McCain says he won't run from Bush in campaign

Senate veteran aims to stress experience over his foe's style

Republican John McCain said he won't try to "separate" himself from a weakened President Bush or his unpopular handling of the war in Iraq to try to win the general election against Barack Obama, who has made opposition to the war a focus of the Democratic campaign. Full Story »

Posted by Jane Wylen
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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, John McCain
Member Tags: environmental policies
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Posted by: Posted by Jane Wylen - Jun 6, 2008 - 4:54 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jun 6, 2008 - 7:38 AM PDT

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Jeff Clark
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by Jeff Clark - Oct. 1, 2008

A stenographic article with no analysis, basically a free ad for McCain 2008. It does give some idea of the vapid talking points that McBush thinks he can run on.

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Jane Wylen
3.7
by Jane Wylen - Oct. 1, 2008

This story gives a good synopsis of an interview that US News and World Report held with McCain -- highlighting the important issues. It could have made more comparisons between McCain positions and Obama positions, for instance on the environment, although it did differentiate their positions on the Iraq War

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