A critical piece on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the current issue of Vanity Fair says Austin campaign media consultant Mark McKinnon played an as-yet-unreported role in late September debate prep of the Alaska governor/hockey mom. Writer...
Saturday Night Live has owned campaign comedy since debuting Tina Fey as Sarah Palin; no other show can match it. And to my mind, this was their best bit yet -- from the insider jokes (the blank commemorative plates for...
It was an inexplicably early Halloween today aboard the McCain plane en route to Florida. Would-be first lady Cindy McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham passed out Halloween treats to the press corps. "It's never too early for...
Sen. John McCain just pulled into Florida International University in Miami, where there's a big, raucous crowd in the gym. His buddy Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut senator who ran as the Democrats' pick for vice president in 2000, just introduced...
Cindy McCain commended her husband to the nation's voters as a loving husband and father, and a patriot who will always do the right thing. "If Americans want straight talk and the plain truth," she said, "they should take...
Former Bush media chief Mark McKinnon quit the John McCain campaign, as we reported last year, saying he respected Barack Obama's history-making campaign so much he didn't want to work against him. But then McKinnon kept showing up in McCain...
Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain both oppose abortion rights, but Cindy McCain says she favors an exception in the case of rape and incest -- which tracks with the position of her husband....
Tuesday night's Republican Convention session wasn't just about introducing John McCain and hailing his life of service. It included a tribute to his wife Cindy for her humanitarian work. The tribute was given by Wes Gullett, a longtime McCain friend...
Introduced by First Lady Laura Bush, Gov. Rick Perry and three other Gulf states Republican governors told GOP delegates in taped messages that they're on the job, helping their citizens meet the challenge of Hurricane Gustav. "We're doing our job...
McCain and his would-be first lady tour the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City today with Monsignor Diego Monroy Ponce Mexico City's Basilica de Guadalupe is one of the holiest sites for Mexico's Roman Catholics and, by extension, many...
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