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‘Maverick’ Nominee, But Still Same GOP ‘Maverick’ Nominee, But Still Same GOP : Even though John McCain clinched the presidential nomination without winning a plurality of conservatives or self-identified Republicans in key states, most party leaders doubt that fundamental change is afoot.
Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who is the national co-chairman of the McCain campaign, said: “John McCain is just being John McCain.”
The list was dominated by search terms relating to Republican John McCain’s as-yet-unnamed VP pick, with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin taking up seven of the top 10 spots .
According to prepared remarks, Ridge will discuss McCain’s “unique qualifications for the presidency.”
Browne’s lawsuit contends the Ohio Republican party released the ad on behalf of McCain and the RNC. The suit notes that other musicians, including ABBA and John Cougar Mellencamp, have asked McCain to stop using their work.
John McCain and the Republican National Committee started August with a hefty $96 million, financially flush and strongly positioned to compete with prolific fundraiser Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
What an utter waste of money. The two real reasons McCain will lose is his organization is in shambles, with no way to regroup.
McCain has been a subpar fundraiser and has lagged the much-more adept Obama in monthly campaign tallies. That has helped McCain and the GOP stay competitive financially with Obama and the Democratic National Committee.
The July numbers reflect how far McCain and the Republicans have come. McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the GOP presidential nomination, and had $21 million available to spend, while the RNC brought in nearly $26 million, and had $75 million on hand to compete with the Democrats.
ET has learned that first lady Laura Bush and first lady hopeful Cindy McCain have canceled plans to make a joint appearance at the RNC in Minneapolis on Monday, says a White House press release. Watch Arianna comment on Cindy McCain’s statement at the Republican National Convention that “This is a time when we take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats.” Watch Arianna comment on Cindy McCain’s statement at the Republican National Convention that “This is a time when we take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats.”
I have to comment on Cindy McCain’s outfit and her presentation. I thought according to the bible we were supposed to stone adulterers like John and Cindy McCain, not elect them to public office.
The older Repubs even Bush Sr. Jackson Browne doesn’t want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers disavowed the ad, saying it wasn’t a product of the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign.
Because there’s a sliver of a chance that Cindy McCain showed up on TV wearing “a really good fake” anything besides her boobs.
Way to bring your common touch to the Republican National Convention! According to the experts at Vanity Fair According to the experts at Vanity Fair, the total cost of crisp-featured Cindy McCain’s mustard yellow ensemble from Tuesday night tipped the scales to the tune of $313,000-ish.
There are no states that went Democratic in 2004 where McCain is currently ahead. That compares with $74 million in 2004.
Recent surveys in a dozen states that voted Republican in the last election show Obama running slightly ahead of McCain or only a few points behind.
In Virginia, another so-called red state, three recent polls show Obama and McCain tied. In 2004, Alaskans gave Bush 61 percent of their votes, and he got 54 percent in Virginia.
Then again, McCain is a Republican and Obama a Democrat, which gives a good reason why Obama is spending a ton of money and having it do no good.
As much as I hate to say it, out here in Colorado McCain’s TV ads are a ton better than Obama’s, and Obama is running a ton of ads. Not only is McCain able to raise money, but he’s also doing a better job at spending it.
Big Oil Fuels John McCain’s Straight Talk Express http://www.youtube.com/watch?vZQ4eeQzDlgM&eurl John McCain: Early Improprieties. Obama may have more money, but he doesn’t have one thing that McCain does have.
The House and Senate races are going to be a bloodbath. B ut I thought the media said that John McCain couldn’t raise any money and big, bad Senator Obama was going to have such a HUGE advantage with all his small donors? has anyone else noticed that John McCains mom is doing the Capital One comercials as the Generals Mommie.
McCain’s version McCain’s version uses the same stock footage and voice-over as the Clinton spot and suggests that the New York senator was right to question Obama’s readiness to lead.
John McCain’s camp released ” Debra,” in which former Clinton delegate Debra Bartoshevich endorses the Arizona senator. The Democratic presidential nominee had his own message for McCain on Monday.
“A lot of Democrats will vote McCain. The Wisconsin Democratic Party rescinded rescinded Bartoshevich’s delegate status in July after she publicly stated that she would vote for McCain if Barack Obama won the nomination over Clinton.
Obama’s camp released ” Don’t Know Much Don’t Know Much,” a light-hearted spot that alters the lyrics of the classic song “Wonderful World ” to mock McCain’s record on the economy and his ties with President Bush.
McCain’s overall advertising budget for August is expected to exceed $20 million, and, by the convention in early September, Davis said McCain is on track to spend some $60 million on TV expenditures. He released a new TV ad on Friday in key states that criticizes Obama on taxes.
McCain has agreed to accept $84 million in public financing for the general election and the spending restraints that come with it. For the general election, McCain and Obama are operating under different financial scenarios of their own choosing.
Not counting July, Obama overall has raised about $340 million to McCain’s nearly $140 million.
WASHINGTON - John McCain and the Republican National Committee started August with a hefty $96 million, financially flush and strongly positioned to compete with prolific fundraiser Barack Obama and the Democrats.
Laura Bush And Cindy McCain’s RNC Appearance Canceled
