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John McCain campaign senior strategist Nicole Wallace conceded Wednesday that the campaign “lost the spin war” by allowing Barack Obama’s campaign to brand the Arizona senator as a dirty campaigner. “The truth is they play dirty politics, and maybe we haven't been quick enough. Maybe we don't have enough friends in the media to carry the message,” Wallace said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show. “We certainly lost the spin war about his fighting a more negative campaign. The truth is that Barack Obama has spent more money on negative attack ads against John McCain than any politician, Democrat or Republican,...

"The Commission’s report makes the case for the policies that President Bush has been pursuing in the War on Terror and eliminates any doubt that the best defense against the threat of global terror is a strong offense. While President Bush welcomed the report and praised its conclusion that we are safer today but still have more work to do, our opponent attacked the administration’s progress and leadership in the War on Terror, breaking his own pledge to focus on 'bipartisan solutions.' On a day when Democrats and Republicans stood together for additional reforms and continued progress in making America...

John Kerry’s pessimistic dismissal of the progress in Iraq shows a lack of leadership and understanding of the significance of a free and democratic Iraq in the heart of the Middle East.” - Nicolle Devenish, Bush-Cheney '04 Communications Director