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08 Election Daily News Clips
*May 14th, 2008*
Candidate Tracking:
9am McCain: Interview on ABC - "Live with Regis and Kelly"
6pm McCain: Finance Reception in Columbus, OH
*
News Clips:
MCCAIN ENVIRO NEWS
Stumping on Climate, McCain Faults Bush (NY Times 5/14/08)
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Senator John McCain intensified his criticism of President Bush and the
administration's environmental polices on Tuesday, taking a walk in the
cold, rain-drenched foothills of the Cascade Mountains and asserting that in
the effort to stem climate change, "America can lead and not obstruct."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/politics/14mccain.html?ref=politics
McCain: Clean energy a 'national security issue' (CNN 5/13/08)
* Sen. John McCain speaks at economic roundtable in Washington state
* He says the United States needs to invest more in nuclear energy,
clean energy
* Evangelical group lauds McCain's policy proposal
* DNC accuses McCain of hypocrisy on the energy issue
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/mccain.environment/index.html
McCain and Climate Change: Sci-Fi as Policy (US News & World Report blog
5/13/08)
By James Pethokoukis
Are you worried that efforts to limit possible climate-altering carbon
emissions might tank the economy? Not a problem, says Douglas Holtz-Eakin,
John McCain's top economic adviser. Here's what Holtz-Eakin said during a
conference call after McCain outlined his climate plan, including a
cap-and-trade system for carbon allowances:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/05/13/mccain-and-climate-change-sci-fi-as-policy.html
McCain's 'Eco-Friendly' Line (NY Times blog 5/13/08)
By Sarah Wheaton
Just in time for Father's Day and his speech on curbing emissions, Senator
John McCain's presidential campaign is out with a hot new spring line of
"eco-friendly" products.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/mccains-eco-friendly-line/
McCain selling Dems short? (MSNBC 5/13/08)
By Carrie Dann
NORTH BEND, Wash. -- In front of the picturesque, if rainy, emerald backdrop
of the Cedar River's fir-blanketed peaks, McCain described himself as the
greenest of the presidential candidates.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/13/1017576.aspx
MCCAIN NEWS
McCain Consultant Is Tied To Work for Ukraine Party (WSJ 5/14/08)
By MARY JACOBY and GLENN R. SIMPSON; Page A7
A consultant to Sen. John McCain hired a public-relations firm last year to
burnish the U.S. image of a Ukrainian political party backed by Russian
leader Vladimir Putin, according to documents filed with the Justice
Department.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121072447597990171.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
Pastor Backing McCain Apologizes to Catholics (WSJ 5/14/08)
By ELIZABETH HOLMES and SUZANNE SATALINE; Page A4
The Rev. John Hagee, the fiery evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain,
issued an apology to Catholics for disparaging remarks he made, including
accusing the Roman Catholic Church of supporting Adolf Hitler.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121073410044790967.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
Link to pdf of Hagee letter:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/080513_Hagee_Letter.pdf
See NYT- "McCain Backer Regrets Comments on Catholics":
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/politics/14hagee.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
See WaPo- "McCain Backer Apologizes For Anti-Catholic Remarks":
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302865.html
See LA Times- "Pastor John Hagee says he's sorry for anti-Catholic remarks"
:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccain14-2008may14,0,2628360.story
See AP- "Pro-McCain pastor apologizes to Catholics ":
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-13-mccain-tues_N.htm
See CBS blog- "Pastor Apologizes For Controversial Remarks":
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/13/politics/horserace/entry4092080.shtml
McCain calls Hagee letter 'helpful' (MSNBC 5/13/08)
By Kelly O'Donnell
McCain responded to Hagee's letter of apology to Catholics, calling it
"helpful." He describes his own attempts at reconciliation over the years
with, for example, the anti war movement. When asked if he or his staff
brokered the apology, McCain says he did not personally broker the deal,
leaving open the possibility that advisors did encourage the Hagee apology
to diffuse McCain's so-called pastor problem.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/13/1016795.aspx
In the Tracks of Ron Paul, a Candidate Goes Forth (NY Times 5/14/08)
By MICHAEL LUO
Can Bob Barr become the next Ron Paul? Mr. Barr, a former Republican
congressman from Georgia who on Monday announced his candidacy for the
Libertarian Party nomination, certainly hopes so. It is a prospect that
could give Senator John McCain's campaign fits, threatening to siphon
critical Republican votes away from him in important battleground states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/politics/14barr.html?ref=politics
The Religification of John McCain (WSJ blog 5/14/08)
By Steven Waldman
While Barack Obama was trying to vanquish Hillary Clinton, John McCain has
been focused on a challenging target of his own: religious conservative
voters.
http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/05/14/the-religification-of-john-mccain/
The Budget According to McCain: Part I (Newsweek/Factcheck 5/13/08)
By Joe Miller
McCain's big promise is that he can balance the budget while extending
Bush's tax cuts and adding a few of his own. He likes to leave the
impression that this can be done painlessly, for example, by eliminating
"wasteful" spending in the form of "earmarks" that lawmakers like to tuck
into spending bills to finance home-state projects. We found that not only
is this theory full of holes, it's not even McCain's actual plan. In this
story we examine the spending-cut side of McCain's budget program. In Part
II, we'll look at what McCain has said about taxes.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/136779
NRA chief stresses common ground with McCain (AP 5/13/08)
A top official of the National Rifle Association said Republican John McCain
has been a reliable ally of gun owners despite divisions with the powerful
lobbying group on some issues.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-13-nra-mccain_N.htm
The NRA On Sen. John McCain, Then And Now (Huffington Post 5/14/08)
By Paul Helmke
Sen. John McCain is scheduled to speak before the NRA convention in
Louisville this Friday, May 16, 2008, and I suspect he might have to perform
a high-wire act to impress most of the folks in attendance. The NRA has
pilloried and even ridiculed Sen. McCain over the years in its magazine
articles and graphic caricatures of him.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-helmke/the-nra-on-sen-john-mccai_b_101621.html
MoveOn Targets McCain Aides (WaPo blog 5/13/08)
By Matthew Mosk
The liberal online advocacy group MoveOn.Org Political Action has sent out a
new e-mail that seizes on the weekend purging by Sen. John McCain of two
advisers who had registered as lobbyists for the repressive regime of Burma.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/13/moveon_targets_mccain_aides_lo.html
McCain's Murderers Row (Huffington Post 5/13/08)
By Cliff Schecter
A new website (firethelobbyists.com) has been created by the pro-campaign
finance reform organization Campaign Money Watch, to convince Senator McCain
to fire three lobbyists in the top levels of his organization that have
lobbied for ruthless dictators. You may recall that over the past two days,
two McCain aides have resigned because of their willingness to do public
relations work for the Burmese Junta.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/mccains-murderers-row_b_101497.html
McCain Adviser Misleadingly Cites CBO Report, Says Webb's GI Bill 'Does
Nothing To Address Reenlistment' (ThinkProgress 5/13/08)
On Fox News's America's Election HQ yesterday, Nancy Pfotenhauer, a senior
policy adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), disingenuously attacked Sen. Jim
Webb's "21st Century GI Bill," in order to justify her boss's opposition to
the bill. Webb's bill "does nothing to address reenlistment and retention,"
charged Pfotenhauer.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/13/mccain-adviser-gi-bill/
Chump Change (Hotline 5/13/08)
By JENNIFER SKALKA
Word from OR is that John McCain's ad buy there for his "Better Way" spot
is, drumroll: $1,310. So, he's not exactly flooding the airwaves. ...
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/05/chump_change.html
See also:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/mccain_places_ad_buy_in_oregon.php
McCain To Speak At Same Event As Violent Nugent (Huffington Post 5/13/08)
By Jeffrey Feldman
Although mostly hidden by his campaign, on May 16, 2008--four days prior to
the Kentucky Primary--Sen. John McCain will participate in the 137th NRA
Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky--in the same event as a right-wing
pundit well-known for his violent rhetoric,Ted Nugent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/mccain-to-speak-at-same-e_b_101540.html
McCain to make cameo on 'Saturday Night Live' (AP 5/13/08)
Live from New York, it's John McCain. The Republican presidential contender
will make a cameo appearance this week on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live, a
comedy venue that most recently has been focused on the ongoing Democratic
presidential contest.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-13-mccain-snl_N.htm
McCain's appeal to Latinos (San Francisco Gate 5/13/08)
Ruben Navarette Jr.
For many conservatives, John McCain is not their favorite Republican. They
think he's built a career at their expense, painting them as fools and
bigots. They resent his holier-than-thou attitude. And they're not inclined
to trust anyone who has been so fawned over by the national media.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/13/EDRO10LI95.DTL
LOCAL MCCAIN NEWS
McCain tries to ease nuclear-power worries (Seattle Times 5/14/08)
By David Postman and Emily Heffter
Republican John McCain said he understands Washington's skepticism about
nuclear energy, given the contamination at Hanford, the worst bond default
in history and nuclear power plants left unfinished.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004412459_mccain14m.html
McCain talks environment in state stop (Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/13/08)
By GREGORY ROBERTS
Nuclear power should be part of the nation's strategy to reduce global
warming, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday during a
campaign trip to Washington state that emphasized environmental issues.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/363032_mccain14.html
See also:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/138789.asp
McCain leads environmental talk, takes rainy walk near North Bend (Seattle
Times 5/13/08)
By Emily Heffter and David Postman
Republican presidential candidate John McCain led an environmental
discussion with local business and political leaders today before going on a
short � and rainy � nature walk. Nine panelists offered their perspectives
on subsidies, nuclear power, environmentally friendly business practices and
global warming during an hourlong discussion at the Cedar River Watershed
Education Center outside of North Bend.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004411527_webmccain14m.html
Protest du Jour: McCain in town for money... (Seattle Post-Intelligencer
blog 5/13/08)
by Candace Heckman
... and on his way to North Bend to chat about the environment. GOP
presidential candidate Sen. John McCain was met by angry machinist union
members and supporters upon touchdown at Boeing Field Tuesday morning. The
Boeing workers are upset that he led an investigation that ultimately cost
Boeing the lucrative Air Force tanker contract that recently went to Airbus.
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/138773.asp
Where Bush draws the line on Iraq costs: education benefits for veterans
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/13/08)
JOHN YOUNG
WACO, Texas -- ...President Bush has threatened to use his rarely flexed
veto pen against this measure if it contains a bipartisan expansion of the
GI Bill of Rights and other veterans benefits. Bush says the benefits
package shouldn't be tied to supplemental military funding. And he says it
costs too much: $51 billion over 10 years. That sounds expensive, yes. That
is, if you stand it up beside the Tyrannosaurus that is the supplemental
bill for Iraq and Afghanistan: $195 billion for not even one whole budget
year.... Sen. John McCain has sided with the president in opposing it.
Although he supports increasing education aid, McCain says this is too
expensive.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/362916_youngonline14.html
Payday train coming down the tracks (Columbus Dispatch blog 5/13/08)
Posted by Jim Siegel
The payday executives hanging outside the Senate finance hearing room
Tuesday were a despondent lot. Not only were they preparing to lose the
fight over tough, new regulations of their industry, but the other side was
running up the score.
http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/05/payday_train_coming_down_the_t.shtml
OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
Mr. McCain's Honest Role in an Arizona Land Swap (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By JOSEPH C. DONALDSON (R) and JACK WILSON (D); A18
The May 9 front-page story "McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer"
did a gross disservice to readers and to Sen. John McCain by falsely
portraying his support for legislation to protect public lands and address
Northern Arizona's long-term water needs as a legislative disguise to
benefit contributors and supporters. As Arizona mayors who were personally
involved in this issue, we can attest that nothing could be further from the
truth.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302729.html
Mrs. McCain's Refusal (Washington Post 5/14/08)
Page A18
The wife of an ethics-and-transparency crusader seeking the presidency
shouldn't shield her tax filings.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302733.html
McCain's America (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Harold Meyerson; A19
It's John McCain's America. Barack Obama only lives in it.... If the McCain
campaign is still trying out songs, there's one [...] [that] expresses
succinctly and entirely the case for John McCain and, by implication,
against Barack Obama: For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his
credit, That he is American!That he is American!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302303.html
High Court Caricature (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Ruth Marcus; A19
...[T]he debate over the role of the judiciary deserves a far more nuanced
approach than McCain's caricature of "the common and systematic abuse of our
federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power." ... The world
he sketches of liberal Judges Gone Wild is largely imaginary. The
freewheeling jurisprudence of the 1960s has tempered, if not vanished.
That's not surprising: Seven of the nine Supreme Court justices are
Republican appointees, as are about 100 of the 166 appeals court judges.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302302.html
McCain's Supreme wrongheadedness (Boston Globe 5/14/08)
By Jeff Jacoby
IN A SPEECH on the federal judiciary last week, John McCain sounded the
familiar conservative call for judges who know their place. "My nominees,"
he promised, "will understand that there are clear limits to the scope of
judicial power, and clear limits to the scope of federal power." The
judiciary's moral authority depends on self-restraint, said McCain, and
"this authority quickly vanishes when a court presumes to make law instead
of apply it."
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/14/mccains_supreme_wrongheadedness/
McCain should be truthful about courts (Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/13/08)
By LINDA P. CAMPBELL
John McCain ought to be ashamed of himself. In his most pandering
performance since speaking at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University to prove
that he could schmooze even with agents of intolerance as long as they bring
along Republican votes, McCain whacked away last week at that threadbare
straw man, the "activist judge."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/362931_campbell14.html
McCain's Economic Brain (Slate 5/14/08)
By Daniel Gross
Why Carly Fiorina is so important to the Republican's presidential campaign.
http://www.slate.com/id/2191308/
Warming to McCain (WSJ 5/14/08)
By Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
The politics of climate change is changing.
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/opinion.html?mod=1_0045
McCain cares little for his fellow seniors (Columbus Dispatch 5/14/08)
By NORMAN WERNET
The proposals that Arizona Sen. John McCain has put forth dealing with
retirement would be a disaster for all those who have retired or want to in
the future. And this really should not come as a surprise since McCain's
voting record in Congress is full of attempts to deny seniors their rightful
retirement benefits.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2008/05/14/Wernet.ART_ART_05-14-08_A10_FKA6KUQ.html?sid=101
Truth Serum on The Trail (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Robert J. Samuelson; A19
It's been a blast, this presidential campaign. A great story, full of drama.
But no one should think it's been honest. With the possible exception of
Iraq -- a matter that compels candidates to face real issues -- the campaign
has been an exercise in mass merchandising. Candidates make alluring
promises (to "fix the economy," "defeat special interests" or "achieve
energy independence") and offer freebies to voters (more tax cuts, health
care, college aid). Complete the sale: That's the point.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302304.html
McCain Getting Warmer on Warming? (NY Times blog 5/13/08)
By Tobin Harshaw
As we found out yesterday, President Bush is something of a drag on John
McCain's White House ambitions, and now the senator has acted to draw out a
distinction on an issue that's important to many of the independent voters
the Arizona senator is seeking in November. "Senator John McCain sought to
distance himself from President Bush on Monday as he called for a mandatory
limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to combat climate
change," reports The Times's Elizabeth Bumiller and John Broder.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/mccain-getting-warmer-on-warming/?ref=opinion
BUSH NEWS
Bush Says He's Not A Golfer In Wartime (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Dan Eggen; A02
President Bush said yesterday that he gave up golfing in 2003 "in
solidarity" with the families of soldiers who were dying in Iraq, concluding
that it was "just not worth it anymore" to play the sport in a time of war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302783.html?hpid=moreheadlines
President Bush won't say he was misled on Iraq (LA Times 5/14/08)
By James Gerstenzang
In what is reportedly his first interview with online news organizations, he
concedes intelligence was 'flawed,' but he doesn't think anyone lied to him.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bush14-2008may14,0,6844605.story
Out of touch on foreclosures (Boston Globe 5/14/08)
PRESIDENT BUSH frets that foreclosure relief legislation would "reward
speculators and lenders." So he dismisses carefully crafted efforts by
Congress to prevent as many as 500,000 families from losing their homes to
foreclosure. His concerns are not only misplaced, but hollow when compared
with the growing displacement of families and destabilization of
neighborhoods.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/05/14/out_of_touch_on_foreclosures/
Bush warns of Iraq disaster (Politico 5/13/08)
By: Mike Allen
President Bush warned in an interview Tuesday that the Democratic
presidential candidates' plans to withdraw abruptly from Iraq could
"eventually lead to another attack on the United States" and would
"embolden" terrorists.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10314.html
Bush Arrives for Middle Eastern Tour (NY Times 5/15/08)
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
JERUSALEM � President Bush arrived in Israel on Wednesday morning, his first
stop on a five-day, three-country Middle East tour that will mix ceremony
with substance as he marks the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding while
trying to prod along faltering peace talks between the Israelis and
Palestinians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/washington/15prexy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
See also: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/bush.mideast/index.html
Congress defies Bush on oil reserve (CNN 5/13/08)
* House votes to stop filling the strategic petroleum reserve to
alleviate gas prices
* Estimates on impact on gas prices range from one cent to 25 cents per
gallon
* Bush opposes move, says it would threaten national security
* Alaska drilling could drastically cut oil prices, Republicans write
Pelosi
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/congress.oil/index.html
Feith Blames Public For Feeling Misled About Iraq: 'I Think They Misremember
A Lot' (ThinkProgress 5/13/08)
Last night, Iraq war architect Douglas Feith appeared on The Daily Show to
discuss his war apologia, War and Decision. When Stewart said that many
Americans feel the Bush administration misled them into war, Feith replied,
"Errors are not lies. I think a lot of what the Administration said was
correct."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/13/feith-misremember/
Link to video:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=168128
Harriett Miers says her clash with Congress will outlast Bush (Fort Worth
Star-Telegram 5/13/08)
By Max B. Baker
Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers predicted that her constitutional
clash with Congress over executive privilege and the separation of powers
doctrine may not be settled until after President Bush leaves office next
year.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/36946.html
OTHER TOP NEWS
W.Va. blowout bolsters Clinton's resolve (USA Today 5/13/08)
By Susan Page
Hillary Rodham Clinton crushed Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary
Tuesday � a victory that was surely personally satisfying but came as the
Democratic presidential nomination is nearly in the grasp of her rival.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-13-wva-primary_N.htm
Link to transcript of Clinton's speech:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/05/13/transcript_of_hillary_clintons_remarks
Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXONMGz_jAg&eurl=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
Link to exit polls: http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/13/ready-set/
Obama, McCain Aim to Curb '527s' (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear; A06
Sen. Barack Obama's top fundraisers have asked his campaign donors to
refrain from contributing to liberal independent political organizations in
hopes of controlling the tone and message of the general-election campaign.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302868.html
Mississippi Democrat Wins House Run-Off (WSJ 5/14/08)
By SUSAN DAVIS; Page A4
Democrat Travis Childers won an election for a Mississippi House seat
Tuesday, completing a hat trick of recent victories for congressional
Democrats now further emboldened by their prospects in November.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121073269728690751.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox
See also:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/05/democrats_win_miss_special_ele.html?hpid=topnews
See also:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0508/Childers_wins_Miss_special_election.html
House Dems get nasty nationwide (Politico 5/14/08)
By: Patrick O'Connor
The Democrats' presidential front-runner is promising a high-minded campaign
in the fall, but the party's congressional campaign arm isn't playing quite
so nicely with Republican House candidates and the billionaire conservative
who's supporting them.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10327.html
China Troops Dig for Quake Survivors as Death Toll Nears 15,000 (Bloomberg
5/14/08)
By William Bi and Aaron Sheldrick
The death toll from China's strongest earthquake in more than half a century
has risen to almost 15,000 as disaster officials, battling bad weather and
rubble-strewn roads, try to reach 25,000 people trapped under debris.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aTol5Tcmh0V4&refer=japan
Charges dropped for 20th alleged 9/11 hijacker (LA Times 5/14/08)
By Carol J. Williams
But five other suspects, including the alleged mastermind, face the death
penalty at the troubled Guantanamo Bay tribunal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-tribunal14-2008may14,0,4723388.story
Seats of Power: A Return to Skybox Lobbying? (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum; D01
Not long ago, lobbyists regularly entertained lawmakers and their aides in
skyboxes at local sports arenas. But after a series of scandals on Capitol
Hill, the law was changed to forbid congressional officials from accepting
anything of value from lobbyists without repayment -- let alone the best
seats in the house.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051303040.html
POLLS
Burdened by the Weight of Inflation (Washington Post 5/14/08)
By Jon Cohen and Steven Mufson; D01
Nearly seven in 10 Americans are worried about maintaining their standard of
living, as concern has spiked higher in just the past five months, according
to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Soaring consumer prices are a major
challenge, with many people struggling under the weight of the rising costs
of fuel, food and health care.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051303120.html
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