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Election Daily News Clips August 25th, 2008 Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 11:10am McCain: Press conference in Phoenix, AZ 12pm Fiorina: Press conference in Denver, Colorado 3pm McCain: Fund Raiser in Sacramento, CA 6pm J. Warner: Fund Raiser in Vienna, VA 8:30pm McCain: Fund Raiser in Los Angeles, CA 11:30pm McCain: Interview on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" News Clips: MCCAIN NEWS Biden, McCain Have a Friendship -- and More -- in Common (WSJ 8/25/08) By ELIZABETH HOLMES A longtime senator with a harrowing personal narrative who boasts a lengthy foreign policy résumé and is known for speaking his mind. ...In picking Sen. Biden as his running mate Saturday, Sen. Obama got a partner with striking similarities to his Republican opponent. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121954185485266719.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy The GOP's Delicate Passing of the Baton (Washington Post 8/25/08) By Michael Abramowitz; A15 When it gathers next week in Minneapolis-St. Paul for its quadrennial convention, the Republican Party will try to turn the page from George W. Bush to John McCain. It won't be an easy trick. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401668.html McCain ad aims at swaying Clinton Dems (Politico 8/25/08) By: Jonathan Martin Ramping up their effort to drive a wedge between Hillary Clinton's supporters and Barack Obama, the McCain campaign is to broadcast a new ad starting Monday featuring the Wisconsin Democrat who lost her slot as a convention delegate after saying she'd cast her ballot for McCain instead of Obama here. http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F9B3F3A5-18FE-70B2-A8068FBAEAE8FD2C *Link to video of ad ("Debra"): *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597YG23mAWs Humble pie nourished McCain's campaign (AP 8/24/08) By CALVIN WOODWARD Republicans lugged money, fame and promise into their race for the presidential nomination. One of them carried his own bags, tooled around New Hampshire with a few volunteers, flew commercial and won. John McCain's diet of humble pie in the summer of 2007 might have been the best thing that happened to his campaign. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_el_pr/road_to_st_paul McCain intrudes on Obama's convention message (AP 8/24/08) By MIKE GLOVER and JIM KUHNHENN John McCain certainly won't let Barack Obama have his Democratic convention all to himself. If Obama has a story to tell voters over the next four days, McCain is already pitching a far less flattering version from afar. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQM_QSedScKuBprltHnZaZm6dSTAD92OVBN80 *Halperin: McCain's Houses Gaffe 'One Of The Worst Moments' Of The Campaign For…Barack Obama *(ThinkProgress 8/24/08) Last week Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told Politico that he did not know how many homes he and his wife Cindy own. "I'll have my staff get to you," McCain said. ThinkProgress noted that even though McCain's comment highlights his poor record on the housing crisis and his economic policies that primarily benefit the rich, many in the media leaped to McCain's defense, saying the gaffe was not "a big deal." http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/24/halperin-obama-houses-worst/ McCain: Biden A "Very Wise Selection" (CBS 8/23/08) Tells Katie Couric Obama's Running Mate "Very Formidable," Is "A Good Friend And Good Man" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/23/politics/main4377152.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4377152 *See NYT's"A Courteous Call and a Quick Strike From McCain": * http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24mccain.html?pagewanted=print McCain Camp Issues Quick Response On Obama's Choice for Vice President (WSJ 8/23/08) By ELIZABETH HOLMES John McCain's campaign pounced quickly Saturday morning to attack Barack Obama's running mate Sen. Joe Biden by using the Delaware politician's own words against him. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121947414185366305.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy *Link to video of ad:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVUPqoowf8 McCain ad: Clinton's 'truth hurt' (USA TODAY 8/24/08) By David Jackson Republican John McCain launched a new ad Sunday claiming rival Barack Obama passed over Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate for "speaking the truth" about his liabilities. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-24-mccain-ad_N.htm?csp=34 *LINK TO VIDEO OF AD ("Passed Over"): * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NrQ36Djf2E *See USA Today blog's "McCain ad says Sen. Clinton was 'passed over' because she told 'the truth'": * http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/08/mccain-ad-says.html *See CS Monitor blog's "McCain uses Hillary in new ad. Will Obama use Romney?":* http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/24/mccain-uses-hillary-in-new-ad-will-obama-use-romney/ *Link to Clinton response*: http://thepage.time.com/clinton-spokeswoman-responds-to-mccain-ad/ GOP Veep Sheet: McCain ponders Powell (Politico 8/24/08) By: Alexander Burns Another day, and no white smoke yet from John McCain's Sedona, Ariz., residence. The search for a vice president continues as the Democratic clans gather in Denver. http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F48BABDF-18FE-70B2-A8A1A2F14A000D86 Pawlenty Auditions for Veep (The Page 8/24/08) In a media conference call, the Minnestota governor says choosing Biden is an "overcompensation" for Obama's inexperience, and suggests the Delaware Senator may serve as Obama's mentor and supervisor. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/thepage/~3/373466296/<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/time/thepage/%7E3/373466296/> *Link to audio of call*: https://secure.prairiesys.com/webdata/weba1/wavefile/108298904.mp3 *See CNN blog's "Pawlenty: McCain VP can handle Biden": * http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/24/pawlenty-mccain-vp-can-handle-biden/ Platform Will Reflect Shifts On National Security and Economy (WSJ 8/24/08) By Nick Timiraos Convention delegates are set to ratify a party platform that refers sparingly to the "war on terror," among other marked shifts in tone on national-security issues from four years ago. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121961113306967225.html?mod=todays_us_page_one SOME MCCAIN CAMP INSIGHTS... (FirstRead 8/24/08) By Kelly O'Donnell Reporting on the road with the McCain campaign... http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/24/1288482.aspx McCain-Romney? Dems fear it could hurt in West (San Francisco Chronicle 8/25/08) Carolyn Lochhead With several polls showing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama trailing Republican Sen. John McCain in Colorado on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, some of the state's Democrats worried Sunday that McCain might pick former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as a running mate to solidify his support among a key voting bloc - Mormons. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/25/MNDR12HM1O.DTL&type=politics Obama Hits Wisconsin Barbecue (The Page 8/24/08) [Obama's] Remarks focus on economic anxieties, hitting McCain on energy, being out-of-touch... hits McCain on national security, saying, "Talking tough and acting dumb is not a way to keep you safe and secure." ... McCain camp responds: "Today, Barack Obama attacked John McCain for voting for the 2002 Iraq War Resolution; Joe Biden also voted for the resolution." http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/24/obama-hits-wisconsin-barbecue/ *Link to McCain Camp Response to Obama Event:* http://thepage.time.com/mccain-camp-response-to-obama-event/ A Ballgame and a Slow Day for McCain (WaPo blog 8/24/08) By Michael D. Shear Now, it's McCain's turn to take it easy. ... So perhaps McCain deserved an afternoon off, at the ballgame....Earlier, McCain attended the North Phoenix Baptist Church... the pastor, Dan Yeary, did show a clip from the Saddleback Forum earlier in the month. There, on a big screen, was none other than John McCain, talking about his own greatest moral failure -- the failure of his marriage. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/24/a_ballgame_and_a_slow_day_for.html For McCains, a Public Path but Private Wealth (NYT 8/23/08) By DAVID M. HALBFINGER When Senator John McCain is in Washington, he lives in a luxury high-rise condominium in Arlington, Va., owned by his wife, Cindy Hensley McCain. Mrs. McCain also owns their condos in Phoenix, San Diego and Coronado, Calif., and their vacation compound near Sedona, Ariz. And it is the beer business, Hensley & Company, she inherited from her father that is the source of the McCain family fortune. That fortune makes Mr. McCain one of the richest members of the Senate. Yet barely a sliver of it is in his name. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us/politics/23mccain.html GOP Fight in Nevada Could Cause McCain Trouble (WSJ 8/23/08) By BRAD HAYNES; Page A4 Delegation Split May Prompt Votes For Libertarians http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944799376665201.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy McCain's Record Of Opposition To Clean Energy (Wonk Room 8/23/08) This week, the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the University of Las Vegas organized a nonpartisan national clean energy summit in Nevada with Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), former president Bill Clinton, conservative energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and "a parade of public and business leaders." The summit concluded with a series of consensus recommendations. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has a disappointing record on the summit's top recommendations for the federal government. http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/23/mccain-energy-summit/ McCain Campaign Calls Madonna Show 'Divisive' (FOXNews 8/24/08) John McCain's campaign engaged in somewhat of a celebrity feud with Madonna Sunday, after the material girl compared the Arizona senator with Adolf Hitler and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe during her world tour. http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/elections/~3/373809312/<http://feeds.foxnews.com/%7Er/foxnews/elections/%7E3/373809312/> Hollywood conservatives to rally for McCain (Washington Times 8/22/08) Stephen Dinan and Ralph Z. Hallow As Democrats celebrate in Denver next week, Republican presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will be trying to fire up some star power of his own by collecting checks and support from conservatives in Hollywood. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/22/hollywood-conservatives-to-rally-for-mccain/ Big Money Still Has Prominent Seat at Parties' Conventions (NYT 8/23/08) By LESLIE WAYNE and MICHAEL LUO ...The rewarding of big-money donors at the coming conventions strikes some discordant notes for Mr. Obama — and Senator John McCain, too — as each has sharply criticized the influence of money in politics. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us/politics/23convention.html?pagewanted=print *See LA Times's "Convention donors often have business before lawmakers and regulators": * http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-convention25-2008aug25,0,3189583.story Brother: Wives handle McCain finances (Politico 8/22/08) By: Kenneth P. Vogel John McCain tripped over a question about how many houses he and his wife own because when he was growing up, his mother — not his father — handled the family finances, according to McCain's younger brother. http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=ECA4AE12-18FE-70B2-A8816843A5AE329B McCain's Proposed Cuts Insufficient To Pay For McCain's Proposed Wars (Wonk Room 8/23/08) By Lawrence Korband Laura Conley In his two terms in office, President Bush has managed to turn a budget surplus of $236 billion in 2000 into a projected deficit of $482 billion in 2009. Last month, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior economic adviser to Senator John McCain (R-AZ), submitted the presumptive Republican nominee's budget proposal to the Washington Post editorial board. In it, McCain proposes to balance the federal budget by 2013, in part by curbing defense expenditures. While there is certainly a need to cut wasteful and unnecessary spending in the Pentagon budget, this proposal is a tepid effort at best. http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/22/mccains-proposed-cuts-insufficient/ New McCain Ad Hits Obama Again (CBS blog 8/22/08) Posted by Brian Montopoli| The war over which candidate is out of touch with the common man continues. A day after Barack Obama's campaign put out an ad knocking John McCain for not knowing how many houses he owns, the McCain campaign has released a new spot, "Higher," that starts with an announcer saying this of Obama: "Celebrities don't have to worry about family budgets, but we sure do." http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/22/politics/horserace/entry4373599.shtml *Link to video of ad ("Higher"): *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHoUUEkQjTk Pundits And Writers Start Hitting McCain For Non-Stop P.O.W. References (TPM 8/22/08) By Greg Sargent As all you regulars know, the McCain camp's constant evocation of his P.O.W. past as an all-purpose shield against any and all criticism is a singular obsession of this blog. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/pundits_and_writers_start_hitt.php Jail inmate charged in McCain office threat (AP 8/22/08) Prosecutors charged a jail inmate Friday with sending a threatening letter and white powder to a Colorado campaign office for GOP presidential candidate John McCain. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-22-mccain-threat_N.htm?csp=34 FL Dems: 'Priceless' (Politico blog 8/22/08) By Ben Smith State Democratic parties are gleefully driving Obama's message today, and the Florida Party is up with a video echoing the shots at McCain's houses and his shoes, and going a bit further than Obama does: It features footage of Cindy McCain talking about the virtues of traveling by private plane. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/FL_Dems_Priceless.html?showall *Link to video of ad ("Priceless"):* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GApHeJTPU *Link to McCain Response:* http://thepage.time.com/mccain-response-to-florida-democratic-video/ OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS LAMBRO: A changeless party? (Washington Times 8/25/08) For weeks, John McCain has been pounding Barack Obama in TV ads that depict him as an inexperienced, in-over-his-head celebrity candidate who is not up to the job of commander in chief. And for most of that time, the freshman Democratic senator, who said he offered the voters "a new kind of politics," has not responded with an effective counteroffensive of his own. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/25/a-changeless-party/ Accentuate the Negative (NYT 8/25/08) By PAUL KRUGMAN So the Obama campaign has turned to the politics of personal destruction, attempting to make a campaign issue out of John McCain's inability to remember how many houses he has. And the turn comes not a moment too soon. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/opinion/25krugman.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin Social Security on Ice (Washington Post 8/25/08) The presidential candidates appear eager to avoid a serious debate about how to fix it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401658_pf.html McCain's reality isn't ours (Chicago Sun-Times 8/24/08) Joe Bungalow, we ask you to peek in your closet and count how many pairs of shoes you own. Five pairs? Maybe six? Consider this: John McCain's family owns more homes than you own shoes. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1122954,CST-EDT-edit24a.article Too Much of a Bad Thing (NYT 8/24/08) By MAUREEN DOWD ...[McCain's] campaign is cheapening his greatest strength — and making a mockery of his already dubious claim that he's reticent to talk about his P.O.W. experience — by flashing the P.O.W. card to rebut any criticism, no matter how unrelated. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/opinion/24dowd.html?pagewanted=print Last Call for Change We Can Believe In (NYT 8/24/08) By FRANK RICH As the presidential race finally gains the country's full attention, the strategy Barack Obama used to vanquish Hillary Clinton must be rebooted to take out John McCain. ...McCain's trigger-happy temperament and reactionary policies offer worse than no change. He is an unstable bridge back not just to Bush policies but to an increasingly distant 20th-century America that is still fighting Red China in Vietnam and the Soviet Union in the cold war. As the country tries to navigate the fast-moving changes of the 21st century, McCain would put America on hold. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/opinion/24rich.html The wrong way to war (Washington Times 8/24/08) Diana West I hate to say it, but both John McCain and Barack Obama are wrong in their approaches to Iraq. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/24/the-wrong-way-to-war/ Voting for the Average Joe (Boston Globe 8/24/08) By Joan Vennochi WHO HAS the most common touch, Barack Obama or John McCain? Bank balances and real estate holdings don't provide the answer. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/08/24/voting_for_the_average_joe?mode=PF The Point: A man of words is a man of substance (Philadelphia Inquirer 8/24/08) By Mark Bowden Given the manifest rhetorical talents of Barack Obama, oratory itself has become an issue in this year's presidential campaign. Attacking the Illinois senator for being a great orator may be like condemning Ryan Howard for hitting home runs, but John McCain, being a military man, knows that sometimes the best move is a frontal assault on his enemy's strongest point. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080824_The_Point__A_man_of_words_is_a_man_of_substance.html Obama and McCain's glass houses (LA Times 8/23/08) Neither candidate qualifies as an 'ordinary American,' so stop the sniping over personal wealth. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-houses23-2008aug23,0,1801675.story?track=rss Extreme Campaign Makeover (Washington Post 8/23/08) IT USED TO BE that scandals were named for buildings. (Remember Watergate?) Now, it seems, they're about buildings. John McCain doesn't know how many houses he and his wife own. Barack Obama bought his with an assist from a man later convicted of felonies. So much for the substantive, high-road campaign. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202088_pf.html McCain's Drill Appeal (NYT 8/23/08) By CHARLES M. BLOW Mr. Obama, I'm stunned. You've allowed John McCain to use the energy issue to steal your momentum and erase your lead in the polls. ... Yes, I know. It's a gimmick.... Put the intellectualism on hold and get smart. Concise, catchy and positive: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/opinion/23blow.html?pagewanted=print Why McCain and Obama reading Hemingway is good (Chicago Tribune 8/23/08) By Julia Keller Two men. One book. What gives? http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-et-candidatebooks23-2008aug23,0,7068826.story?track=rss BUSH NEWS Fla. homes evacuated as waters rise in wake of Fay (AP 8/24/08) By SARAH LARIMER The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay lingered Sunday, forcing residents in several parts of northern Florida to leave their homes as floodwaters rose. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080824/D92OU6SO0.html Bush blames Democrats for high gas prices (AP 8/23/08) President Bush on Saturday blamed the Democratic-led Congress for the high cost of gasoline and renewed his call for expanded offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-23-bush-gas_N.htm?csp=34 OTHER TOP NEWS Census Data Will Put Economy at Top of Convention Agenda (NY Sun 8/25/08) By RUSSELL BERMANSenator Obama will likely have another talking point at the Democratic National Convention tomorrow when the Census Bureau releases data on poverty, income, and the number of uninsured. http://www.nysun.com/national/census-data-will-put-economy-at-top-of-convention/84481/ Pakistan government bans Taleban (BBC 8/25/08) Baitullah Mehsud Pakistan has banned the Taleban militant group which has been behind many suicide attacks in the country since 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7580475.stm Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels (BBC 8/25/08) Both houses of Russia's parliament have urged the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7580386.stm Russian Nuclear Pact Stalls (WSJ 8/24/08) By Jay Solomon The Bush administration's landmark nuclear-cooperation agreement with Russia is unlikely to gain passage before President George W. Bush leaves office, the latest sign of how Russia's offensive in Georgia has roiled the international scene. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944599188265089.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy Russia aims to keep control of Georgian port city (AP 8/23/08) By BELA SZANDELSZKY Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080823/D92O5JHG1.html Billionaire Harold Simmons funded ad linking Obama, ex-Weatherman Ayers (LA Times 8/23/08) By Dan Morain A major fundraiser for John McCain, he also helped pay for the Swift Boat ads that attacked the military record of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry in 2004. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-simmons23-2008aug23,0,2360525.story?track=rss al-Qaeda claims to have killed 130 in Algeria (AP 8/23/08) al-Qaeda's North African branch claimed to have killed at least 130 people in Algeria in a spate of attacks this month — nearly twice the official death toll, said a statement carried on a website frequently used by militants. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-23-Algeria-bombings_N.htm?csp=34 "So Let Me Introduce to You the Next President–the Next Vice President…" (The Page 8/23/08) Obama slips up while introducing his newly minted veep Biden in Springfield Illinois at the state house, accidentally calls him "the next President."...McCain camp responds: "The reality is that nothing has changed since Joe Biden first made his assessment that Barack Obama is not ready to lead." http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/23/so-let-me-introduce-to-you-the-next-president-the-next-vice-president/ *Link to full McCain response:* http://thepage.time.com/mccain-camp-statement-on-obamas-springfield-speech-gaffe/ Bernanke: Financial crisis taking toll on economy (AP 8/22/08) By Jeannine Aversa Bernanke says financial crisis taking toll on economy, inflation outlook uncertain http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080822/bernanke.html?.v=3 POLLS CNN poll: Post-Biden poll shows dead heat (CNN blog 8/24/08) CNN/Opinion Research Corp. national poll released late Sunday: Obama 47, McCain 47 Dates conducted: August 23-24. Error margin: 3.5 points. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/24/cnn-poll-post-biden-poll-shows-dead-heat/ WashPost/ABC: Obama Up By Four (ThePage 8/24/08) From WashPost/ABC: Obama: 49 McCain: 45 Poll was conducted before Biden announcement, though three-quarters said picking Biden would not sway their votes. http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/24/national-poll-gives-slight-edge-to-obama/ *See WaPo's "Support for Each Candidate Holds Steady":* http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082302288_pf.html *See ABC's "High Hopes, Major Doubts for Obama and McCain Alike": * http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5639636&page=1 -- Sara DuBois Tracking / Communications Manager ProgressiveAccountability.org [email protected] 202-609-7681 (office) 410-967-7306 (cell) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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