jill zuckman
We saw the Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman at the MSNBC set, and grabbed her for a quick chat about the candidate she’s been traveling with, John McCain. [1]
The Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman questioned Republican presidential nominee on whether he’s “really buried the hatchet” with former primary foe and potential vice president pick Mitt Romney. [2]
WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn traveled from the White House to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, trying to make up for lost time in securing federal money for the state and meeting with lawmakers to pledge a fresh start. [...] ZANESVILLE, Ohio — On the 41st anniversary of being shot down over Hanoi, Sen. John McCain faced a barrage of questions about his campaign’s viability, the benefits of his running mate, and his criticisms of Sen. Barack Obama. [3]
Rep. Nancy Johnson, the veteran Connecticut Republican, is not shy about touting the prescription drug benefit for seniors that she helped craft. [4]
Barack Obama, hugely popular across the country, may well find out on Tuesday. [...] Tens of thousands of citizens, a throng more than a mile long on the National Mall, braved cold weather and long security lines to attend a historic concert celebrating the country’s first black president, held at the feet of the monument honoring the country’s great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. [...] WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday he was unlikely to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in the first 100 days of his presidency and noted that not everything he promised to do during the campaign would be accomplished as quickly as he had hoped. [3]
Discuss the news, opinions and analysis featured on “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” [5]
WASHINGTON—Sen. John McCain moved significantly closer to the Republican presidential nomination Thursday when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney unexpectedly announced he was ending his campaign for president, a move that enables McCain to train much of his firepower against the Democrats before they have settled on a nominee. [3]
The nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court moved to the Senate on Tuesday with a party-line vote in the Judiciary Committee that foreshadows a rocky election year in which Democrats and Republicans are expected to angrily part ways on judicial nominations and a range of other issues. [4]
She said that McCain “loves to talk” about foreign policy and foreign affairs, and he loves telling jokes about his friend Lindsay Graham (R. [1]
Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff for Barack Obama, was the point man for telling Gov. Rod Blagojevich whom the president-elect would prefer to succeed him in the U.S. Senate, a report from Obama’s White House transition team concluded Tuesday. [...] Resuming work on a day of unusual tension on Capitol Hill, the House voted 419-0 Tuesday to make bioterrorism a federal crime. [3]
CHRIS MATTHEWS: As a student of politics, you guys are too, inevitably the man, in this case the woman, who gives that “Someday we’ll win, we’ll win this thing back again, even though we lost year,” was Goldwater in ‘60, Reagan in ‘76. [6]
Sources:
[1] Jill Zuckman: “The McCain Campaign Feels Really Good”
[2] Jill Zuckman | Politicker MA
[3] Jill Zuckman - Washington Bureau — chicagotribune.com
[4] Reporter - Jill Zuckman
[5] ‘Hardball with Chris Matthews’ for Thursday, August 21 - Hardball with …
[6] Jill Zuckman | NewsBusters.org