Perhaps the biggest problem for John McCain, self-proclaimed “maverick” (retch), is that he has bucked his own party for so long that he has incurred the enmity of many in his party. However, in an election year where “change” is so essential, something (perhaps the only thing) that Democrats and Republicans agree on, putting McCain at the top of the […]

You would have thought that after last week’s sorry debate performance that Sarah Palin’s star would have completely faded from the sky. However, you would have been wrong. Like Rich Lowry and so many other conservative pundits, there is a certain segment of the electorate that is … well … let’s face it: They’re hot for Sarah. They don’t care […]

Back in 2006, during ethics reform debates in the Senate, Barack Obama sent John McCain a letter proposing a path forward, one that was not to John McCain’s liking. So John McCain sent him back what has to be the snarkiest, most sarcastic response I have ever read in what should be a professional communication. You can read both letters […]

McCain Giving Up on Michigan John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive […]

Sticks and stones make break some bones but words can scuttle an economic bail out and send the stock market tumbling. At least, according to House Minority Douchebag, John Boehner. Democrats were lined up to deliver 120 votes. They delivered 140. Republicans, under the wise sheparding of John “Mighty Mouse” McCain, were responsible for the rest, about 100. They delivered […]

Oops. Someone rolled out an internet banner ad a day early, it appears: Screen shot of the webpage from the Wall Street Journal featuring the ad HERE. “McCain Wins Debate!” declares the ad which features a headshot of a smiling McCain with an American flag background. Another ad spotted by our eagle-eyed observer featured a quote from McCain campaign manager […]

Maverick – mav·er·ick /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/ Pronunciation – [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] noun – A person who lurches from idea to idea with no rational or logical explanation or progression in order to appear to be challenging the status quo. Thanks to John McCain for this new definition. I’m just sayin’…

Hilzoy over at Obsidian Wings blog sums up McCain’s blatant and cynical politicization of the financial crisis perfectly: David Kurtz notes that McCain had spoken to the House Republicans before they staged their revolt, and that a number of them reported that he seemed sympathetic to their ideas. McCain’s campaign, however, issued a statement saying that he “did not attack […]

John McCain said this week he was suspending his campaign to help solve the nation’s financial crisis. Like hell he did: In Ohio, Brenda Lewis of the Greene County Victory Office seemed surprised there was any doubt that the office would be open. “Suspension of the campaign?” she asked out loud, before saying that her colleagues would be phone banking, […]

After spending the summer complaining their campaign wasn’t getting the same amount of attention from the media as Obama, the McCain group is now complaining that they don’t like the kind of coverage they are getting. It didn’t seem to register with them that Obama’s media attention was largely him getting roasted over stuff like his pastor, his exceedingly tenuous […]

Unbelievable. “Loan Titans Paid McCain Adviser Nearly $2 Million” That’s right, John McCain’s Campaign Manager [Rick Davis] earned $2 million over five years lobbying for the very groups McCain is blaming for our recent financial “hiccup” (to quote my friend, Aielman.) Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an […]