[big campaign] '08 Daily News Clips - 5/21

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Election Daily News Clips*May 21st, 2008* Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 10am BUSH: Meets with the National Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the White House 1:25pm BUSH: eets with the Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon 8:30pm McCain: Finance Reception in Irvine, CA News Clips: MCCAIN NEWS *McCain adviser's work as lobbyist comes to light (USA TODAY 5/21/08)* By Matt Kelley John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied the Arizona senator's staff on behalf of the republic of Georgia while he was working for the campaign, public records show. Randy Scheunemann, founder of Orion Strategies, represented the governments of Macedonia, Georgia and Taiwan between 2003 and March 1, according to the firm's filings with the Justice Department. In its latest semiannual report, the firm disclosed that Scheunemann had a phone conversation in November about Georgia with Richard Fontaine, an aide in McCain's Senate office. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-20-McCainadviser_N.htm *Lobbyists: This is our thanks?* By: Jeanne Cummings (Politico 5/21/08) A lobbyist purge is under way as McCain seeks to wrest the reformist title from Democrat Barack Obama. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10497.html *McCain, Obama clash over U.S. Cuba policy (Miami Herald 5/21/08)* BY BETH REINHARD AND CASEY WOODS John McCain used a Cuban Independence Day speech in Miami to hammer Barack Obama on foreign policy as Florida takes center stage in the presidential campaign. http://www.miamiherald.com/979/story/541014.html *Link to transcript of speech:* http://www.miamiherald.com/1060/story/540029.html *McCain Vows to Keep U.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba (WSJ 5/21/08)* By DAVID LUHNOW and ELIZABETH HOLMES; Page A6 Position Sharpens Divide With Obama; Approval in Miami... John McCain told Cuban-Americans Tuesday that he would maintain the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba if he is elected president, and he attacked Barack Obama for his willingness to meet with Cuba's leader. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121133196540109195.html?mod=googlenews_wsj *See NYT - Cuba Is Topic as McCain Continues Attack on Obama:* http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin *See LA Times - McCain, in Miami, promises to continue isolating Cuba:* http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccain21-2008may21,0,1186564.story *McCain Assails Obama Over Readiness To Talk With Hostile Foreign Leaders (Washington Post 5/21/08)* By Glenn Kessler and Juliet Eilperin; A07 Sen. John McCain stepped up his assault on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials at a rally in Miami yesterday, criticizing Obama's willingness to talk to Cuban President Raul Castro and other hostile foreign leaders without preconditions. But McCain's argument was undercut when a 2006 video emerged of former secretary of state James A. Baker III, a prominent McCain supporter, saying that "talking to an enemy is not in my view appeasement." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001777.html *McCain Courts Cuban Vote in Florida Visit (NPR 5/21/08)* by Greg Allen Morning Edition - Sen. John McCain pays a visit to a reliable Republican voting bloc, addressing Cuban-American voters in Miami. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee hopes anti-Castro sentiment will help him carry Florida in November's general election. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664126 *Link to audio:* javascript:NPR.Player.openPlayer(90664126, 90664104, null, NPR.Player.Action.PLAY_NOW, NPR.Player.Type.STORY, '0') *Hagel Suggests McCain Will Change Tune If Elected (Washington Post blog 5/21/08)* By Glenn Kessler Sen. John McCain may be blasting Sen. Barack Obama now for his willingness to meet with Iran's leaders, but Sen. Chuck Hagel -- a close friend of McCain's -- suggested tonight that McCain's rhetoric stems from presidential politics, not conviction. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/20/hagel_suggests_mccain_will_cha.html *Obama leads McCain in cash on hand (AP 5/21/08)* By JIM KUHNHENN Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, his presidential money apparatus slowed only slightly, raised more than $31 million in April, outdistancing Republican John McCain, who nevertheless enjoyed his best fundraising month yet. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU_P23eyGmxqE8EEa7ba6r86BpIwD90PR6CG0 *See also:* http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/mccain-has-reco.html *Obama sets sights on McCain in fundraising war (Politico 5/21/08)* By: Jeanne Cummings Obama thumps McCain and Dem rival. The potential, yawning financial gap between the two candidates turns an historic GOP advantage on its head. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10515.html *Adm. John McCain's Lessons from Vietnam (WSJ blog 5/21/08)* By: Steven Waldman The New York Times Magazine published an interesting piece this week about how Sen. John McCain's Vietnam experience has shaped his Iraq policy. But it left out a highly salient factor: His father. http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/05/21/adm-john-mccains-lessons-from-vietnam/ *Judges stance bolsters McCain (Washington Times 5/21/08)* By Ralph Z. Hallow Prominent conservatives and activists are indicating they will put aside their differences with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and rally their supporters to his side because of one issue: federal judgeships. http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NATION/522218600/1001 *John McCain: A Man Apart (Essence 5/20/08)* By Tatsha Robertson In an exclusive interview, ESSENCE talks to the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain about engaging Black America, fixing public school education and his plan to beat Obama http://www.essence.com/essence/lifestyle/voices/0,16109,1807698-1,00.html *Baker Says Talking with Enemies is Not Appeasement (Washington Post blog 5/20/08)* By Glenn Kessler A video clip of former secretary of state James A. Baker is making the rounds of the Internet, providing an interesting counterpoint to the furious argument between Sen. Barack Obama and the Republicans over whether it is proper to talk to enemies. President Bush started a furor when, during a speech to the Israeli parliament last week, he said that negotiating with "terrorists and radicals" such as Iran was "the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history." http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/20/baker_says_talking_with_enemie.html#more *Chafee: 'It's a different John McCain' running for president than the one I served with in the Senate (ThinkProgress 5/20/08)* In an interview with Fox News's Neil Cavuto today, former Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chafee, who recently left the Republican Party to become an Independent and is supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), said "there are two John McCains": http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/chafee-its-a-different-john-mccain-running-for-president-than-the-one-i-served-with-in-the-senate/ *McCain's '97 Lobbyist Bill Would Cripple Current Campaign (Huffington Post 5/20/08)* By Sam Stein Senator John McCain has a lobbyist problem. This past week, as several aides resigned because of their work representing unsavory governments, his campaign implemented a new policy governing these potential conflicts of interest. That led to the departure of additional staffers, including former Rep. Thomas Loeffler, a key adviser and fundraiser. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/20/mccains-97-lobbyist-bill_n_102662.html *While Attacking Obama, Romney Forgets That Bush Met With Putin 'In His First Year Of Office' (ThinkProgress 5/20/08)* On Fox & Friends this morning, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney added to Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) and President Bush's attacks against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) over his openness to engaging with the leaders of rogue states like Iran. Romney said that "without precondition, in his first year of office," no president should "sit down" with leaders like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or former Russian President Vladimir Putin: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/romney-putin-first-year/ *McCain to Attend NAACP Convention (AP 5/21/08)* What a difference a nomination makes. Now that he's wrapped up the Republican nomination for president, Sen. John McCain has decided to attend the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Cincinnati in July. A year ago when he was just one of a pack of GOP contenders, he turned down the civil rights group's invitation. http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1808186,00.html *Things younger than John McCain (Chicago Tribune blog 5/20/08)* By Don Frederick Later this week, John McCain's campaign is expected to confront head-on questions about his physical fitness to be president -- an issue stemming partly from his age -- with the release of his medical records and a briefing from doctors. http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/things_younger_than_john_mccai.html *John McCain's Misadventures in the Skin Trade (NY Observer 5/20/08)* by Matt Haber Remember back when HDTV was still emerging and internet list-makers began compiling which stars would suffer the most under the format's punishing clarity? Cameron Diaz was tagged for acne scars. Renee Zellwegger's "lightly botchy red face" was noted in Time. John Travolta's hair was called into question. Now, will presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain suffer the same fate? http://www.observer.com/2008/john-mccains-misadventures-skin-trade *McCain's Savannah Press Conference (TIME blog 5/20/08)* Posted by Joe Klein At a press conference here, I just asked John McCain about why he keeps talking about Obama's alleged willingness to talk to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has no power over Iranian foreign policy, rather than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who does. He said that Ahmadinejad is the guy who represents Iran in international forums like the United Nations, which is a fair point. When I followed with the observation that the Supreme Leader is, uh, the Supreme Leader, McCain responded that the "average American" thinks Ahmadinejad is the boss. Didn't get a chance to follow up to that, but I would have asked, "But isn't it your job to correct those sorts of mistaken impressions on the part of the American public?" Oh well. http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/05/mccains_savannah_press_confere.html *McKinnon To Step Aside From McCain Effort (Washington Post blog 5/20/08)* By Chris Cillizza Mark McKinnon, the lead media consultant for Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) presidential bid, is stepping down from that role -- making good on a pledge he made last year not to work against Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the fall campaign. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mckinnon_to_step_aside_from_mc.html# *McCain Campaign: Obama's "Reckless" -- So Please Contribute To Us (Atlantic Online 5/20/08)* By Marc Ambinder Here's the latest fundraising solicitation from the McCain campaign: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/mccain_campaign_obamas_reckles.php *McCain taps Florida director (Politico blog 5/20/08)* By Jonathan Martin John McCain has reached into Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's inner circle to find his Sunshine State campaign director. Arlene DiBenigno, a top aide on Crist's 2006 gubernatorial campaign before becoming his deputy chief of staff in Tallahassee, took the reins of McCain's Florida effort on May 15. She'll be based in Tallahassee. http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/McCain_taps_Florida_director.html *McCain taps familiar face to run mid-Atlantic (Politico blog 5/20/08)* By Jonathan Martin Trey Walker, a longtime South Carolina operative and John McCain backer, is being brought up to run the mid-Atlantic region for the senator's campaign, according to a McCain spokesman. http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/McCain_taps_familiar_face_to_run_midAtlantic.html *Attacking Black (Politico blog 5/20/08)* By Ben Smith MoveOn puts its catalogue of Charlie Blacks unsavory clients on air. Noam also spots a rather amazing line in the Times: Rick Davis pitching himself to clients as a "Washington insider." The lobbying mess seems unlikely to go away, and has turned into a bit of a media treasure hunt. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Attacking_Black.html *Link to video of ad*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMEfv2V2u74 *OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS* *It's time for straight talk, not clichés, about Cuba (Miami Herald 5/21/08) * BY MICHAEL PUTNEY Get ready for a fresh blast of gale force rhetoric about Cuba, some it refreshing but most as stale as last week's ropa vieja. The winds starting blowing yesterday with remarks by John McCain to mark Cuba Independence Day and will continue later this week with a speech to the Cuban American National Foundation by Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/541055.html *Democrats and Our Enemies (WSJ 5/21/08)* By JOSEPH LIEBERMA; Page A19 How did the Democratic Party get here? How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose? http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121132806884008847.html *BUSH NEWS* *Bush Team Criticizes New Report About Iran (NYT 5/21/08)* By STEVEN LEE MYERS The White House sharply criticized a news organization on Tuesday for the second time in two days over reports about administration policy toward Iran, dismissing an Israeli report that President Bush was preparing to order an attack on Iran before leaving office in eight months. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/washington/21prexy.html *See also:* http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/20/iran_denial/index.html?source=refresh *Bush to attend EU-US summit in Slovenia: White House (AFP 5/20/08)* US President George W. Bush will attend an EU-US summit in Slovenia in June as part of a European tour including stops in Germany, Italy, the Vatican, France and Britain, the White House announced Tuesday. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghEPcRsGNHaNfVc05XGUGLsJFpYg *McCain Taps Bush's Money-Raising Ability (US News & World Report 5/20/08* President Bush is planning to ride to John McCain's rescue, at least when it comes to collecting money. Bush will headline a fundraising event with McCain in Phoenix May 27 and is expected to do two more funders for McCain and other GOP candidates May 28 at events in Utah hosted by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/20/mccain-taps-bushs-money-raising-ability.html *OTHER TOP NEWS* *Kennedy's Brain Tumor 'Very Bad News' (ABC 5/21/08)* By ALLYSON T. COLLINS Senator Likely Faces Tough Odds in Battle Against Tumor... Many of us may not have heard the term "malignant glioma" before today. In short, it's a cancerous brain tumor -- and the diagnosis now facing Mass. Sen. Edward Kennedy. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=4896380&page=1 *Agreement in Lebanon to End Political Crisis (NYT 5/22/08)* By NADA BAKRI and ALAN COWELL The Hezbollah-led Shiite opposition and the Lebanese government backed by the West and Saudi Arabia, reached an agreement on Wednesday to resolve an 18-month political crisis that has crippled the country and recently triggered the worst fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/world/middleeast/22lebanon.html?hp *House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices (Reuters 5/20/08)* By Tom Doggett Tue May 20, 2:27 PM ET The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/ts_nm/congress_opec_dc;_ylt=At3Xoj1N8jN2El.ThPcNH0.s0NUE *Obama Claims Delegate Majority (WSJ 5/21/08)* By Jackie Calmes Barack Obama edged closer to the delegates needed for the Democratic presidential nomination and won a big victory Tuesday in Oregon's primary, even as Hillary Clinton crushed him for a second straight week in a border South state, this time Kentucky, and vowed to continue to fight. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121134258761009871.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox *Oregon Democratic Primary (AP 5/21/08)* Candidate Votes % Barack Obama 330,533 58% Hillary Clinton 235,937 42% http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/primaries/states/or/d/ *Link to telephone exit poll results:* http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#ORDEM *Kentucky Democratic Primary (AP 5/21/08)* Kentucky Democratic Primary Results Candidate Votes % Hillary Clinton 459,145 65% Barack Obama 209,771 30% Uncommitted 18,029 3% John Edwards 14,182 2% http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/primaries/states/ky/d/ *Link to exit poll results:* http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#KYDEM -- Sara DuBois Deputy Director, Tracking/Media Monitoring Progressive Media USA [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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