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(CNN) — Meghan McCain, daughter of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain, said the GOP is going to have to become more inclusive if it wants to rebuild. “I just wish that moderates like myself — more moderate Republicans and more socially liberal Republicans — weren’t looked at as, ‘Get rid of the dirty moderates. Get rid of them,’” the 24-year-old told CNN affiliate KTAR radio in a joint interview with her father. “We need to be an inclusive party. We need to be an umbrella party. We need to inspire 20-somethings, which is something the Obama campaign did very...

Memo to Meghan McCain: Enjoy the media coverage while it lasts, but know you're being used. You are the flavor of the month in left-wing media land because you are a Republican bashing the GOP. Likewise, your dad is most popular among the same people when he is slamming his Republican brethren in full-blown "maverick" fashion. At least he backs up his views with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service. What is Ms. McCain's own political, business, or real-world experience that lends credibility to her argument that the GOP needs to "moderate" (read: abandon its core principles)? Now the...

Is it just me, or is USAF Gen. Merrill McPeak's TV ad in support of Kerry incredibly stupid? I have seen the ad several times, and I just shake my head every time I see it. Gen. McPeak states that his reason for supporting Kerry is,,,,and I quote,,,,,,,,,,"He has a strategy"! He has a strategy?HE HAS A STRATEGY???? SAY WHAT? Who in the heck doesn't? How about telling us what that strategy is! Howard Dean has a strategy. Al Sharpton has a strategy. Dennis Kucinich has a strategy. Bill Maher has a strategy. Rosie O'Donnell has a strategy. Barbra Streisand...

WASHINGTON The man who was Air Force chief of staff during the first Gulf War is supporting John Kerry for president. Retired General Merrill "Tony" McPeak gave the Democrats' weekly radio address today. He says he switched his support from President Bush to Kerry on the strength of Kerry's wartime service and experience in Vietnam. McPeak said it "means an awful lot" to him that Kerry fought for his country as a young man. And he said for him, the "real deal" isn't whether a strategy is Republican or Democrat -- it's "whether it makes us safer." McPeak also questioned...