The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder had an outstanding post on the infamous New York Times article on Senator McCain and his allegedly improper ties to lobbyist Vicki Iseman, prior to McCain’s first presidential bid in 2000. Ambinder’s analysis - How McCain Weathered the Storm - was impressive, due to his focus on the write-up about how the McCain campaign […]
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has posted his speculation on the “McCain Veepstakes”:
Just to be irritating, here’s a list of potential vice presidents for John McCain. Some of the names are based on informed speculation about who McCain likes and what he wants to see in a ticket-mate; others are just guesses.
Are they in any particular […]
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has a great post up today, detailing with hard numbers, the popularity Senator McCain enjoys among Republican voters. His post is titled simply: “The Big Picture: Republicans Like McCain”, and the chart provides considerable evidence that rank-and-file GOP voters are actually very comfortable with McCain as the nominee - something which his critics vociferously dispute…
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After all of the reports through the summer of 2007 about McCain staff departures, it’s great to be able to report staff additions, as McCain continues to build momentum. Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic reported on February 1 that “Simmons Returns To The McCain Campaign”:
Simmons Returns To The McCain Campaign
Sarah Simmons, who served in the […]
Last night, Saturday, January 19, The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder wrote the following in his post - “McCain Wins”:
McCain!
Why?
(1) Five years of hard work by McCain, consultants Richard Quinn and John Weaver in upstate South Carolina….the endorsement of the Greenville, SC state senator…apologizing to Falwell…
(2) demographics: growth in Charleston, Midlands and Horry county…
(3) The surge worked…and McCain […]