NEW YORK — A new survey of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and CBS found that the McCain campaign’s recent negativity and personal attacks on Sen. Barack Obama may have done more damage to Sen. John McCain than the intended target.
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 More…
FREDRICKSBURG, Va.– Sen. Barack Obama is not looking back. In a flurry of campaign activity since Friday’s debate, the Democratic presidential nominee hit several large rallies, paired up with Sen. Joe Biden, his running mate, for two joint events, delivered a keynote address to a Congressional Black Caucus gala, sat More…
OXFORD, Miss. — “The Bullet” looked downright angry with Sen. Barack Obama after Friday night’s debate. Standing in the Spin Room next to the debate auditorium, McCain strategist Steve Schmidt drew a larger clutch of reporters than other surrogates — a vaunted list that included a former secretary of state, More…
OXFORD, Miss. – Sen. Barack Obama laced into Sen. John McCain during the first presidential debate on Friday, repeatedly telling McCain “you were wrong” on the key foreign policy issues facing the U.S. Obama blasted McCain for supporting President Bush’s “failed” policies against Iraq and Al Qaeda, tweaked Republicans for More…
It took some followup from host Jim Lehrer, but tonight Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain finally went on record as saying he’ll vote for a bailout.
He didn’t say what kind of bailout or go into much details – his answer was a brief “yes” after Lehrer pressed him More…
Sen. John McCain is sticking to his Saddleback Church strategy of tapping his stump speech talking points where catchy statements make an impact. Example, former members of Congress residing in prison; railing against $3 million for bear DNA; hitting Obama for $932 million in earmarks; didn’t win Miss Congeniality in More…
OXFORD, Miss –Large crowds of students and campaign fans are gathered across the Ole Miss campus here, excited that this long-scheduled presidential debate is actually going to happen. While the visitors wave signs and point out the political celebrities — on a single stroll by the debate site this afternoon More…
Jim Lehrer, the respected PBS journalist tapped to moderate the first presidential debate, has announced that the event’s designated focus on foreign policy will not preclude a discussion of the current economic crisis.
That didn’t take long. Within hours of Sen. John McCain’s effort to scuttle Friday’s presidential debate, a group of liberal activists launched a sleek online petition for Americans to “demand the debate” goes on. The site currently shows Sen. Barack Obama behind a lectern — thoughtful, poised, in command More…
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