John McCain


McCain insider: Colarado “gone”

McCain camp insiders have told CNN that they are now looking for ways to win without counting on Colorado.

Fact check: McCain on stem-cell research

McCain claims Obama has misrepresented his views on funding stem cell research, Think Progress reports.

Obama’s advertising blitz

Obama is out-spending McCain nearly 4 to 1 on TV ads, writes the NY Daily News.

Time‘s media access struggle

Time columnist Joe Klein has been denied a seat on the McCain and Palin planes, Politico reports.

Biden: Obama will face “crisis”

John McCain has seized on remarks made by Joe Biden that Obama will face a “crisis”, writes Real Clear Politics.

McCain pins his hopes on Pennsylvania

Provided he holds all the Democrat states, Obama needs just one medium or Republican state to win a majority, McCain needs to hold every one, writes Charles Richardson.

McCain-Palin makeover splurge

Over $150,000 has been spent on clothes for Sarah Palin, writes Politico, while Radar reports on McCain’s make-up artist.

Question over candidates’ health

Discolosing candidates’ health is particularly important in this election, writes the New York Times.

Lay off Cindy

The McCain camp has been “freaked out” by a New York Times profile of Cindy McCain, write The Nation.

US media wrap: The best commentary from the campaign trail

Our round-up of the best news analysis from today’s election coverage.

Colin Powell endorses Obama

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has broken party ranks to endorse Barack Obama

The Supreme Court and the election

The Nation looks at how a McCain win could affect some of the Supreme Court’s key rulings.

Campaign trail video wrap

Check out our round-up of today’s best video clips from the campaign trail.

The Powell endorsement: A nod from a familiar face

Colin Powell’s decision will not make him a liberal darling, but it will influence voters unsure of Obama’s military experience, writes The Guardian.

Groundhog day

What can today’s Republican Party learn from the 2004 and 1980 Democratic Party, asks The Atlantic.

LA Times endorses Obama

The Los Angeles Times has endorsed Barack Obama for president “without hesitation”.

Debates over, candidates begin final sprint

Obama: “I’ve been in these positions before, when we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked.”

The New Republic: It’s really, really, really over

We can only hope that it really is the end of the Karl Rove era in American politics. It’s certainly the end of John McCain’s campaign.

Debate Scorecard: Roundup of newspaper editorials

Today’s editorials have been dominated by talk of yesterday’s third and final presidential debate. Here’s a roundup of the major editorials.

Last words about debates until 2012

Here’s why the third debate, and all three debates, helped Obama so much more than McCain.

Campaigns battle over “Joe the Plumber”

McCain, Obama continue talking about plumber Joe Wurzelbacher from Ohio; meanwhile, he reveals he doesn’t have a license.

What’s the difference between Obama and an Arab?

Just to set the record straight: Barack Obama is not an Arab. If you don’t believe me, I have it on good authority – John McCain said so.

There is too much ado about Bill Ayers

Question for Ayers alarmists: Where were you in the 1990s?” That was the period in which Ayers evolved from a bomb-throwing radical into a socially acceptable pioneer in education.

Washington Post endorses Barack Obama

The Washington Post has endorsed “without ambivalence” Democrat candidate Barack Obama’s campaign, saying that McCain’s disappointing campaign and poor VP choice made it easy.

Time to forget McCain and fight for the Senate

McCain needed Obama to show up to the debates drunk. He didn’t.