Conan, McCain agree: Age jokes getting old

Host Conan O’Brien reacts as and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. feigns dozing off as a joke about his age, on the set of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” in New York on July 18.     Writers hijack ‘American Idol …

McCain pledges to help auto workers rebuild their industry

Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., visits Michigan to speak with workers about economic issues at the GM Technology Center. WARREN, Mich. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild …

‘Bush’ sewage plant plan makes ballot

Patrick Dorinson, a former spokesman for the California Republican Party now running a communications firm in Sacramento, called the measure “a horrible idea” that is “childish and it’s stupid.

McCain Adviser Phil Gramm Quits Campaign: AP Link

NEW YORK - Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that Americans had become a “nation of whiners” whose …

Gore pushes clean energy at Netroots

Recent Republican calls to battle rising oil prices with more drilling are “absurd” and a bit like curing a hangover with another drink, he said.

McCain gets Social Security,

The trips, the speeches, and the moments of Decision ’08. A look at the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Although Republican presidential candidate John McCain has called Social Security “a disgrace,” he still cashes …

Brownstein: Reset this presidential campaign

WASHINGTON - It may be time to hit the reset button on Campaign 2008. After an exhilarating and historic primary season (especially on the Democratic side), the early stages of the general election campaign between Republican John McCain and Democrat …

<b>Republican</b> wins hot Calif. race - Politics- msnbc.com

A former Republican congressman narrowly beat his Democratic rival early Wednesday for the right to fill the House seat once held by imprisoned Randy “Duke” Cunningham, a race …

Can Graham pull off Social Security coup? - Tom Curry- msnbc.com

An army of one, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is trying to save Social Security and save President Bush’s concept of private accounts.

<b>Republican</b> centrists at the center of key votes - Tom Curry- msnbc.com

On Tuesday on the filibuster issue and again on Wednesday on taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research, it was the centrist Republicans, mostly from the Northeast, some from …