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McCain And Goldwater Growing More And More Similar

Lynne Glasner | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

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Barry Goldwater adamantly railed against large government and supported tax cuts (sound familiar?). He advocated making Social Security voluntary and selling off the TVA, neither of which garnered him many votes in 1964, a time of economic expansion.

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Sam Stein

Obama Ad: McCain Will Tax Your Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Discussions about health care policy provided some of the strongest voter reactions for Barack Obama during last night's presidential debate. And on t...

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Blitzer: "Apparent" McCain Has "Some Disdain" For Obama

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Immediately after the debate, Wolf Blitzer goes there: "It's apparent to say that Sen. McCain has some disdain, I think it's fair to say, for Sen. Oba...

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Cindy McCain: Obama's Waged "Dirtiest Campaign" in U.S. History

The Tennessean | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight's debate and let America know where he truly stands. McCain, who ...

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McCain Said U.S. Troops Kill Civilians

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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In their recent deep dive into negative, John McCain and Sarah Palin have hammered Barack Obama for supposedly saying our troops in Afghanistan are ju...

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Obama Hatred At McCain-Palin Rallies: "Terrorist!" "Kill Him!" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: Radar reports that the Secret Service is investigating the potential threat against Barack Obama at a Sarah Palin rally: The Secret Service ...

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Conservative Krauthammer Gives Up On McCain

RealClearPolitics | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a d...

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Sam Stein

No Truce: McCain Rips Obama On Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain accused Barack Obama of "phoning it in" when it came to hammering out a bailout package for Wall Street, a day after his campaign rel...

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McCain: He's Got My Name, But Not My Vote!

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

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The site asks Obama supporters who share the McCain name to sign up, posting a photograph and a short paragraph. The site is only a few weeks old, and has 16 supporters pictured.

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McCain and Obama: Fuzzy On Immigration

Jeremy Goren | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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Jeremy Goren

Policy is uncertain by design during a campaign. What's clear is that McCain now frames immigration primarily as a national security issue and his chief proposals center on increased militarization of the border.

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Gathering The Whispering Democrats In Texas

Margo Dunaj | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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Surprise, the venue was too small. Organizers reported 160 watched the debate while 40 more were turned away due to "seating limitations and fire restrictions." Yes! In Texas! Who'd have thought? It's lonely being a Democrat here.

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McCain Mocking In Arizona

Sarah Moglewer | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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The group thought that McCain was ungracious and unkind towards his opponent. They also felt that he was old, cantankerous and too tired to do such an important job as President of the United States.

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Socially Conservative And "Income Challenged" Vermont Seniors Weigh The Candidates

Lois Whitmore | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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There seems to be a lack of perceived connection for some of these voters between their lived experience and the candidates' positions and the party's practices. Voting choices seem to be more like chaos theory than enlightened self-interest.

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What Sen. McCain Doesn't Seem To Understand

Deanie Mills | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

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Deanie Mills

I can tell you that there are many military families who not only DON'T hero-worship McCain, but resent deeply his endless ability to play on his war service and navy family for political purposes while, at the same time, voting against veteran's benefits time and time and time again.

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Sam Stein

McCain Aides Earned Nearly $2.4 Million From Foreign Car Manufacturers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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Early on Tuesday, Barack Obama's presidential campaign launched an ad in Michigan pointing out that, despite assurances that he only purchased domesti...

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Security and the "Reptilian Brain"

Lili Haydn | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Lili Haydn

We must appeal to the "reptilian brain" like Republicans do so well, and make it clear how and why Obama and Biden will make us safer and more prosperous than the danger factory that is McCain/Palin.

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John McCain And GOP Say Most Americans Are Cowards

Bob Geiger | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Bob Geiger

A new poll reveals who, between Obama and McCain, we would rather watch a football game with and, as a slightly more dignified follow-up, who would we choose to be our child's teacher.

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The Day the Momentum Changed: And What Obama Needs to Do in the Debates to Keep It

Drew Westen | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Obama needs to do precisely what he has not done thus far in debates -- connect with voters in a way that makes them feel like they know and share his values, and confident that he will keep them and their families safe.

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Sam Stein

McCain Plays Rezko Card In New Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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John McCain's campaign is out with a new ad Monday morning -- like every morning -- raising some of the ethically compromised characters from Barack O...

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Republicans Undermine McCain, Back Obama On Iraqi Meeting

ABC News | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Earlier this week, the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seized upon a column in the New York Post that described Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as h...

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Sam Stein

McCain Follows Obama With Direct Economic Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Hours after the Obama campaign released an economic-themed television ad with the Senator speaking directly into the camera, the McCain campaign put o...

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Sam Stein

McCain Palin Ad Defends Pick By Ripping Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign has launched, in the form of a new political advertisement, the most explicit defense yet of its choice of Sarah Palin's for vice ...

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What Would Don Draper Do? The Ultimate Pitch Man On The Palin Pick

Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home

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After a round of formalities, Team Obama settles into Sterling Cooper's leather chairs, Pall Mall smoke fills the room and Don, nonchalant but passionate, makes the pitch...

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Crazy McCain Flip Flops In Response to Obama Speech

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

In a commercial released today, McCain looked directly at the camera and promised not to engage in negative attacks. Yet he released a vehemently negative press release as the fireworks were still bursting in the sky over Invesco field.

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Crazy McCain Flip Flops, Can't Help But Go Negative

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

In a television commercial released today, McCain looked directly at the camera and promised not to engage in negative attacks. Yet he released a vehemently negative press release as the fireworks were still bursting in the sky over Invesco field.

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