McCain: Presidential Politics

• John McCain's Fame is Based on His POW Status, But He Has Abandoned Fellow Veterans

  By Amy Silverman
  October 16, 2008
  If you want to know what it's like to be a veteran in John McCain's home state, stop by the Justa Center in downtown... More >>

• As a working mom with a child with Down syndrome, Sarah Palin makes me shriek

  By Amy Silverman
  September 11, 2008
  A couple of Fridays ago, I woke up, staggered into the kitchen for my morning Diet Coke, and found myself to the right of... More >>

• Sarah Palin can run on her record, proudly

  By Sarah Fenske
  September 11, 2008
  Let's talk about the Palin family! Forget the war in Iraq, the screwed-up economy, the $3.57-per-gallon gas. How about... More >>

• Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

  By Amy Silverman
  August 07, 2008
  I once stood in John McCain's kitchen and watched Cindy cook eggs for their kids. It was still dark outside when I... More >>

• After John McCain's win in New Hampshire, Sarah Fenske puts dibs on a seat on the bandwagon

  By Sarah Fenske
  January 17, 2008
  There was a moment on the campaign trail last fall when I was reminded, suddenly, why John McCain was once the political... More >>

• Prisoner of War Chest

  McCain should put his campaign money where his mouth is — or, at least, online

  By Amy Silverman
  February 10, 2000
  John McCain is using his Web site to raise millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Now let's see him use that Web... More >>

• Poli-Psyche

  Will a long-distance analysis of McCain tell us anything new?

  By Amy Silverman
  December 09, 1999
  John McCain released his medical records over the weekend, and now we know all about our senior senator's skin cancer... More >>

• The No-Show-Me State

  Is John McCain burning the bridges of Madison County?

  By Amy Silverman
  August 19, 1999
  United States Senator John McCain spent last weekend in Arizona, vacationing with his family. The news shocked me because... More >>

• McCain's Arizona Problem

  If the senator will listen, he might learn why he's trailing George W. Bush in his home state

  By Amy Silverman
  July 22, 1999
  Last week, John McCain's presidential campaign machine cranked out a press release touting the candidate's rise in a poll... More >>

• McCain's Gravy

  Don't buy his poor-boy claims — he can raise big bucks. But will it be his undoing?

  By Amy Silverman
  January 14, 1999
  Don't cry for John McCain. The senator would have you believe that he's too much the maverick. That his support of... More >>

• Waiting for McCain

  Is the nation's leading proponent of campaign-finance reform turning his back on a homegrown effort?

  By Amy Silverman
  May 14, 1998
  As one of the few Republicans in Congress to support a campaign-finance reform proposal--heck, he plastered his name all... More >>