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08 Election Daily News Clips
October 2nd, 2008
*Candidate Tracking:*
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
6:15pm McCain: Participating in a women's town hall in Denver, CO
9:00pm Palin: Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, MO
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
*McCain says "aye," and nothing else: The GOP nominee, so resolute last week
to get the House to pass the bailout plan, goes mysteriously mum. (AP
10/02/08)*
By Laurie Kellman and Liz Sidoti
The Republican presidential candidate who took the economic bailout so
seriously that he suspended his campaign last week stayed quiet when it came
time to vote on it….Before the roll was called, Arizona's McCain dined in
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's office.
When the series of votes were called, McCain did not acknowledge Obama as he
passed by; Obama later initiated a handshake.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10613463
*Will water be McCain's Waterloo in Colorado? (Denver Post blog 10/01/08)*
by Bob Ewegen
The Barack Obama campaign is now running radio ads in Colorado attacking
John McCain for talking about renegotiating the Colorado River Compact,
according to the Pueblo Chieftain.
The Chieftain is the newspaper that first broke the story of McCain
suggesting that the seven-state, 1922 River compact be renegotiated to
allocate more water to his home state of Arizona as well as Nevada and
California in an interview with veteran reporter Charles Ashby.
Within what seemed nano-seconds, McCain's comments prompted Colorado
Democrats and Republicans to put aside their differences and denounce the
GOP Presidential candidate's musings.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/2008/10/01/will-water-be-mccains-waterloo-in-colorado/
*McCain opposes regulation -- until he supports it (LA Times 10/02/08)*
By Noam N. Levey,
WASHINGTON -- As financial collapse threatened Wall Street and consumed
Washington, John McCain appeared to undergo a dramatic transformation. The
candidate who would shrink government became the candidate who would bulk it
up.
Just a day after debuting a television ad warning that "big government casts
a big shadow on us all," the Republican presidential hopeful told business
leaders in Wisconsin that a new federal agency was needed to intervene in
the markets. "Government," he said, "has a clear responsibility to act."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-twomccains2-2008oct02,0,4207127.story
*McCain: the angry Warrior? (WaPo blog 10/01/08)*
By Chris Cillizza
The re-emergence of the angrier McCain -- if even for only one interview --
comes at a bad time for his campaign. A series of state polls in key
battlegrounds released today show him well behind, and the latest Washington
Post/ABC News survey, which put Obama at 50 percent and McCain at 46
percent, showed significant voter doubts about McCain temperament.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/10/mccain_the_angry_warrior.html?nav=rss_blog
*Obama, McCain Stand United In Pressing Hard for Rescue (WaPo 10/02/08)*
By Jonathan Weisman
McCain declined to speak on the measure, leaving his Arlington condominium
after 7 p.m. to make a belated, 8:20 entrance when most other senators had
already reached the floor….On the Senate floor, Obama crossed the well to
the Republican side to reach his hand out to McCain and mouth, "Good to see
you." McCain looked up briefly from his conversation with Sens. Mel Martinez
(R-Fla.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) to give his rival a curt
handshake.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103443.html
*Make-Believe Maverick: A closer look at the life and career of John McCain
reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty (Rolling Stone
published 10/16/08)*
TIM DICKINSON
In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the
current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George
Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both
were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into
mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them
to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and
loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful
friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian
members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled,
ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical
churches.
In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the
current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23316912/makebelieve_maverick/print
*McCain's Kremlin Ties (The Nation 10/01/08)*
By Mark Ames & Ari Berman
Yet despite McCain's tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have
cultivated deep ties with Russia's oligarchy--indeed, they have promoted the
Kremlin's geopolitical and economic interests, as well as some of its most
unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and geopolitical stupor.
The most notable example is the tale of how McCain and his campaign manager,
Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory for the Kremlin: gaining
control over the small but strategically important country of Montenegro.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081020/ames_berman
*Davis and the Oligarchs (Politcio blog 10/01/08)*
By Ben Smith
The Nation has a story today, however, suggesting those interests may haved
intersected in the mini-state of Montenegro. Mark Ames, a longtime skeptic
of U.S. Russia policy, and Ari Berman, suggest that McCain's support of that
country's independence played into the hands of Putin and Russian oligarchs
who were shopping for a Mediterranean outpost, and who basically captured
the small independent state.
Unlikely to turn the race in Ohio, but worth a read.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Davis_and_the_Oligarchs.html?showall
*McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview (AP 10/01/08)*
By MIKE GLOVER
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, once
renowned for his jocular sessions with journalists, appeared irritable and
at times sarcastic in an interview in which he defended running mate Sarah
Palin's experience and campaign ads critical of rival Barack Obama.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1v08YfakOq0ioZEGj85HZwjOoOAD93HR50G0
PALIN NEWS
*As Governor, Palin Has Focused on Developing State's Resources (NYT
10/02/08)*
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Ms. Palin has approved increased spending for education and the elderly,
sued the federal government for listing the polar bear as a threatened
species, and pushed for a bill that would have reduced state regulation of
new medical facilities.
But by and large, oil and gas issues have dominated her tenure.
"You can't think of another area where there's been another drive or
initiative coming out of the administration with the same level of
intensity," said Scott Goldsmith, a professor of economics at the Institute
of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/us/politics/02issues.html
*VP debate could be politically pivotal (LA Times 10/02/08)*
By Cathleen Decker
Sarah Palin must sound authoritative and authentic. Joe Biden must sound
informed and inoffensive. Both need to reach through the television to
connect with middle America.
With Wall Street gyrating and voter interest skyrocketing, tonight's
televised contest stands as an oddity: a vice presidential debate that could
actually matter.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-debate2-2008oct02,0,285163.story
*Couric-Palin: The Supreme Court Question (NYT blog 10/01/08)*
By Katharine Q. Seelye
In response to a follow-up question by Ms. Couric, Ms. Palin said she
believed there was an inherent right to privacy in the Constitution. That
view is sharply at odds with some conservatives, who believe that the court
was wrong to cite a right to privacy as the basis of its 1973 ruling in Roe
v. Wade, which established a constitutional right to abortion.
Ms. Palin did not say how she could believe in a right to privacy and oppose
Roe v. Wade. After Ms. Couric called the right to privacy "the cornerstone"
of the decision, Ms. Palin again said she believed in a right to privacy:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/the-palin-interviews-the-supreme-court-question/
*A less-popular Sarah Palin heads to debate (LA Times 10/02/08)*
By Maeve Reston,
After the GOP convention, more than half of the voters surveyed by the Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press said she was qualified to be
president. In a Pew poll released Wednesday, just 37% said she would be
ready to take over for McCain.
And polls now show little evidence to support the McCain campaign's hope
that she will attract female swing voters in significant numbers.
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-palinappeal2-2008oct02,0,1040363.story
*Aides Promise an Aggressive Palin in VP Debate (WaPo 10/01/08)*
By Juliet Eilperin
GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin plans to launch aggressive attacks
against her Democratic opponent Joe Biden tomorrow night, her campaign aides
said, in order to remind voters of why she became popular in her home state
of Alaska.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/01/aides_promise_an_aggressive_pa.html
*Estimates show Palin assets top $1 million (AP 10/01/08)*
By SHARON THEIMER and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a
uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even
before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a
series of land deals and a patchwork of other ventures to build an
above-average lifestyle.
Add up the couple's 2007 income and the estimated value of their property
and investments and they appear to be worth at least $1.2 million. That
would make the Palins, like Democratic vice presidential rival Joe Biden and
his wife Jill, well-off but not nearly as wealthy as multimillionaire
couples John and Cindy McCain and, to a lesser extent, Barack and Michelle
Obama.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALINS_FINANCES?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-01-21-04-48
*Palin's role in Arctic claims is questioned (AP 10/01/08)*
By MATT VOLZ
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Russian attempts to claim part of the Arctic Ocean
seabed have given Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unique foreign policy experience,
the McCain-Palin campaign says, but there is no evidence she has ever been
involved with or spoken publicly about them… The National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration and the State Department say Alaska state
officials are not involved in their work, which includes three State
Department continental shelf mapping expeditions off Alaska over the past
two summers. They took place far beyond any territory over which the state
has jurisdiction, department spokeswoman Barbara Moore said Wednesday.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iN_rLrYaYIl0Py2GIy4wDFvJu-SwD93HVD9G0
OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
*Exposing the right's hypocrisy (LA Times 10/02/08)*
By Robert Kuttner
The presidential campaign is helping clarify this crisis by smoking out the
right's complete hypocrisy and political bankruptcy. After being the
enablers of casino capitalism for 30 years, House Republicans are suddenly
trying to sound populist and anti-Wall Street. But nothing remotely
consistent with their worldview of deregulation and enfeebled government can
fix what's broken. Poor John McCain tried to fish in troubled waters, only
to tip the boat. His campaign "suspension" was a cynical and transparent
ruse -- the TV ads and attacks by surrogates went on uninterrupted. Voters
noticed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-kuttner-foster1-2008oct01,0,3939236.story
*Nixon, Bush, Palin (NYT 10/02/08)*
By ROGER COHEN
I know one thing: this is no time for further gambling. John McCain rolled
the dice on Sarah Palin. I'm grateful to Bob Rice of Tangent Capital for
pointing out that the actuarial risk, based on mortality tables, of Palin
becoming president if the Republican ticket wins the election is about 1 in
6 or 7.
That's the same odds as your birthday falling on a Wednesday, or being
delayed on two consecutive flights into Newark airport. Is America ready for
that?
The lesson of the last eight years is this: when power is a passport to
gamble, people can end up seriously broke or seriously dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/opinion/02Cohen.html?ref=opinion
*McCain health care plan a dangerous idea (Concord Monitor 10/02/08)*
Editorial
McCain would blow up the current system and ensure that fewer Americans are
covered. He wants to eliminate the tax deduction employers get for providing
health insurance. Instead, he would give tax credits to individuals and
families to make it easier for them to purchase insurance on what he
believes will be a new, bigger open market that will compete to lower health
care costs. The credits would be $2,500 per individual and $5,000 per
family.
http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/OPINION/810020333/1027/OPINION01
*Abolish the vice presidency :The founders messed up. We should do away with
the office. (LA Times 10/02/08)*
By Bruce Ackerman
Recent elections have lulled us into a false sense of security. Both Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush nominated like-minded, known-quantity running
mates, as has Barack Obama this time around. But John McCain's surprising
choice should lead us to think again. Mexico and France see no need for a
vice president. We should designate the secretary of State to be in charge
until a special election can be held to replace a president.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ackerman2-2008oct02,0,2539877.story
*The Tax Issue Still Resonates (WSJ 10/02/08))*
By Karl Rove
While Mr. McCain argues that tax increases would harm our fragile economy,
there is another powerful argument he has yet to deploy. He needs to make a
principled argument against tax increases by grabbing Mr. Obama's favorite
tax term -- "fairness." Mr. McCain should argue that fairness dictates that
there are reasonable limits on how much government can take from someone.
Nearly all Americans agree. The Tax Foundation, for example, found last year
that 91% of Americans thought the maximum anyone should pay in taxes was 30%
or less of their income.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122291050179796767.html
*America's Second Chance: The House has one more shot at making financial
order out of chaos. (WaPo 10/02/08)*
Editorial
AMERICA is the land of second chances, so it is fitting that the House of
Representatives should get an opportunity to redeem itself for its reckless
rejection of the financial rescue package on Monday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100102774.html
*Show Us the Hope (NYT 10/02/08))*
Editroial
Leaving these Americans out of the bailout bill is unwise and unfair, but
neither Congress nor the Bush administration has ever shown anywhere near
the sense of urgency to rescue homeowners at the bottom of the collapse as
they have for the financiers at the top of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/opinion/02thu1.html?ref=opinion
BUSH NEWS
*Bush ready to sign nuclear bill into law (NDTV 10/02/08)*
By Lalit K Jha
He is likely to put his permanent seal on this Indo-US relationship by
signing into law the Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation approval and
Non-proliferation Enhancement Act. The bill was ratified by the Senate late
on Wednesday night (US time) by a landslide margin of 86 votes to 13 and in
the US House of Representatives a couple of days ago by two-third majority.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080067421&ch=10/2/2008%201:41:00%20PM
OTHER TOP NEWS
*Senate Passes Bailout Plan; House May Vote by Friday (NYT10/02/08)*
By CARL HULSE
In stark contrast to the House rejection of the plan on Monday, a bipartisan
coalition of senators — including both presidential candidates — showed no
hesitation in backing a proposal that had drawn public scorn, though the
outpouring eased somewhat after a market plunge followed the House defeat.
The Senate margin was 74 to 25 in favor of the White House initiative to buy
troubled securities in an effort to avoid an economic catastrophe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/business/02bailout.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
*Bailout passes Senate, House foes soften (AP 10/01/08)*
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and CHARLES BABINGTON
WASHINGTON (AP) - After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial
industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in
the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition
softened. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other
sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the
presidential and congressional elections.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FINANCIAL_MELTDOWN?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-01-22-23-49
*U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Senate Sends Bailout Bill to House (Bloomberg
10/02/08))*
By Lynn Thomasson
U.S. stock-index futures declined after the Senate's passage of the Bush
administration's $700 billion bank bailout set the stage for another vote in
the House of Representatives, where lawmakers rejected the measure earlier.
Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in December lost 10.80 points,
or 0.9 percent, to 1,157.60 at 11:44 a.m. in Tokyo. Dow Jones Industrial
Average futures decreased 94, or 0.9 percent, to 10,793.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azZM6jlLM8b4&refer=home
*U.S. crisis clouds aid to Georgia (Washington Times 10/02/08))*
Dan Catchpole
U.S. and Georgian officials are discussing how to dispense the $1 billion in
assistance pledged by President Bush at a time when the U.S. financial
crisis and ongoing talks of an unprecedented government bailout of the
credit industry have some here wondering whether the United States will make
good on its promise.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/02/us-crisis-clouds-aid-to-georgia-refugees/
*VP debate moderator's impartiality questioned (AP 10/01/08)*
By DAVID BAUDER
NEW YORK (AP) -- PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice
presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartiality
because she is writing a book that includes material on Barack Obama.
Ifill said Wednesday that she hasn't even written her chapter on Obama for
the book "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," which is
to be published by Doubleday on Jan. 20, 2009, the day a new president is
inaugurated.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEBATE_IFILL?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-01-21-04-30
*More U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan 'quickly,' general says (LA Times
10/02/08))*
By Julian E. Barnes
WASHINGTON -- Allied forces are facing a tougher fight in Afghanistan than
was expected and need an infusion of American troops "as quickly as
possible," the top U.S. commander there said Wednesday.
The warning by Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, commander of the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force, served as a counterpoint to Bush
administration plans to delay a significant shift in forces from Iraq to
Afghanistan.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-usafghan2-2008oct02,0,887802.story
*Senate Backs Far-Reaching Nuclear Trade Deal With India: Measure Goes to
Bush, Giving The President a Rare Victory (WaPo 10/02/08))*
By Glenn Kessler
The agreement, which sparked fierce opposition from nuclear proliferation
experts, acknowledges India as a de facto nuclear power, even though it has
never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty designed to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons. India until now has been barred from worldwide nuclear
trade, leaving its homegrown industry hobbled and short of uranium fuel to
run its reactors. The administration said the deal would bring a substantial
portion of India's nuclear industry -- though not the facilities that
produce materials for weapons -- under international observation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100533.html?hpid=topnews
*Former Veco CEO Allen Testifies About Work on Sen. Stevens's Home (WSJ
10/02/08))*
By BRENT KENDALL
Bill J. Allen, former chief executive of Veco Corp., said his employees
performed a vast array of remodeling work on Sen. Stevens's house, from
architectural drawings to carpentry, metal and electrical work.
Federal prosecutors asked Mr. Allen on several occasions whether he billed
Sen. Stevens for work Veco performed. Mr. Allen said he didn't, though he
acknowledged receiving thank-you notes from Sen. Stevens in which the
senator indicated that he needed to pay for the renovations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122288498315494807.html
POLLS
*Skepticism of Palin Growing, Poll Finds (Washington Post-ABC New)*
By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta
Though she initially transformed the race with her energizing presence and a
fiery convention speech, Palin is now a much less positive force: Six in 10
voters see her as lacking the experience to be an effective president, and a
third are now less likely to vote for McCain because of her.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103600.html?hpid=topnews
*Poll Finds Obama Gaining Support and McCain Weakened in Bailout Crisis (NYT
10/02/08))*
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MEGAN THEE
A CBS News poll released Wednesday found that Mr. Obama's favorability
rating, at 48 percent, is the highest it has ever been in polls conducted by
CBS and The New York Times. At the same time, the number of voters who hold
an unfavorable view of Mr. McCain — 42 percent — is as high as it has been
since CBS News and The Times began asking the question about Mr. McCain in
1999, the first time he ran for president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/us/politics/02poll.html?ref=politics
*More Data Shows Obama Battleground Strength (Time blog 10/01/08)*
From latest TIME/CNN state polls:
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 47
MINNESOTA: Obama 54, McCain 43
MISSOURI: Obama 49, McCain 48
NEVADA: Obama 51, McCain 47
VIRGINIA: Obama 53, McCain 44
Dates conducted: Sept. 28-30. Error margin: Ranges from 3.5 to 4 points.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/01/more-data-shows-obama-battleground-strength/
*AP Poll: Obama pulls away to 7-point lead (AP 10/01/08)*
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John
McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who
think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden
financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores
the mounting concerns of some McCain backers.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_POLL_PRESIDENTIAL_RACE?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-01-21-15-00
*CBS News: Obama +9 (Time blog 10/01/08)*
Posted by TOM BEVAN
New national survey from CBS News shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by
nine points:
Obama 50
McCain 41
Undecided 6
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/10/cbs_news_obama_9.html
*Obama Leading in Tight Sunshine State Contest: Suffolk University Poll
Shows Florida Voters Blame GOP for Weak Economy (Suffolk University
10/01/08)*
While Congress grapples with a $700 billion dollar financial backstop
package to salvage the credit markets, Democrat Barack Obama (46 percent)
leads Republican John McCain (42 percent), in the state of Florida,
according to a Suffolk University/WSVN-7News Miami poll released today.
http://www.suffolk.edu/research/31119.html
*NEW KCCI Poll: Clear Presidential Frontrunner Emerges (KCCI 10/01/08)*
DES MOINES, Iowa -- An exclusive KCCI poll shows Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama widening his lead here in Iowa.
The new poll interviewed 600 Iowans on Monday and Tuesday who regularly vote
in elections for opinion on the upcoming presidential election.
The latest KCCI poll shows that if the election were held today, 55 percent
of those surveyed would vote for Obama, 39 percent for McCain. The poll has
a magin of error of 4 percent.
http://www.kcci.com/politics/17598888/detail.html
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