[big campaign] Media Monitoring Report - Evening 06/24/08

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*Main Topics:* Charlie Black, energy, health care, public finance *Summary of Shift:* Interest in Charlie Black's terror remarks has continued into the second evening of news coverage with less momentum than last night. Chris Matthews led with the story on *Hardball* as did Keith Olbermann. Several people have now invoked the Michael Hensley maxim on gaffes in response to the statement. Doug Imus' controversial comments received only slightly less coverage. Reports on Barack Obama's alleged snub of Muslims also took a spot on tonight's television news stage. Also on the democratic side, reporters and anchors took interest in the Clinton family again with Bill's endorsement of Obama and Hillary's return to the Senate. In lieu of the recent Pew poll, faith in America was another major topic tonight as well. Highlights 1) MSNBC: Trent Lott sings Black's praises 2) CNN: Campbell Brown reminds Nancy Pfotenhauer to stay on-topic during debate 3) MSNBC: Senator Tom Coburn lauds McCain's health care plan 4) MSNBC: Rachel Maddow points to McCain's campaign finance troubles 5) CNN: McCain's appearance with the Governator a. Offshore drilling links Bush to McCain b. Arnie remains silent on drilling while others protest 6) MSNBC: Olbermann refers to Black's remarks as part of the campaign 'to scare you into voting' for McCain and leads with the story. Richard Wolffe calls Black 'the gift that keeps in giving' for Obama [no clip] 7) MSNBC: Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd engage in panel discussion on whether another terror attack would help McCain in November with them concluding it's too difficult to tell [no clip] 8) MSNBC: Panel of journalists speculate over possible political impact of another terror attack on the US [no clip] 9) MSNBC: Chris Matthews pokes fun at McCain for his recent head injury [no clip] 10) CBS WUSA's Susan Roberts describes McCain as 'on the ropes' in the wake of Black's terror comments [no clip] 11) CBS WUSA: Summary of back-and-forth between Obama and McCain on energy [no clip] 12) NBC WRC: Summarizes Obama-McCain exchange on energy [no clip] 13) FNC: Bill O'Reilly stated that Media Matters is not attacking Don Imus for his recent comments because any talk of race in the media is bad for Obama. [No Clip] 14) FNC: Karl Rove on "The O'Reilly Factor": Speculator's and the Enron loophole are not to blame for high gas prices, bashes Obama [No Clip] 15) Clips Highlight #1 *Trent Lott: Defends Charlie Black "as one of the finest people in Washington DC"* (MSNBC 06/24/08 3:00pm) REPORTER: Before we get to Senator McCain's energy proposals, his adviser Charlie Black has now apologized for saying that another terrorist attack would be an advantage for John McCain. I'm wondering what your reaction is to these comments. It's been painted a little bit like something a lot of people have been thinking about but simply wouldn't say because it's not PC frankly. TRENT LOTT: Well, first *I know Charlie Black as one of the finest people in Washington DC*. I've known him for a long time, I consider him a personal friend. So I have to admit that. He has apologized for it and certainly would have probably chosen a different way to say that. But it was, he was responding to a question. There is no doubt in anybody's mind that when it comes to foreign policy, defense, the terrorism issue, John McCain is strong in that area. And sometimes I worry that the American people have sort of, you know, stopped being aware or they have kind of forgotten the real dangers that we face from terrorists all over this country and all around the world. So I know that's what Charlie was saying. He was basically saying, 'Well look, this is a strong suit for John McCain based on his background, his history, his leadership, in this area.' He didn't mean to you know to say it or make it sound the way it did and ohh good, you know if we had another strike, it would be beneficial. You shouldn't look at it that way. But you should look at the fact that you need the strongest person possible that will deter another terrorist attack. Highlight #2 *Pfotenhauer on CNN Dodges Questions about the 'Psychological Impact' of Offshore Drilling* (CNN 06/24/08 8:07pm) CAMPBELL BROWN: […] 'Psychological impact' – that what people really need right now? Is that what they want to hear? NANCY PFOTENHAUER: Campbell, you can't take it out of context. I mean, we have—Senator McCain has proposed a comprehensive plan that will give relief in the short-term with the gas tax moratorium, will give near-term relief with energy exploration and development and will give long-term relief through innovation alternatives. BROWN: What do you mean by that? I don't think we're necessarily pulling that out of context. I just want clarification. PFOTENHAUER: What I'm saying is it's one piece of a broad, comprehensive plan that will bring result[s] as opposed to Barack Obama. Now we've all been talking a lot about speculators and the role that speculators may have had in why oil prices are so high. You can't say, 'Speculators have contributed to the problem,' and then deny the fact that expectations and market expectations affect reality. That's what futures markets do. So, of course, future expectations affect prices in the near-term, very, very quickly […]. So it's a very important signal to send to the OPEC countries that have no interest in America doing well here and saying, 'We are no longer going to sit on our hands about supply constraints. We're gonna do something about it.' […] PFOTENHAUER: The windfall profits tax was tried once and it failed miserably. It punishes domestic production and so it falls and therefore increases our reliance on foreign oil and it punishes consumers because it increases prices. Senator Obama truly is Dr. No in this arena. He has said, 'No' to gas tax relief, no to drilling, no to nuclear, no to batteries. The only thing he says yes to is increase taxes. Increase windfall profit tax on oil, increase on coal, increase on natural gas, as I've said—a perfect storm on bad energy policy. […] PFOTENHAUER: Well, it just reveals ignorance if [McCain's $300 million battery contest] sounds gimmicky because battery technology is a lynchpin for securing our energy independence— BROWN: But wait! It's the incentive, I guess, in comparison to other methods for how you would go about it. PFOTENHAUER: […] Senator Obama has praised Senator McCain for his leadership on environmental issues because he proposed the global climate change bill with Senator Lieberman. So Senator Obama has praised Senator McCain's leadership when he wasn't running against him for president. Onto battery technology: the future is not biofuels like ethanol because that still requires oil. It's not hydrogen. It's not natural gas. We don't have the infrastructure— BROWN: But the question isn't about battery technology, it's about holding a contest! I mean why—is that what it takes, I guess to get people motivated to deal with the problem? PFOTENHAUER: Well it's certainly a lot more efficient than just pumping billions of dollars in through the government infrastructure that has produced nothing. Senator Obama's plan is a lot like Jimmy Carter's where we spent billions of dollars and didn't get results because government research does not require results in order to get money. This idea says you have to achieve the objective or you do not get the money. Highlight #3 *Senator Coburn Touts McCain's Health Care Plan* (MSNBC 06/24/08 4:00pm) REPORTER: John McCain is willing to give some people up to $5,000 in tax credits to pay for health insurance but the national coalition on health care says it can cost a family a four up to $12,000, that's a big gap, especially in these economic times. What do you make of that? TOM COBURN: Well, I think it's only one part of his plan. *Remember our biggest problem is the 75% of the dollars we spend on health care on chronic diseases. And a key component of his plan is to emphasize prevention and put the dollars into prevention so that 10 years down the road, or 15 years down the road, we're not spending 75% of the money on treating chronic diseases, we will have prevented a large number of those.* So the problem is not that we don't have enough money in health care, the problem is that only about 2/3 of it actually gets spent on health care preventing some disease or helping somebody get well. So the idea of allowing those people, who no longer have, who have no access to health care, to start along that plan. He also has a plan to tapper the eligibility on Medicaid, so you don't have an abrupt drop with Medicaid [...]. One of the thing that's happened with health care is the market place isn't working. And it's because we're mandating it through bureaucracies and insurance companies and putting them in between the patient and their doctor. And what Senator McCain's plan will do is put the actual patient and doctor back together and give them incentives to go do it efficiently and with great quality outcomes [...] Highlight #4 *Rachel Maddow Reminds Viewers of McCain's Public Finance Troubles* (MSNBC 06/24/08 6:38pm) DAVID GREGORY: […] McCain wants to keep this [public financing] issue alive. Does it resonate? RACHEL MADDOW: I think that it resonated for a while. I think it is a mistake to keep pushing this because, if he keeps pushing this, if he literally tries to get this out on television—right now, as far as I know it's just on the web—ultimately it's gonna come back to bite him because has his own problems on public financing. I mean, *McCain is the one who said he would take public financing during the primary campaign and then, at the last minute, decided no*, no, no. *He didn't want to take that public financing even though he received loans, at least, partially and allegedly on the basis of the collateral that he was going to get from taking public financing. I mean, he's been back and forth on this issue himself to the point that he's being sued by the democratic party for his stance on it during the primaries. I mean, he's sort of on the moral high ground here, but it's tenuous* and I think it's weird for him to push this hard. TONY BLANKLEY: […] The issue regarding McCain had to do with a lack of a quorum on the election committee because the democrats wouldn't confirm Bush's nominees. That's a very messy issue. This is a nice clean one and it's regarding Obama who says he's above politics. MADDOW: Tony, [McCain] did change his mind, though. Highlight #5 *Concerns over drilling caused "Bumps in the McCain-Schwarzenegger Road Show" *(CNN 06/24/08 06:12pm) WOLF BLITZER: […] John McCain right now. He's trying to put a bigger spotlight on his energy plan with help from California's larger than life Governor. That would be Arnold Schwarzenegger. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: I have every confidence that once McCain is in the Whitehouse America will get back in the game of having a sensible, consistent and forward looking energy policy. BLITZER: But there were some bumps in the McCain- Schwarzenegger road show today. Including protests and a biting response from Barack Obama. […] DANA BASH: John McCain got a big boost from somebody who is incredibly important. Perhaps the most important Republican for John McCain when it comes to the *issue of the environment. Which is obviously is one of the big issues he is trying to use to separate himself from President Bush and make himself out as a different kind of Republican*. The problem […] they do differ on something that really has bubbled up and really exploded as a potential problem for McCain in that road for him that he is trying to take as a different kind of Republican. *And that problem is offshore drilling. Clearly Arnold does differ with McCain on that issue.*They didn't talk about it today but it was really interesting Wolf, there was some open disagreement from one other member of the panel […] challenged him not only on offshore drilling but nuclear policy. So it was kind of the straight talk that McCain says he likes. […] There were also some protestors outside. […] *Schwarzenegger Remains Quiet While Protestors and Environmental Experts in California Reject McCain's Energy Proposals *(CNN 06/24/08 08:03pm) CAMPBELL BROWN: 83% of American's now feel the cost of gasoline is either a major problem or a crisis. But its not just gas […] everything at the grocery store costs more. […] Whatever you're shopping for, its delivered by truck and truckers say the price of diesel is driving them out of business […] But if you think drilling for more oil is the answer, the scientist that warned us about global warming 20 years ago has a scary new message. JAMES HANSEN: We really have reached a point of a planetary emergency. The things we hear being said now by Congress and by the President for that matter, to go drill for the last drop of oil in the continental shelf. *It's exactly the wrong thing to do*. In the process it guarantees that we pass the tipping point. BROWN*: Today John McCain went to California to try a tricky two step*. He again called for offshore oil drilling while at the same time saying we got to do more for the environment and global warming. […] *He had some high profile help; he also had no shortage of critics.* […] DANA BASH: A joint appearance with Arnold Schwarzenegger and an environmental plug from California's green Republican Governor. […] McCain tried to live up to that […] JOHN MCCAIN: I propose to put the purchasing power of the United States government on the side of green technology. [Clip of Protestors] BASH: *Outside the event protesters decrying McCain's new position supporting offshore drilling as a way to ease gas prices. An unpopular move in California. Schwarzenegger strongly opposes McCain on the issue, and an advisor told CNN the Governor planned to make that very clear today, but instead Schwarzenegger largely kept quiet. Still McCain got an ear full on offshore drilling from another invited guest.* MICHEAL FEENEY: It would be 12, 15 maybe 20 years before those resources came on line and got to full production. That's not going to impact the price of gasoline anytime soon. BASH: Later McCain tried to clarify his position by saying states should decide whether to drill off their shores. […] OBAMA: John McCain still doesn't get it. BASH: Barack Obama seized on something McCain said yesterday. McCain was asked just how long it would take before offshore drilling actually started to lower gas prices. *MCCAIN:* *It may take some years. The fact that we are exploiting those reserves would have a psychological effect that I think would be beneficial. * OBAMA: A psychological effect. In case you're wondering, in Washington speak that means it polls well. BASH: Obama also mocked McCain's idea for a $300 million cash prize for inventing an alternative car battery. OBAMA: *When John F. Kennedy decided we were going to put a man on the moon he didn't put a bounty out for some rocket scientist to win*. BASH: In response McCain pressed a new campaign theme. Obama is Dr. No. MCCAIN: He talks the talk but has not walked the walk. And on this energy issue, yea it's easy to say no to everything. That's what Senator Obama's doing. -- Jacob Roberts Media Analyst PMUSA (c) 208.420.3470 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---