A Pundit Not a President
McCain's approach and tone on foreign policy has always been more emblematic of a TV pundit rather than a sober president.
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Who's Presumptuous Now? McCain Articulates U.S. Foreign Policy in Georgia Conflict
Kent Greenfield | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
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It strikes me as presumptuous indeed for McCain to telephone the president of one of the warring nations, especially to promise something serious. What exactly does "we are all Georgians" mean?
McCain Adviser Arrested Once For Gun Violation On Capitol Hill
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
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John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, is known for his aggressive posture on foreign policy, having served as an architect of...
McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
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Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that:"in the 21st centur...
Obama's Vacation Assignment: Prepping to Make the Case that McCain Isn't "Ready to Lead" on National Security
Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics
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Voters trust McCain on the war on terror; Obama needs to show them every day why they shouldn't.
McCain After 9/11: Wrong About Everything
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home
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On Letterman that October, our experience candidate, was selling Bush's disastrous foreign policy, just as he is today, and in the signature Bush style: smugly and crudely.
McCain Is Taking Foreign Policy Advice From This Guy?
Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
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Like all right-wing foreign policy hacks, Randy Scheunemann is a fervent believer in the sanctity of American power as an infallible force for good.
Does "Pro-Israel" Mean Anything?
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
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Supporting the status quo on Israel is the path of least resistance. It is easy and risk-free. But it only adds to Israel's security problems -- and America's declining strategic position in the Middle East.
McCain More Conservative Than Bush
New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
President Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of American foreign policy, particularly in their approach to the...
War President McCain
Jeffrey Klein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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McCain is not as diabolical as Nixon, but he remains ideologically confined by the same faulty hawkish logic the U.S. used to lose the Vietnam War.
Like Vagueness? Elect McCain Commander In Chief
Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
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McCain's call for an "integrated" "multi-front" plan for victory in Aghanistan is just gobbledygook for "stay the course but make tweaks around the margins."
Biden Praises Obama's Spine, Tells McCain To Study History
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
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Sen. Joseph Biden started his speech to the Center for U.S. Global Engagement on Tuesday with the caveat that he is not an Obama insider. But he certa...
Bush Echoes Obama: Afghanistan Is Descending Into Iraq-Like Insurgency
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
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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...
McCain Defends Czechoslovakia, A Non-Existent Country -- Again
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
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UPDATE JUNE 15: McCain made the same mistake again today during a town hall meeting in New Mexico. Watch the video below. At a press availability...
The McCain Campaign Tries Cross-Dressing on Iran
Daniel Levy | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
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So here was the McCain campaign accusing Obama of being insufficiently multilateral and pro-diplomacy in its foreign policy. It's hard to know where to begin.
How to Judge the Candidates' Foreign Policy Experience
Lionel Beehner | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
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Though Obama has been trashed about his reversal on Iraq, he is right on the biggest foreign policy question facing voters: Is Iraq the central front on the war on terror or is Afghanistan?
Ahmadinejad: I'd Sit Down With Obama And McCain
AFP | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the candidates vying for the US presidency to a debate and called for "fundamental change" ...
Obama Camp Works To Put Focus On Afghanistan, Not Iraq
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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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...
Jeb Bush Joining McCain In Mexico City
ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will join presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain in Mexico City Thursday ...
McCain Got Advance Knowledge Of Colombia Raid
CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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After a scheduled meeting between John McCain and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Tuesday, the presumptive Republican nominee was briefed on the upco...
McCain Confuses Somalia And Sudan
Think Progress | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
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John McCain misspoke and confused his African countries while talking to reporters on the Straight Talk Express today. This time, he was bailed out no...
Can the Republican Party Begin to Look Forward?
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
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The substance of any proposed economic reforms is less important, frankly, than McCain demonstrating that he can, in fact, understand the economy and discuss it in some depth.
Third Term
Max Bergmann | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
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John McCain had George Bush's foreign policy before George Bush. This is not just some campaign line -- it happens to be the truth.
The McCain Vision Of U.S. Leadership
Olivier Kamanda | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home
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The presidential candidates have all articulated a vision of U.S. world leadership. That much is expected, here and abroad. But for John McCain, the future of American leadership is stuck in the past.
Ten Key Steps to Put Obama Over the Top In November
Robert Creamer | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
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Democrats must now focus on accomplishing ten critical tasks that are key to winning the presidency this fall.
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