[big campaign] '08 Daily News Clips - 6/16

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Election Daily News Clips June 16th, 2008 Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 12pm McCain: Finance Luncheon in Midland,TX 6pm McCain: Finance Reception in Dallas, Texas 8pm McCain: Finance Event in Dallas, TX News Clips: MCCAIN NEWS 'Maverick' McCain bedevils Democrats (Washington Times 6/16/08) By Joseph Curl Sen. John McCain's reputation as a maverick who regularly bucks the conservative wing of his party will be a formidable obstacle for Sen. Barack Obama as he seeks to persuade moderates to vote for him in November. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/16/maverick-mccain-bedevils-democrats/ Behind McCain's Town Hall Campaign (TIME 6/16/08) By Michael Scherer Sometimes in politics, the medium really is the message. ... For McCain, the town hall is more than just a chance for him to spread his message of staying the course in Iraq and cutting taxes and spending. It is itself the message he wants to deliver. http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1814902,00.html Historians see little chance for McCain (Politico 6/16/08) By: David Paul Kuhn One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11090.html Bush-backer pens pro-Obama book (Politico 6/16/08) By: Ben Smith The conservative Evangelical biographer of George W. Bush and Tom DeLay has moved on to a new subject: Barack Obama. And his new book, due out this summer, may lend credibility to Senator Obama's bid to win Evangelical Christian voters away from the Republican Party. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11099.html McCain Wobbles (Slate 6/16/08) By Mickey Kaus Alito and Scalia or Breyer and Ginsberg? http://www.slate.com/id/2193674/?from=rss Aiming to Avoid the Dole-drums (NEWSWEEK 6/23/08) By Holly Bailey McCain needs to learn from the mistakes of another honored war hero who ran for the White House and lost. http://www.newsweek.com/id/141506 She Had Such Nice Things to Say (NEWSWEEK 6/23/08) By Jonathan Darman To get McCain elected, Carly Fiorina is talking up ... Hillary. http://www.newsweek.com/id/141508 In '74 Thesis, the Seeds of McCain's War Views (NYT 6/15/08) By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK About a year after his release from a North Vietnamese prison camp, Cmdr. John S. McCain III sat down to address one of the most vexing questions confronting his fellow prisoners: Why did some choose to collaborate with the North Vietnamese? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/us/politics/15pows.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin *Link to pdf of thesis:* http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20080615/McCain.pdf What Will the Pillars of His Foreign Policy Be? (Washington Post 6/15/08) By James Mann; B03 The Bush administration has become legendary for infighting over foreign policy. But don't assume that the Republican bickering over how to deal with the world ends when President Bush steps down. To see the potential for internal conflict in a McCain administration, consider two figures who may well be in line for top foreign policy jobs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061301571.html Warring Campaigns (Weekly Standard 6/23/08) by Stephen F. Hayes McCain and Obama trade blows over Iraq. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/227cvowu.asp There's Votes in Them Thar Hills (Weekly Standard 6/23/08) by Fred Barnes For years now, John McCain has warned of the peril to America in sending $400 billion a year to foreign countries in return for oil. He's been loud and relentless on the subject--and wise. "It's a national security issue," he declared last week at a town hall meeting in New York City. Much of the money goes to countries that "do not like us very much," he noted. That was McCain's understated way of saying the beneficiaries include Iran, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia, countries in which anti-American forces find aid and comfort. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/225hregm.asp McCain's run little noticed in bustling Hanoi (Philadelphia Inquirer 6/15/08) By Melissa Dribben As notoriety cedes to prosperity, a small salute to his "Hilton" ordeal remains. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20080615_McCain_s_run_little_noticed_in_bustling_Hanoi.html Age Becomes the New Race and Gender (NYT 6/15/08) By ADAM NAGOURNEY This year's campaign for president has provided an extended test of attitudes toward race and gender, two powerful and volatile forces in politics. Now a third is about to join that list: age. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/weekinreview/15nagourney.html McCain blasts corn subsidies, backs larger Security Council (AP 6/15/08) U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain supports ending subsidies for U.S. ethanol production and would back Brazil's inclusion on an expanded United Nations Security Council, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-15-mccain-brazil_N.htm Campaigns Unable to Agree on Series of Meetings (NYT 6/15/08) By MICHAEL FALCONE and JULIE BOSMAN In almost every campaign appearance this week, Senator John McCain has been leaning on Senator Barack Obama to accept his offer to engage in a series of 10 one-on-one town-hall-style meetings, a format that worked well for Mr. McCain in the primaries. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/us/politics/14campaign.html McCain Reaches Across the Aisle in Virtual Town Hall (Washington Post blog 6/15/08) By Michael D. Shear Sen. John McCain held a novel, virtual town hall meeting Saturday afternoon that his campaign said was aimed at letting Democrats and independents ask McCain questions over a conference call. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/14/mccain_reaches_across_the_aisl.html Fiorina woos Clinton supporters for McCain (Reuters 6/15/08) Republican John McCain enlisted the high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get women behind his campaign for the White House. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25169407/ McCain tries to play Dems for fools (again) (Carpetbagger 6/15/08) It makes perfect sense that the McCain campaign would make at least cursory efforts to reach out to Hillary Clinton's most ardent supporters. John McCain does, after all, have very little to lose. There are some lingering hard feelings after the longest and closest Democratic presidential primary ever, and even though the intra-party factions agree on everything and share a common agenda, McCain hopes to convince a few Dems that his ideas, vision, issue positions, platform, and voting record are completely irrelevant in a presidential campaign. http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15877.html McCain and Clinton's unlikely friendship (LA Times 6/15/08) By DON FREDERICK and ANDREW MALCOLM ...people who know both McCain and Clinton. It's true, they confirmed, there is a special friendship. It apparently started in January 2001, when Clinton became the first former first lady elected to public office and walked into the U.S. Senate. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ticket15-2008jun15,0,7726398.story Gingrich: McCain Won't Win On Experience (CBS 6/15/08) Former Speaker Says If Republicans Campaign Against Obama's Resume They Will Fail http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/15/ftn/main4181837.shtml Gingrich: Jindal is best choice for vice president (The Hill 6/15/08) By Klaus Marre Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal "would be far and away the best candidate" to appear on the Republican presidential ticket with Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/gingrich-jindal-is-best-choice-for-vice-president-2008-06-15.html Obama and McCain: two sides of the coin (LA Times 6/15/08) By Janet Hook As the faltering economy has catapulted to the top of the presidential campaign agenda, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have both said they want to make healthcare more affordable, cut taxes and adopt a new energy strategy. But they have laid out far different paths to achieving these goals. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-econplans15-2008jun15,0,7782825.story McCain Meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister (Washington Post blog 6/15/08) By Juliet Eilperin Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain (R-Ariz.) met privately with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari this morning at his campaign headquarters, before emerging to praise the minister and take a handful of questions from a pool of reporters. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/15/mccain_meets_with_iraqi_foreig.html McCain Texas Fundraiser Back On, Sans Oilman (Washington Post blog 6/15/08) By Juliet Eilperin Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) has decided to hold a fundraiser initially sponsored by a controversial Texas oilman later in the summer at a different venue, according to an aide who asked not to be identified. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/15/mccain_texas_fundraiser_back_o.html McCain has diluted his rare reputation (Baltimore Sun 6/15/08) By PAUL WEST John McCain once had the most powerful brand in American politics. www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.infocus15jun15,0,4687694.story At Reuters Summit, McCain seen as best choice for economy (Reuters 6/15/08) Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit. http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1334411920080615 McCain event with fundraiser who joked about rape has been 'postponed,' not canceled. (ThinkProgress 6/15/08) On Friday, ABC reported that Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign had canceled a fundraiser with a Texas oilman who compared rape to the weather while running for governor. "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it," said Clayton Williams in 1990. But the Houston Chronicle now reports that yesterday afternoon, the campaign said that the event had simply been "postponed" until later this summer: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/15/mccain-event-with-fundraiser-who-joked-about-rape-has-been-postponed-not-canceled/ McCain Cuts Fund-Raiser (NYT 6/15/08) By SARAH WHEATON Senator John McCain's presidential campaign canceled a fund-raiser at the home of an 86-year-old oilman, Clayton Williams, after the campaign faced questions about comments Mr. Williams made in the 1990 race for Texas governor. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/us/politics/15mccain.html McCain Says No to Returning Funds Raised by Controversial Oilman (Washington Post blog 6/14/08) By Juliet Eilperin Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will not return the $300,000 raised by a Texas Republican who joked in 1990 that women should submit to rape and "enjoy it." http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/14/mccain_says_no_to_returning_fu.html Kaffee vs. Jessup II?: Obama and McCain Square Off on Habeas Corpus Rights for Accused Terrorists (ABC blog 6/15/08) By Jake Tapper At a town hall meeting in Wayne, Pa., today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., embraced an issue hardly made for his own TV ads: the rights of detainees accused of terrorism. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/kaffee-vs-jessu.html Kristol: McCain And Graham Plan To Introduce Legislation Undermining Supreme Court Decision On Guantanamo (ThinkProgress 6/15/08) ...Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol revealed that "very soon" — likely as early as next week — McCain and Graham will be introducing legislation to undermine the Supreme Court decision by setting up a "national security court": http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/15/kristol-court-guantanamo/ McCain Denounces Detainee Ruling (Washington Post 6/14/08) By Juliet Eilperin and Michael D. Shear; A04 Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Friday forcefully sided with President Bush in condemning the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to grant access to federal courts for the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, potentially muddying his reputation as a critic of the administration's approach to treatment of suspected terrorists. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061303414.html FLASHBACK: In 2003, McCain Blasted Administration's Indefinite Detention Of Detainees (ThinkProgress 6/13/08) Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. The Bush administration and its allies quickly criticized the decision: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/13/mccain-gitmo-detention/ Obama Seen Beating McCain in Web War (ABC 6/15/08) By JENNIFER PARKER Facebook Entrepreneur Chris Hughes a Player in Obama's Tech-Savvy Campaign http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5063449&page=1 McCain gets early Father's Day present (AP 6/15/08) Daughter switches from independent to Republican http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25140190/ McCain vs. himself (Carpetbagger 6/15/08) For all of the enormous differences between Barack Obama and John McCain, running second are the differences between John McCain and himself. http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15883.html *Link to video:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnb2IrsU1Cg McCain: Sorry, Five Joint Appearances With Obama Just Won't Do It (TPM 6/15/08) By Greg Sargent Five joint appearances between the two presidential candidates between now and Election Day isn't enough? That's the McCain campaign's claim, now that it has rejected Obama's offer to conduct three traditional debates, plus a joint town hall in July, and another debate on foreign policy in August. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/mccain_five_joint_appearances.php Disclosures Give Look at Candidates' Personal Finances (NYT 6/14/08) By LARRY ROHTER Senators John McCain and Barack Obama released their Senate financial disclosure statements on Friday, revealing that Mr. McCain and his wife had at least $225,000 in credit card debt and that Mr. Obama and his wife had put more than $200,000 into college funds for their daughters. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/us/politics/14disclosure.html More on Cindy McCain's finances disclosed (LA Times 6/14/08) By Ralph Vartabedian John McCain's wife made 13 deals last year in her financial enterprise that exceeded $1 million each, according to a Senate disclosure statement. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-disclosure14-2008jun14,0,5094734.story Hillary Pledged Delegate: I'm Backing McCain! (TPM 6/14/08) By Eric Kleefeld Although Hillary Clinton has asked her delegates to support Barack Obama, one particular delegate is taking the polar-opposite route. Debra Bartoshevich, a Hillary pledged delegate from Wisconsin, has now announced that she's supporting John McCain. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/hillary_pledged_delegate_im_ba.php Colin Powell Sees McCain-Obama Race as Tough Choice (WSJ blog 6/13/08) By Susan Davis Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said it's not out of the question that he may support expected Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in the race against John McCain. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/13/colin-powell-sees-mccain-obama-race-as-tough-choice/ Fact Check: McCain and Social Security (FOX News 6/13/08) John McCain has long advocated letting workers divert some of their payroll taxes into private accounts. So when he says now that he won't privatize Social Security, that raises eyebrows. But is he flip-flopping? http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jun13/0,4670,SocialSecurityFactCheck,00.html McCain Doubles Down On His Social Security Privatization Bamboozlement (ThinkProgress 6/13/08) Yesterday, despite his clear record on the issue, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told a crowd in Nashua, NH that he has "never" been for the privatization of Social Security. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/13/mccain-social-security-bamboozle/ *Link to video:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkkKSF3xiNY AFA Urges Strengthening Montgomery GI Bill (AFA press release 6/13/08) The Air Force Association today urged improvements to the Montgomery GI Bill, including those proposed in S. 22 by Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA). http://www.afa.org/media/press/gibill.asp McCain: Treat our wives with respect (CNN 6/13/08) * Sen. John McCain talks one-on-one with CNN's Dana Bash on Friday * "Americans want us to have a much more respectful campaign," he says * McCain blasts the Supreme Court's decision on detainee rights * He's also asked if he's considering a McCain-Romney ticket http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/13/mccain.interview/index.html Report: Rove Talks "Fairly Regularly" With McCain Camp; Getting Six Figures From Freedom's Watch (MotherJones 6/13/08) In a new National Journal article (not available online), writer Peter Stone dives deep into the conservative establishment and gets campaign staffers, movement operatives, and the ubiquitous "strategists" and "consultants" to talk about Karl Rove's current role in presidential politics. The takeaway? Rove is back. In fact, he probably never left. The campaign that is trying to prove it's not a second coming of George W. Bush is using the President's former chief strategist on a regular basis. http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/06/8690_natl_journal_ro.html OPNIONS AND EDITORIALS McCain's time warp (Boston Globe 6/16/08) TRYING TO deflect criticism that he is sounding like a clone of the unpopular President Bush, Senator John McCain is equating Barack Obama's policies with those of President Jimmy Carter. Comparisons across generations are rarely on target, and McCain's remarks are particularly obtuse. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/06/16/mccains_time_warp/ It's Going To Be Quite a Battle (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 6/16/08) By DAVID SHRIBMAN This is shaping up as quite a presidential election: a close campaign taking on the trappings of what generals call "total war." http://www.nysun.com/opinion/its-going-to-be-quite-a-battle/80017/ Angry Clinton Women ♥ McCain? (NYT 6/15/08) By FRANK RICH The same Republican operatives who gleefully insulted Hillary Clinton are now peddling the fable that her female supporters will desert their own party en masse. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/opinion/15rich.html Hillary redux? (Washington Times 6/15/08) John McCain is seemingly imitating the campaign strategy Hillary Clinton used against Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries and caucuses. Like Mrs. Clinton, Mr. McCain is emphasizing his experience and foreign-policy credentials. His campaign is also mirroring her campaign focus on winning big states, courting swing voters, and wooing the white, blue-collar vote. Mrs. Clinton achieved some success with this formula. Yet in the long run, her strategy failed. Why, then, is Mr. McCain adopting an approach that ultimately failed for Mrs. Clinton? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/15/editorial-hillary-redux/ Think the Gender War Is Over? Think Again (NYT 6/15/08) By SUSAN FALUDI FOR months, our political punditry foresaw one, and only one, prospective gender contest looming in the general election: between the first serious female presidential candidate and the Republican male "warrior." But those who were dreading a plebiscite on sexual politics shouldn't celebrate just yet. Hillary Clinton may be out of the race, but a Barack Obama versus John McCain match-up still has the makings of an epic American gender showdown. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/opinion/15faludi.html When McCain Drops Out (Huffington Post 6/15/08) By Steve Rosenbaum When the Republicans choose their candidate on September 4th, there is a very real chance that they could throw the election into an unexpected chaos as they pull a genuine September Surprise. I think there is every reason to believe John McCain won't be the nominee. Ok, let me say that again. McCain will not be the Republican candidate in November. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/when-mccain-drops-out_b_107236.html Questions for Gore Vidal (NYT 6/15/08) INTERVIEW BY DEBORAH SOLOMON The writer talks about the trouble with critics, what West Point taught him about McCain and why he doesn't care about gay marriage. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/magazine/15wwln-Q4-t.html Foreclosures and the Election (NYT 6/15/08) There is much still uncertain about the future course of the home mortgage debacle, but one thing is now clear: Congress and President Bush have done so little for so long that they will never manage an effective response. Like so many other problems, the foreclosure crisis will be dumped on the next president and the next Congress. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/opinion/15sun1.html No easy solutions (Philadelphia Inquirer 6/15/08) The next president will inherit a wide range of economic problems, from soaring food and gas prices, to a slumping housing industry, to a weak job market and the tumbling value of the dollar. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080615_Editorial__The_Economy.html A Moment of Clarity in Baghdad (NYT 6/14/08) The disconnect between Washington's stay-the-course Republicans — President Bush and Senator John McCain, in particular — and the Iraqi government has grown too wide to ignore. As the administration pushes for a legal agreement to extend the American military presence in Iraq, the Iraqis are pushing back. That is a positive sign. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/opinion/14sat1.html Candidates, Fly Away Home (NYT 6/14/08) By GAIL COLLINS With the general election five months away, it feels as if we're embarking on a very long cruise with two neighbors in the last throes of a troubled marriage. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/opinion/14collins.html MCCAIN'S OIL WRONG (NY Post 6/14/08) Who's writing John McCain's campaign speeches - Michael Moore? You'd think so, from the over-the-top rhetoric McCain used on Thursday night at Federal Hall, ripping into the nation's oil companies. http://www.nypost.com/seven/06142008/postopinion/editorials/mccains_oil_wrong_115488.htm BUSH NEWS Bush never lied to us about Iraq (LA Times 6/16/08) By James Kirchick The administration simply got bad intelligence. Critics are wrong to assert deception. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,4808346.story Bush says US can calm tensions on Afghan-Pakistan border (Washington Post 6/16/08) By DEB RIECHMANN President Bush says the United States can help calm the "testy situation" along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061600313.html?hpid=moreheadlines Britain, E.U. Announce Iran Sanctions (Washington Post 6/16/08) By Dan Eggen British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran and an unspecified increase in troops for Afghanistan, handing President Bush a symbolic boost on the last day of his weeklong farewell trip to Europe. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061600313_pf.html Iran and Iraq on the agenda for Bush-Brown talks (Reuters 6/16/08) By Matt Spetalnick U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will present a united front against Iran's nuclear ambitions Monday and seek to dispel media suggestions of a rift over troop levels in Iraq. http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL1658907 Bush warns Brown over plan to cut Iraq force (UK's The Guardian 6/15/08) By Ned Temko George Bush flies into London today with a warning for Gordon Brown not to announce a timetable for a British pull-out from Iraq, and expressing deep scepticism about the Prime Minister's high-profile strategy for bringing down world oil prices. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/15/georgebush.iraq Bush is straight-talker, so what's EU-3? (AP 6/15/08) By DEB RIECHMANN President Bush is a straight-talking guy, so what's he doing talking about the EU-3? It's part of Bush diplomatic-speak. Derided by some as a cowboy during his first term, Bush is ending his presidency knee-deep in group diplomacy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061500164.html Jeb back on stump ... just for schools (St. Petersburg Times 6/15/08) By Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler Jeb Bush is back. This week, in the center of the state he governed for eight years, Bush ends his 18-month hiatus from Florida public life. The chosen occasion: a high-profile education conference, organized by his foundations, that will showcase the controversial reforms of his tenure. http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article625057.ece# Cheney Acknowledges He Lied About China Drilling '60 Miles Off The Coast Of Florida' (ThinkProgress 6/13/08) On Wednesday, Vice President Dick Cheney gave a speech to the Chamber of Commerce in which he claimed that China, in cooperation with the Cuban government, is drilling for oil "60 miles off the coast of Florida." "Even the communists have figured out" that drilling for oil is the solution to the energy crisis, Cheney argued. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/13/cheney-admits-oil-lie/ OTHER TOP NEWS Gay Rights Pioneers Will Be First Married Lesbian Couple in San Francisco (AP 6/16/08) More than 55 years after they fell in love, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin plan to become one of the first same-sex couples to legally exchange marriage vows in California. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367211,00.html In Midwest Floods, a Broad Threat to Crops (NYT 6/16/08) By SUSAN SAULNY Here, in some of the best soil in the world, the stunted stalks of Dave Timmerman's newly planted corn are wilting in what sometimes look more like rice paddies than the plains, the sunshine glinting off of pools of collected water. Although time is running out, he has yet to plant all of his soybean crop because the waterlogged soil cannot support his footsteps, much less heavy machinery. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/us/16midwest.html?em&ex=1213761600&en=26c8215ba785304e&ei=5087%0A F.C.C. Chief Backs XM-Sirius Deal (AP 6/16/08) The proposed merger of the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters, bogged down in the regulatory process for over a year, has cleared a major hurdle with Federal Communications Commission chief recommending approval of the $5 billion deal. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-FCC-XM-Sirius.html?hp Tim Russert leaves NBC big shoes to fill (NY Daily News 6/16/08) By David Hinckley NBC News' David Gregory said Sunday on "Today" that the death of Tim Russert is a "loss we're still coming to terms with." http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/06/16/2008-06-16_tim_russert_leaves_nbc_big_shoes_to_fill.html Russert death shows massive heart attack isn't easy to predict (USA TODAY 6/15/08) By Steve Sternberg For all their differences, NBC newsman Tim Russert and famed marathoner Jim Fixx, author of the 1977 best-seller The Complete Book of Running, have two things in common: Each died of a massive heart attack while still in his 50s. Neither one saw it coming. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-06-15-heart-attack-russert_N.htm A Sober Assessment of Afghanistan (Washington Post 6/15/08) By Ann Scott Tyson; A16 The outgoing top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Friday that attacks increased 50 percent in April in the country's eastern region, where U.S. troops primarily operate, as a spreading Taliban insurgency across the border in Pakistan fueled a surge in violence. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061401639.html Iran Rejects Six-Nation Proposal (Washington Post 6/15/08) By Thomas Erdbrink and Robin Wright; A14 Iran said Saturday that a package of incentives offered by six countries was "out of the question" because it includes a demand for the country to suspend uranium enrichment activities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061400831.html Obama talks tough on 'AWOL' fathers (Politico 6/15/08) By: Mike Allen Talking tough on Father's Day, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) challenged African-American men on Sunday to play more of a role in raising their children and warned them that "responsibility doesn't just end at conception." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11096.html Obama: 'If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun' (WSJ blog 6/14/08) By Amy Chozick ...That's exactly what Barack Obama said he would do to counter Republican attacks "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. "Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I've seen Eagles fans." http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/14/obama-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun/ Paul, Barr may be forging an alliance for fall election (Boston Globe 6/14/08) By Foon Rhee Signs are emerging of a possible alliance this fall between Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded rebel Republican, and Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/14/paul_barr_may_be_forging_an_alliance_for_fall_election/ Detainees May Be Denied Evidence for Defense (Washington Post 6/15/08) By Josh White; A03 When Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other alleged co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks seek to represent themselves in military commissions trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, they may be barred from reviewing highly classified evidence and might not have access to the intelligence agents who interrogated them, according to the Pentagon's Office of Military Commissions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061401540.html Did Justice Scalia go too far? (Chicago Tribune blog 6/15/08) by James Oliphant Justice Antonin Scalia is known for his strongly worded dissents, ones where he has never been hesitant to use confrontational and, some would say, even abusive language to make his point as clearly as possible. http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/did_justice_scalia_go_too_far.html America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men (McClatchy 6/14/08) Tom Lasseter The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/story/38773.html Sens. Dodd, Conrad tied to special mortgage deals (AP 6/13/08) By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, a leader of Congress' efforts to help homeowners ensnared in the subprime mortgage meltdown, reportedly got special treatment on his own mortgages from the CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp., a company whose practices he has called ``abusive.'' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7584635 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---