John McCain: U.S. presidential election, 2008/Articles & Commentary

The following are articles & commentary related to John McCain: U.S. presidential election, 2008.

2006

 * John M. Broder, "McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team," New York Times, August 18, 2006 (FreeRepublic.com) (RSS feed August 21, 2006): "Many McCain advisers and money people say it is easy to make the switch from Mr. Bush to Mr. McCain because they have always admired Mr. McCain, or because Mr. McCain and Mr. Bush agree on the things that really matter." Subscription required.
 * Shira Toeplitz and Marc Ambinder, "Exclusive: McCain's Web Team. And Nicco Mele," The Hotline Blog/National Journal, August 23, 2006.
 * "Exclusive: Zoellick to Join McCain; Aides Eye Early '07 Campaign Launch," TIME Blog, August 23, 2006.
 * Steven Thomma, "McCain's age could affect expected presidential run," McClatchy Newspapers (Miami Herald), August 23, 2006.
 * Ezra Klein, "MCCAINIACS," TAPPED, August 24, 2006.
 * Matthew Yglesias, "MORE McECCODITTO," TAPPED, August 24, 2006.
 * kos, "Nicco Mele," Daily Kos, August 24, 2006.
 * Stephan Dinan, "White House fires back at McCain's comment on Iraq," Washington Times, August 24, 2006.
 * Garance Franke-Ruta, "NICCO & MCCAIN," TAPPED, August 28, 2006.
 * "McCain First, Giuliani Second in GOP 2008 Race," Angus Reid Global Monitor, November 14, 2006. also see Rudolph W. Giuliani
 * Judd Legum, "McCain Hires Key Falwell Staffer For Presidential Campaign," Think Progress, November 18, 2006. re Jerry Falwell staffer Brett O’Donnell
 * Greg Sargent, "McCain Hires Strategist Behind Harold Ford "Bimbo" Ad As Campaign Manager," Election Central/TPM Cafe, December 7, 2006. re Terry Nelson
 * Chris Cillizza, "McCain Hires Another Bush Insider," washington post.com, December 20, 2006. re Steve Schmidt

January

 * Jennifer Siegel, "McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani," The Jewish Daily Forward, January 5, 2007.
 * Ron Kampeas, "As candidates enter 2008 race, they begin courting Jewish support," Global News Service for the Jewish People, January 23, 2007.
 * Arianna Huffington, "Davos Notes: John McCain Bites My Head Off," The Huffington Post, January 27, 2007.
 * Michael Finnegan, "Attack ads go online and underground. 'Viral' Web video spreads fast and far, biting candidates hard -- sometimes with their own words," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2007.
 * "Snowe, Collins to head Maine exploratory committee for McCain," Boston Globe, January 29, 2007.
 * kos, "McCain's troubles," Daily Kos, January 29, 2007.

February

 * Jim Rutenberg, "McCain's advisors once made ads that drew his ire," New York Times, February 4, 2007.
 * Jim Davenport, "McCain to Preach Abstinence in S.C.," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), February 16, 2007.
 * Mark Thompson, "Blair and McCain: A Double Blow to Bush," TIME Magazine/CNN, February 21, 2007. also re Tony Blair
 * Tim Dickinson, "Weathervane McCain: Throw Rummy Under the Bus," National Affairs Daily/Rolling Stone, February 21, 2007.
 * Dean Barnett, "McCain's Comments on Rumsfeld Miss the Mark," ABC News, February 21, 2007.
 * "Cheney thinks McCain owes Rumsfeld an apology," Associated Press (WLUCTV6.com (Upper Michigan)), February 21, 2007.
 * Nitya Venkataraman, "McCain: Bush Pursuit of Iraq a 'Train Wreck'. McCain Slams Bush Administration on Iraq and Global Warming, Criticizes Both Cheney and Rumsfeld," ABC News, February 22, 2007.
 * Dale Eisman, "Sen. Warner endorses McCain's possible presidential bid," Associated Press (PilotOnline), February 27, 2007.
 * Jeff Greenfield, "Ridge endorses McCain, but will anyone care?" CNN, February 28, 2007.
 * Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, "McCain's Campaign Collapses," Townhall.com, February 28, 2007.
 * Joe Gandelman, "McCain Declares He's Running for President But Is His Campaing Collapsing?" The Moderate Voice, February 28, 2007.

March

 * Joe Sobczyk, "McCain Tells Letterman He Will Formally Enter Presidential Race," Bloomberg, March 1, 2007.
 * Joan Lowy, "McCain Announces He'll Run for President," Associated Press (Washington Post), March 1, 2007.
 * Adam Nagourney, "In Newly Usual Way, McCain Says He’ll Run," New York Times, March 1, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "Romney and McCain campaigns attack Coulter for calling John Edwards a 'faggot'," AMERICAblog, March 3, 2007. re Ann Coulter
 * Adam Nagourney, "G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author," New York Times, March 4, 2007.
 * Jonathan Chait, "McCain goes over to the dark side," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2007.
 * Michael D. Shear, "McCain Ties His Prospects to the War. Running for President in Iowa, Arizonan Addresses Support for Iraq Buildup," Washington Post, March 18, 2007.

April

 * Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey, "Do Over. John McCain is trying to reboot his presidential campaign. But he may be too tethered to Bush’s war policy to do so effectively," Newsweek (MSNBC), April 11, 2007.
 * Michael Roston, "Retired generals, admirals to talk torture with Presidential hopefuls, but McCain won't be there," The Raw Story, April 13, 2007.
 * "Webb: McCain Is Consistently ‘Impugning People’s Patriotism’ And ‘Hiding Behind The Troops’," Think Progress, April 14, 2007. re Jim Webb
 * "McCain sings 'bombs' to Iran," Reuters (Boston Globe), April 19, 2007.
 * Richard Adams, "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran," Guardian Unlimited (UK), April 20, 2007.
 * "Musical McCain drops ‘Bomb Iran’ joke," Associated Press (Boston Herald), April 20, 2007.
 * Kathleen Hennesey, "McCain Message to Joke Critics: Get a Life," Associated Press (Forbes), April 20, 2007.
 * Nico Pitney, "McCain Demanded Kerry Apologize For Botched Joke, Now Tells Critics To ‘Get A Life’," Think Progress, April 20, 2007.
 * Libby Quaid, "Group Launches Ad Against McCain's Joke," Associated Press (Washington Post), April 20, 2007.
 * Chris Cillizza, "Another Key McCain Aide Departs," On the Campaign Trail / Washington Post, April 26, 2007.

May

 * dengre, "The McCain/Bush Corruption Cover-Up," Daily Kos, May 13, 2007.
 * "42. The number of consecutive votes skipped by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)," Think Progress, May 17, 2007.
 * Rosa Brooks, "The GOP’s Torture Enthusiasts. This Week’s Republican Debate Was a Jack Bauer Impersonation Contest," Los Angeles Times (Common Dreams), May 18, 2007.
 * Nico Pitney, "McCain Drops F-Bomb On Senator When Confronted With Recent Absences," Think Progress, May 18, 2007.

June

 * Mark Silva, "McCain, the maverick, and all McCain's lobbyists," The Swamp Blog/Chicago Tribune, June 23, 2007. Includes Thomas B. Edsall's "McCain Has More Lobbyists On Staff Than Any Other 08 Candidate," The Huffington Post, June 23, 2007.

August

 * Roger Simon, "DNC shares oppo game plan with netroots," The Politico, August 3, 2007.
 * Jordan Grossman, "After Four Years of Certainty, McCain ‘Not Positive We Can Win’ In Iraq," Think Progress, August 8, 2007.

2008

 * Matt Kelley, "Telecom lobbyists tied to McCain: No favors for special interests, campaign says," USA Today, March 24, 2008.
 * "A look at GOP senator's telecom ties," USA Today, March 24, 2008.
 * Matt Kelley, "McCain pushed tax ban backed by telecoms: Campaign: His anti-tax record is consistent," USA Today, March 24, 2008.
 * Amie Parnes, "Melissa Shuffield: Press secretary goes extra mile for McCain," Politico.com, undated.
 * Lisa Mascaro and Michael Mishak, "McCain: Maybe we don’t need Yucca," Las Vegas Sun blog (Nevada), May 27, 2008.
 * Robert O'Harrow Jr., "McCain Campaign Calls; A Nonprofit Steps In," Washington Post, May 31, 2008.
 * Nikolas Kozloff, "Charlie Black's Play Book: 'McCain Needs Another 9/11 Attack'," CounterPunch.org, June 24, 2008.
 * Mike McIntire, "Democracy Group Gives Donors Access to McCain," New York Times, July 28, 2008.
 * Glenn R. Simpson, "McCain Adviser Had Russian Ties," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), September 8, 2008.
 * Elliot Blair Smith, "McCain Nuclear Energy Revival May Cost $315 Billion," Bloomberg News, September 11, 2008.
 * David D. Kirkpatrick and Charles Duhigg, "Loan Titans Paid McCain Adviser Nearly $2 Million," New York Times, September 21, 2008.
 * Margriet Oostveen, "I ghost-wrote letters to the editor for the McCain campaign," Salon.com, September 24, 2008.
 * Murray Waas,McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort," Huffington Post, October 14, 2008.
 * Michael Leahy, "McCain Chief Loyalist Has New Role: Mark Salter Now 'Litigator' of What He Views as Media Wrongs Against Candidate," Washington Post, October 30, 2008.
 * Murray Waas, "Official Who Lobbied for Saddam Donated Heavily to GOP Committees," Huffington Post, Oct. 31, 2008.