Posts tagged surge

• 24 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: It's the Surge, Stupid

  It's the Surge, StupidYour 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

• 23 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Just a Matter of History

  Just a Matter of HistoryYour 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 Even

• 09 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: "Progress" Report

  "Progress" ReportYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Seven months after the start of the "surge," General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to update senators on the "fragile and reversible" progress in Iraq. We have the highlights.

• 07 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

  Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part DeuxYour Daily Politics Video Blog: In advance of Tuesday's congressional appearances by Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, the Sunday shows were all Iraq. Was the Basra offensive successful? Did the surge work? Is political reconciliation occurring? It's all go

• 26 Mar

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: McCain's Achilles Heel

  McCain's Achilles HeelYour Daily Politics Video Blog: 100 years?  1,000 years?  10,000 years!?!  Think what you want about who's being unfair, who should drop and the like in the primary race.  The Democrats are missing a big opportunity to strike early at John McCain's Achilles heel -- his lock

• 01 Feb

  Blog: Veracifier

  Coulter Endorses Hillary!

  Apparently deciding to trade abject hate and stupidity for civic engagement, Ann Coulter endorses Hillary if her other option is John McCain:  "I'll campaign for her if it's McCain!  I was touched when she cried!" 

• 26 Nov

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success?

  Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success? Onward and upward in Iraq? So says John McCain. And Lindsey Graham says the "surge" is probably the most successful counterinsurgency program in the history of the world. But what about political reconciliation? And when do we leave exactly? Catch

• 17 Sep

  Episode: Veracifier

  TPMtv: John McCain vs. The Video Tape

  John McCain vs. The Video Tape2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) went on Meet the Press Sunday to debate the war in Iraq with Senator John Kerry (D-MA). And what a show it was. With McCain's deluge of devastating points and dizzying rhetorical takedowns, Kerry was clea