Advisor to McCain’s Campaign: Syria Involved in Hariri’s Murder

The advisor to U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign has accused Syria of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination and said Hizbullah put itself on the terror list when it intimidated Beirutis last May.
Reports of U.N. investigators reveal Syria’s involvement in the “heinous crime” in 2005, Robert “Bud” McFarlane told al-Mustaqbal daily in remarks [...]

Will Virginia deliver Obama’s VP?

John McCain and Barack Obama will make their choices soon for running mates. On the Democratic side, have you heard the name Tim Kaine? Here’s a piece about who he is and why Obama would be smart to pick him.
Trends indicate a Democratic presidential candidate could win Virginia for the first time in 40 [...]

Obama says McCain campaign cynical, not racist

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain’s campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise fears about his candidacy.
Obama said McCain’s campaign team was “very good at negative campaigning” and was using his relative inexperience, atypical biography as [...]

McCain Hits Obama Again

McCain Hits Obama Again
Republican Front-Runner Assails Illinois Senator; Wins Evangelical Endorsement
By JAKE TAPPER and BRET HOVELL
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 27, 2008 —
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., continued to attack Sen. Barack Obama,
D-Ill., today for suggesting during a Democratic debate that after
withdrawing combat troops from Iraq, Obama, as commander in chief,
would be willing to send U.S. troops back [...]