[big campaign] '08 Daily News Clips - 6/9

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Election Daily News Clips *June 9th, 2008* Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 5:30pm McCain: Finance Reception in Washington, DC 6:30pm McCain: Finance Reception in McLean, VA News Clips: MCCAIN NEWS *McCain Extends His Outreach, but Evangelicals Are Still Wary (NYT 6/9/08)* By MICHAEL LUO ...Mr. McCain's outreach to evangelicals has been a quiet courting, reflecting a balancing act: his election hopes rely on drawing in the political middle and Democrats who might be turned off should he woo the religious right too heavily by, for instance, highlighting his anti-abortion position more on the campaign trail. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/us/politics/09mccain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss *In Crowd Size, Obama Has the Edge (WSJ 6/9/08)* By LAURA MECKLER; Page A5 ...The disparity in crowd size between the two candidates is striking, as are the candidates' oratorical abilities when they speak before those large gatherings. But does it even matter? Experts and political consultants say that in some respects, it does, though the crowd size isn't nearly as important as it might seem. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121296861597155771.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox *John McCain's Ohio disconnect (LA Times 6/9/08)* By Peter Wallsten Republican Party machinery in the state helped get President Bush into office, but it's not firing yet on McCain's behalf. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ohio9-2008jun09,0,1838453.story *Obama Would Win Big -- in Europe (WSJ 6/9/08)* By John D. McKinnon, John W. Miller and Marc Champion While the race between Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain remains close among U.S. voters, Europeans have given their hearts to the likely Democratic nominee. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121295864168055409.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox *Old Partisan Gulf Is Back, Broad and Looming Large (NYT 6/9/08)* By JOHN HARWOOD Strange as it sounds, the first five months of the 2008 campaign lacked the most powerful force in contemporary politics: partisanship fueled by ideology. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/us/politics/09caucus.html?scp=1&sq=&st=nyt *McCain: To Russia, without love (Salon 6/9/08)* By Mark Benjamin John McCain and his national security advisor both want to get tough with Russia -- but one of them got paid to say so. Does McCain have another lobbyist problem? ...the sound of sabers rattling is music to the ears of Randy Scheunemann, the McCain campaign's senior foreign policy and national security advisor. ...until very recently he was paid to support that stance. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/mccain/ *McCain and Obama: The odd candidates (Politico 6/9/08)* By: Carrie Budoff Brown and Jonathan Martin To understand the stylistic gulf between Barack Obama and John McCain, first consider their cultural references. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10926.html *McCain FEC complaints filed, TV ad runs (Baltimore Sun blog 6/9/08)* by Jill Zuckman Campaign Money Watch, a non-profit watchdog group, files a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission asking it to investigate two possible violations of campaign finance law by Sen. John McCain's campaign. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mccain_fec_complaints_filed_tv.html *Link to video of ad:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8OXXZCn9QI *McCain, Obama Overlap on Environment, Immigration, Guantanamo (Bloomberg 6/9/08)* By Kristin Jensen The next president plans to issue new policies to address global warming, overhaul immigration laws, advocate more government transparency and close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aH8EMkkeMCtw&refer=politics *Senator Graham: McCain's Policies Would "Absolutely" Be An Extension Of Bush's (Huffington Post 6/8/08)* Senator John McCain has aggressively tried to distance himself from Bush in an effort to avoid being tagged by Democrats as running for Bush's third term. However, ... McCain's chief surrogate, Senator Lindsey Graham, did not adhere to that message during his appearance on ABC's This Week, with George Stephanopoulos. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/senator-graham-mccains-po_n_105916.html *Link to video:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKm87MV_u_4 *McCain, Obama reject NYC offer on town hall (AP 6/8/08)* By SARA KUGLER John McCain and Barack Obama rejected an offer Sunday from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News to host the first proposed presidential town hall because they do not want it limited to one television network. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060800575.html *How to Beat a Rock Star: 'Substance.' (Newsweek 6/16/08 Issue)* By Holly Bailey and Jon Meacham John McCain spoke with NEWSWEEK... about the general election, Barack Obama, Iraq, prewar intelligence and the press. Edited excerpts: http://www.newsweek.com/id/140470 *The unhappy warrior (Politico 6/808)* By: Jonathan Martin Openly frustrated by what they see as an ongoing double standard in the press's treatment of his campaign, Sen. John McCain and his aides have been aggressively denouncing unfavorable stories as "smear jobs" and "scurrilous attacks," while the candidate himself has launched a series of stinging attacks on Sen. Barack Obama. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10919.html *In Energy Policy, McCain, Obama Differ on Role of Government (WSJ 6/8/08)* By Stephen Power Arizona Republican John McCain and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama say a lot of the same things about energy and environmental policy: Both want to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil and fight global warming. Both want binding caps on greenhouse-gas emissions. Both see a stepped-up role for nuclear power. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121296676181055711.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox *Iraq, Not Economy, Frames the Presidential Debate (Washington Post 6/8/08)* By Perry Bacon Jr.; A11 With the country confronting a rising jobless rate, soaring gas prices and a shaky stock market, voters say their biggest concern is the economy. But it is the debate over Iraq that could define the contest between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060702124.html *Each Party Is Set to Hunt The Other's Usual Ground (Washington Post 6/8/08) * By Dan Balz; A01 The 2008 general election will pit the best-organized nomination campaign in the history of modern Democratic politics against the battle-tested machinery of the Republican Party, with both Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) determined to shake up an electoral map that has been virtually static over the past two elections. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060702222.html?hpid=topnews *A study in contrasts (Chicago Tribune 6/8/08)* By Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in modern times, at least on a par with the Johnson-Goldwater and Reagan-Mondale elections. www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-mccain-differencejun08,0,3350838.story *Long, busy summer lies ahead of McCain and Obama (AP 6/8/08)* By CHARLES BABINGTON Long summer lies ahead of Barack Obama, John McCain, with votes to chase, conventions to hold http://www.newsweek.com/id/140624 *Race issue may prove tricky for McCain campaign (Newsday 6/8/08)* BY TOM BRUNE Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination, Republican John McCain faces the unprecedented, and tricky, task of building a campaign against the first black presidential candidate of a major party in a general election campaign. newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/news/ny-bzheard085717463jun08,0,6497110.story *Ohio suburbs key for McCain (Cincinnati Enquirer 6/8/08)* BY HOWARD WILKINSON ...It is no accident that on the night John McCain wrapped up the GOP presidential nomination, he placed a call to a gathering at the Butler County Republican Party headquarters. He needs those people to be his new best friends. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806080342 *McCain Breaks With Bush On Critical Matter Of Golfing During The Endless And Pointless Wars They Both Love So Much (Huffington Post 6/8/08)* By Jason Linkins John McCain has made it clear that he wants voters to think of him as a Straight Talky McMaverick who's never been shy to stand apart from the failed policies of President Bush. Unfortunately, McCain has always struggled to come up with examples where the difference between the two men can be discerned. So far we have 1) was slightly more into the terrible idea known as the "Surge," and 2) is a little bit more environmentalish in that he likes the environment and is sorry that he's got no real effective ideas to help the environment http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/mccain-breaks-with-bush-o_n_105918.html *McCain Anti-War Ad Coming to Colorado (KRDO Colorado 6/8/08)* By SCOTT HARRISON It mentions the military tradition in his family, and his own experience as a Vietnam prisoner of war. However, a new anti-war political ad from Republican presidential candidate John McCain focuses on opposing the war in Iraq. http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8448508 *The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind (UK's The Daily Mail 6/8/08)* By Sharon Churcher ...McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by referring to his five years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam. And to demonstrate his commitment to family values, the 71-year-old former US Navy pilot pays warm tribute to his beautiful blonde wife, Cindy, with whom he has four children. But there is another Mrs McCain who casts a ghostly shadow over the Senator's presidential campaign. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html *Tom DeLay's wife plans to vote against McCain (Washington Times 6/8/08)* By Stephen Dinan Tom DeLay will vote for John McCain but the former House Republican leader said his wife, Christine, is planning to vote for Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/08/tom-delays-wife-plans-vote-against-mccain/ *MCCAIN TO OPEN UP FUNDRAISERS TO PRESS (MSNBC 6/7/08)* By Kelly O'Donnell ...McCain advisors expect to have a new policy on fundraiser coverage as early as next week. The campaign expects to include a print pool with no still or video coverage inside fundraisers where McCain appears and makes remarks. *McCain Adviser: McCain's Tax Plan 'Will Bring The Budget To Balance By The End Of His First Term' (ThinkProgress 6/7/08)* Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) rhetoric on the budget has become increasingly muddled in recent months. McCain has gone from pushing a balanced budget by 2012, to a balanced budget by 2017, to a "who cares" approach. A brief timeline:... http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/07/holtz-eakin-deficit/ *Obama assails McCain over Everglades vote (LA Times 6/7/08)* By Terry McDermott The Arizona senator defends his opposition to a 2007 restoration bill, saying it was larded with pork-barrel projects. The sharp exchange may signal a contentious general-election season ahead. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign7-2008jun07,0,1967339.story *Clinton Bloc Becomes the Prize for Election Day (NYT 6/7/08)* By JODI KANTOR Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before. *McCain camp notes a word missing from Hillary exit speech (Politico blog 6/7/08)* By Jonathan Martin ...the McCain folks have been on-message in trying to pick off the disaffected Clinton supporters that undeniably do exist (and I saw more than a few in the National Building Musuem today...). Clinton didn't hurt this cause by not mentioning McCain a single time in her speech today. http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/McCain_camp_notes_a_word_missing_from_Hillary_exit_speech__.html *McCain camp: Lean mode will win (Politico 6/7/08)* By: Mike Allen Advisers to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told reporters Friday that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will get a sharp bounce in the polls that could last most of the summer, but they said Republicans have built a muscular campaign that can prevail in a brutal political environment. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10908.html *McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising (AP 6/7/08)* By LIZ SIDOTI With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080607/D9152K080.html *Link to PowerPoint of McCain strategy briefing:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tiDACmM4eM *No Clones and No Crazies (NEWSWEEK 6/7/08)* Howard Fineman What John McCain is looking for in a vice president candidate. http://www.newsweek.com/id/140549/output/print *Talk of War and Family Highlights McCain's Kickoff Commercial (NYT 6/7/08)* By JULIE BOSMAN ...If Mr. McCain has developed a reputation as a warmonger, with his strong support of the Iraq war and his campaign-trail jokes about bombing Iran..., this advertisement is an effort to smooth over that perception. It also puts the best possible spin on his support for the unpopular Iraq war... Drawing on the McCain family's history of military service sends the message that Mr. McCain is rich in experience and strong on national security, two areas that have formed the core of his argument against Senator Barack Obama. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/us/politics/07adbox.html?_r=1&oref=slogin *Link to video of ad ("Safe"):* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1OUxBvlLr0 *See WSJ "McCain Stresses 'Safe' Theme In Ad Campaign"*: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121279048063753137.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox *Abortion-Rights Advocates Take Aim at McCain (WSJ blog 6/6/08)* By Amy Schatz Abortion rights activists are using Saturday's anniversary of a milestone in the pro-choice movement to focus a little fire on one of Republican presidential candidate John McCain's potential weak spots. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/06/abortion-rights-advocates-take-aim-at-mccain/ *McCain Says It's Unclear Whether Bush Wiretapping Was Legal (NYT blog 6/6/08)* By Michael Cooper Senator John McCain, whose campaign has sent conflicting signals about whether he believes President Bush acted within his rights in ordering wiretapping without warrants, said Friday in Florida that it was "ambiguous'' whether the program was legal. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/mccain-says-its-unclear-whether-bush-wiretapping-was-legal/#more-5323 *McCain Economic Adviser Derides Bush (Washington Post blog 6/6/08)* By Michael D. Shear Republican Sen. John McCain's top domestic policy adviser derided President Bush's knowledge of the economy, saying in an interview published today that Bush knows nothing about the economy except taxes. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/06/mccain_economic_adviser_deride.html#more *A Well-Connected Campaign Firm Resurfaces (Washington Post blog 6/6/08)* By Matthew Mosk When Republican Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign hit the financial skids last summer, he reported that he owed one of his largest vendors $1,079,000. The debt was owed to a computer company, called 3eDC. The firm has close ties to McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and his lobbying partner Paul Manafort. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/06/a_well-connected_campaign_firm.html *OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS* *A Campaign We Can Believe In? (NYT 6/9/08)* By William Kristol Republicans I've talked to are alarmed that the McCain campaign doesn't seem up to the task of electing John McCain. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/0a6/09/opinion/09kristol.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin *McCain's Evangelical Problem (Washington Post 6/9/08)* By Robert D. Novak; A17 Shortcomings by John McCain's campaign in the art of politics are alienating two organizations of Christian conservatives. James Dobson's Focus on the Family is estranged following the failure of Dobson and McCain to talk out their differences. Evangelicals who follow the Rev. John Hagee resent McCain's disavowal of him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060801689.html *Stop Raising Cash (Washington Post 6/9/08)* Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain should use the federal financing system for the fall campaign -- and reform it afterward. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060801677.html *Obama and McCain, the same? (LA Times 6/8/08)* Not quite. But here are their surprising policy overlaps. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-obamacain8-2008jun08,0,3502370.story *One Historic Night, Two Americas (NYT 6/8/08)* By FRANK RICH Barack Obama's resolutely cheerful embrace of the future is a wildly different vision of America than John McCain's promise of vigilant conservation of the past. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/opinion/08rich.html *Iraq helped Barack topple Hill, but could hurt him vs. Mac (Boston Herald 6/8/08)* By Bill O'Reilly Cutting through all the fog, there are two primary reasons behind Barack Obama's stunning victory over the Clinton machine: authenticity and the war in Iraq....Now Obama has achieved the nomination, but his winning primary strategy on Iraq could come back to haunt him in the general election, when the far left becomes rather insignificant. Already John McCain is painting Obama as a terror appeaser who would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq. http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2008_06_08_Iraq_helped_Barack_topple_Hill__but______/srvc=home&position=recent *EDITORIAL: Lobbyists and Washington politicians (Washington Times 6/7/08)* He insists he will curtail the influence of lobbyists and return government "to the people." His anti-lobbyist statements have aroused among the loudest cheers at his phenomenal rallies. He has declared: "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. They have not funded my campaign, they will not get a job in my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president." Mr. Obama's anti-lobbyist stance strikes a chord among Americans. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/07/editorial-lobbyists-and-washington-politicians/ *BUSH NEWS* *Citing History, Bush Suggests His Policies Will One Day Be Vindicated (Washington Post 6/9/08)* By Dan Eggen; A03 Meet George W. Bush, time traveler. ...President Bush leaps forward as well, envisioning a distant future in which Iraq is a tranquil democracy, Palestinians live peaceably alongside Israelis and terrorism is a tactic of the past. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060802255.html *Tough Words From This Cheney on U.S. Mideast Policy (Washington Post 6/9/08)* By Michael Abramowitz; A15 Looks as though another former Bush administration official is off the reservation. But don't expect the kind of fierce counterattack the White House and its friends waged recently against former press secretary Scott McClellan after the release of his tell-all book. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060801820.html *Bush: Obama choice a 'powerful moment' (Baltimore Sun blog 6/8/08)* by Mark Silva Bush calls the Democrats' choice of Barack Obama 'good for our democracy.' http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/bush_obama_choice_a_powerful_m.html *First Lady Laura Bush Arrives In Afghanistan (ABC blog 6/8/08)* By Jonathan Karl Reports Urging the world to "stand more strongly with Afghanistan," First Lady Laura Bush visited remote Bamiyan province, where the Taliban regime prompted international outrage by destroying two giant Buddhist statues in 2001. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/first-lady-laur.html *Europeans View America As A 'Force For Evil' Under Bush (ThinkProgress 6/6/08)* Last April, President Bush traveled to Europe to attend his final NATO summit. While there, he openly advocated that the alliance incorporate former Soviet republics Ukraine and George as full NATO members in an effort to "lay down a marker" for his "freedom agenda" legacy. However, NATO rebuffed, a "remarkable rejection of American policy in an alliance normally dominated by Washington." http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/06/european-bush/ *Bush Considers New Economic Stimulus (CBS/ AP 6/6/08)* President Bush is considering new measures to help stimulate the battered economy, the White House said Friday as unemployment and oil prices soared and Wall Street sank. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/06/national/main4161478.shtml *OTHER TOP NEWS* *Voters Rank Economy As Election's No. 1 Issue (WSJ 6/8/08)* By Susan Davis With drivers paying an average of $4 a gallon for gas for the first time and the U.S. posting a fifth straight month of job declines, the economy is at the forefront of the presidential race. The issue provides one of the starkest contrasts between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121296650917055695.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox *Gas price record reaches $4 a gallon (CNNMoney 6/8/08)* By Mark M. Meinero and Ben Rooney AAA's daily survey tops the milestone for the first time after a 1.7-cent rise. Lundberg survey nears $4 as well. http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/08/news/economy/gas_prices/?postversion=2008060809 *Opening shot in the battle over crime (LA Times 6/8/08)* By Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer On a website he calls ExposeObama.com, Floyd G. Brown, the producer of the Willie Horton ad..., is preparing an encore. ...Though in this presidential race crime has taken a back seat to the war in Iraq and the economy, some Republicans think Obama is vulnerable on the issue -- and they hope to inject it into the campaign. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-crime8-2008jun08,0,3386050.story *Gay Anglican U.S. bishop enters into civil union (Reuters 6/8/08)* By Jason Szep The openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop at the center of the Anglican church's global battle over homosexuality, has entered into a civil union with his longtime partner at a private ceremony. http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN0840650920080608 *The Long Road to a Clinton Exit (NYT 6/8/08)* By PETER BAKER and JIM RUTENBERG By the time the campaign tracked down the small-city Indiana mayor, Bill Clinton was in a lather. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had lost the North Carolina primary that evening and was eager to offset it with a win in Indiana. But a vote-counting delay in one county threatened to rob her of a prime-time victory speech. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html?ref=politics *Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama (NYT 6/7/08)* By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton formally threw her support behind Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, clearing the way for Mr. Obama to head into the general election with a plan to challenge Senator John McCain in typically Republican states. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/us/politics/07cnd-campaign.html?hp *Link to transcript:* http://thepage.time.com/full-transcript-of-clintons-concession-speech/ *Link to video:* http://youtube.com/watch?v=CtAeJoi1y0M *Link to Obama response:* http://thepage.time.com/obama-statement-on-clintons-endorsement/ *Al Franken Wins Endorsement for Senate (AP 6/7/08)* By PATRICK CONDON and BRIAN BAKST Franken wins Senate endorsement in Minnesota, overcoming - for now - uproar over past jokes http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5021429 *Huckabee Helps Choking NC Candidate With Heimlich (AP 6/7/08)* Former Republican presidential candidate Huckabee uses Heimlich to save choking man http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5022407 *POLLS* *Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (Rasmussen 6/8/08)* Obama 48% McCain 40% http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll *Poll finds electorate split between Obama, McCain (CNN 6/6/08)* * Barack Obama leads John McCain 49 percent to 46 percent among registered voters * Poll: more than one in five voters say they may change their minds before November * Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are both vying for independent voters * Without Sen. Clinton, 60 percent of her Democratic supporters would vote for Obama http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/poll.mccain.obama/index.html *Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 45% (Gallup 6/6/08)* Obama 46% McCain 45% http://www.gallup.com/poll/107737/Gallup-Daily-Obama-46-McCain-45.aspx *OTHER* *Test your John McCain IQ (Chicago Tribune 6/8/08)* How well do you know the Republican candidate for president? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-mccain-quiz,0,4099240,post.triviaquiz -- 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. 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. 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