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A Poignant Plea in Portsmouth: McCain’s Compassion, Humanity, and Empathy

By Election Night HQ’s Publisher 
There was a highly unexpected episode on Thursday, when Senator McCain held a forum on climate change issues in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Thus far, there are two stories, as to what happened: one is from The New Republic’s The Plank, which you can read here; the other is from Seacoast Online, the Portsmouth […]

The Atlantic’s Ambinder: “McCain’s ‘Road to Victory’: An Actual Internal Memo”

On Saturday, September 8, Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic published excerpts from an internal strategic memo, reputed to have emerged from Senator McCain’s campaign.   Here is the full text of Ambinder’s analysis, as well as the excerpts from the memo.  (Note: italicized text comes from the memo; it has not been italicized by Ambinder.)

McCain’s “Road To Victory:” An Actual […]

Post-UNH debate analysis: DaveG of Race42008 writes this post: “Is a McCain comeback still possible?”

Here is an extended post written by DaveG of Race42008.com, on Senator McCain’s campaign as a whole, in the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s debate at UNH:

Is A McCain Comeback Still Possible?
I know that I say this after every debate of the GOP field, but the reaction of the Granite State crowd surveyed by Frank Luntz […]

Text of statement from McCain NH Chairman Peter Spaulding, in the aftermath of UNH debate

Here is the statement from Senator McCain’s New Hampshire chairman, Peter Spaulding, in the aftermath of Wednesday’s debate at UNH.  As with the previous post, reprinting the statement from Rick Davis, this is unalloyed spin, and not an objective assessment of McCain’s performance. 
However, as with the statement from Davis, it provides a clear view […]

Official post-UNH debate statement from campaign manager Rick Davis on McCain’s performance

Here is the complete text of a statement, sent out via e-mail by Senator McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, immediately after the conclusion of the debate (it was received at 10:53 PM Wednesday).  Obviously, this is entirely spin, and not an objective analysis of McCain’s performance in the debate at UNH on Wednesday.   But it is indicative […]


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