John Mccain

On one hand, Walser Automotive Group’s full-page ad — which touts President Obama’s federal government warranty for General Motors products — does laudable double duty for the economic recovery: It simultaneously supports GM and the struggling Star Tribune (whose staffers take to the streets tonight to Save the Strib). On the other hand, in these dark days [...]

John McCain says he hasn’t settled on supporting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for president in 2012, instead naming Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two others as “very good candidates.” Video after the jump.

Congressional Quarterly has created a nifty interactive map detailing the results of the 2008 presidential contest in all 435 Congressional districts. Across the country, 34 House districts elected Republicans representatives, but also favored Barack Obama over John McCain. The only such district in Minnesota: the Third Congressional District, where Erik Paulsen defeated Ashwin Madia by [...]

As a presidential candidate, Republican John McCain apparently saw former Democrat Joe Lieberman as a strong pick for running mate. Given McCain’s admission that he’s a computer “illiterate” and Lieberman’s cluelessness about technology — revealed at today’s confirmation hearing for Peter Orszag as Barack Obama’s head of the Office of Management and Budget — they might’ve [...]

Thanks for the memories. Now please go away. Yes, we’re talking about you, Rudy Giuliani. And you, Wolf Blitzer. We no longer wish to be a swing state. Henceforth the residents of the state of Minnesota promise to vote reliably Democratic. Or Republican. It doesn’t much matter which — just as long as you people promise to stop showing up in our little slice of the frozen tundra seeking to feel our pain. But to memorialize the horrors visited upon us during the (still ongoing) campaign season, we offer — in honor of our favorite member of the Statewide General Election Canvassing Board — the G. Barry Anderson Awards.

Newswise, it was an eventful 2008, thanks to the Republican National Convention, the historic election of Barack Obama, Sarah “In what respect, Charlie?” Palin, John McCain, Michele “anti-American” Bachmann, P.Z. Myers (and the communion “cracker” incident) and, now, the ongoing recount of ballots in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. MnIndy had a record year: We more than doubled 2007’s readership, welcoming nearly two million unique visitors, and saw nearly 6,000 comments. Here are two gauges of the stories you liked best — top 10s of the most-read and most-discussed stories.

With the presidential election less than four years away and a new president yet to move into the White House, media speculation continues over which Republicans will be the front runners. On ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. John McCain who he supports. Sarah Palin did not top the list, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty [...]

A major theme of the presidential campaign was the stunning ability of Barack Obama to tap into an unprecedented universe of donors, many of them outside the realm of fat-cat contributors who typically fill campaign coffers on both sides of the aisle. But according to a new study by the Campaign Finance Institute, donors giving [...]

Al Franken’s campaign believes it’s spotted a pattern in their opponent’s ballot challenges. “And that pattern is that if you vote for John McCain, it is inconceivable — inconceivable — that you didn’t also intend to vote for Norm Coleman,” said Marc Elias, the Franken team’s lead recount attorney, wielding a stack of 10 challenged ballots at a press conference today. “I tihnk it’s clear now, at least in some instances, there are challenges being lodged that are clearly frivolous.”

Continued, with video, after the jump.

In his concession speech last week, U.S. Sen. John McCain said, “This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.” Since then, commentators have countered that the range of people to whom President-elect Barack Obama’s election carries “special significance” [...]