Tag: John McCain
The Biggest Loser
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Fri Nov 07, 2008 at 01:17:38 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Let's look past the obvious. I mean even John McCain and Sarah Palin and the rest of the Republican Party deserves a break at this point. No, this story is about another loser, but you can jump in with your nominations for loserdom. First and foremost from Tuesday's blow-out is US Senator Joseph Lieberman (D - CT).
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Election 2008: The Home Stretch Obama Landslide
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Mon Nov 03, 2008 at 03:32:28 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
UPDATE: Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) won the presidency of the United States today in a historic landslide, carrying all of the Kerry states as well as capturing multiple states that have trended Republican in recent elections, including (as of this update) Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico, and running up electoral vote totals that should come close to equaling, or even surpass, those which Bill Clinton produced in the 1990s.
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Who Are The People Who Think Things Are Going The Right Way?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Wed Oct 22, 2008 at 06:35:54 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Whether you consider it a recession or a "rough patch" (President Bush's favored description from earlier this year), we live in troubling times. If you're a major public research company, you ask the public if they think the country is going in the right or the wrong direction.
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Bringing Teh Political Crazy
MayorBob.
Posted to Diary on Fri Oct 10, 2008 at 12:32:29 PM EST. RSS.
Remember when the political loose wingnut factor used to restrict itself to anti-globalization rallies or really extreme third party get togethers in the US? Well, it seems bringing teh political crazy is now mainstream. Political crazy is now a regular feature of Republican rallies and it's not even found in the deep South - they're bringing teh political crazy in relatively staid places like Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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John McCain: "Time out!"
logan.
Posted to Politics on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 03:03:16 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by 1fastdog). RSS.
John McCain stated today that starting Thursday he will suspend his Presidential campaign so he can return to Washington and work on the current financial crisis. By an amazing coincidence the first Presidential debate is scheduled for the next day.
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Dean's 2008 Scream - GOP Is The `White Party'
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 07:22:18 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
If you thought the race card had been retired from the deck of 2008 political playing cards after that blow up over Senator John McCain's (R - AZ) reaction to Senator Barack Obama's (D - IL) reaction to McCain's celebrity internet ad, think again. This time former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and primal scream enthusiast, Howard Dean, inadvertently (or advertently) introduced the issue again.
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The O.D. in the O.C.
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 11:57:27 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Although technically not a a sanctioned debate, nor an actual head to head matchup, Saturday night's forum in Orange County, California was the first time Senators Obama (D-IL) and McCain (R-AZ) answered questions on the same stage since becoming the presumptive nominees of their parties.
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Is The Apocalypse Change We Can Believe In?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sun Aug 10, 2008 at 07:40:17 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It's normal for presidential campaigns to attempt to paint the opposition as misguided, inept, inexperience and unready to lead the nation. You'll even find campaigns seeing fit to paint opponents as reckless ideologues who would bring on nuclear annihilation. Or they'll be cast as reckless ideologues who would release dangerous sociopaths amongst us. But, it's pretty rare to find instances of campaigns who will come out and essentially charge the opposition with being in league with the devil. That, however, is what the Obama camp is accusing the McCain campaign of doing - by running an internet spot implying that Barack Obama is the anti-Christ.
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Pork - Time To Belly Up To The Public Trough
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:53:59 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
They really ought to add one more thing to those two certainties in life (death and taxes) - Congressional pork. Because, here it is 2008, the second session of the 110th Congress, and Congressmen and Senators are still inserting self-serving items into the federal budget. Back when budget earmarks were only costing the US taxpayer millions rather than billions of dollars, the projects were quietly slipped into the budget and funded.
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Did John McCain Come Out The Wrong Birth Canal?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 06:51:28 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Article II, Clause 5 of the US Constitution outlines these qualifications for the office of President of the US: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."
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Straight Talk Express Rolls Romney
novy.
Posted to Politics on Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 09:48:15 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Seniors and Latinos gave John McCain victory in Florida's Republican primary.
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I'm In, He's In, She's In, We're All In
profwhat.
Posted to Politics on Tue Jan 23, 2007 at 02:29:04 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Ending a long period of almost no speculation, Senator Hillary Clinton came out and said it: she is forming an exploratory committee, a first step toward running for President.
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