Ideas from From Howard Dean
After championing campaign finance reform and ethics legislation to score political points, McCain now has a staggering amount of lobbyists involved in every aspect of his campaign. In fact, two of the top three sources for John McCain's campaign cash are D.C. lobbying firms, and he looked the other way as Jack Abramoff bought and paid for the Republican Party and the Culture of Corruption.
On immigration reform, he's run as far to the right as he can, aligning himself with the most extreme elements of the Republican Party.
On the war, McCain scoffed at Bush's call to leave troops in Iraq for 50 years, saying "Make it a hundred!"
On a woman's right to choose, McCain has vowed to appoint judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.
On the economy, one of the issues that the American people care most about, McCain has said: "I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."
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With 99 senators voting on the economic stimulus package and Democrats one vote short of their goal, some of them wondered:
Where is the Democrats' favorite Republican?
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was actually in Washington _ his plane landed at Dulles Airport by 5 p.m., leaving plenty of time to make the 5:45 p.m. make or break procedural vote, according to Politico's Jonathan Martin.
But while hard core conservative critics of McCain might fear he'd join Democrats and vote for an expansive economic stimulus package opposed by GOP leadership, McCain's office says he wouldn't have helped Democrats on the bill.
"As you know, it was a procedural vote _ so his absence would not have affected the outcome as he would have opposed cloture," McCain spokeswoman Melissa Shuffield wrote in an e-mail to Politico.
So McCain could have added one more "no" vote and exhibited Republican unity as he seeks to nail down the Republican presidential nomination. Shuffield did not explain where McCain actually was instead of the Senate floor.
Democratic White House hopefuls Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) both made it to the Senate floor and voted "yes" on the economic bill, which now stands in limbo thanks to Republican opposition.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/06/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3800244.shtml
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Ann Coulter Hates McCain
FROM GOLDWATER GIRL TO HILLARY GIRL
On the litmus test issues of our time, only partially excluding Iraq, McCain is a liberal.
-- He excoriated Samuel Alito as too "conservative."
-- He promoted amnesty for 20 million illegal immigrants.
-- He abridged citizens' free speech (in favor of the media) with McCain-Feingold.
-- He hysterically opposes waterboarding terrorists and wants to shut down Guantanamo.
Can I take a breath now?
-- He denounced the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
-- He opposes ANWR and supports the global warming cult, even posturing with fellow mountebank Arnold Schwarzenegger in front of solar panels.
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Every presidential campaign has its share of hard-ball ... example of a smear made against McCain in South Carolina during the 2000 presidential primary. ...
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/03/21/the_anatomy_of_a_smear_campaign/
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Why we can't take anything for granted in this race, "...it's fair to say Mr. McCain starts out with an even chance of winning."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120268013352957191.html?mod=fpa_mostpop
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new commercial by the Obama campaign attacking McCain for surrounding himself with lobbyists.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/obama-ad-calls-out-mccain_n_125995.html
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McCain admits he's 'divorced from the day to day challenges people have.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vmstQlt5E
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...and tied up in the sex, drugs and oil scandal that has DC all agog. The campaign claims to be about reform, but these guys own McCain's soul. Who do you think will be running the White House if John McCain get's to move in?
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_cleaning_up_lobbying_hi.php
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