On Monday, the big news for observers of the jockeying for campaign cash between Senator McCain and his old friend, former Senator Fred Thompson, will be the dueling DC fundraisers, staged by both campaigns today and this evening.
The events are of strategic importance for both sides. McCain’s well-publicized difficulties in raising $$$, means that he cannot possibly afford […]
Senator McCain was the beneficiary of an extraordinarily upbeat assessment of his new, leaner campaign in Sunday’s Washington Post. Below is an excerpt of the long (two-page) article). It should be noted, in fairness, that the author opted to begin the story with the words, “Sickly. Weak. Feeble.”
While those three adjectives are among the […]
On Race42008.com, there has been a rather unpleasant series of posts, since the implosion which became public on July 10, and which the posts’ authors have opted to title “McCain Death Watch”.
However, on Friday, July 27, the NY Sun’s Ryan Sager had the following to say, about the aforementioned grim pastime:
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Tommy Oliver of Race42008.com offered a concise recap of a conference call which took place on Saturday, July 28, while Senator McCain was campaigning in South Carolina over the weekend. Here is the text of Oliver’s rec
ap:
Recap of Saturday Conference Call with Senator John McCain
On Saturday, I had the opportunity to listen in on a conference […]
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online’s Campaign Spot feature had the following observation on McCain in his Horserace section, where he noted that Senator McCain does have bedrock support, despite the mountain of difficulties faced by his campaign in July thus far and for the foreseeable future.
In a generalized post - “Is the Republican Primary Shaping Up A Bit Different Than Expected?” - commenting […]