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Frenemies: The McCain-Bush Dance
It was in Portsmouth, Ohio, the other day when a supporter neatly summed up the obstacle lying between John McCain and the White House. "When," the young man implored, "are you going to go out and say, 'Read my lips. I am not the third term of Bush'?"
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain John Kerry George W. Bush Lincoln Chafee George Allen Bill Frist Activities:Vietnam War US Election 2008 Bush Admin.
2008-07-18
Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records
WASHINGTON - President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney and other records related to the administration's leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003.
Nations:U.S. People:Richard Armitage Karl Rove Dick Cheney Activities:2003 CIA Leak Case Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-16
McCain: Selling an Economic Policy
John McCain has retooled his campaign - yet again - and put Steve Schmidt, a veteran of Karl Rove's old shop, in charge of the day-to-day operation. He's back out again doing what he says he loves best, mixing it up with voters in town hall settings. Where he once professed not to know much about the economy, it's now what he talks about constantly. But in spite of all the changes, there is still one key hurdle that McCain has yet to overcome, something a supporter in Portsmouth, Ohio, summed up pretty neatly in one of those question-and-answer sessions with the presumptive Republican nominee at the local high school: "When are you going to go out and say, 'Read my lips. I am not the third term of Bush?'"
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Rush Limbaugh Karl Rove Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(Time)
2008-07-10
How will next prez work with Congress?
On June 20, President Bush asserted executive privilege to shut down a House probe into an Environmental Protection Agency rule making. Three days later, a federal judge heard arguments in the Democrats' groundbreaking lawsuit over subpoenas for White House aides.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Karl Rove Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(Politico)
2008-07-01
McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism
FRESNO, Calif. - A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama.
People:John McCain Barack Obama Benazir Bhutto David Petraeus Karl Rove John Kerry Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-06-23
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