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Friday, August 15th, 2008 Nearing the end of a week’s vacation, Barack Obama now faces the toughest decision of his life. He has to come back from Hawaii ready to announce his running mate. And for me it’s a no-brainer.
Forget Tim Kaine. He’s an impressive young governor of a key swing state, but he has even less [...]
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 As the co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire,” I was in New Hampshire in 2000. I covered John McCain’s insurgent campaign against frontrunner George W. Bush. I rode the “Straight Talk Express.” I interviewed the candidate. I attended several McCain town halls.
Take it from me, the John McCain we see today is not the same [...]
MCCAIN WINS GOLD FOR FLIP-FLOPS
Monday, August 4th, 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics haven’t even begun, but the first gold medal has already been awarded to John McCain: for trouncing all contenders in the International Flip-Flopping competition.
Indeed, even though he’s almost 72 years old, McCain is still remarkably agile. He’s performed more flip-flops than any other presidential candidate in history. This week [...]
MCCAIN MASTERS COMMAND OF BUSH-SPEAK
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Ever since it became clear that John McCain would be this year’s Republican nominee, reporters wrestled with a serious decision. In covering the campaign, should they or should they not reference his age?
In the end, McCain let them off the hook. They didn’t have to decide, after all. Through an unending series of [...]
RENEW THE NEW YORKER — FOR LIFE!
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Barack Obama’s campaign denounced it as “tasteless and offensive” and an insult to all Muslims. John McCain called it “totally inappropriate.” They both take themselves too seriously.
Pardon my political incorrectness, but when I saw the cover of this week’s New Yorker magazine, I laughed out loud — as Obama should have, too. First, [...]