Posts tagged war

• 25 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: McCain's Patriotism Two-Step

  McCain's Patriotism Two-StepYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Does John McCain question Obama's patriotism? Of course not! Why, McCain told us so himself! Though McCain has said frequently that Obama would rather lose a war than lose a presidential campaign and that Obama's Iraq policies are driven by

• 20 Aug

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  TPMtv: Tuff Talk

  Tuff TalkYour Daily Politics Video Blog: David Gregory authoritatively proclaimed on Meet the Press last Sunday that when it comes to addressing the crisis in Georgia, "nuance doesn't work for Democrats," and noted Obama's perceived weakness relative to the Bush administration's "very tough language

• 28 Jul

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  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Campaign of Honor

  Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Campaign of HonorYour Daily Politics Video Blog: One of John McCain's repeated promises once he won the Republican nomination was that he would wage an honorable and dignified campaign against the Democratic nominee. It seems a significant development therefore that McC

• 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

• 17 Jul

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  TPMtv: Flip-Flop in the Wilderness

  Flip-Flop in the WildernessYour 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 n

• 15 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Iraq Back-to-Back

  Iraq Back-to-BackYour 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 t

• 07 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Iraq Backtrack Flak

  Sunday Show Roundup: Iraq Backtrack FlakYour Daily Politics Video Blog: The McCain camp has jumped all over Obama's statement last week that he would continue to "refine" his Iraq policy following a planned upcoming meeting with military leaders in the country. Obama says he's remained totally consi

• 18 Jun

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: A Chat with Matt Yglesias

  A Chat with Matt YglesiasYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Matt Yglesias, former TPM Associate Editor and all-around blog star, has a new foreign policy book out, Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats. We caught up with him last week