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You Made Us Do It! McCain Rethinking Wright?
Per Jake Tapper, that's what McCain campaign Rick Davis says . "Look, John McCain has told us a long time ago before this campaign ever got started, back in May, I think, that from his perspective, he was not going to have his campaign actively involved in using Jeremiah Wright as a wedge in ...
Rick Davis: Campaign Rethinking Playing The Rev. Wright Card
huffingtonpost.com — John McCain's campaign manager says he is reconsidering using Barack Obama's relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright as... a campaign issue during the election's closing weeks. In an appearance on conservative Hugh Hewitt's radio program, the ... (more) Rick Davis: Campaign Rethinking Playing The Rev. Wright Card
Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com — There was an astonishing quotation in a recent New York Times story about John McCain from Robert... Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's.  Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ... (more) Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
When Sarah Palin disagrees with John McCain, it means something. Or does it?
When Sarah Palin disagrees with John McCain, it means something. Or does it?
slate.com — Has Sarah Palin "gone rogue"? For the last few weeks, Republicans inside and outside the McCain campaign... have speculated about those moments when Palin and John McCain have appeared to disagree: Palin pressed to have the campaign compete for Michigan ... (more) When Sarah Palin disagrees with John McCain, it means ...
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News — ... heckling Obama supporters voting early in North Carolina are undermining democratic norms, writes Political Animal's Benen . Other Obama backers in North Carolina have had their tires slashed, but the Democrat's supporters are undeterred, notes Lisa Derrick at The Campaign Silo . FROM THE BLOGS: [image] McCain Campaign Rethinking Playing Wright Card - S. Stein, HuffPo [image] Wright Redux? - Steve Benen, Political Animal [image] You Made Us Do It! - Marc Ambinder [image] You Think Fox News Is Bad Now? - ...

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