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Pentagon Senior Mentors: The Debate Continues

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:01:23 +0000

“Senior Mentors” are high-ranking, retired military officers (usually generals and admirals) who use their skills and experience to advice active duty military in conducting various military exercises, war games and other operations. Some of these senior mentors make as much as ...

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Palin Univision Interview Was Cancelled Because She Was Uninformed On Hispanic Issues: McCain Adviser

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:43 +0000

A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain's presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy. "She did not feel comfortable speaking about ...

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McCain: Palin attacks 'vicious'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:53:28 +0000

John McCain says the swipes at Sarah Palin are unlike anything he has ever seen.

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Kyl says Hayworth unlikely to run against McCain, let alone win

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:31 +0000

Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) is unlikely to run in a GOP primary against Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), let alone win, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Monday. Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, said he expects the former congressman, who's been mulling a primary challenge to ...

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Tea Partier In Dead Heat With McCain Starts Fundraising For Potential Senate Race

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:18 +0000

PHOENIX, AZ -- Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth might just be Arizona's next senator. The local radio personality has publicly toyed with the idea of running against Senator John McCain in the Republican primary, but on Monday he took the first serious step toward a possible run by asking his ...

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Palin aide responds: 'Nobody’s sitting around talking about the 2008 campaign except for the people who lost it'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:43 +0000

An adviser to Sarah Palin angrily denied tonight the allegation from a Hispanic ally of John McCain that Palin canceled a key interview with Univision host Jorge Ramos because she wasn't prepared on the subject matter. Palin "does not understand issues concerning Hispanics and ...

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Seeing Red AZ

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:29 +0000

Fellow Citizen: You have contacted me with words of encouragement following the release of a Rasmussen Reports Poll which finds me in a statistical dead heat with John McCain for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 2010. Miss Mary, our children, and I will do a lot of ...

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Hayworth raises money, toys with race against McCain

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:28 +0000

Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) emailed supporters today to say he's considering a primary against John McCain and to ask for funds to pay off his 2006 campaign debt. "You have contacted me with words of encouragement following the release of a Rasmussen Reports Poll which finds me in a ...

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Are Pentagon “Senior Mentors” Pushing the Envelope?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:43:11 +0000

Timely, pertinent

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Top Republican Lawmakers Not Invited to Obama's First State Dinner

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:54:02 +0000

While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not on the A-list, The Washington Times reports. Chief among the non-attendees: top Republican lawmakers. House ...

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Why is the AARP Running This Ad?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:02:08 +0000

I spent a quiet day yesterday, cleaning my closet with the television on. As a result, I got to see this ad, over and over: Now this is an odd little ad. It's not in favor of anything in particular. Nor does it solicit membership in its group. Its purpose seems to be to ...

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Fiorina: I'm a better candidate than DeVore because I am a woman

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:03:59 +0000

Former Hewlitt-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R) on Monday said that she is the best candidate to defeat Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) because she is a woman. Asked why she is a better candidate than her Republican primary opponent Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Calif.), Fiorina said that a woman ...

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John McCain vs AARP

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:33 +0000

John McCain is not too pleased with AARP’s endorsement of health care reform. According to the Kingman Daily Miner , “He encouraged audience members to cut up their AARP cards and send them back” at a town hall meeting. (Hat Tip to Think Progress ).

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AFP: McCain predicts success in Afghanistan in 12-18 months

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000

(AFP) 17 hours ago HALIFAX, Canada US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements. But he said that timeline is threatened by US President Barack Obama's ...

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‘I would rather kill myself than read that’

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:28 +0000

We’re not going to say former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is an idiot, but she is the most ignorant dumbass with a serious shot at national elective office since then- Ala. Gov. George Wallace ran in 1968. It was like every time she opened her mouth, U.S. Sen. John McCain ’s shot at ...

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Late Night: Elephants on Parade

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Cowards. Cowards. And again, cowards. I can’t say that word enough because no one else seems to say it at all. Contrast what a sampling of Republicans (and Republican wannabe) have to say about today’s decision, announced by Attorney General Eric Holder, to bring some of the alleged ...

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MD-01: Harris Leads Kratovil

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:40:05 +0000

A new poll out today from '08 nominee Andy Harris ' (R) camp shows him leading Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD 01) 52-39% in the Eastern Shore-based CD, adding to mounting signs that the environment has shifted dramatically in the GOP's favor in the last year. Just over a year ago, Kratovil ...

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Another Palin Hit Job: Newsweek Cover Claims Former Alaska Governor 'Bad News' for Everyone

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:48:47 +0000

Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is set for release on Nov. 17 and with that will likely come a media blitz of epic proportions. However, based on the cover of the Nov. 23 issue of Newsweek, someone felt a response was warranted. The wizards of smart at Newsweek took an image ...

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Poll: McCain Could Lose Primary in Arizona « The Washington Independent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:50 +0000

Rasmussen Reports finds Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) clinging to a two-point lead over a possible challenger, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.). Chris Simcox, the leader of the anti-illegal immigration Minuteman Project who’s already in the race, scores 4 percent. All of this puts McCain, who ...

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Sarah Palin "Going Rogue": Takes Aim At McCain Campaign, Steve Schmidt

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:52:00 +0000

In an early October appearance at a conference in Washington D.C. former McCain campaign manager Steve Schimdt was asked how he expected to be portrayed in Sarah Palin's forthcoming book. Not well, he replied . He wasn't wrong. In an advance copy of her new book, which was obtained by the ...

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