The "Straight Talk Express" has detoured into doublespeak. Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate, Sarah Palin, killed the federally funded Bridge to Nowhere when, in fact, she pulled her support only after the project became a political embarrassment. ...more

September 12, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win. ...more

September 5, 2008

For many years, reality was out of vogue with Republicans. They ignored the reality of Iraq and Katrina, of Pakistan and Osama bin Laden. ...more

September 4, 2008

Sen. John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. ...more

July 6, 2008

Facing growing dissatisfaction both inside and outside his presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain ordered a shake-up of his team Wednesday, reducing the role of campaign manager Rick Davis and vesting political adviser Steve Schmidt with "full operational control" of his bid for the presidency. ...more

July 3, 2008

Sen. John McCain declared the battle over on Friday morning, but by then his lieutenants believed he had won the war. ...more

February 23, 2008

John McCain plans to aggressively compete in Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney's Massachusetts, a bold move that reflects a deep desire not just to beat the former Massachusetts governor but bury him in his own backyard. ...more

February 2, 2008