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John McCain, Not So Mavericky Anymore

By | 05.06.10 | 12:06 pm

In a newly published paper, Ben Lauderdale, a Ph.D. student in Princeton’s Department of Politics, uses a statistical analysis to plot the relative mavericky-ness of various members of Congress. Mavericks, he explained to John Sides, are members who vote “less on the basis of the political dimension that More…

McCain 2012

By | 12.11.09 | 10:53 am

Jonathan Martin and Manu Raju’s fun story about the surprisingly oppositional role Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has played this year includes what has to be a cheeky quote from Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).

I don’t know whether he’s angry about his loss or whether he’s preparing himself for the

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Palin’s Improv Comedy

By | 10.29.08 | 5:36 pm

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, reporting from the McCain campaign trail, provides a transcript of Gov. Sarah Palin’s energy policy speech and highlights the many times Palin strays from the prepared, teleprompted remarks. For more on Palin’s deviation from the McCain campaign’s plans, in speeches and elsewhere, see Ana More…

A Soldier’s Unnecessary Retreat

By | 10.03.08 | 6:30 am

BIRMINGHAM, Mich.– Battleground no more.

For the past several months, the Republican and Democratic nominees for president have targeted this fading center of the Rust Belt, with its 17 electoral votes, as a winnable state — part of each party’s electoral strategy to take the White House.

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As Governor, Palin Accepted $25,000 in Gifts

By | 09.26.08 | 6:10 am

As if the McCain campaign didn’t have enough to worry about with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s two cringe-inducing interview segments with Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News — and yet more to come. Now The Washington Post drops this bombshell.

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McCain and the Aircraft Lobby

By | 09.10.08 | 1:46 pm

At 12:01 a.m. Pacific time Saturday, 27,000 Boeing Co. machinists, protesting a lack of job security, went on strike. A lengthy walkout would halt the assembly of several pricey Boeing planes, including its 777.

The aeronautic giant’s 777 is supposed to have enough fuel capacity to win the Air Force’s More…

McCain & Lieberman BFF

By | 09.02.08 | 4:46 pm

Cleveland–Wednesday, Sen. John McCain leaves here for St. Paul, where the presumed GOP nominee is due to give the most important speech of his political career. Before he speaks, however, he’ll have to listen to his controversial vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — not his first choice, according More…