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...that Senator John S. McCain has clinched the Republican nomination, he must overcome an identity crisis. Should he change his history of bipartisan voting to strengthen his Republican kinship ties? Or will his attempts to woo the right-wingers of his party alienate Independents? McCain??s recent flip-flop on torture suggests that he is trying to attract the right-wing Republican vote. That seems to explain why McCain, one of the nation’s staunchest opponents of torture, voted not to pass an anti-torture bill.This came as a surprise for those who know of McCain?...
...everyone in our generation relies on VoteGopher for political advice. Instead, some avid political junkies have ventured straight into the jaws of the national campaign. Take, for example, Steve E. Johnston ’09, Northeast Co-Chair of Students for McCain. Eager to talk politics, Johnston reflected on McCain??s extensive military service and his “straight talk” style: “There are lots of politicians out there and few leaders. Even among Republicans, McCain is only presidential candidate that I would work for.” In terms of duties, Johnson...
...seems to have touched a widespread nerve amongst Democrats of all stripes, particularly when compared with the distinctly uninspiring and combative style of his opponent. It remains to be seen, however, just how valuable the American people believe this x-factor to be contra John McCain??a candidate with Hillary’s foreign policy credentials and without such widespread (albeit superficial and oft-overstated) “dislikeability.” Painting a Purple Heart winner as “anti-hope,” I would hazard, could present a few new challenges for the Obama...
...help much to be reading the unceasing back-and-forth on editorial pages, either. The media has gleefully stoked the public obsession with this election, with 24-hour coverage of delegate breakdowns and speculation about Hillary’s “breakdown” and McCain??s “affair...
Take yesterday’s exposé on John McCain??s political-careerful of indiscretions small and large. The probable Republican nominee for president and historically, McCain apparently didn’t let his self-styled reputation as the Senate’s most adamant ethics watchdog slow him down when Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg offered him a plane ride. The Arizona senator—who is becoming more and more like his constituency with each passing year—was celebrated when he helped birth the Reform Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping corporate money...