John+McCain

Article about McCain (and the race in general) by Frank Rich in Sunday's NYT

Here's the [|article]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mccain John McCain is the only Republican candidate still running for president (besides Ron Paul). His political career began in 1982, when he ran for congress. He was elected to the Senate in 1986. Prior to his running for congress, he served in the navy Vietnam. He was held as a prisoner of war from 1967 to 1973, probably because his father was an admiral. Following this, he was a liason between the senate and the navy. McCain is often called a maverick, because he doesn’t always side with the other republicans. He also has a reputation for having a temper.

Senator McCain: A haiku

We will stay at war For maybe a hundred years; Let’s drill for oil!

Two opposing views of McCain:

Eugene Robinson: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103112.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Eugene Robinson is an Associate Editor and twice-weekly columnist for The Washington Post. His column appears on Tuesdays and Fridays.

In a 25-year career at The Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor, and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper’s award-winning Style section. In 2005, he started writing a column for the Op-Ed page. He is the author of "Coal to Cream: A Black Man’s Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race" (1999) and "Last Dance in Havana" (2004).

Robinson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and has received numerous journalism awards. Peggy Noonan: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121935481067161515.html ** Peggy Noonan ** (born **Margaret Ellen Noonan** on [|September 7], [|1950], in [|Brooklyn, New York]) is an author of seven books on politics, religion and culture, a weekly [|columnist] for //[|The Wall Street Journal]//, and was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President [|Ronald Reagan]. She is considered a political [|conservative]. She is a graduate of [|Rutherford High School] in [|Rutherford, New Jersey], and [|Fairleigh Dickinson University] .[|[1]] Five of Noonan's books have been //New York Times// bestsellers. Noonan is a Trustee of the [|Manhattan Institute]. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from [|Miami University], [|St. John Fisher College] , her alma mater [|Fairleigh Dickinson University] , [|Adelphi College] , and [|Saint Francis College]. She was nominated for [|Emmy Awards] for her work on //[|The West Wing]// and //[|America: A Tribute to Heroes]//.
 * Eugene Robinson **  (born [|1955] ) is a newspaper columnist and assistant managing editor for //[|The Washington Post]// . His columns are syndicated by [|The Washington Post Writers Group] . In his columns he generally takes liberal positions and often criticizes President [|George W. Bush] for his perceived domestic and foreign-policy failures, especially the [|Iraq War] . He is a member of the [|National Association of Black Journalists].