A massive leaked document widely reported to have been created by John McCain’s team during the ‘08 US campaign trail is the mother of all dirt files on Mitt Romney, reports David Martosko.
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Rundle: Cain dissed as a Newt, aka the ultimate black swan, emerges
Well it has been a helluva ride for the Republican Party, as its right-wing base searches for anyone but the passionless and, by American standards, centrist mainstream candidate Mitt Romney.
Obama: still with no competition, he’s looking good for 2012
Mitt Romney was the last GOP man standing against John McCain in 2008, which makes him the current frontrunner against Barack Obama. But with puny polls and iffy party support, it all amounts to good news for Obama.
Policy change, but cloud still hangs over gay US soldiers
US Senator John McCain, once a centrist “maverick” before his presidential run, went apoplectic in the minutes leading up to congress’s historic vote to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, writes Harley Dennett in Washington DC.
Prepping for war: tensions rise in Korea
North and South Korean are reportedly preparing rocket launching systems on their borders as tension between the two countries escalates. Senator John McCain has called for a “regime change” in North Korea writes Andrew Gilligan.
Maverick makes a comeback
After looking like it was nearly retirement time, US Senator John McCain heads to the primaries with good odds and a rebound in popularity. But will his recent lurch to the right — particularly in regard to immigration — affect his future?
McCain’s transformation from rabble rouser to party hack
John McCain used to be something of a free spirit, speaking out against his party on issues of conscience. But in the last few months the former “maverick” has pathetically toed the party line, writes Jacob Weisberg.
Ah McCain, you can’t do it again
My friends, how John McCain has fallen. From the highs of the ‘08 election, McCain is now desperately defending his own seat and his own flip-flopping views on immigration.
Video of the Day: Complete the danged fence!
An interesting contrast with Abbott’s new “red arrows invade Australia” attack ad — Arizona Senator John McCain campaigns on keeping those drug smugglin’, home invadin’, murderin’ “aliens” out of ‘merica, by adding 3000 more guards and building a big ol’ danged fence:
Politicians behaving badly: all the juicy news from Game Change
Washington has been in a frenzy all week as sordid political rumours spill forth from the new book on the US ‘08 presidential campaign, Game Change. From affairs to racist remarks, what were the spiciest revelations?
No We Won’t: Obama struggles for Afghanistan support
Barack Obama has announced an additional 30,000 US troops to be deployed to Afghanistan and speaks of withdrawal beginning in 2011 (read the full speech here). But his Afghanistan approach is being panned by both the Right and the Left, even if it is fulfilling his election promise.
More revelations from Sarah Palin’s book
The contents of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue, are beginning to leak out. Amongst the revelations, Palin claims she was hushed-up from speaking on election night and the McCain campaign slugged her with a $500k legal bill.
John McCain: We must fight on
America must succeed in Afghanistan as a matter of national security, writes Republican senator and former presidential candidate John McCain.
White House doesn’t wear the Fox hat
Travelling through the US, Simon Burrow reports on the battle of Fox News vs. the White House. Has open war broken out between old and new media?
John McCain: the myth of the maverick
Republican John McCain may have branded himself ‘the maverick’ of Washington, except ever since he didn’t get the top job, he is siding with the Republicans more than ever before.
The trouble with Sarah
Palin’s life has sometimes played out like an unholy amalgam of Desperate Housewives and Northern Exposure, writes Todd S Purdum in a timely profile for August’s Vanity Fair about her future, and what McCain’s staff really thought of her.
McCain: Don’t blame Palin
McCain says he doesn’t blame Palin for his loss in his first post-election interview, the Huffington Post reports.
Republicans turn on each other
The Right is tearing itself apart, writes the Guardian, and Sarah Palin is right in the centre of the melee.
