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The biggest news in John McCain’s “2013” speech today is his suggestion that he’d have troops out of Iraq: By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her Read More...
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John McCain’s speech on his vision for America may have been comically sunny , but it’s got one nugget of genuine inspiration: "My administration will set a new standard for transparency and accountability. I will hold weekly press conferences. I will Read More...
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If you're looking for entertainment, watch Republican candidates try to imitate Barack Obama’s hope/change shtick. In his now-famous Tuesday night memo to Republicans, NRCC Chair Tom Cole wrote that "Republicans must undertake bold efforts to define a Read More...
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The Clinton campaign fired off a new "memo" today arguing that West Virginia is essential to winning in November: "Every nominee has carried the state’s primary since 1976, and no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916." Read More...
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John McCain has some electoral vulnerabilities, but troop-supporting usually is not one of them. It’s a little baffling, then, that he hasn’t signed on to Sen. Jim Webb’s G.I. bill to increase educational benefits for servicemen and veterans. Republicans Read More...
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Be it resolved: John McCain's proposal for a series of unmoderated debates with Barack Obama throughout the summer is “a great idea.” That's what Obama called it, but others aren’t so sure. TNR ’s Noam Scheiber argues that free-for-all debates would help Read More...
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The “gas-tax holiday” recommended by John McCain (and endorsed in part by Hillary Clinton) proposes a temporary reduction of the federal gas tax by 18.4 cents per gallon between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But how temporary would it likely be? Reimposing Read More...
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Last week we got all optimistic about John McCain’s decision to call off the cavalry in North Carolina, where the Republican Party was planning to run an ad attacking two Democratic gubernatorial candidates for their associations with Barack Obama using Read More...
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On the last stop of John McCain’s umpteenth tour in recent memory—this one visitng “America’s forgotten places”—he swung through New Orleans for an opportunity to slam President Bush for his handling of Hurricane Katrine in front of the dilapidated houses Read More...
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Responding to our earlier post , Slate 's James Ledbetter weighs in with a few more reasons Clinton shouldn't count on a 2012 win: 1) HRC is not getting any younger; she will turn 65 in 2012 and 69 in 2016. Multiple presidential bids are going to take Read More...
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We're hoping to start including more reader responses in our posts, so here's a good place to start. One reader, Mike, weighs in on yesterday's post about McCain's letter to the North Carolina GOP about its ad invoking Jeremiah Wright: I think you've Read More...
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I’m generally skeptical about suggestions that this general election will be more civil than most. Just look what happened to the Democratic race, which back in 2007 felt like an ice cream social compared with the GOP race. But there are signs of hope. Read More...
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Via Ben Smith , here’s a great video of Gov. Ed Rendell berating talking to college students who support Obama. It’s almost pointless to note Rendell going off-message—it happens every time he opens his mouth. But this time, he’s essentially repeating Read More...
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Last week we discussed how the case of Kentucky Rep. Geoff Davis, who referred to Barack Obama as “that boy,” might serve as a cautionary tale for John McCain. If McCain’s age becomes an issue in the general—and it no doubt will—we figure it’s not inconceivable Read More...
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John McCain’s released two years of tax returns today to little fanfare. We learn that he earned $405,000 in 2007. We learn that he’s giving his ex-wife $17,000 a year in alimony. What we don’t learn, though, is how much he’s getting from his current Read More...
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Reason No. 423 why I can’t wait for the general election: No more tedious, transparent expectations gaming. Right now we’re being told that Barack Obama doesn’t plan on coming close to winning the Pennsylvania primary. Heck, he’d be happy if he got a Read More...
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John Dickerson has a new piece up discussing John McCain’s unlikely new outreach tour through Democratic strongholds. The theory, writes Dickerson, is that “even if voters disagree with McCain, they come away with a favorable gut-level sense of his character Read More...
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You’d think that after an eight-hour testimony like Petraeus and Crocker's yesterday, the presidential candidates would now have a clear set of facts to debate. If only. The problem, as the Times puts it , is that Clinton/Obama and McCain “seemed to be Read More...
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If the presidential candidates have one goal, it’s to maximize face time. Get in front of as many voters as possible while expending the least amount of jet fuel and energy. Tonight, you’ll see the philosophy on display when all three candidates show Read More...
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Hurray, everyone’s finally got their narrative! Hillary is untrustworthy —so every time she tells a story, critics will question it. Obama is inexperienced—so every time he does something naive, critics will jump on it. McCain is many things (ill-tempered, Read More...
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