<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>McCain on the Run: Cancels Press Availability  : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>McCain on the Run: Cancels Press Availability  : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[McCain on the Run: Cancels Press Availability ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The one scheduled McCain press conference of the week has just been canceled, we are told. No word as to why. After a week of constant mistakes, McCain runs from the press.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69765/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69765/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[George Bush Sr to Endorse McCain]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50759/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50759/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Has McCain Been Spreading His Love?]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51568/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51568/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain VS McCain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without any opposition, McCain is left with no one to debate but himself.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55724/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55724/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[John McClane For President 2008]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I've been on the fence, unable to pick a candidate for the office of POTUS. Now, that has changed. This nation does need change. Change that only a man like John McClane can offer.<br/><br/>That is John McClane - not John McCain. Yippie-kay-yay America!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62003/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62003/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain giving up on Michigan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Arizona senator canceled a trip to the state next week, he won't run ads on TV after this week and is dispatching staffers to states that show him in stronger position.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78545/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78545/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush endorses John McCain for president]]></title><description><![CDATA[If that ain't the kiss of death, what is?  Can McCain tell him to please not do that?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53203/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/53203/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice President Sarah Palin : President Palin in 4-8 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[This could make things quite interesting indeed. McCain has announced that Alaska Governor, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sarah Palin</a> is his Vice Presidential choice. This really is an ideal <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46055/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">candidate</a> for him. Could help with the Hillary voters, she's younger and has a lot of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">supporters</a> even outside her state. Even many democrats like her.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74142/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74142/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Ann Coulter Endorses Hillary]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least if it comes down between Hillary &amp; McCain. She says she will vote for her and even campaign for her.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49148/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49148/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Political bias in the news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Or, why McCain is getting hosed in the press. <br/>&quot;Before answering the question, indulge us in noting that the subject of ideological bias in the news media is a drag. The people who care about it typically come at the issue with scalding biases of their own. Any statement journalists make on the subject can and will be used against them. So the incentive is to make bland and guarded statements. Even honest ones, meanwhile, will tend to strike partisans as evasive or self-delusional.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80458/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80458/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA['I Would Make A Bad President,' Obama Says In Huge Campaign Blunder]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;I think Sen. Obama may have opened up a slight window for John McCain here,&quot; New York Times reporter David Sanger said during Wednesday's taping of Charlie Rose. &quot;If the McCain camp can find some way to exploit this miscue, it could have the potential to be a real game-changer.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80870/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80870/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[USA Today: McCain up by 10% among likely voters]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75239/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75239/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Oops! McCain asks Russia's U.N. envoy for money]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the letter, McCain urged Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, to contribute anywhere from $35 to $5,000 to help ensure McCain's victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, currently ahead in voter preference polls.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79878/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79878/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton &amp; McCain Win New Hampshire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US presidential race has been left wide open after Hillary Clinton and John McCain both rebounded to win victories in the New Hampshire primary.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46594/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46594/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69753/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69753/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlantic Monthly Hires Photographer Who Deliberately Smears McCain With Photo Shoot]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/76294/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/76294/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Casinos Accepting John McCain VP Bets]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73384/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73384/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s 10 Worst Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama and McCain have both posited many many great ideas. Of course they can't all be perfect. This week we bring you Obama's 10 worst ideas. Next week we'll bring you McCain's 10 worst ideas. Seems relatively  neutral and unbiased. Looking forward to seeing McCain' list.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74721/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74721/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Takes Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[Giuliani, who based his entire campaign on 9/11 and placed  all his eggs in Florida's basket, came in third. Giuliani is expected to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://thepage.time.com/2008/01/29/a-deal/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">endorse</a> <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://mccain.senate.gov/public/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">McCain</a>. Romney is not deterred and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080130/D8UFUJPO0.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">vows</a> to continue the fight.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48842/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48842/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Police: McCain volunteer changes ATM attack story]]></title><description><![CDATA[McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black man robbed her and then cut a &quot;B&quot; onto her cheek after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car has been given a polygraph test because of &quot;inconsistencies&quot; in her story]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80225/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80225/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead Over McCain: Poll]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79962/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79962/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>