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08 Election Daily News Clips
June 25th, 2008
*Candidate Tracking: *
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
1:30pm McCain: Speech in Las Vegas, NV
- Tracking scheduled for this event
2:15pm Bush: Attends National Security Advisor's Meeting with UN Security
Council Reps at White House
2:30pm McCain: Finance Luncheon in Las Vegas, NV
5:00pm McCain: NV HQ Opening in Las Vegas, NV
5:15pm Bush: Makes Remarks at Max M. Fisher National Republican Award Dinner
*News Clips:*
MORE FALLOUT FROM CHARLIE BLACK COMMENTS
McCain Adviser May Have Struck a Nerve (Washington Post 6/25/08)
By Jonathan Weisman and Anne E. Kornblut
Sen. Barack Obama and his surrogates continued to criticize Charles R. Black
Jr., a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Tuesday for saying a terrorist
attack before the November election would help the presumptive Republican
nominee... Obama dispatched Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the bipartisan
9/11 Commission, to hold a conference call with reporters in which he called
Black's comments "a candid and very disappointing glimpse into the thinking
of one of McCain's closest advisers."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401331.html?nav=hcmodule
No. 1 Faux Pas in Washington? Candor, Perhaps (NYT 6/25/08)
By Michael Cooper
It was the journalist Michael Kinsley who changed Washington's understanding
of gaffes with his observation that a gaffe occurs not when someone lies,
but when they say what they really think. And more than a few politicians
and pundits were put in mind of the classic Kinsleyian gaffe this week after
Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Senator John McCain, was quoted in a
magazine interview saying that another terrorist attack in the United States
would "be a big advantage."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/us/politics/24cnd-memo.html?ref=politics
Analysis: Chiding aide, McCain forgets own remark (AP 6/24/08)
By Glen Johnson
John McCain wasted no time disawoving comments by an aide who suggested a
terrorist attack on U.S. soil would boost his presidential campaign. McCain
may have wanted to take a moment to consult the history books before he
spoke. In ways both overt and subtle, the Republican presidential contender
has been making much the same point as senior adviser Charlie Black, who
backed off Monday after he was quoted as saying an attack "certainly would
be a big advantage to him."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_terrorism
McCain Battles 'Unforced Errors' to Stay on Message (ABC News Blog 6/24/08)
By Jack Tapper
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is having trouble staying on message -- or, more
specifically, his campaign is.McCain had hoped to spend the early part of
this week discussing energy and the environment but instead the Republican
presidential candidate found his message muddled when one of his top
advisers told Forbes magazine in an upcoming issue that a new terror attack
on Americans "certainly would be a big advantage to him."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=5233012&page=1
Charlie Black Reveals McCain Campaign Strategy (Houston Chronicle Blog
6/24/08)
Charlie Black, chief strategist for John McCain, made some surprisingly
frank comments in an interview with Fortune Magazine, surprising only in the
fact that someone in the McCain campaign would openly say what they are
thinking. Mr. Black referred to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as an
"unfortunate event" but acknowledged that "it helped us" referring to the
timing of the assassination coinciding with the New Hampshire primary. He
also said of a future terrorist attack; "Certainly it would be a big
advantage to him (McCain)."
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=desperado&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3AdesperadoPost%3A089da9be-32cc-4b09-8a7d-cf2f00573ffc<http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=desperado&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%253AdesperadoPost%253A089da9be-32cc-4b09-8a7d-cf2f00573ffc>
Team Obama Keeps Heat on Over Black Comments (Washington Post Blog 6/24/08)
By Anne E. Kornblut
Obama advisers have seized on Charlie Black's controversial remark on
terrorism - that an attack would be politically beneficial for his client,
Sen. John McCain - as an obviously tone-deaf gaffe. On Tuesday, even after
Black, a senior adviser to McCain, apologized, the Obama team portrayed it
as a policy misstep as well, arguing that the campaigns should be talking
about the substance of terrorism policy rather than its political impact.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/24/team_obama_keeps_heat_on_over.html
Who Said This? (National Journal Blog 6/24/08)
By Jennifer Skalka
"It's very helpful to the president," remarked a GOP pol in an October 2004
report about the release of a new Osama bin Laden tape. A hint, it wasn't
Charlie Black. It was John McCain, commenting in a 10/30/04 AP story.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/06/who_said_this.html#more
National security events helping Republicans (Politico 6/24/08)
By Jonathan Martin
Reaching into their oppo files, Dems point out that McCain has been more
candid about the obvious advantage a national security event would provide
the GOP. In the closing days of the 2004 campaign, McCain said this about
bin Laden's video message: "I think it's very helpful to President Bush,"
said McCain, R-Ariz., while stumping in Stamford for U.S. Rep. Christopher
Shays. "It focuses America's attention on the war on terrorism. I'm not sure
if it was intentional or not, but I think it does have an effect."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/National_security_events_helping_Republicans.html
Charlie Black's Position Is Secure, For Now (The Atlantic Blog 6/24/08)
By Marc Ambinder
Democrats hope to pressure McCain strategist Charlie Black to resign, but so
far, McCain is having none of it, according to two people with knowledge of
the situation. As of last night, "Internally, McCain is supporting Charlie,"
said one of those people. Black recongizes the gravity of his mistake,
people close to him said.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/charlie_blacks_position_is_sec.php
MCCAIN NEWS
Santa Barbara fumes over McCain drilling plan (LA Times 6/25/08)
By Maeve Reston and Michael Finnegan
John McCain came to California promoting an array of ideas to spur the
market for clean cars and otherwise reduce carbon emissions. But in this
coastal city, the site of a disastrous oil spill in 1969, the presumptive
Republican presidential nominee was dogged by critics at nearly every turn
for his recent embrace of offshore drilling.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign25-2008jun25,0,1618946.story
McCain Has Plan to Make Government More Green (Washington Post 6/25/08)
By Juliet Eilperin and Lyndsey Layton
Sen. John McCain pledged yesterday that he would make the federal government
more environmentally friendly, while Sen. Barack Obama mocked his rival as
crafting energy policies that merely pander to voters, in the latest
skirmish over which presidential candidate is better prepared to tackle the
nation's energy and environmental problems.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401412.html
Obama Assails Remarks by McCain on Offshore Oil Drilling (NYT 6/25/08)
By Michael Powell and Michael Cooper
Senator Barack Obama took a poke at his Republican opponent on Tuesday,
saying that for Senator John McCain to talk of a "psychological benefit"
from expanded offshore drilling is to define that policy as a gimmick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/us/politics/25campaign.html?ref=politics
McCain's Fine Line of Security (WSJ 06/25/08)
One of Sen. John McCain's main strategies for overcoming the deficit he and
his party face in opinion polls is to make the election about national
security and terrorism... Even so, Sen. McCain risks accusations from
Democrats that he is following the Bush administration by playing into the
politics of fear.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121435467915401859.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
McCain aides seek undecideds, non-partisans for town halls (USA Today
6/25/08)
By David Jackson
Instead of picking crowds of committed supporters to fill his town hall
meetings, aides to Republican John McCain say they are hiring specialists to
find undecided and not overly partisan voters. That's a contrast from the
last Republican presidential campaign in which President Bush's aides and
the Secret Service screened out opponents and emphasized loyal GOP
supporters.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-24-McCain-screen_N.htm
McCain calls for energy-efficient government (AP 6/24/08)
Republican John McCain said Tuesday the federal government should practice
the energy efficiency he preaches, pledging as president to switch official
vehicles to green technologies and do the same for office buildings.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25351310/
Californians Object to McCain's Drilling Plan (NYT Blog 6/24/08)
By Michael Cooper
The McCain campaign sometimes makes a virtue of Senator John McCain's
propensity for telling people not only what they want to hear, but also what
they don't. It certainly seemed like many of the people he met in California
this week did not want to hear about his newfound support for off-shore
drilling.One of his donors expressed concern about it at a fund-raiser.
Anti-drilling protesters stood outside his campaign event here Tuesday
morning, raising the specter of the devastating 1969 oil spill here that
helped launch the modern environmental movement.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/californians-object-to-mccains-drilling-plan/#more-5458
California Official's "Straight Talk" On Drilling (CBS News 6/24/08)
By Clifden Kennedy
Senator McCain had some interesting company at his environmental briefing
today. At most campaign events, people appearing onstage with the candidate
support whichever plan he is promoting. But that wasn't the case today.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/24/politics/fromtheroad/entry4206202.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=FromTheRoad_4206202
Someone Didn't Get The Memo (National Journal Blog 6/24/08)
By Adam Aigner-Treworgy
Usually John McCain's panel discussions feature a stage full of experts in a
given field telling McCain how great his proposals would be for the country.
But at today's discussion about energy at the Museum of Natural History
here, one panelist didn't get the memo. Michael Feeney, the executive
director of the land trust for Santa Barbara County and a professional land
conservationist, took issue with some of McCain's environmental policies,
accusing the candidate and fellow panelist CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of
being too willing to compromise on environmental standards in devising
energy solutions.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/06/someone_didnt_g.html#more
Obama/McCain: 'Psychological' Benefit? (MSNBC Blog 6/24/08)
By Domenico Montanaro
Yesterday, McCain admitted that his offshore drilling proposal would
probably have mostly "psychological" benefits, NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy
reports. At a town hall in Fresno that primarily focused on energy issues,
McCain was asked a question about the price of gas and the viability of
various short-term solutions.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/24/1163504.aspx
Another lobbying headache for McCain? (Chicago Tribune Blog 6/24/08)
By James Oliphant
Former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge, a national co-chair of John
McCain's campaign, failed to properly disclose he was working on behalf of
the Albanian government, a Washington newspaper reported Tuesday. The
Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported that Ridge, who formed a strategic
consulting company after leaving government, signed a $500,000 lobbying
contract with Albania in 2006 but didn't file required documents about the
deal until this month.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/another_lobbying_headache_for.html
Ridge Files Very Late for Albania (Roll Call 6/24/08)
By Anna Palmer
For almost two years former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge failed to
register a nearly half-million-dollar lobbying contract that he had with the
government of Albania.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_157/news/26197-1.html
For John McCain's Mom: Another Day, Another Speeding Ticket (Washington Post
Blog 6/24/08)
By Mary Ann Akers
Even skyrocketing gas prices aren't slowing down Roberta McCain, the
indefatigable 96-year-old mother of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) The would-be
first mother -- and yes, she fully expects her Johnny to win the presidency
in November -- is still speeding around like a NASCAR driver on the last
lap. At a cocktail party held at the luxurious home of GOP super lobbyist
Wayne Berman recently, Mrs. McCain gave the Sleuth some advice: "Don't speed
up there (in Chevy Chase)."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/06/for_john_mccains_mom_another_d.html
*T**ancredo Questions McCain (Washington Post Blog 6/24/08)*
By Jonathan Weisman
He may be the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, but John McCain
has yet to heal all the wounds on his right flank. Rep. Tom Tancredo
(R-Colo.), a failed presidential rival of McCain's and an anti-illegal
immigration gadfly, launched into the senator from Arizona for meeting in
secret with Latino leaders last week in Chicago.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/24/tancredo_questions_mccain.html
Undue North? (National Journal Blog 6/24/08)
By Adam Aigner-Treworgy
McCain Hands Dems Political Opening With Visit To Canada... Republican
presidential candidate John McCain had some observers scratching their heads
last week over his decision to head north to Ottawa to deliver remarks on
the economy and U.S. trade policy. For his part, Democrat Barack Obama was
quick to take up the issue, saying on Friday that it was "interesting" that
McCain "chose to talk about trade in Canada instead of in Ohio or Michigan."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20080624_3113.php
McCain's EBay Model for Jobs Finds Few Buyers Among Economists (Bloomberg
6/24/08)
By Hans Nichols
John McCain's model for ginning up the economy isn't Keynesian or Milton
Friedmanite. It's EBay Inc. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee
regularly asserts that 1.3 million people worldwide ``make a living off
EBay.'' He holds up the figure as evidence the world's largest Internet
auctioneer is a model for job and economic growth... This affection for EBay
as an engine for job creation, however, confounds economists such as Betsey
Stevenson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of
Business in Philadelphia.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aJXBcBPLYnWY&refer=us
D.N.C. Sues McCain Over Campaign Loan (NYT Blog 6/24/08)
By Leslie Wayne
The Democratic National Committee filed suit today in U.S. District Court in
Washington challenging Senator John McCain's decision to opt out of the
federal public financing system in his primary race.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/dnc-sues-mccain-over-campaign-loan/
DNC Files Lawsuit over McCain Financing (MSNBC Blog 6/24/08)
By Mark Murray
With so much attention on Obama's reversal on public financing, liberal
bloggers like Arianna Huffington and Josh Marshall have wondered why
McCain's own apparent flip flop on the subject hasn't received as much
scrutiny. Well, the Democratic National Committee is trying to change that
by filing a lawsuit in US District Court in DC to force the Federal Election
Commission to investigate McCain's decision to opt in the public matching
funds system for the primaries, secure a loan based on those public funds,
and then withdraw from the system after becoming the GOP front-runner.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/24/1163808.aspx
Splintered conservatives hurt McCain (Politico 6/24/08)
By Allan J. Lichtman
With America's attention riveted on the battle between Barack Obama and
Hillary Rodham Clinton, few noticed that presumptive Republican nominee John
McCain limped through his party's late primaries. McCain won 73 percent of
the vote in Pennsylvania, 72 percent in Kentucky, 70 percent in Idaho and 70
percent in South Dakota. McCain's problem with the Republican base is not
his lack of conservative credentials...
McCain Staffer Turns His Candidate Into A Joke The Whole Internet Can Enjoy
(Huffington Post 6/24/08)
By Jason Linkins
...Mark Soohoo, who is ostensibly part of John McCain's "internet team" was
explaining to the assembled that despite the outward appearance that McCain
hasn't learned how to use Google - and is thus still unaware that his
campaign's BFF Charlie Black has this annoying hobby of repping for
bloodthirsty dictators - the candidate has plenty of what we used to call
"computer literacy." But then: DAG! Here comes blogger (and former John
Edwards internet director) Tracy Russo, gettin' all up in Soohoo's grill,
funnin' on McCain! That led Soohoo to utter these immortal words, "John
McCain is aware of the internet."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/24/mccain-staffer-turns-his_n_109052.html
McCain aware of Internet and its traditions (Politico 6/24/08)
By Ben Smith
Here's the video from that instant classic -- for a small class of
tech-and-politics junkies -- moment at yesterday's Personal Democracy Forum,
at which McCain aide Mark Soohoo gamely defended his boss's lack of computer
skills against the incredulity of former Edwards blogger Tracy
Russo. Fortunately for McCain, snarky tech-and-politics junkies were
probably already lost.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/McCain_aware_of_Internet_and_its_traditions.html
To View Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYs8X0D<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYs8X0DZNI4&eurl=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/McCain_aware_of_Internet_and_its_traditions.html>
McCain travels to Colombia, Mexico (Chicago Tribune Blog 6/24/08)
By Jill Zuckman
As if the extended presidential campaign weren't enough of a giant road
trip, Sen. John McCain will take his show south of the border next week
during the Fourth of July Congressional recess. McCain will travel to
Colombia and Mexico with best buddies (and Senators), Lindsey Graham and Joe
Lieberman. The trio will meet with the presidents of each country, as well
as Cabinet members, foreign ministers and law enforcement officials.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mccain_travels_to_colombia_mex.html
CAP launches McCain U (Politico 6/24/08)
By Ben Smith
The Center for American Progress Action Fund -- the political arm of John
Podesta's think tank-- just sent out an email announcing that next Monday it
will host "McCain University."Basically, reporters who haven't done the
left-leaning half of their homework can spend a half-day listening and
questioning progressive policy wonks (and Elizabeth Edwards).
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/CAP_launches_McCain_U.html
A Look At John McCain's Media Spending (The Atlantic 6/24/08)
By Marc Ambinder
According to research compiled by one Democratic media buyer, John McCain is
spending roughly $1.5 million a week on television advertising across the
country with an average buy rate of about 400 gross ratings points per
market. A McCain campaign spokesman would not say whether the Democrat's
compilation reflects their purchasing trends, although an Obama campaign
adviser, when shown the data, said that it comports with what they're
seeing.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/a_look_at_john_mccains_media_s.php
Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain? (Time 6/23/08)
By Amy Sullivan
The 2008 presidential race may have been branded a "change" election, but
abortion rights advocates have seen this movie before. Once again they face
a Republican nominee who supports abortion restrictions yet is widely viewed
as moderate and unthreatening to pro-choice voters. Eight years ago, it was
George W. Bush who convinced pro-choice Republican and independent women
that he was a safe bet, asserting that "America is not ready to ban
abortions." This time, according to a poll released last week by NARAL
Pro-Choice America, voters have a fuzzy sense of John McCain's views on
abortion � which is just the way the McCain campaign wants it.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1817314,00.html
OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
I'm for McCain, but not the GOP (USA Today 6/25/08)
By Ralph Peters
The Republicans go awry � and disgrace 'conservatism' � when it comes to Big
Oil. support John McCain for president. But that doesn't mean I support the
Republican Party. Had the GOP nominated anyone else this year, I'd be
struggling to rationalize a vote for the Democrats in November.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/im-for-mccain-b.html#more
Does McCain Understand Markets? (RCP 6/25/08)
By John Stossel
"I believe there needs to be a thorough and complete investigation of
speculators to find out whether speculation has been going on and, if so,
how much it has affected the price of a barrel of oil. There's a lot of
things out there that need a lot more transparency and, consequently,
oversight." Those are the words of presidential candidate John McCain. This
man is the Republican?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/bless_the_speculator.html
Conservatives and Their Carnival of Fraud (WSJ 6/25/08)
By Thomas Frank
...The ideological assumption was only barely concealed: Whatever "big
government" could do, the private sector could do better, cheaper and
faster. There was another unspoken ideological angle: Every federal job
privatized was a job pried from the grip of the hated Washington
bureaucracy. Every dollar contracted out meant that much less for bureaucrat
unions and that much more for friendly companies, well-connected lobbyists
and corporate political action committees. In the Bush era, the idea was
pushed to a sort of extreme, with each of our great national initiatives �
the Iraq occupation, Katrina reconstruction and the Department of Homeland
Security � largely entrusted to private contractors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/fighting_words.html
*T**aking Ownership of Iraq? (NYT 6/25/08)*
By Thomas L. Friedman
...One of the first things I realized when visiting Iraq after the U.S.
invasion was that the very fact that Iraqis did not liberate themselves, but
had to be liberated by Americans, was a source of humiliation to them...
When someone else has to liberate you in your own home, that is humiliating
� and humiliation, I believe, is the single-most underestimated force in
international relations, especially in the Middle East. That also helps
explain why Iraqis initially never took ownership of their governing
institutions, like the Coalition Provisional Authority, or C.P.A. ...People
have to fight and win their own freedom, and that's what gives their
institutions legitimacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/opinion/25friedman.html?ref=opinion
Can't-Do Government (Washington Post 6/25/08)
By Paul C. Light
We've seen the federal government at its worst over the past six months.
Consider the controversies over contaminated tomatoes and meat, tainted
toys, toxic trailers, counterfeit Heparin, aircraft groundings, veterans'
care, missing warheads and unrelenting contract fraud... Congress and the
presidential candidates have yet to connect the dots: The next president
will inherit what Alexander Hamilton called a "government ill executed."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401215.html
More Phony Myths (NYT 6/25/08)
By Maureen Dowd
Karl Rove was impressed with Barack Obama when he first met him. But now he
sees him as a "coolly arrogant" elitist...The cheap populism is really rich
coming from Karl Rove.... Rove is trying to spin his myths, as he used to do
with such devastating effect, but it won't work this time. The absurd
spectacle of rich white conservatives trying to paint Obama as a watercress
sandwich with the crust cut off seems ugly and fake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/opinion/25dowd.html?ref=opinion
Medicare Savings vs. the Lobbyists (NYT 6/25/08)
To cut costs and reduce fraud in one corner of the sprawling Medicare
program, Congress called for competitive bidding on medical equipment that
is provided to elderly and disabled Americans and set a sensible schedule
for phasing in the program... With those companies about to start selling
their wares next month, Congress has bowed to pressure from the losing
bidders. The House approved legislation Tuesday that would terminate the
contracts and delay the launch for 18 months. In the Senate, key committee
leaders are leaning toward a delay.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/opinion/25wed1.html
*McCain's Misguided Strategy? (NYT Blog 6/25/08*)
By Michael A. Cohen
As the 2008 general election heats up, one of John McCain's strongest
political advantages is his opponent Barack Obama's lack of political
experience. No surprise there: when Mr. McCain began his political career,
Mr. Obama was still a college student. But lately, Mr. McCain seems to be
taking the experience argument in an extreme direction: intimating that Mr.
Obama doesn't actually know, well, much of anything....By continually
attacking Mr. Obama's understanding of policy issues, John McCain runs the
risk of actually helping the Democrat neutralize the experience issue.
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/mccains-misguided-strategy/index.html?ref=opinion
Triple $$$ Ranch (New York Observer 6/24/08)
By Jason Horowitz
John McCain used to be Lincoln Chafee's kind of Republican. In 2001, Mr.
McCain and Mr. Chafee were the only two Republican senators to vote against
George Bush's tax cuts. Now, Mr. McCain favors making them permanent, and
Mr. Chafee thinks the Arizona senator has lost the right to call himself a
maverick.
http://www.observer.com/2008/triple-ranch
America looks to a nuclear-free world (Financial Times 6/24/08)
By John Kerry
When candidates agree, it is not always front-page news. Election coverage
hinges on conflict. Effective governance works differently. The next
president must work to build consensus to get things done. Nuclear security
is an excellent place to start; in fact, a remarkable bipartisan consensus
is emerging that can help the 44th president revolutionise America's policy
towards nuclear weapons.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6bf6c51e-41fd-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6bf6c51e-41fd-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Frealclearpolitics.com%2F&nclick_check=1<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6bf6c51e-41fd-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ft.com%252Fcms%252Fs%252F0%252F6bf6c51e-41fd-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.html%253Fnclick_check%253D1&_i_referer=http%253A%252F%252Frealclearpolitics.com%252F&nclick_check=1>
BUSH NEWS
Vietnamese Premier Meets With Bush, Gates (Washington Post 6/25/08)
By Dan Eggen
President Bush met with the prime minister of Vietnam yesterday to discuss
closer ties on trade and greater religious freedom, signifying another step
forward in the slow warming of relations between the United States and its
communist former enemy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062400963.html
Bush cancels S Korea trip after street protests over beef imports (Financial
Times 6/25/08)
By Andrew Ward and Daniel Dombey
Weeks of street protests in South Korea against the resumption of US beef
imports have forced George W. Bush to cancel a trip to the country next
month.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a970adc-424f-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac.html
Bush helps GOP take in $750,000 at VA fundraiser (AP 6/24/08)
President Bush's appearance at a Republican National Committee reception
Tuesday boosted his fundraising total for the year to about $66
million. More than 100 people attended the evening fundraiser, which raised
$750,000 for the RNC.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_f6QlcJVrUasGmrIIl1QL-0ZNBgD91GMT6G0
Anti-Bush Tour Bus Makes Its Debut (The Hill's Blog 6/24/08)
By Chris Good
Americans United for Change has long opposed many of President Bush's
policies, but this year it's found a new way to say it�with a 28-ton
bus. The group today launched its Bush Legacy Bus, a rolling museum
dedicated to the "worst policy failures" of the Bush administration. The bus
will travel the country for the next five months, stopping in 150 cities and
bearing a simple message: that Bush's policies have wreaked havoc on
America.
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/06/24/anti-bush-tour-bus-makes-its-debut/
Bush To Filipino President: "I Am Reminded Of The Great Talent Of The -- Of
Our Philippine-Americans When I Eat Dinner At The White House" (Huffington
Post 6/24/08)
President Bush met with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today at
the White House. Arroyo was in Washington while her country tries to recover
from a typhoon that devastated coastal areas and flipped a ferry carrying
over 800 passengers last week. Before discussing aide for the Philippines,
Bush couldn't resist beginning the sober meeting with a quip about a
Filipino member of his kitchen staff.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/24/bush-to-filipino-presiden_n_108985.html
OTHER TOP NEWS
Evangelical Leader Attacks Obama on Religious Views (NYT 6/25/08)
By Larry Rohter
Just days after Senator Barack Obama met quietly with religious leaders,
including the son of the Rev. Billy Graham, another of the evangelical
movement's most prominent names, James C. Dobson, has sharply attacked Mr.
Obama, accusing him of having "a fruitcake interpretation of the
Constitution" and twisting the meaning of both the Old and New Testaments.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/us/politics/25dobson.html?ref=politics
3 U.S. Soldiers Killed by Bomb in Mosul Region (NYT 6/25/08)
By Richard A. Oppel Jr
Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in
Ninewa Province on Tuesday night in the second large explosion to strike the
Mosul region in a day and further evidence that Sunni Arab guerrillas remain
very active in the northern city despite recent Iraqi military operations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/world/middleeast/26baghdad.html?hp
Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt (AP 6/24/08)
Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Hillary
Rodham Clinton pay off a debt of at least $10 million from her failed
presidential campaign, setting the stage for joint appearances by the two
former rivals later in the week.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25357545/
Bill Clinton announces support for Barack Obama (LA Times 6/24/08)
By Michael Muskal
Former President Bill Clinton, whose comments during his wife's unsuccessful
presidential campaign angered the Barack Obama camp, announced his support
for the Illinois senator's candidacy for president this morning.n
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-campaign25-2008jun25,0,1119667.story?track=rss
The Greenest Show on Earth: Democrats Gear Up for Denver (WSJ 06/24/08)
By Stephanie Simon
As the Mile-High City gears up to host a Democratic bash for 50,000,
organizers are discovering the perils of trying to stage a political
spectacle that's also politically correct.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121434145793701111.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
Largest labor organization poised to endorse Obama (CNN 6/24/08)
By Emily Sherman
The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, is poised to throw its
support behind Sen. Barack Obama and launch a broad grassroots mobilization
effort in support of the Democratic presidential nominee.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/24/largest-labor-organization-poised-to-endorse-obama/
Will Obama's name help a Republican senator? (CNN 06/24/08)
By Alexander Mooney
...Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans,
is stressing his history of working with the presumptive Democratic nominee
in a new campaign ad hitting airwaves Tuesday.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/24/will-obamas-name-help-republican-senator/
Color Oregon blue? (Politico 6/24/08)
By Ben Smith
A fairly stunning new ad from Oregon's Republican senator Gordon Smith
leaves little doubt as to which way the wind is blowing there.In the ad,
Smith, running hard away from Bush, associates himself at length and
explicitly with Obama. "Who says Gordon Smith helped lead the fight for
better gas mileage and a cleaner environment?" the female narrator asks.
"Barack Obama."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/Color_Oregon_blue.html
Can Iraq Sink Obama? (Washington Post Blog 6/24/08)
By Chris Cillizza
Could positive developments on the ground in Iraq force Barack Obama to
reconsider his position on the war in Iraq? And, if so, how would such a
reconsideration impact the current dynamic between Obama and John McCain?
... The situation in Iraq then, at least according to the party strategists
we talked to, is a win-win for Obama...
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/06/can_iraq_sink_obama.html?nav=rss_blog
Violence spikes in eastern Afghanistan (Chicago Tribune Blog 6/24/08)
By Aamer Madhani
In a sobering assessment of the situation in eastern Afghanistan, a top U.S.
general said today that attacks have increased by 40 percent this year in
the large swath of area controlled by American troops.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/violence_spikes_in_eastern_afg.html
NBC: U.S. Commanders In Afghanistan 'Complained To Us' That They Lack
Resources Because Of Iraq (Think Progress 6/24/08)
On NBC Nightly News last night, anchor Brian Williams reported that on a
recent trip to Afghansistan, "several U.S. commanders complained" to NBC
that they lack "resources, aircraft, soldiers and support because of the war
in Iraq."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/nbc-afghanistan-iraq/
Left-leaning Justice Department applicants were denied interviews, report
finds (LA Times 6/24/08)
By Richard B. Schmitt
Two officials illegally allowed political considerations to come into play
when screening applicants for the department's honors program and summer
internships, the Justice investigation finds.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-justice25-2008jun25,0,977076.story?track=rss
American Envoy Is Linked to Arms Deal Cover-Up (NYT 6/24/08)
By Eric Schmitt
An American ambassador helped cover up the illegal Chinese origins of
ammunition that a Pentagon contractor bought to supply Afghan security
forces, according to testimony gathered by Congressional investigators. A
military attaché has told the investigators that the United States
ambassador to Albania endorsed a plan by the Albanian defense minister to
hide several boxes of Chinese ammunition from a visiting reporter. The
ammunition was being repackaged to disguise its origins and shipped from
Albania to Afghanistan by a Miami Beach arms-dealing company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/washington/24arms.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
POLL
Obama holds 12-point lead over McCain, poll finds (LA Times 6/25/08)
By Doyle McManus
A Times/Bloomberg Poll says that in a two-man contest, 49% of respondents
favor Barack Obama, while 37% support John McCain. With Ralph Nader and Bob
Barr added to the mix, Obama holds 15-point edge.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-poll25-2008jun25,0,3900845.story?track=rss
Bush's approval his new low: 23 percent (Think Progress 6/24/08)
Only 23 percent of Americans said they approve of President Bush's job
performance in a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey, which is a new low
for him in that poll. Seventy-three percent of respondents said they
disapproved of the job Bush is doing.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/bushs-approval-hits-new-low-23-percent/
Survey on Religion Offers Good News for Democrats (WSJ Blog 6/24/08)
By Steven Waldman
Buried in the spectacularly deep U.S. Religious Landscape Survey are some
statistics of great interest to politicos, especially on the three big
religion-and-politics questions of 2008. The God Gap Is Gone � In past
elections, voters who were the most religious clearly broke for the
Republicans, and Democrats were increasingly seen as hostile to
religion. ven now, 43% of those who attend church weekly or more identify
themselves as Republicans compared with 40% who call themselves Democrats,
and it's still the case that the more religious you are, the more likely you
are to prefer Republicans. But by a variety of other measures, the survey by
the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that Democrats have pulled
even or ahead among the religious...
http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/06/24/survey-on-religion-offers-good-news-for-democrats/
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