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Third-party presidential candidate Bob Barr explains to TPMtv his transformation from conservative bomb thrower to libertarian bomb thrower and how much more he loves bloggers than John McCain does.
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Wesley Clark is not backing down from the controversy created by his statements about John McCain on Sunday.
In a statement released tonight to reporters, Clark reiterates that he respects McCain's war record, but sticks to his main point that McCain's record does not qualify as the sort of judgment needed to be president:
There are many important issues in this Presidential election, clearly one of the most important issues is national security and keeping the American people safe. In my opinion, protect
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Here's the McCain campaign's response to Obama's rejection of Wes Clark's comments about McCain's military record...
"Of course Barack Obama has called many times for a new kind of politics, but his campaign just hasn't lived up to it. We've learned we need to wait and see what Senator Obama actually does, rather than take him at his word."
Can you believe it? The McCain camp isn't accepting Obama's disavowal of Clark's comments!
I was certain that the McCain campaign would respond by saying: "Okay, w
The Obama campaign has a new statement out condemning Wes Clark's comments in an interview yesterday in which he questioned whether John McCain's military service means he has the qualifications to be commander in chief.
"As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," said Obama campaign spokeman Bill Burton.
But what did Clark actually say? In the course of arguing that military service alone
Uh oh. Looks like Joe Lieberman is experimenting with new and creative ways of amplifying the GOP message that if we elect Barack Obama president, we'll all die.
On CBS yesterday, Lieberman strongly suggested that we would be hit by a terror attack in 2009 -- and that this should make us pull the lever for McCain...
As a special bonus for all you Lieberman fans, also note that Lieberman cited Hillary's attack on Obama's commander in chief cred during the primaries.
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Jun
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John McCain is up with a new ad that seems designed to reframe the battle over energy policy as a national security issue and even to some degree a referendum on the candidates' patriotism:
"John McCain will call America to our next national purpose: Energy Security," the announcer says, and later even adds: "Putting country first. McCain."
It's worth noting that Obama has done better on economic issues in most polls, while McCain has done better on national security -- thus the McCain camp's efforts to
Jun
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Jun
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John McCain is rapidly distancing himself from a claim by senior adviser Charlie Black that a terror attack on the United States would help McCain in political terms.
Here's McCain at a presser today, responding to a question about his top adviser, who rather bluntly told Fortune magazine that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto "helped" McCain and added that a terror attack on U.S. soil "would be a big advantage" to McCain...
"I strenuously disagree," McCain said.
The funny thing about this is t
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John McCain's new TV ad confirms that he'll be trying to run far away from Bush during this election season, in his quest to win over moderate voters. This ad focuses on the environment, with a declaration that "John McCain stood up to the President" on global warming:
Clearly, the McCain camp is worried about the Democrats' message that he would simply be a third Bush term, and they're doing what they can to rebut it.
The ad will be running in battleground states and on national cable.
