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John McCain's clearly planning to run his general election campaign on a theme of foreign policy experience. That will, of course, include an aggressive posture towards those countries perceived as enemies of the U.S. But as Time Magazine's Joe Klein showed at a press conference on Tuesday, when...
When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to talk about. ''Health care and the economy,'' he replied. That...
John McCain is going to have a little problem painting Sen. Barack Obama as a naive advocate of appeasement for proposing that we talk to enemies, such as Iran, as well as to friends. In an interview with James Rubin after Hamas won the Palestinian elections, here’s what McCain had to say about...
al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. According to Ron Suskind's fine book, The One Percent Doctrine, Deputy Director John McLaughlin said, "Bin Laden certainly did a nice favor today for the President." Barack Obama wants to meet with the leaders of enemy states, especially Iran, "which would...
Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st? When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to...
By ROBERT D. NOVAK 1 hour, 31 minutes ago WHEN ONE of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to talk about in this...
When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists criticized John McCain this week for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to talk about in this campaign. "Health care and the economy,"...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the Republican presidential candidate ought to talk about in this campaign. "Health care...
Later in the day, Klein confronted McCain with this question at a press conference. For a foreign policy "expert," McCain clearly has a pattern of getting the basic facts wrong. McCain insisted that ultimate political authority in Iran rests with Ahmadinejad -- even mocking Klein when he...
Joe Klein confronts Senator McCain on his Obama-Ahmadinejad smear and, while trying to justify it, gets a basic fact about Iranian leadership wrong. Being that Ahmadinejad is such a villainous figure, John McCain has a vested interest in tying everything having to do with Iran back to him. But...
A coupla good posts at Democracy Arsenal on McFlipFlop's attitude towards the leadership of Iran:Following-up on Ilan's post, it seems to me that McCain has a real problem on his hands. This passage from a 2003 CQ piece suggests that when moderates held elective power in Iran, McCain himself...
Elections, US Presidential Elections, Barack Obama, John McCain, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mohammad Khatami, Karim Sadjadpour, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bernard Lewis, Joe Klein, Iran
