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For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk — WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. — A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet.
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The Politico:
Right rallies to McCain's side — Conservative media outlets rushed with surprising vehemence to defend Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Thursday against a critical article in The New York Times, embracing a maverick they have often attacked. — Rush Limbaugh calls it “the drive-by media ... trying to take him out.”
Washington Post:
McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides — Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch, according to one of McCain's longest-serving political strategists.
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Romney Camp Laments — ABC News' John Berman Reports: The remnants of the Romney campaign are shaking their heads this morning. — For months they were whispering about a New York Times investigation into John McCain's ties to a certain lobbyist. — They would poke and prod reporters …
Matthew Yglesias:
McCain and Iseman — Well, The New York Times's article on John McCain's relationship with Vicky Iseman sure did make Mark Salter mad. It's often unclear at times, however, what exactly Salter is trying to say. The Times story is a bit odd and innuendo-y, hinting at a sexual relationship between McCain …
Byron York / The Corner:
McCain Adviser: Iseman's Claims Were “Alarming” — I just got off the phone with John Weaver, the former top McCain campaign official who is now an informal adviser to the campaign. I asked him about his 1999 meeting on the campaign's behalf with lobbyist Vicki Iseman.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:THE MCCAIN STORY — This afternoon, before the Times story came out …
Hindrocket / Power Line:THE TIMES UPHOLDS ITS STANDARDS
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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:McCain Senior Adviser Responds to Times Story
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Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:Who is John McCain? — Here's the deal, folks: The New York Times …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:The Times Already Into Stonewall Mode? (Update: A Few Points Left Out)
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton camp splits on message — A strategist who favors emphasizing strength and experience prevails over advisors who think she should show warmth and empathy. — WASHINGTON — Before the Iowa caucuses, senior aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fell into a heated argument during …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Video of Spy Satellite Getting Shot Down — Watch as General Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (and apparently Jack Bauer's older brother) shows how the Aegis missile launches and successfully destroys the rogue spy satellite. This is a huge success for the Pentagon …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Missile Defense Works — The fruits of missile defense: … This is a major success for the Missile Defense Agency, the successor to Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, and it's going to be a tough pill for the program's critics to swallow. There have been two recent, successful tests of the missile defense system.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
‘What Is There To Debate?’ — Every time we suggested dropping Ron Paul from the national debates, his supporters would go nuts. They claimed in the one instance where he did get dropped, the January 3rd debate just before Iowa, that a grand conspiracy existed to keep his message from the people and to stop the 4% revolution.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's New Vulnerability — In campaigns, there are sometimes moments when candidates shift ground, causing the race to change dramatically. Tuesday night was one of those moments. — Hammered for the 10th contest in a row, Hillary Clinton toughened her attacks on Barack Obama …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Playing the ‘Fair’ Card — Judging from complaints by her minions, Hillary Clinton considers it unfair that Barack Obama has been wafted close to the pinnacle of politics by an updraft from the continent-wide swoon of millions of Democrats and much of the media brought on by his Delphic utterances such as “we are the change.”
John McCormick / Baltimore Sun:
Even blowing his nose, Obama gets applause — DALLAS - It's probably safe to say that you have arrived as a politician when your audience applauds when you blow your nose. — Yes, just a day before a debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama has a head cold. — And about a half-hour into a speech here …
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years — Britain is experiencing the worst “brain drain” of any country as highly qualified professionals settle abroad, an authoritative international study showed yesterday. — Record numbers of Britons are leaving - many of them doctors …
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