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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Shows He’s Exactly Who We...
To paraphrase the former Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green: “Mitt Romney is who we thought he was.” The recently released tape of Romney speaking to donors at a closed door fundraiser has...
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Opinion: Democrats Turn Out Supporters For Early Vote As Republicans Try To...
Early vote was once an idea that both parties promoted. But as Democrats grow in their ability to use it to their strategic advantage, Republicans have sought to reduce or eliminate it. In North...
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Opinion: In Clear Victory Obama Shows Romney Isn’t Ready To Be...
Last night America saw a president in command and a challenger in retreat from his own positions. Obama dominated the stage and the discussion at Lynn University. He emerged the clear victor. Agree...
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Poll: Romney Holds Big Lead In Texas
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama debate (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Republican Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead over President Barack Obama in the presidential race in...
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Opinion: Obama’s Not “All That” With College Kids Anymore
Whether it’s because college kids are getting smarter or have just found better things to do with their energy and time over the past four years, there is a survey result which indicates that...
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Opinion: Romney’s Desperation Showing In Final Days Of Campaign
The Romney campaign enters this weekend in a bind. This race has boiled down to Ohio. The problem for Romney is that the Obama campaign has built a firewall there. Between advertising, organizing and...
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Opinion: Obama’s Biggest Failure Has Been On Race Relations
Even those who were for Sen. John McCain for president in 2008 took comfort in knowing that even though McCain lost, having the nation’s first black president would most certainly lead to an improved...
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Opinion: Karl Rove Is The Most Overrated Person In Politics Today
The two best words to describe Karl Rove are OVER and RATED. Rove has managed to spin himself a personal fortune in national politics despite his work in the field. His reputation, however, does not...
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Opinion: Obama’s Press Conference Extremely Disturbing
President Barack Obama gave his first press conference since being reelected for a second term – as well as being as his first press conference in many months. First and foremost, though sounding...
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Opinion: Why Benghazi Matters
As the politicians on the “left” and other persons on the political “left” insist that the election is over and that is why the rest of Americans should move on and drop the Benghazi, Libya...
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Opinion: Susan Rice’s Meeting With GOP Leaders Made Benghazi Matters Worse
On Tuesday morning, the United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice and acting CIA Director Michael Morell, who has replaced General David Petraeus who resigned over his extramarital...
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Opinion: Shame Of The Senate
The Brain Dead Republican Congress has had some low points, but last week’s Senate vote on a United Nations treaty for the disabled was notable in its outrageousness. This year, Republicans in the...
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Lawmakers Say CIA May Have Misled Filmmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film, “Zero Dark Thirty,” by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the...
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Ohio Gov. Kasich Casts Presidential Vote For John McCain
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter John Kasich has cast his presidential ballot — for 2008 Republican nominee John McCain. Spokesman Chris Schrimpf says the Ohio governor voted straight-ticket...
View ArticleMcConnell Defers Action On Health Care After McCain Surgery
PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s absence from the Senate as he recovers from surgery for a blood clot has led the GOP leadership to postpone consideration of health care legislation already on the...
View ArticleJohn McCain’s Daughter Tweets Photo Of Hike After Brain Cancer Diagnosis
(CBSNEWS) – Sen. John McCain’s daughter Meghan tweeted an update on her father’s battle with brain cancer as the two enjoyed a hike while in Arizona on Saturday. Amazing hike with Dad @SenJohnMcCain...
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McCain Returns To Congress To Cheers From Fellow Senators
WASHINGTON (AP) — Applause and whoops greeted Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, as he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to vote for moving ahead on legislation to dismantle Obamacare...
View ArticleTexan Among Missing Sailors From The USS John McCain
The U.S. Navy on Thursday released names of one sailor who died and nine others who were missing after the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore. Divers recovered the remains of...
View ArticleBattling Cancer, McCain Says His Prognosis Is ‘Pretty Good’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says battling brain cancer is a challenge but that his prognosis is “pretty good.” Speaking in his first nationally televised interview since his diagnosis, McCain...
View ArticleMcCain Treated For Viral Infection, Returns Home To Arizona
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain has returned home to Arizona after being hospitalized for a viral infection while battling brain cancer and will miss a crucial Senate vote on the GOP tax...
View ArticleCardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald Writes Tribute To John McCain
(CBSNEWS) – Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has written a moving tribute to his friend, Sen. John McCain, who is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer. “We’ve become friends...
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Cindy McCain Tweets White House Aide Accused Of Mocking John McCain
SEDONA, Arizona (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – After reports that a White House aide allegedly joked that Senator John McCain is “dying anyway,” Cindy McCain tweeted the aide Thursday, reminding her that...
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Senator John McCain Discontinuing Medical Treatment
ARIZONA (CBSDFW.COM) – The family of John McCain issued a statement today saying the Arizona Senator has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for cancer. The statement said, in part – “John has...
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John McCain, War Hero And Senate ‘Maverick,’ Dies At 81
(CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS) – U.S. Sen. John McCain has passed away at the age of 81 after a battle with brain cancer, his office announced Saturday evening. McCain was a military hero who had a long career...
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Texas Republicans React To Passing Of Sen. John McCain
(CBSDFW.COM) – Texas political figures reacted to the death of Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain on Saturday, mourning the loss of a beloved senator and war veteran. McCain passed away after a battle...
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McCain Requested Obama And George W. Bush Deliver Eulogies At Funeral
(CBSNEWS) – John McCain requested that former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush deliver eulogies at his funeral, CBS News has confirmed. McCain, who had been suffering from an aggressive form...
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Services For McCain Set For Phoenix, Washington, Annapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s service to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland’s Severn River....
View ArticleFlags At White House Lowered Again To Half-Staff After McCain’s Death
UPDATE: Flags at the White House are lowered back to half-staff Monday afternoon. Flag atop White House lowered again to half-staff. Pres Trump was urged by GOP and Dem Senate leaders to honor...
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After Cascade Of Criticism, Trump Honors McCain’s Service
WASHINGTON (AP) — Near-silent for two days, President Donald Trump relented under pressure by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain’s “service to our country” and re-lowering the White House flag. While...
View ArticleNew Brain Cancer Treatment For Dogs Could Someday Help Humans
BLACKSBURG, Va. (CBS Local/CBS News) – Sen. John McCain died Saturday after a year-long battle with glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer. It is rare, with only about 20,000 cases in the...
View ArticleTearful Graham Mourns McCain In Senate Eulogy
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain’s close friend Lindsey Graham mixed laughter and tears on the Senate floor Tuesday as he remembered “Operation Maverick,” which he described as lessons in choosing “what’s...
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Final Farewells To Sen. John McCain Begin At Arizona Capitol
PHOENIX (AP) — Family, friends and constituents will gather Wednesday at Arizona’s Capitol to pay their respects to Sen. John McCain, the first of two days of services there before he departs the state...
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After Church Service, McCain To Depart Arizona For Last Time
PHOENIX (AP) — The celebration of Sen. John McCain’s life as a former prisoner of war and maverick politician enters a second day with a church service and a military salute before his casket departs...
View ArticleJohn McCain Memorialized As Hero, Fighter, Imperfect Friend
PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a “a true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — as 3,500 mourners crowded into an...
View ArticleWashington Prepares To Say Goodbye To Late Sen. John McCain
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Washington’s turn to say goodbye to the late Sen. John McCain. And McCain is saying farewell — his way. The six-term Republican senator, who lived and worked in nation’s capital...
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McCain Salute: One Of Nation’s ‘Bravest Souls’ In War, Peace
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders saluted John McCain Friday as a model of service in war and peace and “one of the bravest souls our nation has ever produced,” in a memorial ceremony at the...
View Article‘America Was Always Great’: Tributes Pour Out At John McCain’s Funeral
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A memorial service was held Saturday for the late Sen. John McCain in Washington D.C. with his daughter Meghan, two former presidents and political dignitaries using their...
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Final Farewell: John McCain Laid To Rest At US Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and...
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The McCain Institute Is Looking For A Few Good Mavericks
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonprofit named for the late Sen. John McCain is looking for “mavericks” to vote in the Nov. 6 midterm election and fight for human rights around the world as President Donald Trump...
View ArticleDemocrat, Former Texas Resident And Astronaut, Mark Kelly Flips Republican...
ARIZONA (CBSDFW/AP) – Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who lived in the Houston area for 15 years during his time at the Johnson Space Center has won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain. A...
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