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Sam Stein

McCain Ad, Assaults Bring Campaign To New Depths

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


Thirty days until the election and the presidential campaign is reaching new depths. On Monday, the McCain campaign put out a television ad that is n...

Sam Stein

Say It Ain't So, Sarah: Palin Smears Obama With Year-Old Discredited Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


During an appearance on Fox News this Friday, Sarah Palin claimed that Barack Obama should be disqualified from serving as president because he had on...

Stopping Military Build-up In Afghanistan Key to Real "Change" and "Hope"

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

Any talk of "change" or "hope" must place priority on fighting and defeating the militarism that sucks our economy, polity and culture dry.

Sam Stein

Afghan Ambassador Trumpets Obama Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States trumpeted major portions of Barack Obama's approach towards his country on Tuesday, marking the second t...

Why Doesn't Media Ask McCain: "You Have Served Your Country Honorably, Sir, but Exactly Which Wars Have You Won?"

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

McCain will opt for war as the first choice, not the last choice. With America now embroiled in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one has to worry about John McCain's desire to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

Obama Camp Hammers On McCain's Confusions

Marc Ambinder | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Here's a memo from newly titled "senior strategist for communications and message" Robert Gibbs painting McCain in the deep purple of confusion: ...

Seth Colter Walls

Did Obama Force McCain To Flip-Flop On Afghanistan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


SEE UPDATE BELOW John McCain likes to paint Barack Obama as a naive follower on key national security issues. But by moving up his planned Afghanista...

Sam Stein

Bush Echoes Obama: Afghanistan Is Descending Into Iraq-Like Insurgency

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


President Bush, during a news conference on Tuesday, compared current-day Afghanistan to the war in Iraq in the height of its insurgency. In the proce...

Sam Stein

In Pivot McCain Camp Attacks Obama On Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


On Sunday, aides to John McCain attacked Barack Obama on an area that the Illinois Democrat considers a foreign policy strength: the willingness to re...

Sam Stein

Obama Camp Works To Put Focus On Afghanistan, Not Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


On Thursday, aides to Barack Obama continued what appears to be a concerted efforts to shift the foreign policy debate from Iraq to Afghanistan. Harpi...

It's All About Priorities, Senator McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Jon Soltz

What are Americans going to have to sacrifice if he has his way on Iraq? Health care? Decent jobs? We can't do it all, but John McCain seems to pretend that we can.