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Battling a Headwind

by Charlie Cook

Sat. Apr. 5, 2008


Conservatives have been surprisingly muted in their criticism of John McCain ever since The New York Times ran an article on February 21 raising questions about the close friendship between the maverick senator from Arizona and a much younger fe-male lobbyist. Maybe there is some truth to the adage "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."


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"The Cook Report" is Charlie Cook's indispensable weekly column on national politics appearing in National Journal magazine.


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Previously in Cook Report

  • 03 29, 2008 McCain's Own Surge
  • 03 22, 2008 Monumental Incompetence
  • 03 15, 2008 Judgment Calls
  • 03 08, 2008 It Feels Like Starting Over
  • 02 16, 2008 The Cook Report - Depressed Old Party

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