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08 Election Daily News Clips
June 17th, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
9:45am BUSH: Briefed on Midwest flooding at the White House
10:20am BUSH: Meets with the former commander of the international security
assistance force in the Oval Office
1pm McCain: Finance Luncheon in San Antonio, TX
3pm BUSH: Remarks in honor of Black Music Month from the White House
5pm McCain: Speech on Energy Policy in Houston, TX
- Tracking scheduled for this event
6pm McCain: Fund Raiser in Houston, TX
8:30pm McCain: Finance Dinner in Houston, TX
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
*McCain calls for end to offshore drilling ban (Houston Chronicle 6/17/08)*
By BENNETT ROTH and RICHARD S. DUNHAM; Page A1
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, seeking to make amends with
Texas energy producers who did not support him during the 2008 GOP primary
season, said Monday that he wants to end a federal moratorium on offshore
drilling and create "additional incentives" for states to approve new
exploration ventures.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5841366.html
*McCain Seeks to End Offshore Drilling Ban (Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin; A01
Sen. John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore
oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high gasoline prices and
immediately drawing the ire of environmental groups that the presumptive
Republican presidential nominee has courted for months.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602731.html
*See WSJ- "McCain Would Relax Drilling Ban":*
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121366426459579451.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox
*See Politico - "McCain wants end to oil exploration ban":*
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11127.html
*See Washington Times - "McCain seeks to void ban on offshore drilling":*
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/17/mccain-seeks-to-void-ban-on-offshore-drilling/
*Is McCain Like Bush? It Depends on the Issue (NYT 6/17/08)*
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
The Democrats like to say that electing Senator John McCain would usher in
the third term of George W. Bush, and they do not mean it as a compliment.
The Republicans counter that calling the senator "McBush" is political spin
and that Mr. McCain is his own man.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/politics/17policy.html
*Put Your Right Wing In, Take Your Left Wing Out (Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Dana Milbank; A03
If John McCain keeps dancing like this, he's liable to break a hip. Last
month, he shimmied to the left on energy policy, infuriating conservatives
with a plan to cap carbon emissions. Yesterday, he shuffled back to the
right, demanding an end to quarter-century-old bans on offshore oil
drilling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602148.html?hpid=topnews
*McCain raises money from large and not-so-large donors in Dallas (Dallas
Morning News 6/16/08)*
By GROMER JEFFERS Jr. and TODD J. GILLMAN
John McCain hunted Dallas cash large and small Monday, scheduling a
big-dollar donor meeting at the Belo Mansion and a gathering of younger
contributors at a barbecue joint.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/061708dnpolmccain.3d4bcb2.html
*McCain using Ottawa as a backdrop? (Toronto Star 6/17/08)*
By Tim Harper
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks into the
Federal Hall National Memorial for a town hall-style campaign event in New
York City June 12, 2008
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful insists visit not a `campaign ploy,'
just a chance to tout trade
http://www.thestar.com/News/USElection/article/444440
*Are Dems talking about McCain's age in 'code'? (Politico 6/16/08)*
By: Carrie Budoff Brown
In a campaign year marked by flare-ups surrounding comments that have
offended one group or another, John McCain and Barack Obama have moved on to
the next sensitive battleground: the question of McCain's advanced age.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11122.html
*John McCain's favorite charity? (Baltimore Sun blog 6/17/08)*
by Andrew Zajac
In 2001, John McCain helped found a northern Virginia think tank that has
frequently taken policy positions that dovetail with his and provided
paychecks to key political associates. The Reform Institute also has bent
and may have broken rules governing non-profits, including one that requires
charities to disclose their donors to the IRS.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/john_mccains_favorite_charity.html
*McCain Adviser: Common Ground With Obama On Nukes Is At "90 Percent"
(Huffington Post 6/16/08)*
By Seth Colter Walls
"Campaigns are about contrasts," or so goes the election-year cliche.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/16/mccain-adviser-common-gro_n_107464.html
*McCain Up With Global Warming TV Ad (The Page 6/17/08)
*New 30-second spot airing in battleground states and national cable says
the Arizonan starting fighting greenhouse gas emissions five years ago.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/17/mccain-up-with-global-warming-tv-ad/*
Link to video of ad: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1nB-3l4GE*
Link to script of ad: *
http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/17/mccain-up-with-global-warming-tv-ad/*
AFSMCE, MoveOn ad targets McCain on Iraq war (AP 6/17/08)*
By Jim Kuhnhenn
A major labor union and the liberal organization MoveOn.org are joining
forces to air a provocative new ad portraying John McCain's Iraq policy as a
prolonged presence that would involve a new generation of Americans.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2008/Jun/17/afsmce__moveon_ad_targets_mccain_on_iraq_war.html
*McCain proposes San Diego town hall (San Diego Tribune blog 6/16/08)*
Still pressing for joint town hall meetings with Democrat Barack Obama,
presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Monday proposed a
joint appearance when the two are scheduled to address the National Council
of La Raza convention in San Diego next month.
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/06/mccain_proposes_san_diego_town.html
*Obama Hits at McCain's Appeal to Women (ABC 6/16/08)*
By JAKE TAPPER
'He's Been on the Wrong Side' of Women's Issues, Obama Tells ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/Vote2008/story?id=5177410&page=1
*Obama hits McCain on women's issues (Boston Globe blog 6/16/08)*
by Foon Rhee
Trying to stop John McCain from stealing female voters, Barack Obama today
made directly the arguments that supportive women's groups have been making
on his behalf: that McCain is no friend to women.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/06/obama_hits_mcca.html
*McCain Says His Camp Unaware of Fund-Raiser's Rape Remarks (NY Sun 6/17/08)
*
Senator McCain said yesterday his campaign aides were not aware of offensive
comments made by a former Texas gubernatorial candidate, Clayton Williams,
when they scheduled a fund-raiser at his home.
http://www.nysun.com/national/mccain-says-his-camp-unaware-of-fund-raisers-rape/80144/
*Rape joke returns to torment McCain campaign (UK's The Independent 6/17/08)
*
By Leonard Doyle
John McCain should have been fundraising in the Texas oil patch yesterday
alongside his good friend Clayton Williams. In the town of Midland,
Republican heavy-hitters were lined up to sign some equally weighty cheques
for their man's presidential campaign.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rape-joke-returns-to-torment-mccain-campaign-848499.html
*McCain, Obama offer different visions on taxes (AP 6/17/08)*
By Liz Sidoti
Make more than $250,000 a year? Watch out. Barack Obama wants to raise your
income taxes. Social Security taxes, too.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2008/Jun/17/mccain__obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html
*Barack Obama answers John McCain's call to visit Baghdad (NY Daily News
6/16/08)*
BY Richard Sisk
After yet another zinger about it from John McCain, Barack Obama Monday said
he'll make a stop in Baghdad on the campaign trail before the election.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/06/16/2008-06-16_barack_obama_answers_john_mccains_call_t.html
*Obama May Get Rural Votes on Farm-Subsidy Support, McCain Stand (Bloomberg
6/17/08)*
By Alan Bjerga
Barack Obama, a black Democrat from Chicago's South Side, may win a healthy
share of the rural vote for president. The reason: Republican John McCain's
opposition to agricultural interests, including crop subsidies pending in
Congress.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amzfO.3yeb4g&refer=home
*There at the beginning � and maybe at the end, too (The Hill 6/16/08)*
By Aaron Blake
If loyalty ranks high on Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) checklist for a
running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has to be on his short list.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/there-at-the-beginning--and-maybe-at-the-end-too-2008-06-16.html
*McCain Camp Cribs Recipe For Cindy -- Again! (TPM 6/16/08)*
By Eric Kleefeld
Another crack is showing in the McCain campaign's attempts at crafting a
down-home image. The campaign contributed a recipe to Parents magazine,
"Cindy McCain's Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookies." However, it looks like it was
copied directly from the Hershey's site.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/mccain_camp_cribs_recipe_for_c.php
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
Contempt Of Courts: McCain's Posturing On Guantanamo (Washington Post
6/17/08)
*By George F. Will; A17
McCain's posturing on Guantanamo is not only hypocritical, it's
irresponsible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602041.html
*Why Iraqis Back McCain (WSJ 6/1708)*
By BRET STEPHENS; Page A21
However it turns out for John McCain this fall -- and so far he's running
his general election campaign the way Gen. Ricardo Sanchez ran
counterinsurgency ops -- the Arizona Republican is sure to carry at least
one battleground state by a landslide. That state is called Iraq.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366622024479591.html?mod=todays_columnists
*Oil drilling wouldn't ruin ANWR (Columbus Dispatch 6/17/08)*
By Jonah Goldberg
Sen. John McCain said last week he would not drill in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge for the same reason he "would not drill in the Grand Canyon.
. . . I believe this area should be kept pristine." Pristine means
unspoiled, virginal, in an original state.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2008/06/17/gold17.ART_ART_06-17-08_A7_8NAGPSK.html?sid=101
*Democrat on Republican Action (The Page 6/16/08)*
Obama team circulates blog post accusing McCain of misspeaking on his own
emissions policy.
"He doesn't really understand cap-and-trade�."
http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/16/democrat-on-republican-action-8/
*Link to Gristmill's "Depends on the definition of the word 'mandatory'":*
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/16/124515/466
*McCain or McBush? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune 6/16/08)*
...On the Iraq war, McCain has been one of the president's biggest defenders
of its stated rationale: saving the world from Saddam Hussein. Yet he was
also an early advocate of increasing troop levels at a time when Bush was
resistant, and was withering, from 2004 on, about Donald Rumsfeld, then
defense secretary, and what McCain called Rumsfeld's "whack a mole" strategy
of moving U.S. troops from one violence-plagued part of Iraq to another.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/19997899.html?location_refer=Entertainment
*The Supreme Court Goes to War (WSJ 6/17/08)*
By JOHN YOO; Page A23
Last week's Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush has been painted as
a stinging rebuke of the administration's antiterrorism policies. From the
celebrations on most U.S. editorial pages, one might think that the court
had stopped a dictator from trampling civil liberties. Boumediene did
anything but. The 5-4 ruling is judicial imperialism of the highest order.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366596327979497.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
*Another Bad Deal for Baghdad (NYT 6/17/08)*
By KARL E. MEYER
WITH only perfunctory debate, the Bush administration is pressuring a
divided Iraqi government to approve a security agreement that could haunt
Washington's relations with Baghdad for years to come. The "strategic
alliance" that President Bush is proposing eerily resembles, in spirit and
in letter, a failed 1930 treaty between Britain and Iraq that prompted a
nationalist eruption in Baghdad, a pro-Nazi military coup and a pogrom that
foreshadowed the elimination of Baghdad's ancient Jewish community.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/opinion/17meyer.html?ref=opinion
*The Torture Gambit (WSJ 6/17/08)*
June 17, 2008; Page A22
Nearly seven years after 9/11, the U.S. homeland hasn't been struck again
and American civil liberties remain intact. So how does Congress say "thank
you"? By trying to ruin the men who in good faith set the legal rules that
have kept us safe.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366371989679409.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
*After 75 Years, the Working Poor Still Struggle for a Fair Wage (NYT
6/17/08)*
By ADAM COHEN
On the anniversary of the federal minimum wage, more attention should be
paid to the working poor, who were hit especially hard by recent economic
policies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/opinion/17tue4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
*School Choice Is Change You Can Believe In (WSJ 6/17/08)*
By WILLIAM MCGURN ; Page A21
Barack and Michelle Obama send their children to an upscale private school.
When asked about it during last year's YouTube debate, Sen. Obama responded
that it was "the best option" for his children.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366218446979283.html?mod=todays_columnists
*BUSH NEWS
Bush coming to Midwest flood areas Thursday (The Gazette 6/16/08)
*By Rod Boshart
President Bush will be traveling to the Midwest on Thursday to inspect flood
damage, the White House confirmed Monday.
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS/55286842/1006/news
*Iran to Face New E.U. Sanctions, Brown Says (Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Dan Eggen; A12
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European
sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling
a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing
Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061600313.html
*White House May Keep Documents in E-Mail Flap Private, Judge Rules
(Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Del Quentin Wilber; A03
The White House does not have to make public internal documents examining
the potential disappearance of e-mails sent during some of the Bush
administration's biggest controversies, a U.S. district judge ruled
yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061600872.html
*Second President Bush floats prospect of a third (CNN 6/16/08)*
By Rebecca Sinderbrand
For only the second time in nearly three decades, there won't be a Bush on
the presidential ballot this November. But that absence may not be a
permanent one, the current White House occupants hinted Sunday.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/16/second-president-bush-floats-prospect-of-a-third/
*OTHER TOP NEWS
Gore Endorses Obama as a Solver of Problems (NYT 6/17/08)*
By JEFF ZELENY
Former Vice President Al Gore made his debut appearance in the presidential
campaign here Monday evening, offering a vigorous endorsement of Senator
Barack Obama and urging Democrats to keep in mind the consequences of not
taking the general election with grave seriousness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/politics/17campaign.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
*Link to McCain response: *
http://thepage.time.com/mccain-camp-response-to-gores-obama-endorsement/
*Gore Gives Backing to Obama (Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Anne E. Kornblut; A07
Former vice president Al Gore finally stepped forward to endorse Sen. Barack
Obama's presidential campaign on Monday night, telling a crowd of thousands
at a hockey arena, "Take it from me -- elections matter." ...Obama sent a
strong signal Monday that he is not considering Clinton to be his vice
presidential nominee, through his selection of Patti Solis Doyle to be chief
of staff to whomever he does choose. Solis Doyle was ousted as Clinton's
campaign manager in February.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061601441_pf.html
*Link to video:*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/06/16/VI2008061602424.html
*Writing New Prescriptions For Change (Washington Post 6/17/08)*
By Lori Montgomery; D01
From Capitol Hill to K Street, Washington is gearing up for another run at
health-care reform.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/16/ST2008061602912.html
*Obama Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax*
By BOB DAVIS and AMY CHOZICK; Page A1
Sen. Barack Obama shed new light on his economic plans for the country,
saying he would rely on a heavy dose of government spending to spur growth,
use the tax code to narrow the widening gap between winners and losers in
the U.S. economy, and possibly back a reduction in corporate tax rates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366164848479237.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
* River towns warned: Build up levees quickly or get flooded (CNN 6/17/08)*
* Rain could raise Mississippi River to a level where water will top 26
or 27 levees
* Two weeks of flooding in Iowa has left five dead and forced 38,000
from their homes
* FEMA has set up six disaster recovery centers in Iowa
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/17/midwest.flooding/
*A Landmark Day in California as Same-Sex Marriages Begin (NYT 6/17/08)*
By JESSE McKINLEY
With a series of simple "I dos," gay couples across California inaugurated
the state's court-approved and potentially short-lived legalization of
same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush of
such unions in coming weeks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/17weddings.html?ref=us
*NBC News Release on Russert Memorial Info (The Page 6/17/08)*
Following is information on wake and memorial services for NBC News' Tim
Russert:
PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION
The wake will be held Tuesday, June 17, from 2-9 p.m., St. Albans School,
Cafritz Refectory, Mount St. Alban, Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20016.
http://thepage.time.com/nbc-news-release-on-russert-memorial-info/
*POLLS
Poll Finds Independent Voters Split Between McCain, Obama (Washington Post
6/17/08)
*By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen; A01
Buoyed by a public mood favoring Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama begins the
general-election campaign holding a narrow advantage over Sen. John McCain,
with independent voters emerging as a constituency critical to the
Republican's hopes of winning the presidency in November.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602690.html
*Link to WaPo/ABC News poll data:*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/postpoll_061608.html
*Views of candidates' qualities keep race close (AP 6/16/08)*
By ALAN FRAM
Polls suggest views of Obama's, McCain's personal qualities keeping race
close
http://www.newsweek.com/id/141835
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Progressive Media USA
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