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Entries from April 2008

DNC vs. McCain - Newsweek

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

DNC vs. McCain
Newsweek - 7 minutes ago
John McCain as he campaigns for the White House – and while Democrats are still trying to sort out whether Sen. Barack Obama or Sen.

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Democrats Hammer McCain Health Care Plan - CBS News

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Scientific American
Democrats Hammer McCain Health Care Plan
CBS News, NY - 56 minutes ago
John McCain continues his health care tour today in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, explaining the difference between his plan and those of his Democratic
McCain's Health-Care Proposal BusinessWeek
McCain's Progress Wall Street Journal
McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan Washington Post
New York Times - Wall Street Journal
all 608 news articles

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GOP Gives Clinton The Silent Treatment - CBS News

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Sydney Morning Herald
GOP Gives Clinton The Silent Treatment
CBS News, NY - 1 hour ago
Presumptive nominee John McCain and GOP surrogates have seized on new remarks by Obama’s controversial former pastor. From top to bottom, from McCain down
Commentary: How Obama can get beyond Rev. Wright CNN
Hillary better competition to McCain: Poll NDTV.com
Clinton Beats McCain, Obama Ties, Rove Weighs In Forbes
Hindu - Washington Times
all 1,393 news articles

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Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea - Reuters UK

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


All American Patriots (press release)
Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea
Reuters UK, UK - 2 hours ago
By Alister Bull WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A gas tax holiday proposed by US presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad
Obama says rivals Clinton, McCain pandering on gas tax The Associated Press
Double Talk On Gas From John McCain American Chronicle
Pandering on Energy: Clinton/McCain–Yes, Obama–No Huffington Post
Swampland - Wall Street Journal
all 421 news articles

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Obama Says He Is Outraged By Wright's "Rants" - U.S. News & World Report

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Obama Says He Is Outraged By Wright's "Rants"
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 2 hours ago
The New York Times reports in a front page story that John McCain "detailed his plan to solve the nation's health care crisis in a speech" in Tampa
Polls put Clinton ahead of McCain The Australian
McCain, Clinton Pay Women Better than Obama Crosswalk.com
AP Poll shows Clinton best Dem hope to beat McCain, Obama International Herald Tribune
Unconfirmed Sources (satire) - The Associated Press
all 643 news articles

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Trudy Rubin: McCain's disturbing lack of Mideast realism - Dallas Morning News

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Dallas Morning News
Trudy Rubin: McCain's disturbing lack of Mideast realism
Dallas Morning News, TX - 8 hours ago
John McCain's ideas about America and the world have gotten too little coverage. In an obvious effort to distinguish himself from President Bush, Mr. McCain
Young: Hype in two-part harmony Waco Tribune Herald
all 9 news articles

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McCain won't concede Calif. to Democrats - Arizona Republic

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

McCain won't concede Calif. to Democrats
Arizona Republic, AZ - 8 hours ago
by Dan Nowicki - Apr. 30, 2008 12:00 AM John McCain is boldly promising to mount the most serious Republican presidential campaign for California in years

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The Many Faces of John McCain - Yahoo! News

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Sun-Sentinel.com
The Many Faces of John McCain
Yahoo! News - 9 hours ago
How about — how many people can name John McCain's position on abstinence-only HIV/AIDS funding? Roe v. Wade? Gun control? Iran? Who cares, after all,
McCain Twice Calls Obama 'Out of Touch' ABC News
This Pudding Has a Good Theme Wall Street Journal
McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people The Associated Press
About - News & Issues - Huffington Post
all 145 news articles

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Straight Talk Live: John McCain Holds Health Care Town Hall

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Right now, John McCain is hosting a town hall meeting in Allentown, Pennsylvania on the critical issue of our nation’s health care system. The discussion will focus on John McCain’s belief that control over health care decisions must be restored to families and patients; using innovation, prevention, oversight, and better tax policy to ensure that the system works.

Watch the Event

UPDATE: Thanks for tuning in to our live webcast - the town hall discussion went well and highlighted several aspects of the McCain Health Care Plan. We’d like to invite you to continue that discussion by leaving your comments here on the blog.

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McCain Echos Gamecock in Attack on Obama as ?Insensitive? to the Poor

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Since my conservative epiphany, I have been begging Republicans to follow David Horowitz’s advice, in his Left Illusions, on how to beat Democrats, to frame issues in explicitly moral terms.
Finally, a Republican has done it in the blunt terms needed.
HOW TO HELP LOW-INCOME AMERICANS
McCain: Obama’s insensitive to the poor
GOP candidate cites rival’s opposition to suspension [...]

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Disabled group members arrested at McCain's office - The Associated Press

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments


Raw Story
Disabled group members arrested at McCain's office
The Associated Press - 17 hours ago
John McCain's offices Tuesday after being refused a meeting with the GOP presidential nominee-to-be over a bill to expand Medicaid coverage to more people
Protest at McCain’s Senate office leads to arrest of dozens Reuters
all 47 news articles

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GOP fights ad attacking McCain's "100 years" - CNN

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments


All American Patriots (press release)
GOP fights ad attacking McCain's "100 years"
CNN - 19 hours ago
John McCain's remarks on US troops staying in Iraq for "100 years" to paint a portrait of a candidate fixated on keeping a permanent presence in the
AP Falsely Adds "Falsely" Comment in Story on Anti-McCain Ad Editor & Publisher
AD wars! McCain/RNC vs DNC/SEIU FOXNews
RNC Tries to Stop DNC Ad Against McCain ABC News
Boston Globe - FOXNews
all 131 news articles

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McCain Unveils Health Care Initiatives

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I was able to sit in on Team McCain’s blogger conference call today where the focus was on the Senator’s health care initiatives.
McCain looks to remedy our health care problems by unleashing the power of innovation that has made this country great as well as keeping the power to make decisions regarding health care in [...]

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Meghan McCain

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Sen. McCain’s daughter, Meghan, has a blog about the presidential race. I am sure many of those reading this site are already aware of it, but I want to take a minute to highlight it, and the trend I think it represents. Meghan uses her blog to show the non-political side of politics. [...]

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Straight Talk Live: Health Care Town Hall

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Tomorrow John McCain is hosting a town hall meeting in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This event is part of a nationwide tour, during which John McCain is offering specific solutions to address our nation’s health care challenges.

The town hall meeting will be broadcast live on JohnMcCain.com tomorrow at 2pm Eastern Time. Be sure to return tomorrow, watch the event, and leave your comments about the town hall meeting here on the blog.

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Will Obama Take Public Funding in the General After All?

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Two months ago, McCain and Obama got into a bit of a argument over whether Obama would stand by the pledge he made last year to take public funding for the general election campaign if he was the nominee. McCain accused him of being a hypocrite for attempting to renege of the agreement and Obama [...]

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North Carolina Face to Face

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

[This blog is an addendum to my Reality: McCain Thru a Glass, Darkly; North Carolina Face to Face.]
It takes a lot of self confidence and courage to stand up to the PC police in the MSM, so when I declare that Linda Daves has it and John McCain doesn’t, it is more to praise Daves [...]

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Field Report: John McCain in Youngstown

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I apologize for my lack of posts in the last couple of weeks as I have been actually been fulfilling my duties as a college student. This past Tuesday, I took a break from end-of-semester papers and finals to make the hour drive from Steubenville to Youngstown to see John McCain. Once I got there, [...]

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Reality: McCain Thru a Glass, Darkly; North Carolina Face to Face

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

1 Corinthians 13: For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Gamecock will be voting for a leader of the free the world that is one bout of laryngitis away from the lead in The [...]

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McCain Campaign Urges NC GOP to Withdraw TV Spot

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Many Democrats believe that Barack Obama’s appeal will be of great help in down ballot races. The North Carolina Republican Party has released an TV ad hoping to stem some of this appeal by drawing attention to Obama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s anti-American rhetoric.
Team McCain, in accordance with their pledge to stick to the issues [...]

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Now Wouldn?t This Be Fun?

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Here are a few interesting hypothetical John McCain-Barack Obama general election matchups, given what we know today, using OpinionJournal.com’s Electoral Vote Calculator.
These are possible! Think of the fun that this would be  — although we’d still lose, since the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, barring a faithless elector. (Sorry, Kavon, I [...]

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Why Obama is Still Winning (and why Hillary is still in trouble)

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Uh oh… I scale back on my posts only to return and find TLG on the front page! Congratulations.
I have come across a few of these “Obama Republicans” over the past few months. The biggest reason that we are seeing this phenomenon is the fact that Hillary has been too [...]

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