By Harry Enten

Reboots are in vogue these days, and politics is no exception. With Donald Trump in the White House, some in the media have crowned a familiar foe to take him on: “maverick” Republican Sen. John McCain. McCain was first tagged a “maverick” for standing up to his party when he ran for president in 2000 and 2008. And as was true in ( Read more... )

Super Tuesday surprise: Sarah Palin opens the door to late presidential entry

The surprise headline of a muddled Super Tuesday: Sarah Palin may yet step in to save the Republican Party from a convention deadlock.

In an interview with CNN at her caucus in Wasilla, the former Alaska governor would not rule out a late entry into the GOP presidential ( Read more... )

 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum doesn't think former POW and torture survivor John McCain quite understands how torture works.


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Since it's Friday, I figured you'd enjoy this delightful video, which mashes up Arizona Senator John McCain's "complete the danged fence" ad with Star Wars. Surely this is something that everyone on the Morning Joe show can laugh about, if they aren't laughed out already, thinking about that terrible ad.

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Source is your real father, Luke

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Sarah Palin has announced that she will resign as governor of Alaska and will not seek a second term ( Read more... )

McCain To Obama: Leave Limbaugh AloneJohn McCain seems to be re-establishing himself as Obama's rival this week, criticizing the new president on multiple fronts ( Read more... )

“Maverick”, “iconic” and “desperate search” should be banned because they have lost their meaning and become useless, according to a group of academics.

The words appear on the List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness which features several all too common remarks.

The annual list, ( Read more... )

I went back and searched, and didn't see this posted. I think it's a pretty good wrap-up of just what went wrong for McCain:


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TOP GOP CONGRESSMAN: MCCAIN "HAS LOST HIS BRAND AS A MAVERICK"

Shays concedes McCain defeat

NEW CANAAN, Conn. - The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign’s coffin.

Locked in a tight congressional race, Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut’s 4th district is the latest in a ( Read more... )

GOP 'mavericks' concerned with McCainQuote: "While John McCain’s often-touted maverick tendencies have frequently gotten him into trouble with conservatives in his party, in the waning weeks of the election it’s becoming clear that he’s also got a problem with another Republican constituency: his fellow GOP mavericks ( Read more... )