slacktivist.typepad.com - 11/8/2008
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I never quite understood why John McCain considered maverick-hood for its own sake to be a virtue. The Arizona senator's embrace of the "maverick" label failed, in part, because its one of those terms that loses currency when one applies it to oneself. It might have seemed kind of edgy and cool ...
michellemalkin.com - 11/12/2008
newsweek.com - 11/7/2008
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newsweek.com —
This is part six of a seven-part in-depth
look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of...
exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the ...
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The Great Debates | Print Article
althouse.blogspot.com - 11/9/2008
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althouse.blogspot.com —
As promised , I'm mining my archive --
beginning in late August -- to try to understand...
how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ...
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How McCain lost me.
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Fred Clark on the Rebel without a map: This was reinforced by a parallel emphasis in McCain's standard stump speeches in which he criticized Barack Obama for not having a long history of contradicting his own party. McCain seemed to assume that contradicting one's own party was always and inherently the right thing to do. But that doesn't make any sense. If one's party is in the wrong, then standing up against them would be the right thing to do. But if one's party is not in the wrong, then there's no virtue in contradicting them. The idea that I think ...
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