John McCain Concedes Youth Vote
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008When John McCain said a few weeks back that he would “rather lose a political campaign than lose a war,” it was easy to assume that Iraq was the only battle to which he was referring. However, it is now becoming that embedded in that quote was McCain’s strategy for another battle in which he [...]
McCain Announces New VP Short-List
Friday, August 1st, 2008In an unprecedented move, senator John McCain announced this morning that he will be adding a number of prominent celebrities to his VP short list. Citing his new Celebrities Responsibility Initiative as an inspiration, McCain made public the celebrities who he was seriously considering for posts in his cabinet. According to McCain, celebrities have been [...]
RP Asks: Will Going Negative Hurt McCain?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The New York Times published a scathing editorial criticizing John McCain for letting Karl Rove’s operatives into his campaign, and in so doing adopting a more negative tone in his contest against Barack Obama. In recent weeks McCain has falsely accused Obama of turning his back on soldiers and being an opponent of energy, and absurdly [...]
McCain Approves Banning Affirmative Action
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Both Racewire and The Daily Voice are tracking this story. Jump here or here for more info.
McCain Continues Faltering
Monday, July 28th, 2008John McCain wants to be President of the United States of America, we at least know that much. He claims to be better prepared, and therefore qualified than his opponent Barack Obama to be president, but yet he does very little to showcase this experience. From the outset McCain has touted his foreign policy experience [...]
RP Roundup: McCain’s Hillary Problem
Friday, July 25th, 2008NYMagazine’s John Heilemman has an interesting piece arguing that John McCain is employing the same campaign strategies used by Hillary Clinton in her primary contest against Obama:
Now, it’s fair to point out that strife is nothing new to McCain campaigns, which tend to be less well-oiled machines than spastic-goat rodeos. Yet it’s hard not to [...]
RP: Roundup: Madison Avenue Edition
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008The Nation Times directs us to NPR’s report on advertising efforts targeted at Latino Voters
Adage reports that the democrats are taking no shorts in spending for this year’s races. The Dems have already set aside 50million in ads
Never one to bring a knife to a gunfight, the Wall Street Journal reports John McCain spent a [...]
The Right Is Where We Go Wrong
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008There has been a lot of discussion recently about Barack Obama’s move to “the center.” The concern as Ariana Huffington explains in a post on HuffPost is that by doing so Obama threatens to alienate his core supporters, legitimizes many of the right-wing policies that have bankrupted this nation, and most pressingly, this approach [...]
NY Mag Handicaps McCain’s Running Mates
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Can you guess who is being referred to in this passage:
It’s hard to imagine McCain spending the next five months in close quarters with someone for whom he has so little respect, much less putting him a heartbeat away from the presidency. Jump Here
To think that this person is among leading candidates on everyone’s list [...]
Ari Berman: “John McCain’s Voodoo Reformism”
Friday, June 27th, 2008One of the biggest surprises of this campaign is that it is McCain, the candidate touting his experience in office, who actually has had more trouble shaping his identity. Labeled as everything from a hero to a maverick, McCain the senator and Republican presidential nominee has found it difficult living up to these iconic signatures, [...]
What Ever Happened to the Republicans
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Jeff, I do not know about you, I’m still open to public-financing, as are a lot of artist-practictioners throughout this country who could use some of the financial support thrown behind Barack Obama during this campaign season. In an ideal world the money turned down by Obama and potentially McCain would be re-distributed to fund [...]
