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GOP candidates may skip convention: Most of the Republicans in the hottest Senate races say they aren't going to St. Paul to celebrate John McCain (and send off George W. Bush).; By Mike Madden July 25, 2008
Rove map shows Obama beating McCain: A series of Electoral College maps produced by the company run by the man once known as "Bush's Brain" has Barack Obama narrowly winning the presidency.; By Alex Koppelman July 25, 2008
McCain memo is riddled with inaccuracies: McCain's campaign claims to have debunked "three prevailing myths about Obama's foreign policy," but it's the McCain camp that isn't connected to reality.; By Alex Koppelman July 25, 2008
Rollins: "McCain is having a disastrous week": Some assessments of the week in politics are in, and the consensus is that John McCain fared poorly.; By Alex Koppelman July 25, 2008
From a glass house, the straight talker throws stones: McCain's campaign is now criticizing Obama for having the temerity to make speeches outside the country -- of course, McCain did the same thing just a month ago.; By Alex Koppelman July 24, 2008
Obama had cheering Germans; McCain had German sausage: With their choice of counterprogramming for Obama's Berlin speech, Republicans try to portray McCain as more focused on the U.S. than Obama is.; By Justin Jouvenal July 24, 2008
Now oil spills have a liberal bias: John McCain's plan to counterprogram Barack Obama's Berlin speech by talking about offshore drilling was poorly timed, to say the least.; By Alex Koppelman July 24, 2008
In battleground states, bad news for Obama: A recent poll from four potentially key states shows that Barack Obama can't take victory for granted just yet.; By Alex Koppelman July 24, 2008
McCain digs himself in deeper: John McCain tried to spin his way out of the mistake he made when discussing the timeline of the surge, but he didn't succeed.; By Alex Koppelman July 24, 2008
VoteVets targets McCain with new ad: In the spot, a veteran of the Iraq war says, "'freedom' means when the Iraqi people and their Prime Minister ask us to make a plan to leave, we do."; By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2008
Who'll be the Republicans' Obama now?: Bobby Jindal, who'd been discussed as a potential running mate for John McCain, says he doesn't want to be nominated for the vice presidency.; By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2008
More bad news for McCain on Iraq: A new poll shows Americans favor a timeline for withdrawal, which McCain's campaign has argued against.; By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2008
McCain dodging questions on surge timeline?: John McCain's campaign canceled a press availability scheduled for Wednesday -- is it trying to avoid some tough questions?; By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2008
Klein questions McCain's temperament: Time's Joe Klein says John McCain's remarks about his opponent's Iraq policy weren't presidential.; By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2008
Time mag: McCain campaign may already be done: A reporter for the magazine suggests that there's just too much standing in John McCain's way for him to overcome.; By Justin Jouvenal July 22, 2008
Quote of the day: An exploration of the similarities between John McCain and Britney Spears.; By Alex Koppelman July 22, 2008
New McCain video: "Obama Love": In the video, McCain's campaign paints the media as biased in Obama's favor -- and provides a window into its thoughts about its opponent.; By Alex Koppelman July 22, 2008
The Clinton strategy -- for McCain?: Two writers for the conservative National Review exhort the presumptive Republican nominee to adopt Hillary Clinton's strategy in campaigning against Barack Obama.; By Justin Jouvenal July 21, 2008
Right calls foul on rejection of McCain's Op-Ed: Conservative bloggers are outraged by the New York Times' rejection of John McCain's piece and, unsurprisingly, decry the media's liberal bias.; By Vincent Rossmeier July 21, 2008
McCain meets with first President Bush, slams Obama: During an appearance with the current president's father, John McCain says his opponent has been "completely wrong" on Iraq.; By Alex Koppelman July 21, 2008

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