Dick Cheney ''Delighted'' to Endorse John McCain

November 3, 2008 - Barack Obama asks, ''Do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change?''
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Bush's Support in Texas Eroded Significantly

October 31, 2008 - President Bush's political resiliency in his home state has eroded significantly over his nearly eight years in the White House, with Texans joining the rest of the nation in registering sharp disapproval of his job performance as the nation's chief executive, according to a newly released statewide poll.
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Congressional Republicans in New York Near Extinction

October 29, 2008 - New York Republicans are fast-approaching extinction, reports The Hill. Democrats are on the verge retaking the State Senate for the first time in nearly a half century. Experts believe that Democrats could pick up between two to four Congressional seats next Tuesday. The latter of which would create a 27D-2R delegation.
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Former GOP Senator Votes Absentee for Obama

October 27, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama earned the support of former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler (R), Politico reported this weekend. Pressler was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate.
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DNC VIDEO HIGHLIGHT'S LINDSEY GRAHAM'S DOUBLE TALK ON JOHN MCCAIN’S PROMISE OF MORE OF SAME

October 26, 2008 - Appearing on ABC's This Week, Senator Lindsey Graham said ''John McCain is truly an independent, stood up to his own party.'' But on the same show back in June Graham was asked if John McCain would offer a continuation of President Bush's economic policies. His answer: ''Yeah, absolutely.''
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Another GOP Governor Endorses Barack Obama

October 24, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama received the endorsement of William Weld, former Republican governor of Massachusetts, who cited the Democratic nominee's sound judgment and steady leadership.
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Former GOP MN Governor Backs Barack Obama

October 23, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama is gaining support from folks on both sides of the isle. Earlier this week, he received the backing of four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and news out of Minnesota this morning was that former Republican Governor Arne Carlson is supporting Barack Obama for president.
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GOP Operative Allegedly Tricked Voters into Registering as Republicans

October 21, 2008 - A Republican operative was arrested yesterday on charges of voter registration fraud, reports the Los Angeles Times, and stands accused of duping voters into registering as Republicans.
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Johanns Supports Banning Activities He Engaged in Two Years Ago

October 17, 2008 - Johanns has just conceded that his actions on behalf of the Bush White House were unethical and should have been illegal. Still, he did nothing at all to stop this operation when he was in a position to do so, instead playing willing accomplice to Karl Rove's corrupt political agenda.
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Republicans Worried About Democratic Gains in the Senate

October 14, 2008 - Democrats are poised to make major gains in Congress which has our friends at the RNC a wee bit worried.
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McCain Dusts Off an Old Speech

October 13, 2008 - John McCain is out of ideas and in the latest reboot of his campaign, he dusted off an old speech for the same ends: pushing Bush/McCain economics.
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90% Believe U.S. on Wrong Track

October 13, 2008 - According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, 90 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track -- the highest ever recorded since the question was first asked 35 years ago -- and President Bush received 23 percent approval, the lowest in 70 years of polling.
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''Tested''

October 9, 2008 - John McCain’s new mortgage plan would reward lenders for their irresponsibility and uses taxpayer dollars to do it. That's not change, that's more of the same.
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Poll: George Bush at 19% Approval

September 22, 2008 - A new poll shows that only 19 percent of Americans approve of the job that President Bush is doing. Well, if those 19 percent of Americans like what George Bush is doing, they would love what John McCain is offering.
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Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan (R) Endorses Barack Obama

September 18, 2008 - Richard Riordan, the former Republican mayor of Los Angeles, endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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BUSH-MCCAIN ALERT: President Touts Bush-McCain Health Care Agenda in Oklahoma

September 12, 2008 - The Tulsa World reports that President Bush will conduct a business roundtable in Oklahoma City today to promote his failed plan for health savings accounts before heading off to a private closed door fundraiser for John McCain's campaign.
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90% Bush

September 3, 2008 - John McCain has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, including 95 percent in 2007 and 100 percent this year. He really is just more of the same. We released this video to show, visually, what that looks like.
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Par for the Course

September 3, 2008 - New York Times: Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales mishandled highly classified information relating to the National Security Agency’s wiretapping program and the administration’s prisoner interrogation program, an internal report concluded Tuesday. The Justice Department inspector general, who investigated Mr....
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Republican National Convention: More of the Same

September 2, 2008 - Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words....
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Bush and McCain: More of the Same

September 2, 2008 - George W. Bush, John McCain, more of the same.
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#73: Making Tax Breaks for the Wealthy Permanent

August 24, 2008 - 73. After initially denouncing Bush's tax breaks for the wealthy, McCain has embraced them and, like Bush, McCain wants to make his tax breaks for fellow millionaires permanent.
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GOP on RNC: ''Nobody Likes A Funeral,'' ''Waste of Time''

August 12, 2008 - Feel the excitement! Of the 12 Republicans running in competitive Senate races — five of whom are incumbents — only three have said they will be attending the convention. Six are definite no-shows, and three are on the fence. “Nobody...
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The Next Cheney

August 5, 2008 - Soon, John McCain will pick his very own Dick Cheney, but until he does, we wanted to make sure the American people know more about some of the potential running mates before they stroll onto the stage together in Minnesota....
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John McCain's Dishonest Campaign

July 31, 2008 - What is John McCain's idea of running a "new kind of campaign"? Tap former Bush/Cheney '04 staffers and proteges of Karl Rove to run a negative campaign reliant on fabricated charges, blatant distortions and dishonest attacks. John McCain blew his...
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Third Bush Term

July 15, 2008 - George Bush, March 13, 2006: We have a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq -- a strategy I laid out in a series of speeches last year. John McCain, July 15, 2008: And if I'm elected President, I will turn...
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Setting the Record Straight

July 8, 2008 - This is what a real energy plan looks like:
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McCain Fundraising Pitch Includes Photo with Bush

July 1, 2008 - Dear John McCain, Thanks for giving me a reason to post this photo of you and Mr. 23%. Appreciate it. Best, Matt Ortega...
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Gallup: 68% "Concerned" About McCain's Similarities with Bush

July 1, 2008 - According to new numbers released by Gallup, one of the most respected polling firms in the country, more than two-thirds of Americans are "concerned" that John McCain will continue the policies of George W. Bush. Nearly half of those polled...
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NRCC: "There are no safe Republican seats" in 2008

June 27, 2008 - You know things are not looking so hot for House Republicans when the communications director for the entity responsible for getting them elected says this: "This is a challenging environment," she said. "Any Republican running for office has to run...
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GOP Senator: Cuba-China Oil Drilling Pact "Akin to Urban Legend"

June 17, 2008 - Republican leaders are known for trafficking in myths and alternate realities: "Climate change is a hoax. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were classmates and best friends in the 3rd grade. John McCain would make a good president." The usual...
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Bush's Third Term

June 16, 2008 - Bush's Third Term
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McCain Makes the Case: Third Bush Term

June 13, 2008 - Even John McCain knows he offers a third Bush term. He just won't admit it.
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MUST READ: Dems send aid into traditionally GOP 'exurbs'

June 11, 2008 - Today the Associated Press details how Democrats are reaching out and organizing in areas not considered Democratic ground, "giving the party hope it can win battleground states by at least diluting these local Republican strongholds…" Leading the effort, the Democratic...
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Cheney in McCain Administration? McCain: "Hell yeah"

June 11, 2008 - Via Think Progress, via the Politico:
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Rep. Conyers Invites Scott McClellan to Testify

June 9, 2008 - C-SPAN's ratings are about to jump up again real soon. Think Progress: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) invited former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to testify before the Committee at a June 20th hearing about reported...
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MUST READ: McCain Flip-Flops, Adopts Another Bush Position

June 6, 2008 - Just days after John McCain said in a nationally televised speech that he would not offer a third Bush term, the New York Times today reveals that he reversed himself to pander to the right wing of his Party by adopting yet another Bush policy.
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Rep. Waxman Wants Bush, Cheney CIA Leak FBI Interview Transcripts

June 3, 2008 - Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles, Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, wants the FBI transcripts from the interviews conducted with President Bush and Vice President Cheney about the CIA leak case, and is going to Attorney General Michael Mukasey to get them.
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this is a test

May 30, 2008 - no excerpt.
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"Gone in 60 Seconds"

May 28, 2008 - Newsday calls Bush "the invisible fundraiser."
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MUST READ: "DNC blunts GOP voter targeting efforts"

May 23, 2008 - The Politico reports this morning on the DNC's state-of-the-art voter file and field plans noting that "[a]fter years of struggling to catch up to the Republican Party's sophisticated microtargeting efforts, the Democratic National Committee appears to have come close to parity." The DNC has made significant investments in its voter file, infrastructure, and microtargeting efforts and now has a national voter file with comprehensive data on voters around the country that will be an invaluable asset come November.
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Behind Closed Doors

May 23, 2008 - Bush will be joining John McCain on the campaign trail next week, but they don't want anybody but big donors to know about it. The events will be closed to the public, and will not be allowed anywhere inside the fundraisers.
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BREAKING: House Judiciary Subpoenas Karl Rove

May 22, 2008 - Minutes ago, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former top Bush aide, Karl Rove, to appear before the panel on July 10, to answer questions about the White House's involvement in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, and the prosecution of...
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Must Read: "Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities"

May 20, 2008 - As John McCain tries to court minority voters today, a new report on Politico.com highlights how the Republican Party's "highly publicized" outreach over the last few years has lacked infrastructure and has yielded little results.
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Not Just a Fraction

May 20, 2008 - Via ThinkProgress, VoteVets Action Fund is coming out with new ad pressuring McCain sign onto Senator Webb's 21st Century GI Bill.
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More on Bush's Outrageous Statement about Democrats

May 15, 2008 - Speaker Pelosi: "What the President did in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of the President and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel. And I would hope that any serious person would disassociate themselves from the President's remarks who aspires to leadership in our country."
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Will McCain Denounce Bush's Remarks

May 15, 2008 - Bush made some outrageous comments that "Democrats are in favor of 'appeasement' of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II."
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Dean: John McCain Should Denounce Bush's Remarks

May 15, 2008 - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today responded to President Bush's outrageous comments about Democrats.
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82 Percent Say U.S. on "Wrong Track"

May 12, 2008 - In the latest ABC News/Washington Post opinion poll, 82 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track as President Bush hit an all-time low in the poll. The poll findings are bad news for the McCain campaign, which is running on a simple platform of four more years of failed Bush policies.
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Arizona Republic: McCain Not a Maverick

May 7, 2008 - The Arizona Republic declared that in tight votes, John McCain is "not a 'maverick.'" An examination of the presumptive GOP nominee's voting record in the Senate since 1999 found that "when it matters most, he seldom bucks the party." John McCain: The Bush president Bush Republicans have been waiting for.
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Dean on Fox News Sunday Stands Up to RNC Attempts to Distract From the Truth

May 4, 2008 - Democratic National Committee Chairman stood up to Republican attempts to distract from the truth about John McCain's own words on Fox News Sunday this morning. In an interview with FNS host Chris Wallace, Dean made it clear that recent DNC ads that show John McCain's comments on the economy and on being "fine" staying in Iraq for "100 years" are showing McCain not only in his own words but also how "out of touch" he is with the American people.
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ADAPT Activists Protest John McCain, RNC

April 29, 2008 - Folks from ADAPT, an advocacy group for persons with disabilities, is in Washington, D.C. this week for their 25th anniversary. According to attendee reports, about 100 people showed up outside the RNC because of John McCain's opposition to the Community Choice Act (CCA).
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and 100 Years in Iraq

April 29, 2008 - John McCain has said his comments on Iraq have been distorted and his cronies at the RNC have complained about the use of his statements in a new DNC television ad. In fact, that has not been the case--McCain's own words prove the point.
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McCain Was Against RNC Defense of "100 Years" Comment Before He Was For It

April 29, 2008 - In 2005, John McCain said he opposed a long-term American presence in the mold of the U.S. post-war commitments in Germany, Japan and Korea. Last year, he told Charlie Rose that such an arrangement could not work, even if there are no American casualties. Now, John McCain and the RNC are explaining away his "100 years" comment, and our national television ad, with this very argument.
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Gov. Dean Picks Apart John McCain's "100 Year" Comment Defense

April 28, 2008 - Republicans are incensed over our latest ad hitting John McCain for his commitment to 100 years in Iraq. And they should be -- it is devastating to John McCain's campaign. This past Sunday, Governor Dean appeared on Meet the Press and hit the nail on the head by picking apart McCain's defense.
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McCain's Idea of Doing All He Can? Sending an Email

April 25, 2008 - Asked about the North Carolina Republican Party's racially divisive ad on the Today Show this morning, John McCain said "I have done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue." So far, McCain's idea of doing "everything I can" includes just one thing: sending the state party chair an email.
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Bush Announcing Opposition to Mandatory Cuts of Emissions

April 16, 2008 - Today Bush is planning to announce a "realistic intermediate goal" for limiting emissions from greenhouse gases in the United States. According to the White House, they will "press for incentives for technology."
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98 Percent

April 14, 2008 - In an informal survey of 109 historians found 98 percent labeled the George W. Bush presidency a "failure" and only 2 percent said it was a "success." Not only that, more than 61 percent of the historians say the current...
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New Lows

April 11, 2008 - The Associated Press tells us today that President Bush has reached "a new low" in their job approval poll, with only 28-percent of Americans approving of the overall job he's doing.
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Bush Downplays the Defense Dollars

April 10, 2008 - Adam Blickstein, blogging at Democracy Arsenal for the National Security Network, commented on the President's speech about defense spending this morning. Bush just stated in his speech that spending on defense as a percentage of the U.S. economy was around...
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Maliki Disagrees with the Pause

April 10, 2008 - General David Petreaus testified before Congress that he was recommending President Bush "pause" the July reductions of American armed forces in Iraq for 45 days. But Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "disagrees" with the recommendation from Gen. Petreaus, citing the Iraqi Security Forces' capabilities.
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McCain: "No One Has Supported President Bush on Iraq More Than I Have"

April 2, 2008 - In an appearance on a right-wing radio program, Republican presidential nominee John McCain professed his staunch support for President George W. Bush on Iraq, stating "no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have." John McCain offers four more years of failed Bush policies.
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Factory Orders Down 1.3% in February

April 2, 2008 - The failed economic policies of George W. Bush in action: New U.S. factory orders declined for the second straight month in February, and fell more than twice as much as economists expected, the Commerce Department reported today. New factory orders...
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Pentagon Releases '03 Memo on Harsh Tactics

April 2, 2008 - Late Tuesday, the Pentagon released a 2003 memo from the Department of Justice on the treatment of detainees. The Justice Department memo, dated March 14, 2003, outlines legal justification for military interrogators to use harsh tactics against al-Qaida and Taliban...
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Bush? Never Heard of Him...

April 1, 2008 - Says McCain: "I'm not running on the Bush presidency..."
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Poll: 71 Percent Say Iraq Spending Hurting the Economy

March 19, 2008 - A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll finds that more than seven in ten Americans believe spending on the Iraq War is, at least partly, responsible for the current economic situation. Also, the poll finds that less than one in three Americans support the war, with opposition at 66 percent.
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Poll: 3 in 4 Say U.S. in Recession

March 18, 2008 - A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that three in four Americans believe the economy has tipped into a recession. As the Federal Reserve expanded credit to securities dealers and President Bush said his administration had taken "strong and decisive action,"...
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100 Years, Revisited?

March 17, 2008 - Maybe instead of four more years of Bush, with McCain we'd be getting four more years of Dick Cheney.
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Chairman Waxman Issues Subpoena for EPA Docs

March 14, 2008 - The EPA won't provide documents about the decision to reject California's attempt to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses. So Chairman Waxman has now issued a subpoena for "unredacted copies of documents that have been improperly withheld from the Committee," given that a "desire to conceal embarrassing facts" is not a valid legal basis.
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Why the Big Secret?

March 13, 2008 - The Bush administration is reportedly trying to make sure a Pentagon report finding "no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda" never sees the light of day.
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Bush Attack Dogs Gear Up for Third Bush Campaign

March 10, 2008 - Days after President Bush endorsed John McCain and promised that McCain offers "no change," some of President Bush's top campaign strategists are jumping aboard the McCain double talk express. According to the Politico, Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman "is now serving as an unpaid, outside adviser to" McCain, and Karl Rove gave McCain political advice in a recent "private conversation." Other leading Bush staffers, including former Bush communications expert Dan Bartlett and former White House political director Sara Taylor, "are eager to provide any assistance and advice possible to McCain." [Politico, 3/8/08]
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Government Spending

March 10, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will put an end to the reckless Bush budgeting and deficit spending.
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George Bush and John McCain Lack the Courage To Ban Torture

March 8, 2008 - "It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "And it is reprehensible that McCain changed his position on torture just to win an election. That's not the kind of leadership Americans want, and it's exactly the reason why voters will reject John McCain in November. The last thing we need is another president who will put politics over principle."
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McCain Trying to Distance Himself From Bush?

March 6, 2008 - It's just one day after Bush and McCain shared glowing praise for one another. That's one day since McCain promised that he wouldn't try to put as much distance between himself and Bush as he could -- and one day since Bush noted that McCain wouldn't change his policies.
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Yep

March 6, 2008 - This image just about says it all.
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Oil Hits $105 a Barrel

March 6, 2008 - Oil hits $105 a barrel.
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A Thousand Words

March 5, 2008 - A great roundup of photos by ThinkProgress:
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McCain and Bush, Together Again

March 5, 2008 - It's getting more and more difficult to tell the two apart. And today, Bush will be at the White House, reportedly in the Rose Garden, officially endorsing McCain for president.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and George W. Bush

March 5, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain offers new ideas instead of more of the same on the issues voters care most about: the economy, Iraq, and health care.
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Bush Sees Nixon in the Rear View Mirror

February 29, 2008 - The Moderate Voice's Shaun Mullen breaks down a recent national Zogby poll that shows President Bush with higher negatives than former President Richard Nixon. Some 52 percent of those surveyed place Bush at the bottom end of the scale as...
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Shameless GOP Plots Disgraceful Attacks on African American/Female Candidate

February 28, 2008 - While Senator John McCain pledged on Wednesday to treat his opponents "with respect" and said that as the nominee he would "make sure that everyone within my party knows that this has got to be a respectful debate," the Republican National Committee is testing how far it can go in attacks against a potential woman or African American opponent. [Los Angeles Times, 2/28/08; Politico, 2/24/08]
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President Bush Predicts the Future

February 26, 2008 - Senate Guru senses a trend emerging on the amazing powers of Bushtradamus: George W. Bush on June 14, 2006: I feel confident we will hold the House and the Senate. George W. Bush on February 25, 2008: I'm confident we'll...
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MUST READ: McCain's Clashes With Bush Undercut by Shared Views on Issues

February 26, 2008 - John McCain has worked hard on the campaign trail to portray himself as a "maverick" in Washington, but a Bloomberg story today shows that on issue after issue, McCain offers just a third Bush term. The article notes that "[o]n three major issues -- Iraq, the economy and health care -- he has embraced Bush's unpopular policies," something that will hurt him with voters in November. With President Bush's popularity among Americans at rock-bottom, McCain's support of Bush and his failed leadership is a major hurdle for McCain as voters look for change, not more of the same.
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Bush vs. McCain

February 26, 2008 - Enjoy this video the Democratic Party put together. Imagine somebody's ethics problems being so troubling that he can be lectured about it by Bush, of all people.
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Lexis Nexis is a Magical Tool

February 22, 2008 - For once, George Bush got something right. From the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000: Texas Gov. George W. Bush, abandoning all pretense of running a nice-guy front-runner campaign, lashed out at John McCain's reform credentials today, charging...
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Bush Library Donor Spared Border Fence Cutting Property

February 19, 2008 - Pure coincidence, I'm sure. From Think Progress: In October 2006, President Bush authorized the construction of a 700-mile border fence between the United States and Mexico. Now, however, the Department of Homeland Security’s construction plans are facing opposition from Texans...
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Not "Entirely" at Arms Length?

February 19, 2008 - So which is it, Senator?
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Happy Valentine's Day

February 14, 2008 - Some folks at the Democratic Party put together a special video celebrating the "Sweetheart Deal" McCain has made with the far right-wing.
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New DNC Web Video: "Sweetheart Deal"

February 14, 2008 - Today the Democratic National Committee released a new video -- "Sweetheart Deal," which shows the sweetheart deal John McCain has made with the right wing of his party in order to win the election. The so-called maverick who once ran away from Bush now parrots his rhetoric and embraces his failed policies.
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Study Critical of War Planning and Administration Buried by Army

February 11, 2008 - Following eighteen months of research on post-war Iraq, the RAND Corporation produced a detailed report in 2005 that was critical of "nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war." The Army, however, buried the study -- RAND...
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John McCain Embraces Key Figure in GOP Culture of Corruption

February 11, 2008 - John McCain's principles took another hit this weekend. While McCain has tried to convince voters that he stood up to the Republican culture of corruption in Washington, McCain showed his true colors by trying to advance his political career by cozying up to Karl Rove.
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Bush Passes the Torch to McCain

February 8, 2008 - In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Bush offered an implicit endorsement of McCain's bona fides as a true conservative in the face of deep skepticism on the right. Although he did not mention McCain by name, the president said whoever ends up being the Republican nominee will represent conservative values.
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Bush League Justice

February 8, 2008 - MSNBC's Dan Abrams takes a look at what passes in President Bush's 'Justice' Department with Georgetown Law School professor, Jonathan Turley....
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No Bear Hug?

February 7, 2008 - "That definitional period is so significant, and the president is such a big gun to associate yourself with. So I wouldn't expect a big bear hug."
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Four More Years

February 4, 2008 - (Photo credit: Jonah)...
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Bush Cuts Critical Water Funding

February 4, 2008 - President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget for 2009 that includes significant cuts into water funding projects. Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) issued a statement on these critical cuts to water projects in his state: The President's request is 37%...
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Bush Economy Isn't Working For America's Families

February 1, 2008 - Today the Department of Labor issued a report stating that 17,000 non-farm jobs were lost in the month of January -- yet another indication that the economy has suffered under the leadership of Bush Republicans.
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Bush Issues Signing Statements on Iraq, Afghanistan

January 29, 2008 - Shortly after signing the defense authorization, President Bush issued signing statements on four provisions, including measures on oversight of private contractors and permanent bases in Iraq.
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Negroponte Confirms Use of Waterboarding

January 29, 2008 - In an interview with National Journal, former Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, confirmed the use of waterboarding as an interrogation tactic by the Bush administration.
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Americans Want a New State of the Union, Not a Third Bush Term

January 28, 2008 - "After eight years of failed Republican leadership, Americans are ready for change, not the third Bush term we'd get with any of the Republican presidential candidates," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "President Bush's final State of the Union must be just that. America literally cannot afford another State of the Union address by a Republican who may have a new name, but most certainly will support the same policies that have kept us in a never ending war in Iraq and gave us an economy that's not working for all Americans."
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Polling!

January 15, 2008 - It's the lowest approval rating that Bush has received to date in this particular poll: 32 percent. And an incredible 66 percent disapprove, leaving few undecided.
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