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McCain aide takes over day-to-day campaign duties

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:57:33 +0000

John McCain put a top adviser in control of day-to-day campaign operations Wednesday after weeks of private concerns among Republicans that the GOP presidential campaign had not made the transition for the general...

Watchdog group targets Justice Department hiring

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:22:30 +0000

A government watchdog wants to see whether it can discipline Justice Department officials who improperly rejected liberal Ivy Leaguers and other top law students for plum jobs _ or take action against those who benefited from having GOP...

Watchdog targets Justice hiring

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:20:17 +0000

RNC to run its first ad of presidential campaign

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:30:19 +0000

An independent arm of the Republican National Committee plans to spend $3 million on an ad campaign contrasting GOP presidential candidate John McCain to Democrat Barack Obama on energy...

GOP senator: McCain roughed up Nicaraguan

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:42:00 +0000

One of John McCain’s Republican colleagues says he saw the presumed GOP presidential nominee roughly grab an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and lift him out of his chair during a diplomatic mission to the Central American...

Clark: Obama had no part in McCain comments

AP — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:03:49 +0000

Ret. Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Democrat Barack Obama played no part in remarks he made about Republican John McCain’s qualifications to be president that have been sharply criticized by the GOP candidate’s...

Obama Campaign and Push Polling, Pt 2

GlobalPunditOrg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:11:39 +0000

Obama Campaign & Push Polling, Pt 2 Push Polling 2008, The Appearance of Ethics, And the Same Old Same Old We Receive Documents Showing the Underhandedness of the Obama Campaign Push Polling was a major factor in McCainâ€™s loss in...

Obama disowns critique of McCain's military record

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:55:06 +0000

Democrat Barack Obama rejected a retired general’s suggestion that Republican John McCain’s military experience didn’t necessarily qualify him to be president, as GOP surrogates lined up to label the remarks indecent and...

NY Senate leader Joseph Bruno won't run again

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:35:56 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. _ The top Republican in New York state politics, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, confirmed Monday that he won’t seek re-election, an announcement that complicates GOP efforts to hang on to their slim majority in his...

GOP frets Barr could play spoiler in prez race

AP — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:10:22 +0000

A fiery former GOP congressman who gained national prominence for doggedly pursuing impeachment of President Clinton has some Republicans worried he’ll play spoiler in a tight presidential...