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John McCain Coasts to Easy Victory in Arizona Senate Race
By Jason O'Bryan - Politics DailyRepublican Sen. John McCain coasted to victory Tuesday, easily beating former Tuscon city councilman Rodney Glassman to hang onto his Arizona Senate seat. With 70% of the precincts reporting, McCain held a commanding 24 point lead over Glassman, 59. While the election was a clear victory for McCain, it remains his closest Senate race since 1992. McCain thanked the voters of Arizona, but despite his win, warned his own party of hubris. In vintage iconoclastic McCain style, he reminded Republicans that the tea party supporters are "the messengers," and that the sweeping conservative victories ...
How Old Is John McCain?
By Matt Parish - Politics DailyJohn McCain, serving his fourth term as U.S. senator for Arizona, is running for re-election against Democratic candidate Rodney Glassman. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in the 2010 elections, here are answers to some frequently asked questions about McCain's prepolitical life. How old is John McCain? McCain is 74 years old. When was John McCain born? McCain was born on Aug. 29, 1936. Where was John McCain born? McCain was born on the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in Panama. Who are John McCain's parents? McCain's parents are four-star ...
Is John McCain Married?
By Matt Parish - Politics DailyJohn McCain, serving his fourth term as U.S. senator for Arizona, is running for re-election against Democratic candidate Rodney Glassman. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in the 2010 elections, here are answers to some frequently asked questions about McCain's prepolitical life. Is John McCain Married? Yes. Who is John McCain's wife? McCain is married to Cindy Lou Hensley McCain. How old is John McCain's wife? McCain's wife Cindy is 56 years old. What does John McCain's wife do for a living? Cindy McCain is a well-known public advocate ...
Obama Signs Border Security Bill, Beefing Up Surveillance
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyPresident Obama signed into law a $600 billion border security bill Friday that will beef up surveillance on the U.S.- Mexico border. In a statement released Thursday, the president said the bill will make "an important difference" as his administration "continues to work with Congress toward bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform to secure our borders, and restore responsibility and accountability to our broken immigration system." In a press briefing on Friday, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano hailed the bipartisan support for the bill and said the new law "demonstrates ...
Palin's Shocking Admission: Not Tough Enough to Be President
By David Corn - Politics DailySarah Palin can't expect anyone to take her seriously as a presidential candidate -- not after what she said this week. In recent days, the former Alaska governor and Tea Party fave has been on a tear against Journolist, a list-serv for nearly 500 journalists, policy wonks and academics, most of whom are self-identified liberals working for self-identified liberal outfits. The participants on this off-the-record e-mail chain promoted their work, debated politics and policy (occasionally quite sharply), and traded and tested ideas for articles and columns. Last month, The Daily Caller, a ...
Republicans Win Delay of Elena Kagan Confirmation Vote
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRepublicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have won a one-week delay of a vote on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, citing the need to review reams of documents related to Kagan's work in the Clinton administration, as well as written answers to questions from six committee Republicans, which she submitted only Friday. The move is one of the few procedural maneuvers Republicans have to slow Kagan's confirmation process, which has moved smoothly thus far. Although the committee's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), has the authority to schedule the panel's votes, the minority ...
Sen. John McCain Says He Will Vote Against Elena Kagan
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wrote in an op-ed Wednesday that he would vote against Elena Kagan, saying President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court fails his personal test of "integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament." In an opinion piece for USA Today, McCain seized upon accusations that Kagan, as dean of Harvard Law School, denied military recruiters access to the campus as a form of protest against the "don't ask, don't tell" law governing gays in the military. By doing so, "she unmistakably discouraged Harvard students from ...
Michael Steele: Right About Obama and the Afghanistan War?
By David Corn - Politics DailyMichael Steele was right when he called Afghanistan Obama's war. Well, sort of. But what got him in hot water was committing one of Washington's greatest sins: saying what he really thinks. From the moment Steele became chief of the Republican Party, he has been under fire for screw-ups and misstatements. Republicans insiders have consistently derided him -- with one calling him a "buffoon." He recently was snared in a brazen act of hypocrisy. Steele has even appeared almost to relish the controversies (except maybe the West Hollywood Bondage Strip Joint Caper). But his most recent misstep ...
Obama on Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Repeal: 'We've Never Been Closer'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama told gay activists Tuesday night that "we have never been closer" to repealing the ban on permitting openly gay men and woman to serve in the U.S. military. The House passed legislation last month that would overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which requires gay members of the armed services to keep their sexual orientation private. The policy was enacted under President Clinton and replaced an outright prohibition on gays serving in the military. Obama asserted that "forcing gay and lesbian soldiers to live a lie or to leave the military" harms national security. ...
John McCain's Tweet to Snooki: 'I Would Never Tax Ur Tanning Bed!'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTake one conservative presidential nominee, one reality show star who "snooks all night," add Twitter, and enjoy. That's the recipe behind Sen. John McCain's latest adventure on Twitter with "Jersey Shore's" Snooki, the star of the MTV reality show that follows a handful self-described "Guidos and Guidettes" on the New Jersey shore. The bizarre Twitter encounter started after Snooki, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, confided to an MTV camera crew that she has stopped going to tanning salons for her famous copper hue because of a new 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services. The tax came ...
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