not questioning Sarah Palin as a VP running mate), perhaps to protect his lead. On the other hand, McCain was aggressive but not hostile at the start but then became more agitated and seemed to ma...

Speaking on Face The Nation, Rudy Giuliani said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was announced as presumptive GOP nominee John McCain"s running mate, is more qualified to be president than Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

By jen However, yesterday Senator Clinton did issue a statement about the selection of Biden, "In naming my colleague and friend Senator Joe Biden to be the vice presidential nominee, Senator Obama has continued in the best traditions for the vice presidency by selecting an exceptionally st...

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 jen After earlier reports that Senator Barack Obama would be ready to announce his vice presidential running mate this week, now it seems that he may do so as soon as Wednesday. According to the NY Times, the focus is "mainly on three candidates: Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, Gov. Tim Kaine of Vir...

 - Feb 3, 2009 During the campaign, John McCain made much of his own experience — and Obama’s lack of any — until McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate and thus ...