David Brody reports Phil Burress, an evangelical conservative leader, has come aboard to help Sen. McCain win in November. Here’s a portion of a memo he sent to other Christian conservative activists:
Yesterday, though, I saw and listened to a man who likewise is principled. John McCain, unlike most politicians, will not be bullied, threatened, paid […]
Sen. John McCain released a new ad showing his support for free trade and the Colombian free trade agreement. Some won’t like the Spanish subtitles, but it shows a stark contrast with Sen. Barack Obama who wants to renegotiate trade deals like NAFTA.
Even in troubled economic times I think this is a case of good […]
For the most part this minor hubub about Sen. McCain pumping his own gas and not remembering the gas price is a manufactured smear by Think Progress. The reporter passed on a question from a reader which referred to the gas price the last time McCain pumped his own gas. The Arizona Senator admits he […]
Matthew Yglesias doesn’t think Sen. John McCain’s $300 million prize for improved automotive batteries:
On top of all that, $300 million seems preposterously low. A good electric car battery would earn you way more money than that in the course of things. For a prize to make sense, the scale of the prize needs to be […]
Sen. John McCain’s advisor Charlie Black gets caught for being a little too straight with his straight talk:
But he starts by deftly turning the economy into a national security issue - and why not? On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one […]
By pushing to lift a federal ban on offshore drilling Sen. John McCain is betting on good policy being good politics.
McCain has previous challenged a key state issue without damage. During the Florida primary he continued his opposition to a federal catastrophic insurance plan. Gov. Charlie Crist supported it yet still endorsed McCain. The […]
James Wolcott refuses to see past his own partisanship:
[A]s Whiskey Fire observes, “In politics, the person asking for the debates is always the one who knows he’s losing. Always.” So why should Obama extend his hand to assist the lower guy on the totem pole?
This from a guy deploring the “deplore violent macho talk (’If […]
Today, Sen. Barack Obama will be in Kaukauna, WI for a town hall meeting (notably without Sen. John McCain). In preparation Rep. Paul Ryan held a conference call. Ryan started off declaring Obama’s economic proposals “an economic nightmare for Wisconsin.” That’s because he said 98% of Wisconsin businesses are small businesses and Obama’s proposed tax […]
The McCain Report has become an instant hit. It’s lively, interesting, funny, and pushes the campaign’s message. Hiring Michael Goldfarb and letting Joseph Pounder, a former Romney rapid response maven, loose to weblog were great ideas.
The weblog got some love from Newsweek’s Andrew Romano:
The McCain Report, on the other hand, is actually readable. Written by […]
Sen. John McCain’s chief policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin criticized President Bush’s handling of the economy and went on to separate McCain from Bush:
Douglas Holtz-Eakin said the only similarity between McCain’s economic plan and Bush’s is a commitment to keep taxes low.
“Sadly, it seems that is all President Bush understood in the economy,’’ Holtz-Eakin said in […]
Keepthatfaith.com has popped up to get creative conservatives with Photoshop skills to make graphics supporting Sen. John McCain. If you possess the skills I urge you to get creative and show off your stuff.
Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Does Mark Halperin possess any self-reflection? In listing some weaknesses to Sen. McCain’s campaign he writes:
10. That in modern America, perception is often reality and style often beats substance.
With his nanosecond newscycles Halperin is part of the problem. He’s always talking about process over actual issues. If he really cared more about substance he would […]
Yesterday while enduring some loud thunderstorms, I had a chance to talk to Rep. Paul Ryan about Sen. McCain’s chances for winning Wisconsin in the fall. Like in 2004 the Badger State will attract plenty of attention from both McCain and Obama as well as from the national Democratic and Republican Parties and independent groups.
Ryan […]
Matt Cooper tosses out the idea of McCain advisor Carly Fiorina as Commerce Secretary. He’s write that Sen. McCain putting her on his ticket would undercut the “Inexperienced Obama” argument. Cooper points out Fiorina has a history or being a good salesman. Commerce Secretary would be a good fit.
Last month, Fiorina talked to me about […]
Sen. John McCain stepped away from a fundraising e-mail that contained a picture of General Petraeus:
McCain also used the press conference to implicitly rebuke his own campaign, conceding that it was a mistake for them to include a photo of David Petraeus in a fundraising email.
“No,” McCain replied when asked if, in light of Joint […]
