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The article presents a speech by former U.S. President Barack Obama, delivered as eulogy for Senator John McCain at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on September 1, 2018. Topics included the life of McCain as a warrior, extraordinary man, a statesman, a patriot who embodied so much that is best in the country.

An essay, part of a series of essays on U.S. President Barack Obama, is presented which discusses the masculinity of Obama. His campaign focused on diplomacy and tact, while his opponent, John McCain, portrayed himself as a tough and fearless warrior. McCain's style of masculinity represents domination by fear. Obama is a man who does not feel like he needs to rely on demonstrations of strength to maintain his authority.

The article discusses the 2008 presidential debates between President-Elect Barack Obama, and failed candidate John McCain. Obama's strategy for the debates was to study and perfectly plan his attitude and answers to each question so that he could maintain an air of professionalism. McCain tried more spontaneous tactics, such as briefly suspending his campaign shortly before the first debate.

The article discusses tactics used by 2008 presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to motivate people to vote for them. Obama reluctantly agreed to allow rap musician Jay-Z to perform concerts in support of Obama in which people could register to vote. McCain did not do very well at getting people to vote, and was not as popular as Obama.

The article comments on the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of failed candidate John McCain who is depicted as a moody and strong-willed candidate who preferred to speak impetuously rather than follow a scripted speech. The author says that this habit caused him to occasionally work against his own campaign. McCain is compared with Barack Obama who is said to be a skilled speaker. The use of negative campaign strategy is mentioned.

The article presents information about 2008 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama and their domestic and foreign policies. McCain's plans to cut corporate tax rates by 10% are contrasted with Obama's call to boost taxes for multinationals with foreign outsourcing. The candidates' views concerning troop placement in Afghanistan and Iraq are contrasted, and both candidates are noted as supporting greenhouse-gas emissions cuts.

The article presents information about the presumed leadership styles and abilities of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. The impact of the 2008 U.S. financial crisis and the potential increase of Democrats in the U.S. Congress are noted as challenges facing the new President. Obama's priorities of stabilizing the U.S. economy and passing an energy bill are compared with McCain's centrist tendencies and conflicting pragmatism and idealism regarding energy reform.

The article discusses the health-care proposals of U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Topics discussed include the candidates' ideas on health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, preventative medicine, and the feasibility of both men's proposals. Accompanying graphs present data on people in the U.S who lack health insurance, enrollment in Medicare/Medicaid, and what types of health insurance people have.

The article presents a speech by U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, delivered at the U.S. Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 4, 2008, in which McCain discussed running for U.S. president, what U.S. President George W. Bush has accomplished, and his contest with U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The article describes important moments from the 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain. Among the moments noted are Obama's use of e-mail and text messages to inform the public that Senator Joe Biden would be his running mate, John McCain's call for scaling back the Republican National Convention, Obama's speech on race delivered on March 18, and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's speech accepting her nomination for Republican Vice-President.

The article discusses the importance that temperament has on the success in being or becoming a U.S. president. The author describes how the temperament of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama has helped and hindered them. She suggests that when the U.S. financial crisis worsened, people would have thought McCain's experience would have helped him. However it was Obama's style and disposition which put him ahead in the polls.

The article examines the effect on U.S. politics of the global financial crisis. Public anger towards the bailout proposed for the financial services industry by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is examined. A large mistrust of the business community has been created. At the same time, financial constraints on the government will hamper the plans of the next President, be it Barack Obama or John McCain. INSET: A BRIEF HISTORY OF BIG BAILOUTS.

The author looks at the lifetime events which have influenced 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, causing them to form very different judgments about the role of the U.S. in the world. He notes that in 1968 Obama was a child in Jakarta while McCain began his imprisonment in Hanoi. Despite the 25 year gap in their ages, each developed a passion for the U.S.

The authors look at the temperaments of the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and explain the pros and cons of each in determining their leadership abilities. They see Obama as detached and cool and McCain as impetuous. Comparing each to past political figures, they illustrate the virtues of each. They conclude that regardless of their demeanors a more primal response will determine the winner of the November election.

The article offers an analysis of myths associated with U.S. national security and foreign policy, and discusses each of these myths. Included in this list are the myths that it's a dangerous world and we need a more experienced Commander-in-Chief, that the surge of troops into the Iraq war has been a success, and that doubling U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan will reduce the threat of further terrorist attacks.

The article discusses the 2008 U.S. financial crisis and explores the question of which presidential candidate, Barack Obama or John McCain, can improve the economy. Topics include a brief overview of the differences and similarities between Obama and McCain, an analysis of each nominee's economic plan, and how ideology plays a roll in each candidate's response to the financial crisis. INSETS: The Panic Spiral;Team McCain;Team Obama;What you could do with $700,000,000,000

The article offers information about the U.S. financial situation in September 2008. The depreciation of housing prices is noted, the mortgage lending crisis is explained, and the crumbling of Lehman Brothers and American International Group Inc. (AIG) is addressed. Statements of policy made by 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain about how to improve the crisis are discussed.

The article discusses the financial support of innovation in the U.S., naming innovation as the country's best strategy for economic improvement. Ideas for maximizing the U.S. potential for invention include publicizing corporate problems for broader innovation and offering more small prizes for inventions. The intentions of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain regarding the support of national innovation are also included. INSET: THE CANDIDATES ON INNOVATION.

The article presents an evaluation of the economic policies proposed by U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. The 2008 economic slowdown and dramatic increase in the budget deficit will make it difficult for either candidate to enact their proposals, as both McCain's suggested tax cuts and Obama's plan to increase health insurance coverage would be very expensive. INSETS: THE CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC PROGRAMS--AND THEIR PROSPECTS;THE VIEW FROM '92.

The author reflects on the foreign policy positions of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. The author contends that Obama's world view is more traditional and realistic in its refusal to divide the world into good and evil. Obama's foreign policy stance is compared with that of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

The article reports on the political career of U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's speechwriter and aide, Mark Salter. The co-author of five John McCain books, Salter is McCain's alter ego, selling the McCain philosophy to the U.S. public. Salter, who is disappointed that the U.S. Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama has proved to be the better orator, is working to create a powerful acceptance speech for McCain to deliver at the U.S. Republican Party Convention.

The article discusses the conservative and liberal approaches to American patriotism. The strengths and weaknesses behind different types of patriotism are also discussed. The article mentions the conservative approaches to patriotism of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and 2008 U.S. presidential candidate John McCain. The article also mentions similarities between the patriotism of 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and former U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. INSET: Playing the Patriot Card.

This article focuses on the challenges that will confront either U.S. Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain as he becomes President in January, 2009. Struggles will include dealing with perceived nuclear threats from Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Korean leader of the Democratic People's Republic Kim Jong Il, concern that Sunni Islamic terrorist organization Al Quaeda remains capable and posed to attack, and rebuilding a diminishing perception of the U.S. abroad.

The article discusses the state of the U.S. economy as it approaches the third quarter of 2008 and the impact it may have on the 2008 presidential election. Information is provided relating to the price of gas and food as well as the housing market. The article suggests that a recession combined with inflation may help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defeat Republican candidate John McCain in the presidential election.

The article focuses on the issue of potential higher taxes following the 2008 US Presidential election, and how many people who politicians define as rich feel that they cannot afford a rise in taxes. Details related to cost of living and family income are presented. The tax plans of US Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and comments from people in wealthy category of Barack Obama's tax plan are also discussed. INSET: TAXING THE TOP.

This article discusses the campaigning style of U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries. It describes how Obama responded to attacks from U.S. Presidential candidate John McCain and the North Carolina Republican Party. It also includes profiles of individual campaign staffers David Plouffe, Valerie Jarrett, and David Axelrod. INSETS: THE CONSTANT COMPANION;THE ALTER EGO;THE FAMILY FRIEND;THE DETAILS MAN

The author reflects on 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Senator John McCain. The author believes that Clinton's support for the suspension of the gasoline tax in the U.S. was both pandering and fun to observe. Topics include Obama's challenges with the media and McCain's campaigning strategies.

This article reports on U.S. Senator Barack Obama's multicultural background and how it affects his position as a 2008 presidential candidate. Obama believes that his experiences in Pakistan and Indonesia, as well as his ties to Muslims and Kenya, have given him a better understanding of the world than opponents Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The article discusses Obama's foreign policy and administrative experience, as well as the positive and negative aspects of his campaign strategies.

The article discusses the environmental policies of the U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. The League of Conservation Voters has yet to endorse a candidate. McCain is noted to be a unique Republican for endorsing legislation limiting carbon emissions. Clinton and Obama both endorse a carbon emissions trading program.

This article focuses the scientific studies of experience and applies it to the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates. A study performed at the Florida State University in Tallahassee showed that two nurses, one just out of nursing school, and the other with 20 years of experience, made the same mistakes on a simulated emergency situation test. This information is used in evaluating the abilities of presidential candidates Senator John McCain, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Senator Barack Obama.

The article discusses the political climate in Ohio, a state struggling due to drastic decreases in manufacturing jobs and hard-hit by the U.S. credit and housing crisis of 2008. The stories of Ohioans who consider themselves social conservatives but who are backing Democratic presidential candidates for the November, 2008 election because of economic concerns are related. Some voters remain skeptical of the reforms promised by candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and support John McCain.

The article offers an update on the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign following the Iowas caucuses and the New Hampshire primary election. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are competing for the lead in the Democratic field, while the comeback of John McCain to challenge Mitt Romney keeps the Republican race open as the South Carolina primary nears. INSET: A Big Union Test Out West.

The article discusses the Iraq war stances of the apparent U.S. presidential hopefuls for the 2008 election. U.S. Senator John McCain favors increasing troop commitments by 100,000. Senator Hillary Clinton voted in favor of the war but has been critical of its handling. Senator Barack Obama was against the war from the beginning. Former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani has been a supporter of the war.

This article focuses on Democratic senator from Illinois Barack Obama. Obama is pushing for lobbying and ethics reform in the wake of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Obama's dilemma is his intention to work on bipartisan politics while the Democratic party prefers he work strictly with Democrats. He was recently scolded by Republican Senator John McCain for preferring to work on a Democratic lobbying reform bill rather than McCain's. Obama is finding it difficult to maintain his appeal to the everyman in the Senate.

The article discusses the relationship of the U.S. senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham as of March 2013, focusing on their careers and shared criticisms of the U.S. president Barack Obama. According to the article, it is possible that McCain and Graham could come to an agreement with Obama about potential immigration reform. Topics include McCain's experience with the media, opposition to Graham from the Tea Party political movement, and the views of McCain and Graham regarding Obama's response to a 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

In this article the author argues against the use of military action on the part of the United States to curb the nuclear ambitions of Iran. It is noted that a number of Republican Party legislators, neoconservatives, and pro-military liberals are urging U.S. president Barack Obama to act against Iran. A number of topics are addressed including the bellicose policies expressed by senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joseph Lieberman. Also mentioned as being in favor of bombing Iran are commentators John Bolton and William Kristol

This article explores the effects of constant coverage and online media on how the press has reported the 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns. The author focuses on the way new technology and uninterrupted information have altered the speed and tone of news cycles. He discusses campaign events that exemplify these shifts and briefly evaluates how attuned the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama were to these changes. INSET: The Other Race.

The article discusses the response of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to the 2008 U.S. financial crisis. Quotations by aides to both candidates are given in illustration of their policies concerning the federal bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Each candidate's team of economic advisers is noted, including Obama's group of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's economic advisers, and McCain's reliance on Phil Gramm until Gramm left the McCain campaign.

The article discusses the practice of negative advertisements used in the campaigns of 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Examples of negative campaigning messages from the 18th century to the 21st century are given. Observations of human responses to negative information are given to illustrate the effectiveness of negative campaigning, and it is noted that negative ads give more information about the candidate sponsoring them than about their targets.

The article discusses U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's campaign for the presidency, his selection of U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as his running mate, and how perception is reality in their election campaign. The author details the untruths McCain has stated in this campaign, including his claim that candidate Barack Obama wanted to bomb Pakistan, that Obama wanted to cut U.S. defense spending, and his claim that Obama would increase U.S. income taxes.

The article looks at the lack of social and cultural issues being discussed by U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Candidates are hesitant to outwardly address issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion due to a concern over alienating certain voters. McCain's views on abortion are discussed. The author also mentions the desire for candidates to reach out to voters in the middle of the political spectrum. INSETS: Social Policy;Expert Opinions.

The article analyzes the campaign of 2008 U.S. presidential candidate John McCain. The change in McCain's strategy is discussed, noting the difference between his former folksy image and his direct, targeted style in August 2008. McCain's use of campaign advertisements to question Senator Barack Obama's leadership ability is discussed, as well as historic precedent for McCain's tactics.

The article reports on the U.S. economy as an issue in the 2008 Presidential election. Both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama have proposed that they will change taxes, spending, and energy prices. According to the author, both candidates' proposals, as expressed by the candidates in 2008, would increase the U.S. national debt. INSETS: The Economy;Expert Opinions.

The article discusses how 2008 U.S. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are focusing on alternative energy sources as well as other issues such as global warming, off shore drilling and nuclear power. The author explains that McCain feels that energy security should be closely related to national security, while Obama has said that he would spend close to $150 billion over 10 years to explore alternative energy sources. The article discusses the candidates' plans further. INSETS: Environment;Expert Opinions.

The article discusses the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama and their campaign strategies. Discussed in the article are both mens' tendency to cater their political ideologies to specific audiences and interest groups, such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Also discussed is the hypocrisy of the U.S. media, who insist the candidates be frank but then criticize their candor. INSETS: The Don't Bother States;SLEEPER ISSUE.