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McCain May Skip Own Election Night Party
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The GOP nominee plans to deliver his post-election speech outside the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix in front of a small group of reporters and guests due to space limitations, campaign says. Video of his remarks will be fed electronically into the party and media filing center. McCain might drop by the party at some other point. Obama plans to address a giant outdoor celebration in Chicago's Grant Park.        ...

McCain concedes
Daily Kos — Crazy. John McCain's election night watch party might be missing John McCain. Instead of appearing before a throng of supporters at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4, the Republican presidential nominee plans to deliver postelection remarks to a small group of reporters and guests on the hotel's lawn. Aides said Thursday that the arrangement was due to space limitations and that McCain might drop by the election watch party at some other point. Space limitations? The stage is too crowded? ...

Remainders: Skipping
Jonathan Martin's Blog — McCain and Obama running close in rural Colorado. McCain may skip his election night party. Would Ridge have helped in PA? Sky News theorizes that McCain's heroism could be undermined by video of him smoking a cigarette while held captive in Vietnam (!) Long lines in Miami. Judicial Action Network continues to ding away at Obama. Formal complaint over formal wear. Crowley has a delicious poll story in the new TNR Ron Howard and other celebs of yesteryear ...

McCain Will Address Supporters Live
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The McCain campaign is disputing this Associated Press story about McCain's election night plans: John McCain's election night watch party might be missing John McCain. Instead of appearing before a throng of supporters at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4, the Republican presidential nominee plans to deliver postelection remarks to a small group of reporters and guests on the hotel's lawn. Aides said Thursday that the arrangement was due to space limitations and that McCain might drop by the election watch party at some other ...

Optics Watch: McCain May Skip Own Victory Party
The Moderate Voice — ... It’s generally considered poor strategy to telegraph your punches in a political campaign, but it’s not much better to announce your misses. In one of the more puzzling announcements to come out of the Straight Talk Express, John McCain may not be attending his own victory party on the night of Nov. 4. ...

Erratic McCain Chicanery On “Victory” Party
Firedoglake — ... Although the red faced McCain Campaign is now walking the story back and claiming it was all a mistake, the report over numerous press sources Thursday afternoon was: ...