Two days before the 2008 presidential election, fans at the Kansas City Chiefs game saw a 30-second tribute to veterans taped by Sen. John McCain. Moments before kickoff against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arrowhead Stadium, the JumboTron also played...
Media consultant Mark McKinnon says he did nothing to hurt Barack Obama politically during last fall's presidential election. Yesterday, I posted here about a piece in Vanity Fair, which reported that McKinnon helped John McCain's running mate, soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov....
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...
The Senate has begun the confirmation hearing for Ron Kirk's nomination as U.S. Trade Representative. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is the first senator at the microphone. ``With some reluctance I will vote to confirm Mr. Kirk's nomination," McCain said. "......
One of Washington's time honored rituals is that when a donor turns out to be a sleaze ball, or even an alleged sleaze ball, beneficiaries distance themselves -typically by donating the amount received by their campaign committees to charity....
That was Sen. John McCain, R-Came up Short, powerwalking toward the Senate chamber moments ago -- unattended by aides, unfollowed by cameras or Secret Service and almost but not entirely unmolested by reporters. He was in a dark overcoat, head...
Austin-based political demographer Bill Bishop just sent me the scoop on exactly where in Texas President-elect Barack Obama outperformed John Kerry, the Democrats' hapless presidential nominee four years ago. The answer: Urban counties, according to Bishop, who co-edits The Daily...
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's triumphant re-election campaign just got a little too triumphant. In an email sent to supporters late this afternoon, the Cornyn camp made a few boasts that turned out to be exaggerated: A) Claim: Cornyn's the second...
Two of our Washington insiders shared first prize in the Trail Blazers election predictions. DC bureau reporter Todd J. Gillman nailed Obama's 7-point victory over McCain , though he declined to give a specific electoral vote count (he just...
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Many have left the ballroom...there are only a few supporters left. Those that are still here have crowded around the three TV's and cranked up the volume to watch McCain's concession speech. There are lots of disappointed faces....
No late night wait this year: Barack Obama has clinched the Presidency! As the polls closed on the West Coast and in Hawaii, the television networks formally proclaimed that the 47-year-old Illinois senator had been elected as the nation's first...
Nobody cheering here but the foreign press....
Sarah Palin is here, but obviously away from plain view. No word on when John McCain will address his supporters. Some folks are beginning to move to the lawn and ballroom. As I said earlier, there are numerous parties here....
Numbers look bleak for Republican John McCain, badly trailing Democrat Barack Obama in electoral votes. So we ask: Is there any hope left for McCain? If so, how?...
No big shocker here. But it's probably too little, too late for the Republican U.S. senator from Arizona....
John McCain isn't doing as well as George Bush did among Hispanics and young voters, but he held commanding leads -- more than 65 percent -- over Barack Obama among those over 65, conservatives, white men and white women and...
The Republican nominee got here at about 7:40 Arizona time (8:40 Dallas time). We don't know yet when he plans to speak. Strange setup here. There are several parties, plus stuff happening on the lawn and in the ballroom. There...
So say our folks at the two election night parties for John McCain and Barack Obama, where giant television monitors are keeping revelers abreast of the latest news. Gromer Jeffers reports that a few monitors do feature other networks, "but...
The Fox News declaration that Ohio has fell to Obama has ended any chance of this large gathering turning into a real party. There's a sense here that's it's over for John McCain. People are now talking about it being...
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