Vicki Iseman news stories on Newser

Times, McCain Lobbyist Spar Over Settlement

Gabriel Winant — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:42:01 CST

Vicki Iseman’s lawsuit against the New York Times ended not with money changing hands, or a retraction, but with what Iseman’s lawyer have dubbed a retraction of an "implication"—which allows both parties to declare victory, Politico reports. The paper issued a statement that it never claimed the lobbyist had...

Lobbyist Linked to McCain Ends Times Suit

Jason Farago — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:07:43 CST

Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist whose relationship with John McCain was the subject of an explosive New York Times article during the 2008 campaign, has settled her lawsuit against the paper. Iseman will receive no payment, and the Times has not retracted the article, which seemed to imply that she and...

Lobbyist Sues NYT Over McCain Affair Allegations

John Johnson — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:14:21 CST

Washingon lobbyist Vicki Iseman filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit today against the New York Times for running an article that she says falsely implied an affair with John McCain, the Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports. The February article said McCain aides worried in 1999 that their relationship had become romantic....

Lobbyist Denies McCain Affair

Nick McMaster — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:07:44 CDT

Vicki Iseman lashed out at the New York Times and a former John McCain adviser for the February story that implied an affair occurred between her and the Republican candidate, the National Journal reports. “I did not have a sexual relationship with Sen. McCain,” Iseman says. In fact, the lobbyist...

McCain Advisers Big on Loyalty, Dissension

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:30:38 CDT

John McCain’s inner circle is a hotbed of animosity and infighting among his fiercely loyal advisers, Jason Zengerle writes in the New Republic . Years of Freudian feuding by John Weaver and Rick Davis created a team divided not only on personal lines, but also on philosophical ones, between a top-down...

Saint John Still Tainted by Senate Murk

Kevin Spak — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:12:00 CDT

With John McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, Democrats are rushing to expose chinks in the Arizona senator's saintly armor, Michael Scherer reports in Time . Though McCain talks tough about special interests, he has often appeared to have done their bidding. He once, for example, wrote a letter on behalf of...

Journos Find Fault With NYT Story

Jonas Oransky — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:31:56 CST

The New York Times ’ bombshell story about John McCain’s ethics problems—and his allegedly inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist—is nearly a week old, but the media world is still reacting: The Cleveland Plain Deale r’s ombudsman explains that his paper’s editor was too uncomfortable with the romantic angle...

Broadcaster Rebuts McCain Lobbying Denial

Rob Quinn — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:05:00 CST

John McCain's campaign has flatly denied that the senator met with a broadcaster or his lobbyist before writing to the FCC on his behalf in 1999. But Bud Paxson remembers the meeting; he says VIcki Iseman set it up, and may have attended, too. "Was Vicki there? Probably," Paxson tells...

Lobbyists Pack Ethics Crusader McCain's Staff

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:00:00 CST

Vicki Iseman is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to John McCain’s associations with lobbyists, the Washington Post reports. McCain targets special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are or have been lobbyists representing some of the country’s biggest corporations. Top adviser Charles Black currently...