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McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002898.html

Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch, according to one of McCain's longest-serving political strategists.

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Dates appearing:
02/21/2008
02/22/2008
Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
# 22
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All Spin Zone (#): ... So, the response from the McCain campaign will be interesting (their rapid response war room is most certainly working overtime tonight), and likely to dominate the blogosphere tomorrow. Update: The Washington Post weighs in with its own version of the story. ...
Pandagon: ... Bad Ideas In the Washington Post followup to the NYT piece on John McCain’s murky relationship with lobbyist, a name is now attached to one of the previously unnamed ...
TAPPED | The American Prospect (#): ... McCain's special interest in a certain lobbyist. While there's no evidence of sex, the real story is that he wrote several letters for a lobbyist he seems to have had a personal relationship with. The Washington Post has a much simpler story on the same topic. Not a huge story, but potentially embarrassing for a politician with McCain's holier-than-thou image. ...
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall (#): The Washington Post follows on the heels of the NYT piece on John McCain with its own story about McCain and lobbyist Vicki Iseman: Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a female telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to ...
Crooks and Liars (#): ... Association with a lobbyist would undermine his image as an opponent of special interests, aides had concluded… read on Filed Under: John McCain Tags: ...
War and Piece: ... February 20, 2008 So here's my question on the McCain story . Does this sink him as the GOP candidate, or keep him -- weakened? Is it presumptuous to assume as some are doing that Obama is the luckiest guy in the world? ...
Oliver Willis (#): ... No, Really In Bed With Lobbyist * Was John McCain Getting "Lobbied" By A Woman Thirty Years His Junior? UPDATE: The Washington Post adds more to the apparent relationship between John McCain and Vicki Iseman. ...
American Street: ... Instead of a traditional song of justice and hope drawn from all genres of music, tonight I feel the only real justice is to use satire to stress a point. Consider all the allegations brought forth about John McCain today, covered here , with an ironic perspective by Emptywheel about McCain’s legal defense lead man, and an ...
WTF Is It Now?!?: ... By shortening the amount of time it takes before a candidate is hijacked by the Right, perhaps?" But... but... he's so friendly with reporters! He'd be so great to have a beer with! Or go to bed with? Mr High Ethical Stances is denying he had sex with that woman: A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet. ...
JustOneMinute (#): ... he got too cozy with an attractive young telecom lobbyist back in 1999 and may have done her political favors or, well, received romantic favors. The WaPo has a me-too follow which focuses on the political favors. ...
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... It! Read it here . ...
Marginal Utility (#): ... After some interrogation, I determined that McCain was getting credit from having spent his time as a POW getting tortured and all. Now, with the latest revelations , we have (among other things): Shtupped younger, richer woman while still married to his first wife. ...
Perrspectives: Blog: ... Senator Edward Kennedy on immigration reform. That doesn't make him a moderate, but it makes him the best choice for the party's presidential nomination. Given the implications of today's Times article (and subsequent Washington Post piece), McCain's credentials as a "staunch advocate of campaign finance reform" would appear in jeopardy. ...
1115.org: ... Yessir, yessir, three bags full. Does this man deserve to be the next President of the United States? You be the judge. Iseman, incidentally, did very well by her alleged non-relationship with McCain: Iseman, 40, who joined the Arlington-based firm of Alcalde & Fay as a secretary and rose to partner within a few years, often touted her access to the chairman of the Senate ...
BAGnewsNotes: ... McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk (NYT) McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides (WAPO) ...
Democrats.com | The Aggressive Progressives!: ... The New York Times and the Washington Post both report that John McCain did lots of favors in 1999 for clients of lobbyist Vicki Iseman (left), a pretty woman half his age who bears a striking resemblance to Cindy McCain (right). ...
NDN Blog | NDN Blog (#): ... Update: The Washington Post just posted their own version of the Iseman story. » ...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... on] [NB: Really, though, while the romantic angle is explosive, the best-documented parts of the story concern his shameless hypocrisy on dealing with lobbyists generally.] More details: http://www.washingtonpost.com/..... http://www.salon.com/... ...
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: ... Bob Bennett's been running around trying to spike this story but so far it's just been too good to pass up : Iseman, 40, who joined the Arlington-based firm of Alcalde & Fay as a secretary and rose to partner within a few years, often touted her access ...
The Reality-Based Community: ... Let's hear McCain's campaign (headed by a lobbyist who is donating his time) deny this, or explain it. Third update The McCain campaign apparently plans to stonewall : Neither Senator McCain nor the campaign will dignify false rumors and gossip by responding to them. That's press-release-ese for "Yeah, it's true, but you can't prove it." ...
10,000 Monkeys and a Camera (#): ... story from the New York Times that started the media frenzy last night. The Washington Post followed up this morning. ...
D-Day (#): ... Curiouser and curiouser.) UPDATE: WaPo adds detail . Concern about Iseman's presence around McCain at one point led to her being banned from his Senate office, according to sources close to McCain. ...
My Three Cents (#): ... It is John McCain and his credibility that is the story. Mr. “straight talk” denies that his aides ever intervened in this relationship. His aides state unequivocally that they did intervene . He says that he “never did a favor for a lobbyist or a special interest”. ...
Truth, Justice & Peace (#): ... “But he can be imprudent.” (Emphasis added) I guess it depends on the meaning of "essentially." Of course McCain denies that there was any relationship. McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides . And we should believe him why? Because he would never do that? ...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (#): ... The attacks on this article will focus on door #3, and how the Times tries inartfully to link it back to #1. For a version that actually just focuses on the pretty interesting question of #2, go straight to the sexless Washington Post . Without further ado, here's the NYT beef: Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself -- instructing staff members to block the ...
Muckraker | Talking Points Memo |: ... Kiel - February 21, 2008, 12:38PM Whatever you may think of this morning's New York Times and Washington Post stories, they turn on whether John McCain did legislative favors for Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist with whom McCain denies having had a romantic relationship. ...

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