John McCain

Newsweek is releasing four biographies on the presidential and vice presidential candidates for distribution exclusively on the Amazon Kindle, Amazon's portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers in less than 60 seconds to a crisp, high-reso...

By John Lumea This much seems true: Unless and until this country's majority news culture --- now represented by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, the New York Times, and the Washington Post --- incorporates into its presidential campaign coverage this kind of foundational vetting, there should be a formal m...

By The Huffington Post News Team 8. The economy is front and center on Americans' minds. What would be your first fix in Washington to help fill up the nation's pocket book? 9. Joe Lieberman is helping you with foreign policy. Has he taught you anything you'd like to share?

By Frank James by Frank James This is from the Associated Press today: FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Listening to Barack Obama, it can seem like Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the main person standing between him and the White House instead of John McCain.

By The Huffington Post News Team One strange Sarah Palin falsehood, which she acclaimed as truth yesterday and the campaign reaffirmed tonight in video was that she successfully auctioned a private jet she deemed unnecessary for the State of Alaska to maintain on eBay. UPDATE: John McCain, fibbing his way through an in...

By Nancy Scola Looking for McCain: The Internet traffic firm Hitwise reports that John McCain is closing the gap with Barack Obama -- at least when it comes to hits pouring in through media and news site. But have a look at our own Hitwise and Compete traffic charts: Obama is still head and shoulders above M...

By dweigel@reason.com (David Weigel) We've been promised some attacks on Obama, but what we have so far reads weak. Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to pro...

By Scott Whitlock Appearing on Tuesday's "Today" show, Republican strategist Mary Matalin slammed the media for its "hair-on-fire" coverage of Sarah Palin's selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee of John McCain. In particular, she corrected a previous segment by David Gregory which a...

By Nancy Scola Upon hearing the startling news yesterday that John McCain had tapped Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, the first thing many of us in the Lower 49 did was to hustle to our computers, BlackBerries, and iPhones to try to get up to speed on her. What we found: t...