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08 Election Daily News Clips
*June 5th, 2008*
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
10:30am BUSH: Remarks at ceremonial groundbreaking of the United States
Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.
11am McCain: Finance Luncheon in Orlando, FL
1:15pm BUSH: Meets with prime minister of the Netherlands in the Oval Office
at The White House
1:45pm McCain: Speech in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
- Tracking scheduled for this event TBA McCain: Media Availability in Fort
Lauderdale, FL
5:30pm McCain: Finance Reception in Fort Lauderdale, FL
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
*With Opponent in Place, McCain Adapts Strategy (NYT 6/5/08)*
By MICHAEL COOPER
Now that there is a presumptive Democratic nominee, the presumptive
Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, began to show some inklings on
Wednesday of what his complicated general election strategy might look like.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/us/politics/05mccain.html?ref=politics
*Obama vs. McCain, by the map (LA Times 6/5/08)*
By Michael Finnegan
The Democrat polls about even with his GOP rival nationally, but both must
focus their efforts on the states that went with Bush in 2004.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-map5-2008jun05,0,5018624.story
*McCain Proposes 10 Joint Forums (Washington Post 6/5/08)*
By Michael D. Shear; A06
Republican Sen. John McCain challenged his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack
Obama, on Wednesday to a series of 10 joint town hall meetings, starting
next week in New York, saying voters deserve "a new tenor" in presidential
campaigns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060403685.html
*See also:* http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/19530299.html
*McCain wants town-hall debates with Obama (The Times-Picayune, 6/4/08)*
by Jan Moller
Sen. John McCain, making a plea for civility as the general-election
campaign for president gets under way, on Wednesday proposed a series of 10
town hall meetings with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama prior to the Democratic
National Convention in August.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/mccain_wants_townhall_debates.html
*Plouffe and Davis talk (Politico blog 6/4/08)*
By Jonathan Martin
McCain's camp issues a statement announcing that Messrs Davis and Plouffe
have chatted and even say an agreement on the proposed joint town halls has
been reached "in spirit."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/Plouffe_and_Davis_talk.html
*Analysis: Obama, McCain set up hot campaign issue (AP 6/5/08)*
Barry Schweid
The hot dispute between John McCain and Barack Obama about the wisdom of
talking to Iran appears likely to retain its heat through the presidential
campaign and enliven it.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2008/Jun/05/analysis__obama__mccain_set_up_hot_campaign_issue.html
*Flashback: McCain Opposed Divestment From South Africa (ThinkProgress
6/4/08)*
During his speech before the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) touted the success of America's divestment
campaign from South Africa's racist apartheid regime and proposed a similar
policy towards Iran
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/04/mccain-divestment/
*McCain still at odds with some colleagues (Politico 6/5/08)*
By: John Bresnahan
Hill Republicans are still sorting out how to run with a nominee with views
different from their own.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10864.html
*GOP fears Obama's money machine (Politico 6/5/08)*
By: Jeanne Cummings
Now it's the McCain campaign's turn to try to match Barack Obama's
fundraising might.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10868.html
*Obama has cash advantage over McCain (LA Times 6/5/08)*
By Janet Hook and Dan Morain
A powerhouse fundraiser, the presumptive Democratic nominee has raised three
times more money than his Republican rival and is expected to eschew federal
matching funds -- and their limitations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-money5-2008jun05,0,6063842.story
*Jindal Excites GOP As a Possible Running Mate (WSJ 6/5/08)*
By COREY DADE and ELIZABETH HOLMES
Louisiana Governor Of Indian Descent Has Youth and Zeal... Before Sen. John
McCain could begin speaking at a town-hall meeting here Wednesday, he first
had to quiet a crowd gone wild for Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal -- a
politician who not long ago would have been inconceivable in Louisiana.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121263051303347203.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
*Jindal works the McCain campaign trail (The Baton Rouge Advocate 6/4/08)*
Gov. Bobby Jindal's prominent role in Republican presidential contender John
McCain's two-day visit to Louisiana is continuing speculation the governor
is on the running mate short list.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/19539294.html
*McCain's Katrina claim gets rapidly fact-checked (Politico blog 6/4/08)*
By Jonathan Martin
At a press conference today in Louisiana, McCain was asked why he had voted
against launching a commission to investigate the government response to
Katrina.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/McCains_Katrina_claim_gets_rapidly_factchecked.html
*McCain's Day Marked By False Statements And Gaffes (Huffington Post 6/4/08)
*
By Sam Stein
... Appearing at a press conference in Louisiana on Wednesday, McCain
claimed that he had supported "every investigation" into the flawed response
to Hurricane Katrina, when, in fact, he had twice voted against creating a
commission to inspect the tragedy. ... That trip-up, however, was mild in
compared to the gaffe that happened earlier in the day, when McCain
acknowledged he was not aware that Obama had introduced a bill that called
for international divestment from Iran.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/mccains-day-marked-by-fal_n_105283.html
*McCain Falsely Claims He Has 'Supported Every Investigation' Into Katrina
Failures (ThinkProgress 6/4/08)*
Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) held one of his town hall meetings in Baton
Rouge, LA. During this event, a reporter from the CBS station in New Orleans
pressed the senator on his sordid Katrina record, asking him why he "voted
twice against the creation of a commission to investigate the levee failures
in New Orleans."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/04/mccain-katrina/
*Sizing Up A McCain-Obama Battle (CBS 6/4/08)*
CBSNews.com Reports: What To Expect In General Election Matchup Between Two
Candidates Who Are Both Historic And Flawed
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/03/politics/main4150114.shtml
*Rivals Obama and McCain work together behind scenes (The Hill 6/4/08)*
by Susan Crabtree
Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are quietly working
together on a good-government bill despite their campaign-trail battle over
who is tougher against Washingtons special interests. McCains Senate office
contacted Obamas office Monday night asking to sign on to a bill opening
federal government contracts to public scrutiny, according to three
knowledgeable sources.
http://mobile.thehill.com/leading-the-news/rivals-obama-and-mccain-work-together-behind-scenes-2008-06-04.html
*McCain Launches Spanish Radio Ads in NM and Nevada (Washington Post blog
6/4/08)*
By Ed O'Keefe
As Barack Obama moved to consolidate the support of his party, John McCain
today launched the first radio ad of the general election campaign.
"Economy," a 60-second, Spanish-language spot, will air in New Mexico and
Nevada and deliver a hopeful message about McCain's economic proposals as he
seeks to appeal across party lines.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/04/mccain_launches_spanish_radio.html
*Matthews: No one in the media has 'laid a glove' on McCain in '10 years.'
(ThinkProgress 6/4/08)*
During MSNBC's coverage of the South Dakota and Montana primaries last
night, host Chris Matthews noted how Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) criticized the
media's coverage of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in his speech last night,
saying that "Pundits and party elders have declared that Senator Obama will
be my opponent." "What is his beef with the media, I'd like to know that"
said Matthews, adding "I mean, after ten years of covering this guy, I have
yet to see anybody lay a glove on him."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/04/matthews-no-one-in-the-media-has-laid-a-glove-on-mccain-in-10-years/
*Barr's presidential bid makes solid GOP states competitive (THE WASHINGTON
TIMES 6/5/08)*
By Stephen Dinan
Bob Barr's Libertarian presidential campaign is poised to play a serious
role in this year's election, with early polls showing him taking enough
votes from Sen. John McCain to give Democrats a chance to win states that
should be safely Republican.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/05/barrs-presidential-bid-makes-solid-gop-states-comp/
*Hamas Un-'Endorses' Obama (ABC blog 6/4/08)*
Sen. Barack Obama's speech to AIPAC has convinced Hamas that he and Sen.
John McCain are interchangeable. If the group had its druthers, neither one
would win.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/hamas-aun-endors.html
*
*
*McCain Pressed On Past Marital Infidelities During Town Hall
(VIDEO) (Huffington Post 6/4/08)*
By Sam Stein
During a town hall meeting on Monday, Sen. John McCain was asked, very
subtlety, to address how his own marital infidelities - a taboo subject of
sorts on the campaign trail - comport with his pledge to protecting the
sanctity of marriage by opposing such unions among same-sex couples.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/mccain-pressed-on-past-ma_n_105189.html
*McCain Rips Off Obama's Slogan And Logo (Huffington Post 6/4/08)*
By Sam Stein
Is John McCain trying to be the older, whiter, more conservative Barack
Obama? On Tuesday, the Senator co-opted the slogan that has come to
personify Obama's candidacy, taking the Illinois Democrat's "Change You Can
Believe In" and altering it into "A Leader You Can Believe In."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/mccain-rips-off-obamas-sl_n_105266.html
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS*
*A Town-Hall Summer (NYT 6/5/08)*
By GAIL COLLINS
John McCain wants to recreate the old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland movies
about a couple of kids putting on a show in the barn. Him and Barack,
barnstorming around the country. They could fly together on the same plane!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/opinion/05collins.html
*A game of political hardball, Clinton-style (Boston Globe 6/5/08)*
By Joan Vennochi
HILLARY'S WOMEN have a choice to make. Do they stick with their party and
the candidate who reminds them of every man who got the raise and promotion
before they did? Or, do they switch to the Republican nominee who reminds
them of the dad with whom they disagree, but respect?
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/06/05/a_game_of_political_hardball_clinton_style/
*McCain, Obama offer contrasts, appealing choice (USA Today 6/5/08)*
With Democrats having brought to an end their grueling primary battle, it
won't be long before the presumptive presidential nominees John McCain and
Barack Obama go into full combat mode. Nor will it be long before
independent groups of the far right and far left start up their attack
machines, damaging both.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/mccain-obama-of.html#more
*Obama and McCain and Iran (RealClearPolitics 6/5/08)*
By Thomas Sowell
Now that the two parties have finally selected their presidential
candidates, it is time for a sober-- if not grim-- assessment of where we
are.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/obama_and_mccain.html
*Media Blindly Pick Up McCain's Talking Point That Town Hall Meetings Are
His 'Strength,' 'He's At His Best' (ThinkProgress 6/4/08)*
Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sent a letter to invite Sen. Barack Obama
(D-IL) to join him "in participating in town hall meetings across the
country to discuss the most important issues facing Americans." Later today,
McCain told reporters that he "prefer[s]" town hall style discussions,
saying he "would never have been able to win in New Hampshire if we hadn't
have conducted 102 town hall meetings."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/04/mccain-town-hall/
*Lincoln's Rule: Organization Matters (WSJ 6/5/08)*
By KARL ROVE
Politics has become hi-tech with sophisticated databases, the Internet, TV
ads, focus groups and polls.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121262224698246807.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
*Obama the naive (LA Times 6/5/08)*
By John R. Bolton
His views on world affairs ignore history and imperil the U.S. and our
allies.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-bolton5-2008jun05,0,5282011.story
*Why Obama Must Go to Iraq (WSJ 6/5/08)*
By PETE HEGSETH
Earlier this year, I spent five days in Iraq, walking the same streets in
Baghdad where I had served two years earlier as an infantry platoon leader
in the 101st Airborne Division.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121262094242346677.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
*War Factor (NYT blog 6/4/08)*
By Chris Suellentrop
If Hillary had voted against the use of military force in Iraq, would Barack
Obama be the presumptive Democratic nominee?
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/war-factor/index.html?ref=opinion
*BUSH NEWS*
*Bush Talks With Israeli Author Before Meeting With Olmert (Washington Post
6/5/08)*
By Michael Abramowitz; A17
Before conferring with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel yesterday,
President Bush held an unannounced meeting this week with onetime Soviet
dissident Natan Sharansky, another prominent Israeli with whom the president
has forged a friendly and intriguing relationship.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402820.html
*Bush seeks to reassure Israelis on Iranian threat (AP 6/4/08)*
President Bush tried Wednesday to reassure Israelis worried about the U.S.
commitment to keeping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. "Iran is an
existential threat to peace," Bush told Israel's beleaguered prime minister,
Ehud Olmert, at the outset of talks in the Oval Office. "It's very important
for the world to take the Iranian threat quite seriously, which the United
States does."
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bush-seeks-to-reassure-israelis-on/n20080604153509990063
*Bush Attends Groundbreaking For $100M Earmark (AP 6/4/08)*
ANDREW TAYLOR
President Bush is on a crusade against lawmakers' pet projects, but on
Thursday he plans to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a $100 million
whopper that was slipped into a spending bill almost four years ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/bush-attends-groundbreaki_n_105330.html
*OTHER TOP NEWS*
*Clinton Ready to End Bid and Endorse Obama (NYT 6/5/08)*
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on
Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House,
aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her Wednesday to leave
the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
*Rezko found guilty on 16 charges, acquitted on 8 (Chicago Sun-Times 6/4/08)
*
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reproter
Tony Rezko � the high-flying developer and fast-food magnate who was once a
major campaign fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich and Democratic presidential
hopeful Barack Obama and one of the governor's closest advisers � is now a
convicted felon.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/984453,rezkoverdict060408.article
*Senate Approves Stand-Pat Democratic Budget Plan (AP 6/4/08)*
By Andrew Taylor
The Senate Wednesday approved a $3.1 trillion election-year Democratic
budget blueprint that leaves to the next president the task of sorting out a
host of fiscal problems.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060401471.html
*Gay couples cheer California high court ruling (AP 6/5/08)*
By LISA LEFF
Gay and lesbian couples around California are planning their nuptials
following a refusal by the state's highest court to delay its decision
legalizing same-sex marriage.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZmLBrL36NObNyMR0ghXN7vB5hYwD913RUQ85
*POLLS*
*CBS Poll: Obama Leads McCain (CBS 6/4/08)*
Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama holds a six point lead over his
Republican counterpart John McCain, a new CBS News poll finds. Obama leads
McCain 48 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with 6 percent of
respondents undecided.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/04/opinion/polls/main4154051.shtml
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Progressive Media USA
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