John Solomon, who recently joined the political reporting staff at The Washington Post, from The Associated Press has been widely criticized by liberal bloggers in recent months for what they considered unfair stories on Sen. Harry Reid and former Sen. John Edwards. Now he is under attack from a leading Republican -- Sen. John McCain.
McCain lashed back today at the Post after Solomon wrote that the Arizonan, who has campaigned against the use of "soft money," is using those types of funds in his GOP presidential nomination.
McCain told CNN the article is "worst hit job that has ever been done in my entire political career."
He denied he planned to raise or use any money from independent non-profit "527" groups, as alleged in the article.
Solomon observed in his front page Sunday article:
"In his early efforts to secure the support of the Republican establishment he has frequently bucked, McCain has embraced some of the same political-money figures, forces and tactics he pilloried during a 15-year crusade to reduce the influence of big donors, fundraisers and lobbyists in elections. That includes enlisting the support of Washington lobbyists as well as key players in the fundraising machine that helped President Bush defeat McCain in the 2000 Republican primaries."
Welcome to the '08 campaign, Senator. As I predicted long ago, McCain would lose the favorable press he enjoyed when all he was doing was bucking the Republicans, criticizing conservatives and bashing the president. Now that he's a threat to the liberal left presidential hopefuls, the hand-holding he got from the press is over.
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