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08 Election Daily News Clips*June 6th, 2008*
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
10am McCain: Finance Reception in Coral Gables, FL
11:20am BUSH: Meeting with the People's Republic of China Earthquake Relief
Efforts in Washington, D.C.
11:40am McCain: Finance Luncheon in Miami, FL
1:30pm CHENEY: Remarks at a reception for Congressional Candidate Pete
Olson and the 2008 Texas State Victory Fund in Houston
1:50pm BUSH: Ceremonial swearing-in for the HUD Secretary in Washington,
D.C.
2:15pm McCain: Boat Tar in Everglades Safari Park, Miami, FL
3pm McCain: Media availability in the Everglades Safari Park in Miami,
Florida
News Clips:
*MCCAIN NEWS**McCain Sets Sights on the Democrats Who Voted for Clinton
(Washington Post 6/6/08)*
By Michael D. Shear and Jon Cohen; A04
Republican Sen. John McCain envisions a November victory built in part
around attracting a large number of the millions of voters who turned away
from Sen. Barack Obama's promise of change during the historic Democratic
primary campaign.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503513.html?hpid=topnews
*Ousted Executive Provides a Feminine Face to the McCain Campaign (NYT
6/6/08)*
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Three years ago, Carleton S. Fiorina was the celebrity C.E.O. who was
spectacularly fired by the Hewlett-Packard board. She produced a
best-selling memoir, "Tough Choices," but for the most part spent the years
after her ouster in relative self-imposed exile from public life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/us/politics/06fiorina.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
*Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps (NYT 6/6/08)*
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President
Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that
appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of
executive authority pushed by the Bush administration legal team.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/us/politics/06mccain.html?adxnnl=1&ref=politics&adxnnlx=1212753626-dtPHe6kS2PT8Tl6W6zgH+A
*$21.5 Million Is a Record for McCain (NYT 6/6/08)*
By MICHAEL COOPER
Senator John McCain's presidential campaign raised at least $21.5 million in
May — its best fund-raising month yet — in a sign that its effort to draw
donations in tandem with the Republican National Committee is yielding
dividends.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/us/politics/06donate.html
*McCain bumbles the delivery (Politico 6/6/08)*
By: Jonathan Martin
As Democrats buzzed this week about their new de facto nominee, his historic
candidacy and the unlikely political demise of Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Republican circles were humming with another topic. The topic: Is there a
way John McCain can win the presidency without giving another speech?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10880.html
*John McCain visits Orlando - says he is 'committed' to saving Everglades
(Orlando Sentinel 6/6/08)*
By Jim Stratton
Two days after his opponent locked up the Democratic nomination, Republican
John McCain came to Orlando to raise more money and show the importance he
places on winning Florida.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/lakebuenavista/orl-mmcain0608jun06,0,1925050.story
*McCain opposed Everglades funding (Miami Herald 6/5/08)*
BY BETH REINHARD
John McCain will venture into the Everglades for the first time as a
presidential candidate Friday, an obligatory rite of passage for politicians
shoring up their environmental credentials in a crucial state. But the
Arizona senator opposed spending $2 billion on restoring the national park,
siding with President Bush against Florida's political establishment --
including top Republican supporters Gov. Charlie Crist and Sen. Mel
Martinez.
http://www.miamiherald.com/political-currents/story/558556.html
*McCain to speak about environment as he visits Everglades (South Florida
Sun-Sentinel 6/5/08)*
By Anthony Man
Using the Everglades as a backdrop, Republican presidential candidate John
McCain plans to continue his effort to position himself as an independent
thinker different from President Bush.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-flbglades0605sbjun05,0,6114790,print.story
*All politics local, Florida edition (Politico blog 6/5/08)*
By Ben Smith
Florida Democratic Party puts out a video attacking McCain for opposing the
"Cat Fund," as we'll all learn to call it soon — the Florida Hurricane
Catastrophe Fund. He's explained his opposition as a matter of federalism.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/All_politics_local_Florida_edition.html
*Link to video of ad:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orjwA3l1y4o
*Link to Obama response:*
http://thepage.time.com/obama-camp-release-on-mccains-opposition-to-national-catastrophic-insurance-fund/
*McCain theme: reform, prosperity, peace (MSNBC blog 6/5/08)*
By Kelly O'Donnell
At an event that took place about an hour ago, McCain shrugged off the
teleprompter that so often makes his remarks appear stilted. The copy
displayed on the prompter slid up and down as its operator apparently tried
guess where the senator was going. I am told the presumptive GOP nominee
"decided not to give the speech." Instead, he was ad-libbing remarks that
might otherwise appear prepared and scripted. He also debuted what may be
the elusive theme for his candidacy: "Reform, prosperity, and peace."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/05/1117397.aspx
*McCain defends position on Florida measures (AP 6/5/08)*
By LIBBY QUAID
Republican John McCain faced tough questions Thursday about why he opposed a
measure to restore the Everglades that had broad support from Florida
officials, including Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and GOP Sen. Mel
Martinez....In Florida, McCain defends opposition to Everglades, hurricane
insurance plans
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/06/mccain_defends_position_on_flo.php
*McCain Wants a Man on Mars (Washington Post blog 6/5/08)*
By Robert Barnes
Sen. John McCain told Florida newspaper editors today that he thought it
would be exciting to send a man to Mars. He did not specify whether that man
should be Sen. Barack Obama.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/05/mccain_wants_a_man_on_mars.html
*McCain Says President Should Talk More About Iraq (CBS blog 6/5/08)*
By John Bentley
While campaigning and raising money in the swing state of Florida today,
John McCain told the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors & Press
Association that whoever becomes president needs to do a better job of
keeping the American public informed about the Iraq war. "If I were
president, I'd be holding a briefing once a week about Iraq," he said. "Even
if it was only carried on C-SPAN."
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/05/politics/fromtheroad/entry4157747.shtml
*McCain snubs President Bush's fundraising dinner (The Hill 6/5/08)*
By Jackie Kucinich
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will not attend President Bush's fundraising
dinner for congressional candidates in another indication that the GOP
nominee is distancing himself from the man he wants to replace.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-snubs-president-bushs-fundraising-dinner-2008-06-05.html
*McCain To Snub Bush's Fundraising Dinner (Huffington Post 6/5/08)*
On the same day that a CBS News poll found that 64 percent of Americans
think Sen. John McCain is the same or even more conservative than President
Bush, news has leaked that McCain will be "snubbing" Bush at an upcoming
fundraiser. ... But a look at McCain's public schedule finds that the
presumptive GOP nominee has no other public events scheduled for the day of
the Bush event.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/mccain-to-snub-bushs-fund_n_105570.html
*McCain Predicts 'Very Close Race' Against Obama, Casts Self as Underdog
(ABC 6/5/08)*
By ED O'KEEFE
John McCain thinks he's the underdog in the race for the White House against
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee. ...GOP Contender
Acknowledges Obama-Clinton Ticket Would Be 'Formidable'
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/story?id=5005254&page=1
*Link to video:* http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/story?id=5005254&page=1
*Link to transcript:*
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/story?id=5005401&page=1
*Soft on Iran (FactCheck.org 6/5/08)*
John McCain is attacking Barack Obama's opposition to the Kyl-Lieberman
amendment, which (among other things) called for labeling Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. McCain claims that
Obama's opposition means that he also opposed calling the IRGC terrorists.
We find otherwise.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/soft_on_iran.html
*Senate Intelligence Report Undermines McCain's Claims That 'Every
Assessment' Justified War In Iraq (ThinkProgress 6/5/08)*
mccaincheney.jpgLast week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sought to excuse his
constant and vociferous cheerleading for the Iraq war in 2002 and 2003 by
claiming that "every intelligence agency in the world" believed that Saddam
Hussein had weapons of mass destruction:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/05/intell-report-false-pretenses/
*Parsing the Veepstakes (The Page 6/5/08)*
By Mark Halperin
...The big surprise has been the bond developing between McCain and onetime
rival Mitt Romney.
http://thepage.time.com/parsing-the-veepstakes/
*McCain forgets his own votes (Washington Post "Fact Checker" blog 6/5/08)*
...The Democrats jumped on John McCain on Wednesday when he claimed that he
had supported "every investigation" into the Bush administration's fumbled
response to Hurricane Katrina. The presumptive Republican nominee twice
voted against a Democratic proposal to set up an independent 9/11-style
commission to investigate the causes of the tragedy, opting instead for a
congressional investigation.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/06/mccain_forgets_his_own_votes.html
*HALPERIN'S TAKE: What John McCain Underestimates (The Page 6/5/08)*
By Mark Halperin
1. The astonishing enthusiasm that Obama inspires in his supporters — and
how much it contrasts with the respect, but not passion, McCain enjoys from
his own backers. (And the size of Obama's crowds…)
http://thepage.time.com/halperin%E2%80%99s-take-what-john-mccain-underestimates/
*Obama, McCain work to expand battlefield (AP 6/5/08)*
By LIZ SIDOTI
Democrat Barack Obama hopes Virginia, a former GOP stronghold with a legacy
of slavery and segregation, is fertile ground as he seeks to crack the
Republican bastion of the South and become the first black president.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jr_Ww-hsebhQ64M2aI0pqxpZ0UpwD9140VS01
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS*
*Iraq and the Election (WSJ 6/6/08)*
This spring, the Iraqi army routed insurgents in three of their most
important urban strongholds. These gains follow the success of the surge in
crushing al Qaeda in the Sunni triangle, meaning that we are at last on the
verge of winning in Iraq and securing a strategic victory in the Middle
East. Question: Is this emerging victory – achieved at a cost of more than
4,000 American lives – something we are prepared to abandon after November?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121270725304950289.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
*It's So Much Nicer on K Street (NYT 6/6/08)*
The more the presidential candidates promise to rein in the rich Washington
culture of influence-peddling, the more voters need a reality check.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/opinion/06fri2.html?ref=opinion
*The Truth About the War (NYT 6/6/08)*
....It has taken five years to finally come to a reckoning over how much the
Bush administration knowingly twisted and hyped intelligence to justify that
invasion. On Thursday — after years of Republican stonewalling — a report by
the Senate Intelligence Committee gave us as good a set of answers as we're
likely to get.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/opinion/06fri1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
*BUSH NEWS*
*Bush Inflated Threat From Iraq's Banned Weapons, Report Says (Washington
Post 6/6/08)*
By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus; A03
President Bush and top administration officials repeatedly exaggerated what
they knew about Iraq's weapons and its ties to terrorist groups as the White
House pressed its case for war against Iraq, the Senate intelligence
committee said yesterday in a long-awaited report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060501523.html?hpid=moreheadlines
*At Peace Institute Groundbreaking, War Dominates the Proceedings
(Washington Post 6/6/08)*
By Michael Abramowitz; A07
President Bush, whose administration has been dominated by wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and the global battle against terrorism, helped break ground
yesterday on a $185 million facility for the U.S. Institute of Peace -- a
government-funded think tank with the mission of preventing conflict and
helping promote postwar stability operations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060502545.html
*Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control (UK's The Independent
6/5/08)*
By Patrick Cockburn
Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity
for all American soldiers and contractors
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/revealed-secret-plan-to-keep-iraq-under-us-control-840512.html
*Limbaugh: Bush donors say he'll strike Iran before term ends.
(ThinkProgress 6/5/08)*
Today on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh boasted about his insider access and
told a caller that important Bush donors had assured him the President would
attack Iran soon:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/05/limbaugh-bush-donors-say-hell-strike-iran-before-term-ends/
*Link to audio and transcript of Limbaugh show:*
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_060508/content/01125115.guest.html
*OTHER TOP NEWS
**New numbers are expected to show slower job growth (AP 6/6/08)*
The Labor Department is releasing the latest employment report this morning
and economists are expecting the unemployment rate to rise. So far this
year, payrolls have contracted every month.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsanM66tszKz1zFq0LOG4XvWS7zAD914IC600*
Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials? (McClatchy 6/6/08)*
By John Walcott
Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian
exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group
of Pentagon officials might have "been used as agents of a foreign
intelligence service ... to reach into and influence the highest levels of
the U.S. government," a Senate Intelligence Committee report said Thursday.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/40080.html
*Air Force officials ousted over nuclear gaffes (CNN 6/5/08)*
* "Leadership has drifted" regarding nuclear weapons, Defense secretary
says
* Resignations come after report criticizing bomber flight, mistaken
device shipment
* Report criticizes U.S. Air Force's reactions to incidents
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/05/pentagon.firings/index.html
*US attorney general revising FBI probe guidelines (Reuters 6/5/08)*
By James Vicini
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Thursday that he is working to revise
the guidelines for FBI investigations as the bureau seeks to transform
itself into an intelligence-gathering agency that seeks to prevent terrorist
attacks.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/06/us_attorney_general_revising_f.php
*Iraq May Request Extension For U.S. (Washington Post 6/6/08)*
By Karen DeYoung; A15
The Iraqi government may request an extension of the United Nations security
mandate authorizing a U.S. military presence, due to expire in December,
amid growing domestic criticism of new bilateral arrangements now being
negotiated with the Bush administration, according to senior Iraqi
officials.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503687.html
*9/11 Architect Tells Court He Hopes for Martyrdom (Washington Post 6/6/08)*
By Josh White; A01
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, appeared publicly Thursday for the first time since his
capture five years ago and calmly told a U.S. military court that he hopes
for a death sentence that will allow him to die "a martyr."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060500305.html
*United Arab Emirates to be first Gulf state to appoint ambassador to Iraq
(McClatchy 6/5/08)*
By Leila Fadel
The United Arab Emirates will be the first Gulf Arab nation to open an
embassy in Iraq since the war and subsequent American occupation began five
years ago, its foreign minister announced Thursday.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/40057.html
*DNC bans lobbyist money (AP 6/6/08)*
Obama keeps Howard Dean as chair, brings in new strategists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24989468/
*Clinton Says V.P. Is Obama's Choice (NYT blog 6/5/08)*
By Adam Nagourney
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today disavowed a campaign by some of her
supporters to pressure Senator Barack Obama into choosing her as a
running-mate, saying they were acting on their own and the decision on who
to pick was "Senator Obama's and his alone."
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/clinton-disavows-reports-that-she-wants-to-be-vp/
*Link to Clinton statement:*
http://thepage.time.com/clinton-camp-response-to-vp-inquiries/
*Obama, Clinton Hold Secret Meeting (CBS 6/5/08)*
Former Rivals Meet To Discuss Party Unity, Says Spokesman
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/05/politics/main4158471.shtml
*Polls show Obama-McCain race tight as campaign begins (CNN 6/5/08)*
* New York congressional delegation endorses Barack Obama
* Obama tells Virginia crowd DNC will no longer accept money from
lobbyists
* John McCain hopes for honorable campaign, he says in Florida speech
* Poll of polls shows the two presumptive nominees just 2 percentage
points apart
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/05/campaign.wrap/index.html
*RIGHT WING WATCH*
*Obama among targets of robo calls in Illinois (AP 6/5/08)*
A conservative advocacy group plans an onslaught of automated telephone
calls targeting Barack Obama and a handful of other senators demanding they
oppose a bipartisan climate change bill.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jX38k-ipAmBN6dC25J6n9i1VpYhgD9147L3G0
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Progressive Media USA
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