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Bachmann Says She Will Not Continue in the Race

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sarah Wheaton - Jan. 04 (News Report) - On the morning before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said she was counting on a “miracle” to resurrect her faltering campaign. On the morning after, she acknowledged that it was beyond saving.

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McCain visits Benghazi; Libyan rebels welcome armed drone aircraft

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Greg Jaffe, Edward Cody, William Branigin - Apr. 22 (News Report) - Libyan rebels welcomed President Obama’s deployment of armed Predator drones and received praise from their most prominent U.S. visitor Friday, as they expressed hope that increased American support would help turn the tide in a conflict that the top U.S. military officer acknowledged is becoming deadlocked.

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Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Rolling Stone - By Michael Hastings - Feb. 24 (Investigative Report) - The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.

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McCain's Shift Makes Him Senate's Most Conservative

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

National Journal - By Reid Wilson - Feb. 24 (News) - The politician who once best exemplified the idea of a "maverick" independent has shifted so far to the right that he is now tied for the title of the Senate's most conservative member, according to National Journal's 2010 vote ratings.

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With House set to debate healthcare, government finds up to half of Americans under 65 have preexisting conditions

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Amy Goldstein - Jan. 18 (News Report) - Analysis marks the government's first attempt to quantify the number of people at risk of being rejected by insurance companies or paying more.

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McCain once more into the breach

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Economist - Jan. 17 (News Analysis) - Last week John McCain cast his lot with those who are making some kind of effort at bridging our partisan rhetorical divide.

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McCain wants 'regime change' in North Korea

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Glenn Thrush - Nov. 28 (News) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is calling for "regime change" in North Korea - and blames the recent crisis on the failings of Pyongyang's lone international supporter, China.

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Democrats confident in repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Ed O'Keefe - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Thirteen Democratic senators signaled strong support Thursday for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and said they are willing to work well into December to ensure passage of a defense bill that would end the ban on gays openly serving in uniform.

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Echoing Clinton's famous line, Obama tries to connect with voters

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Hill - By Sam Youngman - Sep. 14 (News) - Unlike former President Clinton, who famously felt the pain of voters during a recession, Obama has not connected emotionally with voters over their worries and fears. Obama’s professorial style was on display during the backyard discussion, as he

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Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Vanity Fair - By Michael Joseph Gross - Sep. 02 (Investigative Report) - Even as Sarah Palin’s public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to enforce silence from those around her. Following the former Alaska governor’s road show, the author delves into the surreal new world Palin now inhabits—a place of fear, anger, and illusion, which has swallowed up the engaging, small-town hockey mom and her family—and the sadness she has left in her wake.

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McCain takes on Republican rivals in second debate

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Jonathan J. Cooper - Jul. 18 (News Report) - Sen. John McCain has squared off in a sometimes testy debate with a former Arizona congressman hoping to take his job. J.D. Hayworth portrayed McCain Saturday night as a flip-flopper on illegal immigration, while McCain painted his rival as a faux conservative who is lax with tax dollars. And each launched some zingers at the other as the candidates met here in their second and final debate before the Aug. 24 primary. The third candidate in the contest, political newcomer Jim Deakin, called McCain and Hayworth "career politicians" who have allowed the federal government to grow. The contractor and Navy Veteran promoted his credentials as a Washington outsider. Hayworth entered the Senate race in February as a formidable threat to the four-term senator and two-time presidential candidate. But polls show he has stumbled recently with McCain television ads have highlighting his role in a 2007 infomercial pitching free government grants. McCain tried to solidify his apparent lead Saturday.

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Democrats claim votes are there to nix ‘Don’t ask, don't tell’ policy

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Hill - By Roxana Tiron - May. 27 (News) - Legislation to scrap the ban on openly gay service in the military is expected to clear a major hurdle Thursday. Read more...

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The Revolution Will Be Commercialized

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Magazine - By Gabriel Sherman - Apr. 26 (Special Report) - From the time of her infamous wardrobe selection, money had been an issue in Palin’s politics. Her relationship with the McCain campaign had been plagued by financial misunderstanding. In her book Going Rogue, she claimed that the McCain campaign had left her on the hook for her Troopergate bills. Palin was furious. “Deep down, she wanted to make money,” a McCain adviser says. “There was always financial stress. They’re not wealthy people.”

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RNC rejects joint 'civility' statement (Politico)

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Andy Barr - Mar. 27 (News Report) - Republicans see the statement as an attempt to force them to either reject the statement — allowing Democrats to say the RNC finds the incidents acceptable — or to sign on to something that the DNC would later wield against them.

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How Republicans Learned To Reject Climate Change

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Alan Greenblatt - Mar. 25 (News Analysis) - There's always been more skepticism about global warming among Republicans than Democrats, but there have also been many bipartisan efforts to address the issue. That may no longer be the case.

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Schooling lawmakers on reform

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Dana Milbank - Feb. 26 (News Analysis) - Republicans had been hesitant to accept President Obama's invitation to participate in Thursday's White House health-care summit. Their hesitance turned out to be justified.

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Obama eyes Democrats-only endgame at healthcare summit

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Sam Youngman, Jeffrey Young - Feb. 26 (News Report) - President Obama signaled he’s willing to use controversial rules to pass healthcare with a simple majority vote. Read more...

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McCain shifting stance on 'don't ask, don't tell' policy?

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Michael D. Shear - Feb. 02 (News Report) - Three years ago, Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) was pretty clear about his stand on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

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Sheriff has McCain in immigration jam

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Glenn Thrush - Oct. 22 (News) - Politico - Maricopa County Sherriff Joe Arpaio is creating more headaches for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

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August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Vanity Fair - Jul. 07 (News Report) - The pattern is inescapable: she takes disagreements personally, and swiftly deals vengeance on enemies, real or perceived. Illustration by Risko. The crowds begin streaming into the Evansville Auditorium and Convention Centre a couple of hours before

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Obama Reaches Out for McCain’s Counsel

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick - Jan. 19 (Special Report) - For Mr. Obama, cooperation with his defeated opponent could also provide a useful ally in the Senate, where Mr. McCain has parlayed his national popularity and go-his-own-way reputation into a role as a pivotal dealmaker over the last eight years. But on the subject of Iraq, in particular, their collaboration could also raise questions among Mr. Obama’s liberal supporters, many of whom demonized Mr. McCain as a dangerous warmonger because of his staunch opposition to a pullout.

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MSNBC retracts false Palin story; others duped

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By David Bauder - Nov. 13 (News Report) - NEW YORK - MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Wednesday. David Shuster, an anchor for the cable news network, said on air Monday that Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, had come forth and identified himself as the source of a Fox News Channel story saying Palin had mistakenly believed Africa was a country instead of a continent. Eisenstadt identifies himself on a blog as a senior fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy. Yet neither he nor the institute exist; each is part of a hoax dreamed up by a filmmaker named Eitan Gorlin and his partner, Dan Mirvish, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The Eisenstadt claim had mistakenly been delivered to Shuster by a producer and was used in a political discussion Monday afternoon, MSNBC said. "The story was not properly vetted and should not have made air," said Jeremy Gaines, network spokesman. "We recognized the error almost immediately and ran a correction on air within minutes." Gaines told the Times that someone in the network's newsroom had presumed the information solid because it was passed along in an e-mail from a colleague.

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CINDY McCAIN CAUGHT CHEATING ON J-MAC!

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

National Enquirer - Nov. 11 (Investigative Report) - The ENQUIRER's exclusive bombshell expose as Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, is caught with another man!

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The Fall: John McCain’s choices

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

New Yorker - By David Grann - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - A defining moment of the “old” John McCain—as many Americans, even some of his friends, have begun to refer to him as he was before his run for the Presidency in 2008—took place in February, 2000, during his first bid for the White House, when he was challenging George W. Bush for the Republican nomination in the South Carolina primary. McCain had recently upset Bush in New Hampshire and was in a buoyant mood, vowing that, like “Luke Skywalker fighting the Death Star,” he would not only defeat Bush but reform a party corrupted by “big money” and, as he later put it, “agents of intolerance.”

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The untruths live on after election

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Joe Garofoli - Nov. 09 (News Report) - Phoenix - Even after hearing John McCain's election night concession speech - described as gracious by many inside and outside his Arizona Biltmore Resort party - the tone among some of his core supporters in Phoenix was anything but. To some there, President-elect Barack Obama was still a "socialist," the "liberal media" was still "hiding" stories, and others wished that the campaign had hammered Obama harder for "palling around" with 1960s domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. In other words, many of the distortions and half-truths repeated by the McCain-Palin campaign - even after being disproved by independent fact-checkers - still packed a powerful half-life. "The McCain people were reprehensible in some of the things they said," said Joseph Tuman, a professor of political and legal communication at San Francisco State University and author of "Political Communication in American Campaigns." "But I don't think this was any worse than a lot of campaigns." The difference, Tuman said, was that the media landscape has changed. The 24-hour online world - where anybody with a hand-held camera can publish a campaign video - has created a hyperbolic environment where every tidbit is spread globally within seconds. And repeated and relayed endlessly. Voters are drowning in information, much of it rich with distortion.

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