Right now, the political intelligentsia is consumed with the outcome of a congressional district in upstate New York.
Sen. John McCain said any added military deployment in Afghanistan smaller than the 40,000 troops reportedly requested by the top U.S. commander there "would be an error of historic proportions."
There's a standard scene in old movies about young hotheads behind the wheels of fast cars.
The wife of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain kept her pain to herself on the campaign trail
Video showing Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, is just another example of how captors use the medium for psychological warfare.
Sen. John McCain said Thursday the United States must recover from the "moral failures" of human rights abuses and called for Americans to stand on the "right side" of history as a leader of the free world.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday that says it supports "all Iranians who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law."
A key architect of Republican Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign has urged conservatives to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage.
While President Obama has insisted that securing Afghanistan against a rise in terrorist groups is a top security priority, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that the problems in that country are not as thorny as those in Iraq.
About a year ago I heard that my book "Politics Lost" had become a hot item on John McCain's presidential campaign bus. Meg Whitman, who was advising McCain on economic matters, was recommending it to everyone. I was, of course, flattered. And it sort of stood to reason: I had celebrated McCain's maverick 2000 run for the presidency in the book. And McCain seemed to embody the message of "Politics Lost": Be yourself. Don't let consultants talk you out of taking impolitic positions if you really believe in them. Don't be afraid to take a position or two that might be unpopular with the public - it will give you credibility, ballast, a hint of courage.
Right now, the political intelligentsia is consumed with the outcome of a congressional district in upstate New York.
Sen. John McCain said any added military deployment in Afghanistan smaller than the 40,000 troops reportedly requested by the top U.S. commander there "would be an error of historic proportions."
There's a standard scene in old movies about young hotheads behind the wheels of fast cars.
The wife of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain kept her pain to herself on the campaign trail
Video showing Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, is just another example of how captors use the medium for psychological warfare.
Sen. John McCain said Thursday the United States must recover from the "moral failures" of human rights abuses and called for Americans to stand on the "right side" of history as a leader of the free world.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday that says it supports "all Iranians who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law."
A key architect of Republican Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign has urged conservatives to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage.
While President Obama has insisted that securing Afghanistan against a rise in terrorist groups is a top security priority, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that the problems in that country are not as thorny as those in Iraq.
About a year ago I heard that my book "Politics Lost" had become a hot item on John McCain's presidential campaign bus. Meg Whitman, who was advising McCain on economic matters, was recommending it to everyone. I was, of course, flattered. And it sort of stood to reason: I had celebrated McCain's maverick 2000 run for the presidency in the book. And McCain seemed to embody the message of "Politics Lost": Be yourself. Don't let consultants talk you out of taking impolitic positions if you really believe in them. Don't be afraid to take a position or two that might be unpopular with the public - it will give you credibility, ballast, a hint of courage.
If you paid any attention to last year's presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain's stinging attack Wednesday on President Obama over earmarks probably sounded familiar.
A massive spending bill that funds the U.S. government for the rest of the budget year passed the Senate on Tuesday despite complaints about nearly $8 billion in what critics called "pork-barrel" projects.
Former GOP presidential nominee John McCain warned Wednesday that the United States is losing the war in Afghanistan.
Cost overruns on big-ticket Pentagon projects have left the U.S. military facing a budgetary "train wreck" at a time of growing budget deficits, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday.
Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman has dropped her libel suit against The New York Times, the paper announced Thursday.
Sen. John McCain, who faced a long, bruising campaign against candidate Barack Obama, has taken on a new role during the administration of President Barack Obama: "Loyal opposition."
President Obama is facing great challenges as he takes office and may have made a hasty decision to close Guantanamo Bay without addressing all of the repercussions, Sen. John McCain told CNN's Larry King Thursday night.
President-elect Barack Obama called his former Republican presidential rival, Sen. John McCain, a hero at a bipartisan dinner Monday night and encouraged politicians to reach across the aisle.
When Americans go to the polls this November, there will be many factors that influence where they eventually decide to cast their vote:
Sen. John McCain said Sunday he would not necessarily support his former running mate if she chose to run for president.
Two weeks after losing his bid for the presidency in an electoral landslide, Sen. John McCain is beginning the thorny transition back to life out of the spotlight as he weighs his future role in the Senate.
President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain said Monday that Americans are looking for leaders who will come together and "change the bad habits of Washington."
President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will meet for the first time on Monday since the election.
"I sleep two hours, wake up and cry," the losing GOP candidate jokes on The Tonight Show
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called former aides of Sen. John McCain "jerks" for circulating unflattering stories about her since the Republican ticket lost its bid for the White House Tuesday.
In a year when Alaska celebrates 50 years of statehood, it can be argued that our state finally joined the union August 29, 2008, when Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated by Sen. John McCain as his vice presidential running mate.
Whatever you may have thought about John McCain's running mate -- about whether she was qualified, prepared or experienced enough for the job -- try to put all of that aside for just a moment, because Sarah Palin is who she is.
Barack Obama did more than thump John McCain in the Electoral College tally; he also handily won the popular vote and redrew the great divide between red states and blue states.
Conservative pundits and bloggers were conciliatory Wednesday morning, but urged supporters to continue to fight and use Sen.John McCain's defeat as a springboard to strengthen the Republican Party.
As Sen. John McCain bowed out of the historic presidential election Tuesday night, he urged his supporters to bridge their differences with Sen. Barack Obama and unite for the good of the country.
John McCain's fight for the White House was a microcosm of his political career and broader life -- full of near-death experiences, stunning comebacks and close calls.
TIME spoke with John McCain's biographer and closest aide, Mark Salter, the morning after the election. Sitting in the courtyard of Phoenix's Biltmore Resort, Salter reflected on the campaign.
Tell us how long you waited in line to cast your vote for John McCain or Barack Obama
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain conceded the presidential race before a crowd of supporters in Phoenix on Tuesday. He also congratulated Sen. Barack Obama. Here is a transcript:
Sen. John McCain conceded the 2008 presidential election to Democratic rival Barack Obama late Tuesday, congratulating him on a historic victory and pledging to work with him in the months ahead.
Patrick Brice said he makes a fine living as a systems administrator for an area phone company, but he still has had to cut back on his spending lately.
When the stirring speeches, heavyweight debates and fevered campaigning of the U.S. elections are long forgotten, a handful of far less noble incidents are likely to be our enduring memories of the 2008 White House race.
There's a small, mysterious group of people in the United States who are almost indistinguishable from their neighbors. But they're different in an important way and they could decide today's presidential election.
After months of debating the issues, Americans go to the polls on Tuesday to select who they want to serve as the nation's 44th president.
Does your faith in your candidate extend to your investment portfolio? If so, this column is for you.
Barring an extraordinary shock, Barack Obama will win more than 270 electoral votes on Tuesday, giving him the White House. Hours before voting starts, John McCain has no clear path to reaching that same goal.
The ground war matters most now, and a little humor never hurts before a few hours of trudging through neighborhoods, looking for votes.
Both major party presidential candidates made a final pitch to readers of The Wall Street Journal on Monday on the newspaper's opinion page.
A new national poll suggests Sarah Palin may be hurting Republican presidential nominee John McCain more than she's helping him.
Although John McCain is 7 percentage points behind in the polls, his supporters in the major battleground state of Colorado are still hitting the streets and burning up the phone lines.
Don't put them down: they could be the decisive factor in Tuesday's election
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania launched a last-minute television ad that calls attention to Barack Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Despite the discouraging polls, the GOP candidate isn't acting like he's the loser
John McCain returned to Virginia this weekend for what was expected to be his final visit to the crucial battleground state before Tuesday's election and insisted the race for the White House was far from over.
Just three days before Election Day, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain spent Saturday campaigning across battleground states.
Early voting is changing campaign strategy and voter behavior like no other presidential race in history, experts say, as Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama make final cross-country pushes this weekend.
Sen. John McCain is campaigning with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Ohio as he attempts to overturn Barack Obama's poll lead in the state.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a raucous crowd in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday night that Sen. John McCain's opponent needs to beef up his policy plans.
Barack Obama did it, Sarah Palin did it, now it's his turn (again)
Aides to the Republican presidential candidate said Friday that McCain will make a detour from battleground states to appear on "Saturday Night Live," the late-night show that has been a must-watch for many during the political season
Have your friends voted yet? What about members of your family? And how about you? How are you going to feel November 5, and for the next four years, if you don't?
They were two very different groups, in two cities hundreds of miles apart, celebrating the same freedom to vote.
The Atlanta classmates use the rapper's hit to give voters "the good and bad of both parties," one participant says
Thanks to the immigration issue, many Latinos think of Democrats as the good guys and Republicans as the bad guys. It's an attitude that spells trouble for John McCain.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain sat down for an interview with CNN's Larry King on Wednesday.
Presidential candidate John McCain denied Wednesday that race will determine the outcome of next week's election against Barack Obama, who hopes to become the country's first black president.
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain sat down with CNN's Larry King on "Larry King Live" on Wednesday. Among the topics were Gov. Sarah Palin's readiness to lead the country and whether McCain's Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, is a socialist.
Sen. Barack Obama told voters on Monday that "we are one week away from changing America."
Sen. Barack Obama blasted his opponent's health care plan Tuesday, seizing on comments made by Sen. John McCain's senior economic adviser.
A Warren Township, Ohio, man faces charges of felonious assault after authorities say he fired his rifle at two teens who were attempting to deface his McCain presidential campaign yard sign.
It was big news when this story broke over the weekend -- a shocking quote from an adviser to John McCain, calling Sarah Palin a "diva."
To put it mildly, this is not a good election year to be running as a Republican.
Sen. John McCain needs to close the gap by persuading undecided voters to back him, but attacks on Sen. Barack Obama could turn off the very voters he needs to swing his way, a political analyst said Tuesday.
The McCain campaign focused on Pennsylvania on Tuesday, working to overcome a double-digit deficit in a state with 21 electoral votes.
Our nation's economic foundation is crumbling like sand beneath our feet. Middle-class families are losing their jobs, homes, savings accounts and college funds.
Some aides to Sen. John McCain say they weren't happy that running mate Sarah Palin went off script Sunday and turned attention back to the controversy over her wardrobe.
The Republican's slim hopes of winning rest on holding a slew of red states and stealing a big blue one like Pennsylvania, but most of all they depend on the candidate's faith in himself
Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday that Sen. John McCain was now "owning up to the fact that he and George Bush actually have a whole lot in common."
With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
Bail was set at $50,000 Friday night for a GOP campaign worker who made up a story about being attacked by a man angered by a John McCain bumper sticker on her car.
The Rev. Loran Livingston can see the stress in their faces and hears the dilemma in their questions as Election Day draws near.
Some residents in battleground states are receiving more than a dozen daily robocalls, recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent.
Experts call it the "forgotten issue," or even the "ignored issue" -- Social Security.
Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday charged that Sen. John McCain "wants to keep on putting corporations ahead of workers."
Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy positions could encourage America's enemies to test it during the early days of an Obama administration, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday.
Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that the country needs a leader who "understands the connection between our economy and our strength in the world."
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain joined CNN's Wolf Blitzer for an interview in "The Situation Room" on Wednesday.
As the presidential campaigns enter their final days, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is getting the rock star treatment, drawing much bigger crowds than her running mate, Sen. John McCain.
Economic woes are impacting the presidential race more than at any time since the primaries ended, according to a poll released Tuesday -- a potentially troubling sign for John McCain.
With only two weeks until Election Day, it's safe to say that Sen. John McCain has quite a few things on his mind.
On Monday, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden released his medical records. Overall, he's in good health.
A growing number of Americans believe John McCain has attacked Barack Obama unfairly, a negative perception of the Arizona senator that could cost him at the polls on Election Day.
Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was as much a rejection of the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain's campaign as an embrace of the Democratic presidential nominee, political analysts said Monday.
With two weeks and one day until Election Day, a new national poll of likely voters suggests the race for the White House may be tightening up.
Sen. John McCain said Sunday he's "very happy" with the way his campaign is going, despite his "underdog" status in the polls.
The Republican nominee has Charlie Crist and a GOP-controlled legislature behind him, but his campaign's negative tone isn't playing well in a state tired of bitter partisanship
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and Democrat Sen. Barack Obama faced off at Hofstra University Wednesday night in their last debate before Election Day. Bob Schieffer of CBS was the moderator. Here is a transcript of the debate.
Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford. Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter (and Richard Nixon and Bob Dole). Dana Carvey as George H.W. Bush. Will Ferrell as George W. Bush.
Sen. John McCain stepped up his rhetoric against his Democratic rival on taxes in his weekly radio address Saturday, comparing his plan to "socialist" programs.
The GOP presidential nominee apologizes to the late-night host for canceling a previous appearance
Key events for the week of October 10 - 16 2008
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden ripped into recent comments by his Republican counterpart that suggested that some places in the U.S. are more "pro-America" than others.
"Joe" Wurzelbacher got the fact-checkers going and certain popular assumptions have since been demolished
In the middle of an economic crisis, with a lot of Americans worried to death about how they are going to pay their bills, our two presidential candidates are about to spend an astonishing amount of money kicking the "you know what" out of each other on national television.
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