So John McCain is now the "presumptive nominee" of the Republican party for president. And now the skeletons are coming our of the closet. Did he or didn't he have an affair? What about that loan? Then there's his temper. And his age.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:39:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35726/madge-sticks-it-to-mccain-is-sweet-to-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIs Madonna using her Sticky & Sweet world tour to strike back at John McCain’s celebrity ad? During a remix of “Like a Prayer,” a screen flashes images of destruction followed by shots of Hitler, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, and then McCain, reports the New York Times . Barack Obama makes a cameo in another montage including images of Gandhi, John Lennon, and Al Gore.http://www.newser.com/story/35726/madge-sticks-it-to-mccain-is-sweet-to-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 7:45:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35600/the-private-wealth-behind-mccains-public-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain is one of the wealthiest men in the Senate, but the McCain fortune is less open to scrutiny than that of most lawmakers, the New York Times reports, since the vast bulk of it remains solely in the name of wife Cindy. She has a controlling stake in the privately held beer distribution company inherited from her father, which nets her an estimated $5 million a year, and her investments carry few disclosure requirements.http://www.newser.com/story/35600/the-private-wealth-behind-mccains-public-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 22:30:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35523/mccains-a-mystery-even-to-himself.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA mystery called John McCain lurks at the heart of the presidential race, Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post . The candidate remains "undefined" and "full of contradictions," Robinson writes. In fact, with McCain's bizarre admission that he isn't sure how many houses he has, "there are some basic things about McCain that apparently even McCain doesn't know."http://www.newser.com/story/35523/mccains-a-mystery-even-to-himself.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 2:35:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35347/poll-mccain-takes-5-point-lead.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain has erased Barack Obama’s 7-point July advantage to take a 46%-41% lead in the latest Reuters/Zogby poll, Reuters reports. McCain has turned around a perceived  weakness on economy to now be favored by a 9% margin on the economy. The poll was taken Thursday through Saturday, as Obama was finishing a weeklong Hawaiian vacation that ceded the political stage to McCain.http://www.newser.com/story/35347/poll-mccain-takes-5-point-lead.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 8:39:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35212/mccain-to-name-vp-aug-29.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain will name his VP running mate at a huge Ohio rally on Aug. 29—the senator’s 72nd birthday and a day after the Democratic convention, Politico reports. McCain won’t finalize his choice—widely considered by GOP experts to be Mitt Romney or Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty—until Obama announces his own running mate.http://www.newser.com/story/35212/mccain-to-name-vp-aug-29.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 19 Aug 2008 6:54:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34974/mccains-tmz-campaign-is-risky-business.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain's attack ads on the "biggest celebrity in the world" depend on Americans loving to hate stars more than they admire them, writes James Poniewozik in Time . If the tactic works, it will shift Barack Obama’s best asset into a Republican secret weapon—but "snark aside, Americans still like celebrities." Obama’s job is now to define what kind of celebrity he is going to be.http://www.newser.com/story/34974/mccains-tmz-campaign-is-risky-business.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 15 Aug 2008 14:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34396/obamas-right-to-go-negative.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama is going negative on John McCain, something he never did in the primary race against Hillary Clinton. But that doesn’t mean he’s abandoning a winning strategy. The current race is worlds apart from his tête-à-tête with Clinton, Noam Scheiber writes in the New Republic . For one, it’s “easier to go negative on an old white guy.”http://www.newser.com/story/34396/obamas-right-to-go-negative.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 07 Aug 2008 12:03:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34063/paris-mom-blasts-wasteful-mccain-ad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultParis Hilton's mom has written a scathing response to John McCain's ad comparing Barack Obama's popularity with the tabloid celebrity of Paris Hilton . McCain campaign contributor Kathy Hilton rips the ad as a waste of  time and money in a blog in the Huffington Post.http://www.newser.com/story/34063/paris-mom-blasts-wasteful-mccain-ad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 04 Aug 2008 8:12:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34019/mccain-eyes-virginia-rep-cantor-for-veep.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain is considering Virginia congressman Eric Cantor for the vice-presidential slot on his ticket, according to a campaign insider. As Barack Obama vets Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as a possible No. 2, the state could turn into a vice-presidential battleground, Politico reports. Cantor, who has been a champion McCain fundraiser, is a leading Jewish Republican and fiscal conservative who could add some spice to the campaign.http://www.newser.com/story/34019/mccain-eyes-virginia-rep-cantor-for-veep.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 04 Aug 2008 8:12:49 CDT