nymag.com - 8/20/2008
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The alarm bells started ringing last week in the rightmost corners of Republican Nation, when John McCain suggested to The Weekly Standard that the door was still open to the possibility of his naming Tom Ridge as his running mate. Ridge, the former governor of Pennsylvania and ex-head of the Department of Homeland Security, is a supporter of abortion rights i.e., an enabler of mass-scale ...
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Behind McCain's Pro-Choice Veep Bluff
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
John Heilemann thinks he knows why Sen. John McCain's campaign floated the idea he might choose a pro-choice running mate. "Well, what if McCain were planning to name a running mate who, despite being pro-life, the religious right has some qualms about? What if that putative V.P., indeed, had lately been criticized by another erstwhile GOP presidential runner -- a Baptist minister, no less -- for his shifting stances on social issues, stirring up a rearguard action among some Christianists to block him? Isn't it possible that McCain and his people are engaged in a bit of ...
GOP source: Lieberman to speak at Republican convention
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . Exit question: Is John Heilemann right? Quote: So what the hell’s the deal with all these ostensible pro-choice trial balloons? Well, what if McCain were planning to name a running mate who, despite being pro-life, the religious right has some qualms about? What if that putative V.P., indeed, had lately been criticized by another erstwhile GOP presidential runner — a Baptist minister, no less — for his shifting stances on social issues, stirring up a rearguard action among some Christianists to block him? Isn’t it possible that McCain and his people are engaged in a bit of ...
"The Romney Rollout"?
Hoffmania! —
... New York Magazine's John Heileman believes that's what's going on behind McCain's pro-choice talk for his VP.
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Lieberman to Speak at GOP Convention
blogs.abcnews.com 8/20/2008 — ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: The McCain campaign confirms that erstwhile Democrat Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn, will be speaking Monday night at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice presidential ...
HALPERIN’S TAKE: All You Need to Know About the Obama and McCain Picks
thepage.time.com 8/20/2008 — Getty–No civilian could or would believe how much resources news organizations are wasting trying to break the veep stories.–Obama and McCain understand the media well enough to know what actions would risk a leak, and their campaigns will sequence ...
Giuliani: GOP would accept pro-choice Veep
thehill.com 8/20/2008 — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani predicted Wednesday that Republicans would support a GOP ticket even if it included a vice president who supported abortion rights. Giuliani, who was seen at the outset of the primaries as one of the ...
Obama, McCain ads slam rivals on tax policy —
CNN Political Ticker 8/20/2008
(CNN) — Barack Obama and John McCain both released tax policy attack ads Wednesday.
Obama’s campaign unveiled a 30-second TV spot – the latest in a series of negative ads running in major battleground states – that takes aim at John McCain over ...
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