''Delighted''

November 3, 2008 - John McCain worked hard to earn the endorsement of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He sided with them 90 percent of the time, did ''everything'' he could to get them elected and then re-elected, and shares the same disastrous philosophy of governance that promises four more years of the same failures.
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Dick Cheney ''Delighted'' to Endorse John McCain

November 3, 2008 - Barack Obama asks, ''Do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change?''
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McCain Outgunned in Ohio

November 3, 2008 - Ohio is a battleground in the presidential race, and here's the view on the front line: McCain's get-out-the-vote operation has struggled to build momentum, and it appears outgunned by Obama's.
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Stevens Disputes Conviction, Claims ''No Black Mark'' on Name

October 31, 2008 - Stunning news out of Alaska last night as Ted Stevens disputed the fact that he was convicted on all seven felony charges relating to gifts he received while serving as the state's senior senator. Stevens, a lawyer who once served in the Justice Department, argued an interesting legal theory: it is not a conviction until the appeals process is over.
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Robots Attack!

October 31, 2008 - John McCain is blanketing the nation with negative robocalls to distract from the economy and distort Senator Barack Obama's record. Fight back! Knock on doors in your neighborhood. Make calls to voters. Visit your local Obama campaign office. Find out how. We're only days away...
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''Rearview Mirror''

October 30, 2008 - Wonder where John McCain will take the economy? Look behind you. We can't afford more of the same.
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GOP Rep.: McCain Didn't Live Up to Clean Campaign Pledge

October 29, 2008 - Republican Chris Shays (CT) called out John McCain on his campaign of sleaze.
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On the Air

October 29, 2008 - Check out the latest television ad put out by the Obama campaign.
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Arizona, the Battleground State

October 29, 2008 - Things are looking tight in Arizona, John McCain's home state. Arizona Republic reports.
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Stunning Admission by McCain Camp on Healthcare Plan

October 28, 2008 - John McCain's healthcare plan will ''blow up'' the employer-based system and healthcare experts are not so hot on that idea.
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Putting Montana in Play

October 28, 2008 - Montana has tightened in the polls -- many map gurus mark the state as a ''toss up'' -- and this scared the Republican National Committee into Read More · Link to this Article · Comments (0)

McCain Pushed Regulators on Land Swap

October 28, 2008 - McClatchy reports that John McCain pushed regulators to support a land swap deal despite a pledge to never again intervene with regulators after his brush with corruption in the Savings & Loan scandal. The deal would have benefited owners of the Spur Cross Ranch, including a company ran by a former associate of Charles Keating, the S&L head at the center of the scandal.
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A Panel of Economic Advisers Minus Two

October 28, 2008 - John McCain held an economic panel with two former high-profile advisers nowhere to be found.
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Former GOP Senator Votes Absentee for Obama

October 27, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama earned the support of former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler (R), Politico reported this weekend. Pressler was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate.
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More of the Same

October 26, 2008 - Check out our latest video on John McCain's ''more of the same'' campaign.
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DNC VIDEO HIGHLIGHT'S LINDSEY GRAHAM'S DOUBLE TALK ON JOHN MCCAIN’S PROMISE OF MORE OF SAME

October 26, 2008 - Appearing on ABC's This Week, Senator Lindsey Graham said ''John McCain is truly an independent, stood up to his own party.'' But on the same show back in June Graham was asked if John McCain would offer a continuation of President Bush's economic policies. His answer: ''Yeah, absolutely.''
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DNC Files FEC Complaint Over McCain Campaign's Missing, Excessive and Anonymous Donors

October 25, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today announced that it will file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday morning to request a thorough investigation of the McCain campaign's most recent attempt to skirt campaign finance laws. According to the complaint, an analysis of the information provided by the McCain Campaign on its website shows that the campaign received 6,653 contributions that were at least $1,000 in excess of legal limit of $2,300--including one donor who contributed $56,047. The McCain Campaign website also lists 23 anonymous contributions in excess of fifty dollars, despite the legal requirement to maintain the name and address of each contributor any amount in excess of $50, and dozens of additional donors who provided incomplete information.
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John McCain Calls New Yorkers ''Elitist''

October 24, 2008 - John McCain, the uniter?
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McCain 2000 Defended ''Progressive Taxation''

October 24, 2008 - In 2000, John McCain appeared on the Hardball with Chris Matthews College Tour at the stop on the Michigan State campus. Back then, he defended the progressive tax system from charges of ''socialism,'' saying there was ''nothing wrong'' with paying ''somewhat more'' when ''you reach a certain level of comfort'' -- read: rich.
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Bush Casts Early Vote for Third Term

October 24, 2008 - George W. Bush cast an early vote for his third term by absentee, reports the Associated Press. The countdown continues... less than eleven days to change!
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How Much Would You Save?

October 24, 2008 - It is no surprise that John McCain continues to lie and distort Senator Barack Obama's record on taxes, and his plans for middle-class tax relief -- the Washington Post reported this morning that Senator Barack Obama's middle-class tax cuts are resonating with voters.
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McCain Claims He Hasn't Flipped on Anything from 2000

October 23, 2008 - John McCain told the local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. that ''I'm the same guy'' from 2000, claiming that he hasn't flipped on any issue since his last run for the presidency.
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ICYMI: MSNBC on McCain's Voter Registration Fraud Problem

October 22, 2008 - OLBERMANN: It was less than one week ago when Senator John McCain on national television warned the nation about a grave threat to democracy, maybe even quote "destroying the fabric of democracy." So, in our third story tonight, why have McCain and Sarah Palin stopped sounding the trumpet on this grave threat over the last few days? No, he didn't just forget. McCain's charge was that the national grassroots group, ACORN was committing widespread voter fraud, disenfranchising voters by registering fictional voters and Barack Obama had helped to fund ACORN. As we have explained previously, some part-time workers have been accused of ripping off ACORN because fictional voters do not vote.
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Senator Obama on the Latest McCain Attacks

October 22, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama spoke to reporters today and addressed the latest nonsense from the McCain campaign on taxes.
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John McCain and Republican Party Must End Hypocrisy on Voter Registration Fraud and Sever Ties with Tainted GOP Operatives Immediately

October 21, 2008 - On a conference call today, the National and California State Democratic Parties called on the Republican Party to end their hypocrisy on voter registration fraud and sever all ties with long-time GOP Operative Mark Jacoby. Jacoby is the owner of Young Political Majors (YPM) who was arrested in California last weekend on two counts of voter registration fraud and two counts of perjury. Jacoby faced allegations of voter fraud in 2004 when he worked for Arno Political Consultants. YPM is currently under contract with the California State Republican Party to register voters. John McCain's California Co-Chair is also a leading supporter of the CA Republican State Party's voter registration efforts. Just yesterday, campaign finance reports revealed that the MCCain-Palin campaign and the RNC have paid Nathan Sproul, a Republican operative who has faced numerous charges of unethical and potentially illegal activity surrounding voter registration.
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CNN: McCain a Drag on Down-Ticket Republicans

October 21, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama may be helping down-ticket Democrats send entrenched Republicans packing this November. CNN takes a look at Chris Shays in Connecticut.
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McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused of Voter Registration Fraud

October 20, 2008 - John McCain's hyperbolic claims about ''the fabric of democracy'' ring incredibly hollow when, at the same time, he pays dirty tricksters like Nathan Sproul $175,000 to ''register voters.''
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McCain Hits Up Russian Envoy for Donation

October 20, 2008 - According to a letter released by the Russian envoy to the United Nations, John McCain contacted Vitaly Churkin seeking a campaign donation.
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Freddie Mac Paid GOP Firm to Kill Regulatory Bill

October 20, 2008 - In the New York Post, Freddie Mac paid a Republican consulting firm, DCI, whose chief executive was Doug Goodyear, the lobbyist that was tapped to run the Republican National Convention but later resigned when his connections to the brutal regime in Myanmar were unearthed.
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We Can't Afford John McCain

October 17, 2008 - Taxing health benefits? We can't afford John McCain.
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McCain on Bush: ''I Did Everything I Could to Get Him Elected''

October 16, 2008 - Last night, John McCain tried to distance himself for the last eight years of the failed Bush agenda -- unfortunately for him, he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time and even boasted about doing 'everything I could' to get him elected. Now he's doing everything he can to get a third Bush term.
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23 New Fact Checks Added to the Count the Lies Counter

October 16, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter to reflect the 23 new fact checks published during and after last night's third and final Presidential debate. McCain showed how desperate and erratic his campaign has become by choosing to repeats some of the most widely debunked campaign lies on everything from health care to taxes.
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90 Percent

October 16, 2008 - Check out the latest ad from the Obama campaign after last night's final presidential debate. John McCain says he's not George Bush, but he's voted with him over 90 percent of the time -- he even boasted about it himself. The truth is that John McCain offers more of the same and he can't run from his record.
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Report on Alaska National Guard: Inadequate Leadership from Palin

October 16, 2008 - Governor Palin's response? Attack the report. Apparently, any report published in Alaska about Sarah Palin's performance as governor is a political hatchet job.
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Can You Hear Me Now?

October 16, 2008 - John McCain received free-of-charge portable cell towers from Verizon and AT&T, two companies that, as the ranking minority member on the Commerce committee, McCain oversees in the Senate.
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Obama-Biden Tax Calculator

October 15, 2008 - Find out how much you will save under Obama-Biden tax plan.
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Fun Fact: Saddam's Lobbyist? Also McCain's Transition Chief

October 14, 2008 - There are some unanswered questions about John McCain's judgment in tapping a former lobbyist for Saddam Hussein as his transition chief.
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McCain Dusts Off an Old Speech

October 13, 2008 - John McCain is out of ideas and in the latest reboot of his campaign, he dusted off an old speech for the same ends: pushing Bush/McCain economics.
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Way to Not Combat the ''Erratic Behavior'' Narrative

October 13, 2008 - John McCain and his erratic behavior.
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DNC Releases New Web Video "Stand Up"

October 13, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee released a new web video called ''Stand Up'' that compares John McCain's call today for voters to ''stand up'' and help send him to the White House today with his call for voters to ''stand up'' and help reelect President Bush in 2004. The video comes on the same day McCain tried to "reset" his erratic and flailing campaign by returning to his 2004 convention speech, in which he famously called on Americans to ''stand up with our President.''
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90% Believe U.S. on Wrong Track

October 13, 2008 - According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, 90 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track -- the highest ever recorded since the question was first asked 35 years ago -- and President Bush received 23 percent approval, the lowest in 70 years of polling.
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Shorter John McCain: Dow Jones? Who?

October 10, 2008 - As countless thousands, perhaps millions, of Americans are losing their retirement savings, the McCain campaign is operating on radio silence. Must be part of that 'turning the page on the financial crisis' strategy. John McCain would rather lose your life savings than lose an election.
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Local Republicans Frustrated with McCain in Indiana

October 10, 2008 - And the hits just keep coming as Republicans are frustrated with John McCain's campaign (or lack thereof) in an uncharacteristically competitive Indiana.
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McCain's Nevada Operation Mocked by Activists as ''A Joke''

October 10, 2008 - Things aren't going so well for John McCain in Nevada. Local Republican activists fear the GOP nominee 'lacks the ground operation and commitment to win Nevada' and one GOP operative called their campaign 'a joke,' reports the Las Vegas Sun.
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New DNC Web Video Asks ''Who Is John McCain''

October 10, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today released the second in a series of web videos showing John McCain denouncing his own campaign tactics. The new ad, called 'Who Is John McCain,' shows McCain in 2000 denouncing negative campaign tactics and promising to fight the battle of ideas. The ad compares John McCain's aversion to negative campaigning in 2000 to his campaign's desperate and misleading attacks today.
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Senator Obama Draws 15,000 in Cincinnati

October 10, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama is taking his message of turning the page on the last eight years of failed Bush/McCain policies to southern Ohio this week. Meanwhile, the McCain campaign continues their dishonest and dishonorable dive into gutter politics in a desperate attempt 'turn the page on the financial crisis' strategy while the Dow Jones crashes at historic rates and taking the savings of thousands of Americans with it.
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''Tested''

October 9, 2008 - John McCain’s new mortgage plan would reward lenders for their irresponsibility and uses taxpayer dollars to do it. That's not change, that's more of the same.
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DNC on the TV

October 8, 2008 - Communications Director Karen Finney appeared on MSNBC to talk about John McCain's sleazy, dishonest and dishonorable campaign.
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''Taketh''

October 8, 2008 - Watch the latest ad after Senator Barack Obama handily won last night's second presidential debate.
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$2 Trillion in Retirement Accounts Lost

October 7, 2008 - Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months, Congress' top budget analyst estimated Tuesday. Yet, John McCain stlil wants to privatize Social Security.
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''The Subject''

October 7, 2008 - We know what kind of game John McCain is going to play for the remainder of the election. A top aide recently admitted to that ''If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we’re going to lose.'' John McCain, who is out of ideas, out of touch and out of time, is desperately trying to change the subject. It will not work.
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Rewriting History on Keating

October 6, 2008 - John McCain's campaign is trying to rewrite the events of the Savings & Loan scandal nearly twenty years later. In his 2002 autobiography, McCain called the scandal 'the worst mistake of my life,' but now McCain's campaign is claiming he did nothing wrong. Additionally, McCain's team is changing their story on what McCain knew.
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Keating Economics

October 6, 2008 - Watch the video and find out more by visiting www.KeatingEconomics.com.
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Dow Plummets to Lowest Point Since 2004

October 6, 2008 - This weekend, campaign advisers to John McCain say they want to 'turn the page' on the economic crisis and explore new depths of dishonorable and sleazy campaigning. This morning, the Dow Jones sank below 10,000 points for the first time in four years. While millions of Americans lose their life savings or retirement funds, John McCain wants to 'turn the page' on the financial crisis.
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New DNC Web Video Shows McCain Blasting McCain's New Campaign Tactics

October 6, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today released a new web video showing John McCain denouncing his own campaign tactics. The new ad, called 'Negative Attack Ads,' follows reports that McCain's campaign is preparing a last ditch barrage of desperate negative attack ads aimed at 'turning the page' from the economic crisis facing working families. Recent reports show that McCain has already shifted virtually 100 percent of its ads to negative attack ads.
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Count the Lies #107: McCain ''Blatantly Distorts'' Obama Comment on Military

October 5, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter after the Washington Post reported that John McCain's ad 'blatantly distorts Barack Obama's words in an effort to paint him as callous about the role of the U.S. military.' In reality, Barack Obama said 'the opposite of what is portrayed in this spot.'
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Count the Lies #106: McCain's Afghanistan Ad Distorts the Record

October 5, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter after FactCheck.org said John McCain's latest campaign ad distorted Barack Obama's words and votes. The ad 'recycles a misleading, 14-month-old charge that Sen. Barack Obama disrespected U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan' and 'misrepresents' his votes.
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Gov. Howard Dean on MSNBC

October 3, 2008 - Democratic National Committee chairman Gov. Howard Dean appeared on MSNBC this afternoon. Chairman Dean talked about how Joe Biden won Thursday night's vice presidential debate, and how Obama/Biden are the real ticket for change. Watch the video.
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Twice as Many Jobs Cut in September

October 3, 2008 - And John McCain wants four more years of this?
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Howard Dean Releases Health Care Actuality

October 3, 2008 - DNC Chairman Howard Dean released the following radio actuality on the choice voters face this election between four more years of broken Bush-McCain health care policies and the affordable health care plan that would be available to every American under the Obama-Biden plan:
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''Count the Lies'' Total Tops 100 After 22 New Debate Fact Checks

October 3, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter to reflect the 22 new fact checks published during and after last night's Vice Presidential candidates' debate. According to independent, non-partisan fact check organizations Sarah Palin repeated "old canards" on energy, repeated "several false claims" on taxes, got the facts wrong on troops levels in Iraq, made health care claims that are "inaccurate on several levels" and distorted her own record in Alaska.
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Former Freddie Mac Lobbyist Now McCain's Senate Aide

October 3, 2008 - The Washington Post reports that a former lobbyist for Freddie Mac works in the Senate office of Republican presidential nominee, John McCain. Wasn't it John McCain who said that ''access is influence''?
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''Can't Explain''

October 3, 2008 - Last night at the vice presidential debate, Senator Joe Biden informed the American public on what John McCain plans to do with healthcare -- deregulate it like he deregulated the financial industry -- and then tax health benefits to pay for a $5,000 tax credit per family that will not even cover half of the average healthcare costs to the average American family. Watch the latest ad.
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Notice a Pattern?

October 2, 2008 - Anybody else noticing a pattern here?
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McCain's 100 Percent Absolute Truth?

October 2, 2008 - John McCain tells a lie to cover up all his other lies.
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Editorial Rips John McCain's Plan for Healthcare

October 2, 2008 - Concord Monitor (NH) editorial ripped John McCain's 'plans' to 'blow up' the current healthcare system that would leave far fewer Americans with insurance.
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Fmr. U.S. Amb. to Pakistan Disputes McCain's ''Failed State'' Claim

October 1, 2008 - At the first Presidential debate last Friday, John McCain claimed Pakistan was a 'failed state' at the time of the coup that swept General Pervez Musharraf into power. William Milan, the former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan at the time of the coup disputed that claim in an e-mail to Matthew Yglesias.
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More Jobs Lost in September

October 1, 2008 - CNN reported on new figures that showed increased job cuts with the tech and auto industries hit the hardest. September brought the announced layoff total for the third quarter to 287,142 -- the largest number since 2005, according to the report.
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McCain Repeating Keating Mistakes

October 1, 2008 - A former regulator from the Savings & Loan scandal twenty-years ago says John McCain is repeating the same mistakes that embroiled him in the Keating Five scandal.
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McCain Puts Venezuela in the Middle East

September 30, 2008 - First, John McCain says he will not meet with a NATO ally that he thinks is in Latin America, and now all of a sudden Venezuela is in the Middle East. When political pundits said this race could change the map, this is not what they had in mind.
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Casino Lobbyists Betting on McCain

September 30, 2008 - Check out our latest web video on John McCain's ties to casino lobbyists.
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Count the Lies #64: ''Working The Refs''

September 30, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter after the Washington Post gave the McCain campaign Three Pinocchios for distorting the record on Rick Davis's connections to Freddie Mac.
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''Same Path''

September 30, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama launched a new two-minute advertisement on the failed economic policies of the last eight years, and tells Americans what he would do as President.
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McCain Stacks the Deck for Gambling Industry Lobbyists

September 29, 2008 - Watch our latest web video on John McCain's ties and favors for gambling lobbyists....
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DNC to Target McCain's Casino Lobbyists in New Ad and Video

September 29, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today released a new web video highlighting John McCain's history of stacking the deck in favor of his favorite gambling industry lobbyists. The video comes on the heels of a new report outlining McCain's pattern of using his position as the chairman of a key Senate committee to tip the scales in favor of casino lobbyists with connections to his family and campaigns -- even if it meant reversing long held positions.
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Vote for Change

September 27, 2008 - Register your friends and family, turnout the vote on November 4 for the change we need. And in case you needed more motivation...
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John McCain -- Bull in a China Shop

September 26, 2008 - John McCain has proven to be a bull in a china shop--or, more accurately, a bull that 1) misleadingly says the china shop is in disarray before he enters; 2) vows not to leave until he cleans up; 3) enters and shatters everything in sight; 4) blames everyone else for the damage and 5) leaves, claiming a job well done.
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McCain Plays Politics at a Time for Leadership

September 26, 2008 - John McCain's political stunt to 'suspend' his campaign could not be any more transparent. Noted yesterday, McCain's campaign was operating like normal in the field, and surrogates were still lobbing their dishonest, misleading attacks against Senator Barack Obama. Even The Daily Show with Jon Stewart mocked McCain's move as a ten day delay to a major crisis where the Republican presidential nominee shifted from declarations that economic 'fundamentals' are 'strong' to warnings that this is the greatest crisis to face the nation since the Second World War.
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McCain's Plane Landed in D.C. After Bailout Deal Announced

September 25, 2008 - Sen. John McCain returned to Washington Thursday after declaring that he has suspended his campaign, but appeared largely detached from the negotiations on a $700 billion economic rescue package that appeared to be headed to a successful conclusion. McCain's 'Straight Talk Air' landed just after noon, and McCain's motorcade sped toward the Senate. But by then, senior Democrats and Republicans colleagues were already announcing that a deal in principle had been reached.
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On John McCain's ''Suspended'' Campaign

September 25, 2008 - Senior adviser Brad Woodhouse appeared on MSNBC this afternoon and took John McCain to task for his political stunt. Numerous reports show that McCain's campaign offices across the nation are still operating as normal, and within hours of his 'suspension' announcement, McCain surrogates were on cable news programs attacking Senator Barack Obama.
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Sarah Palin Talks to Katie Couric

September 25, 2008 - Sarah Palin spoke to Katie Couric this week but if you visited the McCain Report blog, you never would have known the first part of the interviewed aired yesterday, and part two airs tonight. Howard Kurtz reports that Palin declared 'victory' in Iraq.
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Prosecutor: Stevens Used Oil Co. as a ''Personal Handyman Service''

September 25, 2008 - The trial of Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) continued this week as prosecutors argued in court that the longtime lawmaker used Veco Corp., the oil company he is accused of accepting illegal gifts, as his own personal Yellow Pages. Meanwhile, the McCain campaign continued to dodge questions about whether John McCain or Sarah Palin support Stevens, or scandal-plagued Rep. Don Young (R-AK).
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Davis Ties to Firm Remain, Records Show

September 25, 2008 - Newsweek reports that despite repeated claims by Rick Davis, McCain campaign manager, that he severed ties to his lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, records show he remains the treasurer and a corporate director.
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Senator Barack Obama on the Financial Crisis

September 24, 2008 - Watch Senator Barack Obama's remarks from Clearwater, Florida this afternoon.
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Rick Davis' Firm Paid by Freddie Mac through August

September 24, 2008 - In an interview on the Sunday edition of 60 Minutes, John McCain defended campaign manager Rick Davis and challenged folks to 'examine his record.' The New York Times did just that and found that Davis' lobbying firm was paid retainers of $15,000 a month through August.
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Taking It to John McCain

September 23, 2008 - Democrats Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) joined other concerned citizens on the steps of the Republican National Committee this afternoon to protest John McCain's promise to protect offshore accounts from paying U.S. taxes and lifetime support for the massive deregulation that helped usher in this economic instability we currently face.
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Bermuda

September 23, 2008 - John McCain does more than vacation in Bermuda. He speaks to insurance executives who stash their profits in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying American taxes, and John McCain promises to protect them. Country first? More like McCain first.
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Seattle Times Endorses Senator Barack Obama for President

September 22, 2008 - In the Sunday edition of the Seattle Times was an editorial that endorsed Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama for President.
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John McCain: A Risk We Cannot Afford to Take

September 22, 2008 - John McCain says he wants to deregulate the healthcare industry just like he and his allies like Phil Gramm did to the banking industry. Watch this latest advertisement from the Obama campaign.
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McCain Adviser Paid $35k/Month to Lobby Against Regulation of Freddie, Fannie

September 22, 2008 - In the New York Times, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis was paid $35,000 a month to lobby against regulation for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
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Newsweek: Vehicle Records of McCain's 13 Cars Contradict His Boast About Buying American

September 21, 2008 - Today Newsweek reported that John McCain owns 13 cars - and that contrary to what McCain said in a recent TV interview, the fleet includes three foreign cars. The report shows that McCain wasn't being honest with voters during a recent interview with WXYZ TV in Detroit when he said: 'I've bought American literally all my life, and I'm proud.'
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Virginians Hit McCain on New Call to Let Health Insurance Industry Run Amok

September 21, 2008 - In light of this week's Wall Street upheaval, today Judy Feder, Democratic nominee for US Representative from Virginia's 10th Congressional District, Barbara Favola, Vice Chair of the Arlington County Board and a member of Virginia's State Health Board, and concerned Virginians held a press conference outside of John McCain's campaign headquarters in Arlington, VA to challenge McCain's new magazine article calling for the deregulation of the health insurance companies 'just as we have done over the last decade in banking.'
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In His Own Words

September 20, 2008 - Paul Krugman, columnist for the New York Times, found a gem in the latest issue of Contigencies Magazine.
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In His Own Words: John McCain on Health Care

September 20, 2008 - In his own words, John McCain writes that his approach to health care would mirror what has happened in the banking industry over the last decade.
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Pew Study on Hispanics

September 19, 2008 - Hispanics view Senator Barack Obama and the Democratic Party in a much more positive light than John McCain and the rest of the Bush/McCain Republicans.
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Paulson: Plan Could Cost $1 Trillion

September 19, 2008 - The failed economic policies of George W. Bush and John McCain could cost taxpayers as much as $1 trillion.
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McCain Flubs and Accidentally Calls for the FEC Chair to Resign

September 19, 2008 - John McCain revised his call to 'fire' the SEC chairman, Chris Cox. This time, he said Cox should 'resign' after ABC News pointed out that the President cannot 'fire' the SEC chair, who heads an independent commission.
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Been There, Done That

September 18, 2008 - Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she 'put the government checkbook online' in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington. There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.
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GOP Dirty Tricks in Florida

September 18, 2008 - A new presidential election cycle, same old, Republican dirty tricks. An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times calls the mailings 'some of the sleaziest campaign tactics.'
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GOP Congressman Endorses Obama/Biden Ticket

September 18, 2008 - Congressman Wayne Gilchrist (R-Kennedyville, Md.), who lost his primary in a challenge from the right, endorsed Senator Barack Obama in an interview on local station for National Public Radio.
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