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08 Election Daily News Clips*April 30th, 2008*
Candidate Tracking:
11:20am BUSH: Remarks to the 2008 National and State Teachers of the Year in
the White House Rose Garden
12pm McCain: Luncheon in Bethlehem, PA
2pm McCain: Speech in Allentown, PA
- Tracking scheduled for this event 3:45pm McCain: Media Availability in
Allentown, PA
- Tracking scheduled for this event
6:55 pm BUSH: Attends NRCC Reception at a private residence in Fairfax,
Virginia
*News Clips:*
*MCCAIN HEALTH CARE NEWS*
*McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan (Washington Post 4/30/08)*
By Michael D. Shear; A01
Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for
universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an
approach similar to a proposal put forth by President Bush last year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902706.html
*Link to transcript of speech*:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/mccain_at_miamis_children_hosp.html
*Federal Money in Health Care Plan From McCain (NY Times 4/30/08)*
By MICHAEL COOPER and KEVIN SACK
Senator John McCain, detailing his plan to solve the nation's health care
crisis, called Tuesday for federal intervention with the states to assure
coverage for people who have been denied insurance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/us/politics/30mccain.html
*McCain Pushes a Health-Care Plan With Less Regulation (WSJ 4/30/08)*
By LAURA MECKLER; Page A6
Sen. John McCain laid out his vision for the U.S. health-care system
Tuesday, rejecting universal health insurance and embracing a system with
fewer regulations in which consumers shop for coverage on their own rather
than get it from an employer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120949803079953667.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
*McCain health plan eyes 'uninsurables' (USA TODAY 4/29/08)*
By David Jackson
John McCain said Tuesday he will work with states to create insurance pools
for people who have trouble getting coverage because of pre-existing
illnesses.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-29-mccain-uninsurables_N.htm
*The Folly of McCain-Care (New Republic 4/29/08)*
by Jonathan Cohn
His great new plan isn't new or great. And it still wouldn't help Elizabeth
Edwards get decent insurance.
http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=a88ab4f7-d570-47ad-ab80-a7e817ddab6b
*Edwards Targets 'GAP' in McCain Plan (ABC 4/29/08)*
By TEDDY DAVIS and TALAL AL-KHATIB
GOPer's Plan Ripped for 'Gross Underfunding'
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105455&page=1
*Return Of The Mack (Hotline blog 4/29/08)*
By JENNIFER SKALKA
A trail note of interest to those counting the lobbyists and former
lobbyists in John McCain's orbit: Former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack (R-FL)
introduced McCain today at his health care policy event in Florida. Mack is
chairman of the board of directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &
Research Institute, where McCain's event was held. Mack is also, we should
note, a registered state lobbyist, working for Liberty Partners of Florida
and, drumroll, advocating for health insurance companies.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/04/return_of_the_m_1.html
*McCain on health care (MSNBC 4/29/08)*
By Adam Aigner-Treworgy
TAMPA, Fla. -- Despite receiving top billing during McCain's weeklong
health-care tour, this morning's speech at the University of Southern
Florida featured only an expansion of the healthcare proposal McCain has
been advocating on the stump for months.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/29/956979.aspx
*MCCAIN NEWS*
*McCain Strengthening His Political Marriage (NY Times 4/30/08)*
By CARL HULSE
Senator John McCain's recent harsh critique of the Republican-led response
to Hurricane Katrina no doubt reminded some of his newfound allies in
Congress that his independent image was often honed at his party's expense.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/us/politics/30repubs.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
*McCain Missing in Action (Washington Post blog 4/29/08)*
By Ben Pershing
His name was never mentioned, but as Republican and Democratic lawmakers
took turns praising each other this afternoon for backing legislation that
would greatly expand veterans' education benefits, presumptive Republican
nominee John McCain was the Republican elephant not in the room.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/04/mccain_missing_in_action.html?hpid=news-col-blog
*Union Ad Criticizes McCain on Health Care (NY Times blog 4/29/08)*
By Kate Phillips
As Senator John McCain spends the week talking about health care and health
insurance coverage, the Service Employees International Union has begun
broadcasting an ad against his plans in Ohio and Washington, D.C.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/union-ad-criticizes-mccain-on-health-care/
*Link to video of ad*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGfKu5CfXQ
*McCain eyes voting 'no' on the farm bill (The Hill 4/29/08)*
By Manu Raju
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is leaning against backing a massive farm bill
that would rewrite agriculture policy over the next five years, a choice
that puts him in between his fiscal conservative base and rural states
important in the general election.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-eyes-voting-no-on-the-farm-bill-2008-04-29.html
*Maverick McCainomics Could Alter Our Fiscal Future (US News & World Report
blog 4/30/08)*
James Pethokoukis
Uncle Sam has plenty of dough. That's the core belief at the center of
McCainomics. Or maybe we should call it "maverick economics," since John
McCain's approach toward taxes and government spending has the potential to
change the rules of the Washington budget game. Actually, it has the
potential to change the game itself and perhaps create a long-term solution
to America's fiscal problem—with trillions left over. See, that's what the
Wall Street Journal didn't seem to understand when one of its reporters
wrote the following last week:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/4/29/maverick-mccainomics-could-alter-our-fiscal-future.html
*McCain the Anti-War Warrior? (OutsideTheBeltway 4/29/08)*
James Joyner
In the cover story of the new American Prospect, Matt Yglesias describes
John McCain ... But this is wrong in almost every sense imaginable. Can
anyone seriously doubt that a man who spent 5-1/2 years being tortured by
the Viet Cong hates war? But one can simultaneously hate war and think it
preferable to allowing despots to gain nuclear weapons.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/mccain_the_anti-war_warrior/
*Wash. Post's Murray: 'Just wait' until after the primaries for media to
scrutinize McCain (ThinkProgress 4/29/08)*
In a Washington Post discussion yesterday, Post reporter Shailagh Murray
inadvertently admitted that the media is currently scrutinizing Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ) less than they potentially could
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/29/wash-posts-murray-just-wait-for-media-to-scrutinize-mccain/
*Is "Falsely" Comment in Story on Anti-McCain Ad Accurate? (Editors &
Publishers 4/29/08)*
In a news account, The Associated Press today reports on charges of a
"false" political ad -- but did it go too far in accepting the Republicans'
complaint?
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003795869
*Late Night Laughs on McCain Veep Prospects (NY Times blog 4/29/08)*
By Kate Phillips
The headline may be a little bit misleading, but despite our early a.m.
blogging duties, we were up last night watching Jay Leno banter with Bobby
Jindal, the new, exceptionally young governor of Louisiana.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/late-night-laughs-on-mccain-veep-prospects/
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS*
*Getting to Know John McCain (WSJ 4/30/08)*
By KARL ROVE; Page A17
It came to me while I was having dinner with Doris Day. No, not that Doris
Day. The Doris Day who is married to Col. Bud Day, Congressional Medal of
Honor recipient, fighter pilot, Vietnam POW and roommate of John McCain at
the Hanoi Hilton.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120951606847454685.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
*Dumb as We Wanna Be (NY Times 4/30/08)*
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The McCain-Clinton energy proposal is a reminder that the biggest energy
crisis we have in our country today is the energy to be serious.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html
*McCain's Progress (WSJ 4/30/08)*
The Grand Guignol between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has to end
eventually, and then the public discomfort over health care will resurface
as a genuine policy dispute between the Democratic and Republican nominees.
For a man whose heterodoxies have no doubt triggered GOP heartburn, John
McCain delivered another speech yesterday on health care that offered a
sophisticated set of policies that could lead to some of the most
constructive changes to the system in decades.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120951260482454447.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
*Candidates' plans to cut gas prices (LA Times 4/30/08)*
Clinton's and McCain's plans for a summer gas-tax suspension won't solve
anything.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-gastax30apr30,0,399014.story
*Obstacle course (Washington Times 4/30/08)*
By Terence P. Jeffrey
One of the most surprising things about the presidential election four years
ago is that the already unpopular war in Iraq was not the top issue in
voter's minds. Nor was it the top national security issue. To get elected,
Sen. John McCain needs something similar to happen this year. To construct
such a scenario, it is helpful to reconstruct what happened four years ago.
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/COMMENTARY/197375934/1028/ELECTION
*What war? (LA Times 4/30/08)*
At home, the economy soars and Americans let the good times roll. Meanwhile,
Iraq burns.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ferguson30apr30,0,7557486.column
*The Many Faces of John McCain (Huffington Post 4/30/08)*
Jayne Lyn Stahl
While Barack Obama is said to be outraged about the latest sound bites
coming from his former minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, where is our
outrage at all the nonstop coverage of this nonsense, and the egregious
efforts to abort the First Amendment guarantee of separation between church
and state?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jayne-lyn-stahl/the-many-faces-of-john-mc_b_99310.html
*McCain's disturbing lack of Mideast realism (Dallas Morning News 4/30/08)*
By Trudy Rubin
As the Democratic candidates battle each other, Sen. John McCain's ideas
about America and the world have gotten too little coverage. In an obvious
effort to distinguish himself from President Bush, Mr. McCain describes
himself as "realistic idealist." Yet his speeches and comments reveal a
disturbing lack of realism about the world, especially the Middle East. Mr.
McCain's global outlook is that of a man still living in the 1990s, when
America's power and the dollar reigned supreme.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-rubin_30edi.ART.State.Edition1.4687ed4.html
*BUSH NEWS*
*Bush Blames Democrats for Sliding Economy (Washington Post 4/29/08)*
By William Branigin
President Bush today blamed Congress for many of the nation's economic woes,
charging that lawmakers have blocked his proposals for dealing with problems
ranging from soaring gasoline prices to the increasing cost of food.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042900698.html?hpid=topnews
*Link to video*:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/04/29/VI2008042901048.html
*Bush Prods Lawmakers on Economy, Energy Prices (WSJ 4/30/08)*
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, GREG HITT and SARAH LUECK; Page A3
President Bush blamed the Democratic-controlled Congress for failing to
reduce gasoline prices, stave off foreclosures and sufficiently fund student
loans, kicking off what is likely to be weeks of cutthroat politicking
between the White House and Capitol Hill.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120947778128652773.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_rightbox
*Bush Says Pain From Economy Defies Easy Fix (NY Times 4/30/08)*
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — With consumer confidence slipping and gasoline and food prices
soaring, President Bush delivered an unusually dark assessment of the
economy on Tuesday, saying the nation was in "very difficult times, very
difficult."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/washington/30bush.html?ref=todayspaper
*Bush Ignores His Own Administration's Guidelines, Refers To Terrorists As
'Jihadists' (ThinkProgress 4/29/08)*
In his Rose Garden press conference today, an exasperated President Bush
lashed out at critics who question whether he is presenting too rosy of an
assessment when he says that the U.S. is making progress in Afghanistan.
"The notion that somehow we can let these people just kind of have their
way," said Bush. "Let's don't stir them up, is naive or disingenuous."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/29/bush-jihadist-language/
*Bush to N. Korea: We know what you're doing (CNN 4/29/08)*
# Bush seeks to increase pressure on Iran, North Korea, Syria
# Bush says people looking to Congress for action and only getting delay
# Bush asks Congress to focus on energy, food prices, mortgages, student
loans
# Bush calls on Congress to send him sensible and effective bills
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/29/bush.economy/index.html
*Bush hits all-time low on handling of the economy (ThinkProgress 4/29/08)*
In a NBC/WSJ poll to be released tomorrow, "only 21% approve of President
Bush's job in handling the economy — his lowest number ever as president on
that question." Additionally, the poll found that 81% of Americans "believe
the US is currently in a recession."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/29/bush-hits-all-time-low-on-handling-of-the-economy/
*OTHER TOP NEWS*
*Senior Iraqi government official assassinated in Baghdad (AP 4/29/08)*
An Iraqi official says a roadside bomb has killed a senior government
official in northern Baghdad.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/04/senior_iraqi_government_offici.php
*Iraq budget cut by $171M after oil-profit windfall (CNN 4/29/08)*
# Congress demands Iraq spend its recent oil windfall on reconstruction
projects
# U.S. to seek "full funding from the government of Iraq," says Defense
secretary
# "I think it's time to take the training wheels off," says Sen. Mel
Martinez
# Remaining $439 million reconstruction project funds should continue, says
Gates
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/29/iraq.reconstruction/index.html
*Obama strongly denounces former pastor (AP 4/29/08)*
Candidate calls Wright's recent comments 'wrong and destructive'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24371827/
*IE WATCH*
*Outside groups compete for political ad time (AP 4/29/08)*
By Jim Kuhnhenn,
For months, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have dominated political
advertising. Increasingly, they are not alone.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-04-29-2187728261_x.htm
*Brock's Third-Party Group Launches "McCain Fact-Check" Site (TPM 4/29/08)*
By Greg Sargent
Progressive Media U.S.A., the third-party pro-Dem group that has vowed to
raise $40 million to target McCain in advance of the general election, is
already feeling the influence of its new leader, Media Matters' David Brock.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/brocks_thirdparty_group_launch.php
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