"John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song," the Associated Press' Glen Johnson writes Wednesday. "Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways."
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Associated_Press_calls_McCain_twofaced_0917.htmlAP: McCain has 2 faces: Washington in- and outsider
By GLEN JOHNSON – 7 hours ago
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) — John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.
Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.
It's a remarkable dichotomy echoed throughout the Republican establishment, as a party that's held the White House for the past eight years tries to retain its grip in what has shaped up as a change election.
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This time around, though, McCain is projecting a dual image: the outside insider. A 25-year veteran of the House and Senate, a white man like all the rest of the country's presidents to date, McCain is trying to fend off a 44-year-old, first-term senator angling to become the first black to reach the Oval Office.
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