Now McCain Wants to Cancel the VP Debate

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2008 Was this the plan all along? CNN reports that Team McCain wants the first presidential debate to "take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday" if there's no bailout deal by Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain’s Race-Baiting Scoundrels

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 5, 2008 I'm confident that Sen. Lindsey Graham and the rest of John McCain's front-line surrogates know full well what messages they're sending about Barack Obama and race. On the off chance that they -- or, more likely, some of the white voters they're trying to reach -- don't know text from subtext from context, here's a deconstruction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Williams to Step In for Russert on ‘Meet the Press’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2008 NBC News will keep its Sunday lineup intact by giving Brian Williams a temporary stint as host of "Meet the Press," replacing the late Tim Russert for the time being. Because Russert and Williams teamed up for the Jan. 15 Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, many viewers might be primed to make the transition along with Williams. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Call to Limit Deployments Is a No-Go in Senate

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2007 So much for "supporting our troops": A bipartisan proposal sponsored by two combat veterans to give exhausted U.S. troops more time between their military deployments overseas was defeated by Republicans in the Senate, the first vote of a two-week congressional debate on Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Campaign Aides Decamp

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2007 Gone Tuesday were Sen. John McCain's campaign manager and chief strategist as the 2008 presidential hopeful attempts to revamp his foundering White House bid. McCain's campaign has been plagued with rumors about the sorry state of his fundraising efforts. McCain did not turn down the volunteered resignations of top aides Mark Selter and Terry Nelson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bipartisan Furor Over NSA Program

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 Many Republican and Democratic lawmakers are furious over the alleged NSA phone record collection program. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham: "The idea of collecting millions or thousands of phone numbers, how does that fit into following the enemy?" Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy: "It is our government, it's not one party's government." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )