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McCain Hits Obama on ACORN, Ayers Before Debate

Via TPM.
Sen. John McCain may have offered a sneak preview of his debate game plan this morning during an interview with an Orlando TV station.
McCain appeared on WFTV and jumped on the ACORN bandwagon. He questioned Sen. Barack Obama’s ties to the group of community organizers and suggested voter fraud could determine the outcome of [...]

Obama Camp Pushes Ayers ‘Face’-Off

For a random person with no role in the presidential election, William Ayers has drawn plenty of political attention lately. We try to focus on real issues here at The Washington Independent, but this site has still plunked down a few paragraphs on Ayers, and one from Matthew DeLong actually anticipated the Obama campaign’s [...]

McCain Keeps Pushing Ayers

I genuinely would love to write something that had absolutely nothing to do with William Ayers.
But, unfortunately, the McCain campaign still thinks Ayers is the single most important campaign issue — even though its own spokespeople agree the American people don’t care. This morning, it released a nearly two-minute video linking Sen. Barack Obama to [...]

Competing Views on the Relevance of William Ayers

The McCain campaign today released a pair of statements that raise questions about both presidential candidates’ ties to former Weatherman William Ayers — one directly, and one, it appears, by accident.
The first release features a statement from John M. Murtagh, who said his family’s Manhattan home was fire-bombed by the Weathermen when he was 9 [...]

McCain Camp Quietly Ramps Up Palin’s Media Exposure

Since the vice presidential debate last week, the McCain campaign has quietly increased Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s availability to the media. Instead of high-profile interviews with network anchors, she is favoring local reporters, much like her running mate. She sat down for a  one-one-one interview with a Florida television reporter yesterday. Her schedule today is [...]

McCain Plays It Cool, Doesn’t Change the Game

Sen. John McCain came into the second presidential debate tonight in Nashville in a position of weakness — trailing nationally and slipping in the swing states. He was looking for what the pundits refer to as a “game-changer,” a big win that stops Sen. Barack Obama’s forward momentum and recasts the race in more favorable [...]