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10 unusual facts about John McCain presidential campaign


Diageo/Hotline Poll

The last poll results on November 3 found Obama-Biden leading McCain-Palin by 5 points, coming within one point of the actual election results (in which Obama-Biden led McCain-Palin by 6 points).

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

In 2007, Holtz-Eakin was hired as chief economic policy adviser to U.S. Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

He is a former professor, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and former chief economic policy adviser to U.S. Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

Ed O'Callaghan

O'Callaghan co-leads what the Anchorage Daily News calls "a cadre of high-powered operatives" described by John McCain's campaign as a "truth squad" to field questions about and push back on attacks against vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Maya MacGuineas

She served as a Social Security adviser to the 2000 McCain Presidential Campaign.

Roberta McCain

McCain campaigned during her son's 2008 presidential campaign, and remains active despite her advanced age.

Rod Parsley

Parsley personally endorsed the presidential campaign of Republican nominee John McCain, who called Parsley a "spiritual guide".

Sandra L. Pack

From April 2008 to September 2009, she was the John McCain presidential campaign's Senior Advisor to Treasury and Accounting.

Vice presidential candidacy of Sarah Palin

As part of the John McCain presidential campaign, Palin was nominated by the Republican Party.

Wayne L. Berman

Berman was a close friend of Senator John McCain and a supporter of his during his 2008 presidential campaign.


John McCain lobbyist controversy

On February 21, 2008, in the midst of John McCain's campaign in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, both The New York Times and the Washington Post published articles detailing rumors of an improper relationship between John McCain and lobbyist Vicki Iseman.

My Dad, John McCain

The book was intended to support John McCain's candidacy for President of the United States in 2008.

Valley County, Montana

In 2008 Valley County voted 56% for McCain/Palin (GOP) and 43% for Obama/Biden (DEM) for president.