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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx</link><description>MCCAIN: “Competing spheres of influence”The New York Times’ Nagourney looks at the internal politics of the McCain campaign and mentions both Karl Rove and Mike Murphy. "After a period of relative calm on that score, it is becoming clear that his campaign</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186495</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:22:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186495</guid><dc:creator>Class Warrior, D.C.</dc:creator><description>Good. &amp;nbsp;Let's see Mccant's campaign self-destruct. &amp;nbsp;And if he's such a ditz that he needs three teleprompters and big banners, why are the Repigs running this doofus?</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186496</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:22:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186496</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>I don't see the big deal in the 'McCain campaign shake-up'. &amp;nbsp;All campaigns go through these things and unless there is some insider calling McCain the 'losing candidate' or something, it's really not a big story.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, getting McCain more comfortable in front of a teleprompter is a big problem. &amp;nbsp;For him to appear human, that needs to happen - particularly since he's running against the best public speaker of our generation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://thepajamapundit.com/"&gt;http://thepajamapundit.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186503</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186503</guid><dc:creator>Rick, NC</dc:creator><description>Hehe...the chicken(hawks) come home to roost..mccain portrayed himself as the maverick of the republican party when it is easy to see that he is held captive by the same people who brought us Iraq, the Katrina aftermath, record setting deficits and debt, the terri schiavo mess, mark foley and the gayboy pages incident, jack abramoff and all the rest...</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186525</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:28:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186525</guid><dc:creator>thats a fact jack</dc:creator><description>yes dim the lights so America cannot see his white hair, what else are they hiding? &amp;nbsp;next mccant will hire rove and make cheney his vp and continue 4 more years just like the last 8.</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186534</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:31:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186534</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>There is a proverb that states, 'do not think that your opponent is stead, because you have challenges. They have challenges too, but have no unity'.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The McCain camp suffer from what ailed the Clinton camp. </description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186593</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:57:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186593</guid><dc:creator>Owl,Idaho</dc:creator><description>This is awful, that after 16 months, McCain still can not get a decent group of people surrounding him.&lt;br&gt;The mistakes he has made here, make me wonder what kind of an administration he will try to pull together?&lt;br&gt;Owl</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186600</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186600</guid><dc:creator>Diane from Illinois</dc:creator><description>On Morning Joe this morning, the entire Republican panel kept asking why Obama was only up 4 points in the Gallop poll. Shouldn't the REAL question be, why is McFossil DOWN 4 points when he clearly had a 4 month jump due to the extended Democratic Primary? His campaign has been a disaster so far and doesn't appear to be getting any better since they can't even figure out who's in charge. As with the Clinton failed campaign, one must ask, how, if you can't even run a simple campaign, do you expect to run the country? Especially when the Bush Administration has made such a mess of it during the last 7 1/2 years. No thanks. Give me the guy who has proven his leadership through a dynamic campaign and has run it effectively and efficiently throughout. Vote Obama '08.</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186657</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186657</guid><dc:creator>R.Merrell</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Mr. Maverick&amp;quot; purports to be different from GW Bush but then rapidly surrounds himself with the likes of Karl Rove and Steve Schmidt. &amp;nbsp;This is the same group with the same Bush agenda and McCain is more than happy to go along with the program. &amp;nbsp;Anything to get elected. &amp;nbsp;No matter how much McCain wiggles and squirms, sings and dances, he's still the same old Bushie he's always been. &amp;nbsp;Voting for McCain is voting for more of the same tired, disastrous Republican policies that have plagued this country since the 2000 election. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186706</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186706</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>Three teleprompters, so he can pretend to be looking in different directions while reading what someone else wrote for him?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is a sad story for the former straight-talk maverick.</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186779</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:17:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186779</guid><dc:creator>Diane from Illinois</dc:creator><description>McFossil needs more than new music to inspire a nation. He should stick with the oldies of his era...........Lawrence Welk, the Big Bands, Tommie Doresey, you get the drift. Someone should ask him who Abba is and see what his repsonse is. I guarantee he won't know.</description></item><item><title>McCain: 'Competing spheres of influence'</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/08/1186480.aspx#1186782</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:17:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1186782</guid><dc:creator>McCain Not Wearing Flag Label Pin</dc:creator><description>He better put on a flag label pin - hasn't had one on in weeks or maybe months. What's up with that?</description></item></channel></rss>