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The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight

Is there a reason why, in its response to a voters' guide published in AARP The Magazine, the McCain campaign did not mark the bubbles agreeing with a single one of the group's eleven issue goals, even ones as innocuous as "I commit to help end ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  9 Oct 2008

Dewey Defeats Truman!

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Hugh Hewitt, really? Are you sure? That is _so_ a Fred Barnes title. But snicker not: If McCain-Palin win, Hewitt ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  9 Oct 2008

Next Stop, Berkeley

But give McCain points for obstinance, if nothing else. As Jonathan Martin points out, he's headed back to Iowa for a rally in Davenport on Saturday. Why? Dan Balz reports: Asked why, if he has given up on Michigan, McCain has not given up on Iowa, a ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  9 Oct 2008

'A Fatal Cancer to the Republican Party'

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Here's where every card-carrying pundit who hopes to retain a shred of credibility after November 4 makes a mad ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  8 Oct 2008

So Much for that Change of Course

The Politico story may be technically accurate, though, as it quotes McCain aides suggesting the candidate would avoid such attacks, not the campaign. So that, evidently, is the plan: Keep John McCain's own fingers clean, while his aides and ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  8 Oct 2008

Another Change of Course?

After days of attempts to persuade voters that Obama’s ties to ‘60s radical Bill Ayers are a crucial character issue, McCain didn’t mention Ayers’ name during the 90 minutes of Tuesday’s forum. His top aides suggested afterward that, going forward, ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  8 Oct 2008

The Numbers

But worse for McCain, I think, than any of these top numbers are some of the nuggets buried in last night's CNN poll (which had Obama up 54 - 30 overall). Those surveyed thought Obama was more intelligent than McCain by 57 - 25 and expressed himself ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  8 Oct 2008

The Undeciders

Having arrived home from a screening just in time for the famous CNN focus group of undecided voters, I can only say that it is a strong candidate for the least elucidating form of debate coverage available. Though the media loves to present them as ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

An Alternative Bailout Plan

Yes, yes, spend $700 billion buying mortgage-backed securities and other distressed assets, but instead of just leaving them sitting around, put them to work. Specifically, dress them in pirate hats and tell them to behave like Keith Richards. Or, I ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

Window of Opportunity?

Newt Gingrich, never shy about offering unsolicited advice, explains how John McCain can win the election: The Paulson bailout was initially bad and made worse by the Congressional Democrats....  Senator McCain now faces the crisis of his career. He is ...

From CHRIS ORR, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

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