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Posts tagged with 'John'

  • TPMtv: It's the Surge, Stupid

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 24 2008 02:10 PM | PERMALINK

    It's the Surge, Stupid

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: If you're desperate to be John McCain's vice presidential nominee, you better get on TV and start talking up the Surge as the single most important issue in this year's presidential campaign.  And if you're serious about getting picked it wouldn't be a bad idea to say John McCain invented the idea of the surge and maybe even coined the word.  In today's episode of TPMtv we check in on some of the wannabes to see just how bad they want it.

  • TPMtv: Just a Matter of History

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 23 2008 04:29 PM | PERMALINK

    Just a Matter of History

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In the past week John McCain and his surrogates have done their best to focus the entire McCain-Obama debate on the question of which candidate was right about the troop surge in Iraq. So it was a little surprising to see McCain on the CBS Evening News last night get a basic historical fact about the surge so plainly wrong.

  • TPMtv: Flip-Flop in the Wilderness

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 17 2008 10:10 AM | PERMALINK

    Flip-Flop in the Wilderness

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Our question of the day: if a flip flops in the wilderness but no one hears, did it really flop? Or in other words, if a news story like John McCain's recent shift in position on troop levels in Afghanistan doesn't fit in with the dominant narrative of the campaign, will any news organizations pick up on it?

  • TPMtv: Iraq Back-to-Back

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 15 2008 06:08 PM | PERMALINK

    Iraq Back-to-Back

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Two speeches, two very different visions for the futures of America and Iraq. Barack Obama and John McCain delivered dueling speeches today on foreign policy and America's future course in the Middle East. We bring you the highlights back-to-back in today's episode of TPMtv.

  • TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Phil Gramm Whine Time

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 14 2008 10:43 AM | PERMALINK

    Sunday Show Roundup: Phil Gramm Whine Time

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Was Phil Gramm right about America being a nation of whiners in a mere mental recession? Will John McCain continue to receive his advice? We take a look at the weekend's continuing Phil Gramm fallout in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.

  • TPMtv: Real American?

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 11 2008 10:46 AM | PERMALINK

    Real American?

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: It's been a slow burn up until now but it seems like the McCain surrogates are finally starting to pick up steam in their efforts to brand Barack Obama as un-American. We take a closer look in today's episode of TPMtv.

  • TPMtv: I Gotta Be Me

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 08 2008 10:45 AM | PERMALINK

    I Gotta Be Me

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Are the Rove proteges reshaping McCain's campaign?  Are they cracking down on the cringey laugh and turning McCain into just one more bland teleprompter jockey?  And what's the progress on scoring the budget victory numbers? We bring you all up to date in today's McCain campaign update (with special new cringey laugh footage).

  • TPMtv: Am NOT Not An Expert!

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 02 2008 03:21 PM | PERMALINK

    Am NOT Not An Expert!

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Did John McCain say he didn't know much about economics or not? In today's episode of TPMtv, we go to the tape.

  • TPMtv: CNN: All Hail McDifferent!

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JUNE 26 2008 03:46 PM | PERMALINK

    CNN: All Hail McDifferent!

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: See how CNN manages to get through a list of policies where Bush and McCain agree without mentioning Iraq or the War on Terror.

  • TPMtv: TIM PAWLENTY V.P. MADNESS!

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JUNE 24 2008 06:48 PM | PERMALINK

    TIM PAWLENTY V.P. MADNESS!

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: With the general election matchup finally set, it's time for the the respective nominees to engage in the rigorous process of vetting potential candidates for running mate. Today TPMtv presents its own special vetting of much-discussed prospective McCain pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R).