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  Michelle Obama, McCain enter Wash. Senate race fray

  October 25, 2010 in Region First Lady Michelle Obama tried to help get Patty Murray re-elected by telling a luncheon crowd to get “fired up.” U.S. Sen. John McCain tried to boost to Republican Dino … 26

• McCain easily survives primary challenge

  August 24, 2010 in Nation/World PHOENIX — Sen. John McCain routed conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth on Tuesday in the Republican primary in what could be the final campaign for the former GOP presidential nominee.

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: McCain’s integrity has succumbed at last

  April 19, 2010 in Opinion on Page A7 We are gathered here today to pay our final respects to John McCain’s integrity. It died recently – turned a triple somersault, stiffened like an exclamation point, fell to the … 10

• Cantwell, McCain see chance to rebuild

  December 20, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Sens. Maria Cantwell and John McCain, who as Westerners know good fences make good neighbors, have set about repairing a barrier rashly torn down 10 years ago. The Washington Democrat …

• Smart Bombs: McCain wastes a good idea

  December 2, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 The debate over health care reform keeps getting wackier. The first amendment out of the chute in the U.S. Senate would protect Medicare from spending reductions, which are needed to …

• Palin confirms campaign discord

  November 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin’s new memoir, “Going Rogue,” she confirms reports of tension … 2

• Voter turnout rate down in ’08, census data show

  July 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For all the attention generated by Barack Obama’s candidacy, the share of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in November declined for the first time in a dozen … 1

• Nastiness makes beautiful day ugly

  October 11, 2008 in Voices on Page I2 My wife and I were biking leisurely along the CdA waterfront recently when she said: “It’s amazing on a day like this that there’s so much ugliness in the world …

• Campaign war talk a point of frustration

  October 5, 2008 in City on Page A1 With her son and her husband both called up for Iraq with the Washington National Guard’s 81st Combat Brigade, Cindy Ashworth used to listen when the candidates talked about their …

• Our view: Too many important issues to dwell on silly stuff

  September 15, 2008 in Opinion on Page A9 About that lipstick-wearing pig both Barack Obama and John McCain have referenced? Here’s what matters: Pig is pork, and speaking of pork, how did each candidate handle pork while in …

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  Locals abuzz over candidate’s Idaho roots

  August 30, 2008 in City on Page A1 She was born in Sandpoint in 1964, became a high school basketball whiz in Alaska and attended North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene before graduating from the University of Idaho …

• Take a drink, hold your nose, mark your ballot

  August 17, 2008 in City on Page B1 On Friday I finally cracked open my primary ballot and began the painstaking process of selecting which liars I’ll choose to represent me. All politicians lie, although most of them …