<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69753/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an action he has been advocating in his presidential campaign.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Bush Sr to Endorse McCain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50759/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Former President George H.W. Bush will appear with his wife, Barbara, on Monday to showcase their endorsement of Sen. John McCain. A senior campaign official said that the former first couple will attend a rally for McCain and are expected to campaign for him.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush endorses John McCain for president]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53203/1/</link><description><![CDATA[If that ain't the kiss of death, what is?  Can McCain tell him to please not do that?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain VS McCain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55724/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Without any opposition, McCain is left with no one to debate but himself.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[USA Today: McCain up by 10% among likely voters]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75239/1/</link><description><![CDATA[John McCain up 54% to 44% among likely voters according to a new USA Today poll.<br/><br/>Sarah Palin effect?  Maybe?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Lifts Executive ban of Offshore Drilling]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68722/1/</link><description><![CDATA[President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit.  &quot;This means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil reserves is action from the U.S. Congress,&quot; Bush said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61579/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Mr. McCain added pointedly: &#8220;I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears. I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action on serious challenges.&#8221;<br/><br/>Ouch! That will cost him some votes with the hardliners.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain opposed Bush Iraq policy in '03; why didn't he try to unseat him in '04?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78603/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly &quot;maverick&quot; thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has McCain Been Spreading His Love?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51568/1/</link><description><![CDATA[NYT has a report on McCain. Among other things is the rumor that McCain has been having an illicit relationship with a lobbyist. McCain's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7325896" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">response</a> is denial. More info <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002898.html?hpid=topnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/politics/animal/main3855587.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony 'to drop PlayStation 3 price']]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17042/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A price cut for the PlayStation 3 games console may be in the cards as Sony looks to strengthen the platform and expand its penetration.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlantic Monthly Hires Photographer Who Deliberately Smears McCain With Photo Shoot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/76294/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Atlantic Monthly was blindsided last week with the news that Jill Greenberg, the photographer who shot a recent cover image of Sen. John McCain, deliberately used unflattering lighting and only did minimal touchups in an effort to cast the presidential candidate in a negative light. ...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Casinos Accepting John McCain VP Bets]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73384/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Do you wanna bet who John McCain will select as his Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2008 presidential race? Today is your lucky day because many of the most popular online casinos have announced the odds and are accepting wagers for this political contest.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead Over McCain: Poll]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79962/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain two weeks before the November 4 U.S. election, according to Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Tuesday.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[SNL Weekend Update--Thursday]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80441/1/</link><description><![CDATA[President Bush endorses Palin and a reluctant McCain.  I hope this is not a dupe.  I got a good laugh out of it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain seeks to delay Friday's debate to deal with credit crisis]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/77485/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with Democrat Barack Obama's campaign and the presidential debate commission to delay Friday's debate because of the economic crisis.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain has terse response on Palin shopping spree]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80118/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Blogette]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/56045/1/</link><description><![CDATA[John McCain as seen thru the eyes of his daughter, Meghan, via her Internet diary.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman (D), may speak at Republican Convention]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/61529/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman, Al Gores running mate, who's chances of greatness were &quot;stolen&quot; by Bush, who is exactly the same person as John McCain, who is err... old, and uhh...<br/><br/><br/>Oh...nevermind]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton, McCain win big endorsements]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48306/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri1.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton</a> and Republican <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sen. John McCain</a> for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential in November.<br/><br/>Linked to Ny Times editoral on each canidate and why they chose them.]]></description></item></channel></rss>