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Election Daily News Clips *May 27th, 2008* Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 11am McCain: Foreign Policy Speech in Denver, CO - Tracking scheduled for this event 1:30pm McCain: Finance Reception in Denver, CO 6pm McCain/BUSH: Finance Reception in Phoenix, AZ News Clips: MCCAIN NEWS *Memorial Day Draws Two Messages on Iraq (NYT 5/27/08)* By JEFF ZELENY and MICHAEL FALCONE Senator John McCain stood before hundreds of flag-waving veterans and their families on Monday and vowed not to waver in his support of the Iraq war. "Even," he said, "if I must stand athwart popular opinion." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/us/politics/27campaign.html?ref=politics *See also:* <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601696.html> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601696.html *Link to transcript of McCain's speech*: http://thepage.time.com/mccains-memorial-day-address/ *Business to McCain camp: What role? (Politico 5/27/08)* By: Jeanne Cummings What part, if any, are members of the business community to play in the Republican's campaign? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10635.html *On global warming, it's McCain v. GOP (Politico 5/27/08)* By: Martin Kady II GOP must choose to embrace McCain's ideas or stick with Bush's hands-off approach. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10637.html *McCain says Obama has long wanted to "surrender" in Iraq (Politico blog 5/26/08)* By Jonathan Martin McCain used his Memorial Day speech today in New Mexico to pay tribute to the nation's fallen and defend his stance on the GI Bill, never mentioning Obama's name But then, in an interview with AP, he ratcheted up the rhetoric and assailed his rival for not having been to Iraq for two years. http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/McCain_says_Obama_has_long_wanted_to_surrender_in_Iraq.html *Link to AP interview:* http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_el_pr/mccain;_ylt=AkPz1sciPI08OJ_WWJdyKLWyFz4D *McCain "sick at heart" over mistakes in Iraq war (Reuters 5/26/08**)* By Tim Gaynor Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought on Monday to distance himself from President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war, telling veterans on Memorial Day he was "sick at heart" at mistakes made in the conflict now in its sixth year. http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN2633108820080526 * McCain defends opposition to GI Bill (CNN 5/26/08)* * Sen. John McCain says general must have time to bring stability to Iraq * McCain says GI Bill sponsored by Democrats would hurt military * McCain, Sen. Barack Obama sparring over expanded veterans' education benefits * President Bush will attend a fundraiser for McCain in Arizona http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/26/mccain/ *McCain Breaks with Bush Over North Korea (Washington Post blog 5/26/08)* By Glenn Kessler Sen. John McCain broke today with President Bush's new policy on North Korea, co-authoring an opinion article with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in which he called for a return to Bush's original demand of a complete, verifiable, irreversible disarmament of North Korea's nuclear programs. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/26/mccain_breaks_with_bush_over_n.html *McCain balances Latino voters, GOP base (Dallas Morning News 5/27/08)* By WAYNE SLATER With Barack Obama his likely opponent in the fall, John McCain sees an opportunity to make inroads among Hispanic voters by touting himself as a different kind of Republican. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/topstories/stories/052708dnpolmccain.3c10fe6.html *John McCain 2008 Launches New Web Ad: "Memorial Day" (McCain press release 5/26/08)* ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new web ad honoring the service and sacrifice of Hispanics in our Armed Forces on Memorial Day. (Web-1:00) http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/6d9d37e4-ece7-4352-bc9a-f5bc3ce316d7.htm *Link to video of ad:* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k3Or06g9YA *Link to video of ad (with Spanish subtitles):* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k3Or06g9YA *Harkin Attacks McCain for Having Served In the Military Too Much (ABC blog 5/26/08)* By Jake Tapper In the Des Moines Register, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said that the worldview of Navy veteran Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who is the son and grandson of Admirals, has been shaped too much by the military. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/harkin-attacks.html *President Bush in town to raise money for Sen. McCain (Arizona Republic 5/27/08)* Sen. John McCain will bring his presidential campaign to town today, accompanied by the man he hopes to succeed. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/27/20080527mccain0527.html *McCain to Make a Rare Appearance With Bush (WSJ 5/26/08)* By Laura Meckler President Bush and John McCain will appear together at a fund-raiser in Phoenix Tuesday, the first time in nearly three months that the Republican presidential candidate will be seen beside the man he hopes to succeed. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121185084455621623.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&apl=y&r=633085 *Citing desire for closed press, McCain cancels low-selling fundraising event (ThinkProgress 5/26/08)* The McCain campaign has scaled back two fundraisers this week involving President Bush, claiming a policy of "closed press" for fundraising events... Press concerns may have nothing to do with it. On Friday, the Phoenix Business Journal reported that the "event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside." http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/26/citing-desire-for-closed-press-mccain-cancels-low-selling-fundraisng-event/ *Cindy McCain: Like Hubby, Not So Charitable (Harper's 5/26/08)* By Ken Silverstein Senator John McCain's charitable works don't appear to be terribly impressive. As I reported here a few months back, he has essentially been the sole contributor to the John and Cindy McCain Family foundation, which between 2001 and 2006 made contributions of roughly $1.6 million, of which more than $500,000 went to his kids' private schools. So McCain apparently received major tax deductions for supporting elite schools attended by his children. http://harpers.org/archive/2008/05/hbc-90003001 *Sistani vs McCain (Atlantic online 5/26/08)* By Andrew Sullivan The entire premise of John McCain's view of Iraq policy going forward is that the US will be able to position permanent military bases in the heart of the Middle East, on the model of Japan and South Korea. The trouble is: Iraq is part of the holiest territory in Islam and a pact with infidel occupiers simply isn't going to wash http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/sistani-vs-mcca.html *McCain's Mouth-Watering Weekend (Washington Post 5/27/08)* By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts; C03 If Americans voted for president based on barbecuing skills, John McCain would win in a landslide. The Arizona senator spent Memorial Day weekend doing what he loves best: presiding over the grill at his Sedona ranch. "He barbecued ribs all night," Sen. Lindsey Graham told CBS's Bob Schieffer. Graham was among the 20 or so guests ( Mitt Romney, Joe Lieberman, Sam Brownback, Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal) invited for the "purely social" get-together. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052602508.html *It depends what your definition of "his" is (Daily Kos 5/26/08)* ...now that McCain is rejecting Mr. Parsley for his hateful rhetoric, how does the McCain campaign explain those earlier, glowing words? Easy. According to a McCain spokesman, McCain said that Parsley was: "...a spiritual guide, not his spiritual guide." http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/26/12222/8235 *In McCain Campaign, a Lobbying Labyrinth (NYT 5/25/08)* By BARRY MEIER Rick Davis, the manager of Senator John McCain's presidential campaign, is a typical Washington insider in many ways, having long worked as both a lobbyist and a political operative along the intersection of politics, policy and money. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/us/politics/25davis.html?hp See *LA Times "Would-be reformers McCain and Obama challenged by lobbyist culture":* http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-lobbyists26-2008may26,0,489947.story *Worries in G.O.P. About McCain Camp Disarray (NYT 5/25/08)* By ADAM NAGOURNEY Senator John McCain's presidential campaign is in a troubled stretch, hindered by resignations of staff members, a lagging effort to build a national campaign organization and questions over whether he has taken full advantage of Democratic turmoil to present a case for his candidacy, Republicans say. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/us/politics/25mccain.html *McCain contributions are rolling in (LA Times 5/25/08)* By Dan Morain The presumed GOP presidential nominee has been attending a string of high-dollar fundraisers. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccainmoney25-2008may25,0,4461228.story *The Freedom Nonagenda (NYT 5/25/08)* By JAMES TRAUB ...We don't hear much about the propagation of democracy these days, largely because President Bush's own democratic crusade has sown so much chaos, and so little liberty, abroad, and above all in the target region of the Middle East. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shy away from Bush's clarion calls. But not McCain. In the 2000 Republican primaries, it was he, and not Bush, who was the candidate of the so-called national greatness conservatives and argued for an assertive, interventionist policy. Now McCain sounds the same resonant tones that come so naturally to Bush. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25wwln-lede-t.html *McCain's Albatross: His Age and Party Ties to Bush (WSJ blog 5/25/08)* By Peter A. Brown The key to John McCain's ability to overcome the strongest anti-Republican tide since Watergate will be proving to voters that he is neither too old nor too close to President Bush, and can still change the way things are done in Washington. http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/05/25/mccains-albatross-his-age-and-party-ties-to-bush/ *Obama, McCain have "righteous" problems (Reuters 5/25/08)* By Ed Stoddard Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a "Religious Right" problem. His likely Democratic rival, Barack Obama, has a Rev. Wright problem. http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN2035177620080525 *Virginia Is Up For Grabs In Fall (Washington Post 5/25/08)* By Tim Craig; C01 Aides to Obama, McCain Say State Will Be Competitive http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401659.html *McCain's Medical Records Indicate He Is Cancer-Free, Generally Healthy (Washington Post 5/24/08)* By Michael D. Shear and David Brown; A03 As he sought the presidency twice over the last decade, Sen. John McCain has been the object of unusually aggressive medical care by a large team of doctors, who on Friday released thousands of pages of records that document he has been cancer-free for almost eight years. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052300565.html *McCain adviser apologizes for saying that it's sometimes 'accurate' to describe a woman as a 'bitch' (ThinkProgress 5/24/08)* During CNN's primary coverage on May 20, CNN senior analyst Jeff Toobin criticized a New York Times column that published a joke about Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) being a "white bitch." But CNN contributor Alex Castellanos, who is also an adviser to Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign, disagreed, saying that a woman sometimes deserves to be called a "bitch." Yesterday on the Situation Room, Castellanos finally apologized for his remarks: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/24/mccain-adviser-apologizes-for-saying-that-its-sometimes-accurate-to-describe-a-woman-as-a-bitch/ *McCain's Fantasy War on Earmarks (Washington Post "FactChecker" blog 5/23/08)* ...McCain's talk about eliminating $100 billion a year in earmarks is largely fantasy. His advisers are now promoting a more realistic plan of eliminating $100 billion in overall spending. But it is difficult to take even that promise very seriously given the fact that the senator refuses to identify exactly which projects he will be cut. To use a phrase coined by George H.W. Bush, this is "voodoo economics," based more on wishful thinking than on hard data or carefully considered policy proposals. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/mccains_fantasy_war_on_earmark.html *McCain Camp Reassures Right Wing: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Comment Was 'Poorly Worded' (ThinkProgress 5/23/08)* Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spoke to a "friendly audience" of business leaders about immigration policy, a topic he has been quiet on ever since the right wing erupted in rage over his support for the Senate's immigration reform bill. After the business leaders complained about the difficulty in obtaining temporary visas for certain immigrants, McCain said reform needs to be a "top agenda item": http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-comprehensive-immigration/ * Cindy McCain reports $6 million in 2006 income (AP 5/23/08)* # DNC: "laughable" for McCain's camp to "say they are being transparent" # Sen. McCain's wife, Cindy, releases 2006 taxes after saying she would never # Shows she earned $6 million in 2006, paid $1.7 million in taxes # She has received an extension on her 2007 tax returns http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/cindy.mccain.taxes.ap/index.html *The Note: In Sickness and in Health (ABC 5/23/08)* By RICK KLEIN with JOHN SANTUCCI As McCain Divorces Pastors, Baggage is Unloaded in Roughest Week He's Had for a While http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1 *OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS* *Worldviews in Need of Merger (Washington Post 5/27/08)* By Richard Cohen; A13 Chris Matthews, in a look of revelation not seen since the late DeMille did biblical epics, said the other day that he is beginning to think a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ticket makes sense. Maybe so. But I have an even better ticket in mind: Obama-McCain. That way we might get a sensible foreign policy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601739.html *The Frenzy for Campaign Money (NYT 5/27/08)* ...Painful contradictions abound. Senator John McCain, who made a career of attacking big-money abuses in politics, has had to send five top campaign aides packing after their lucrative professions as special-interest lobbyists, capital insiders and money bundlers became too embarrassing to ignore. He is keeping on his main strategist, Charles Black, who says he has retired from his lucrative profession as an über-lobbyist for a string of dictators and other unsavory foreign leaders. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/opinion/27tue1.html?ref=opinion *The Belligerent vs. the Naif? (Washington Post 5/26/08)* By Fred Hiatt; A17 The differences between McCain and Obama may be more about instinct than policy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/25/AR2008052502277.html *McCain drops Hagee (LA Times 5/24/08)* Presidential aspirants are learning the hard way that given some pastors' friendships, they don't need enemies. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-mccain24-2008may24,0,186248.story *BUSH NEWS* *Bush Straddles His Hard Line in Engaging Sudan (Washington Post 5/27/08)* By Michael Abramowitz; A01 Sometime in the next few weeks, a special envoy of President Bush plans to meet with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, whose government sheltered Osama bin Laden and pursued a scorched-earth policy in southern Sudan that resulted in more than 2 million deaths. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601965.html *Bush Pays Tribute to Troops on Memorial Day (AP 5/26/08)* By DEB RIECHMANN At Arlington, President Bush salutes America's fighting men and women on Memorial Day http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4931808 *Mr. Bush and the G.I. Bill (NY Times 5/26/08)* Lavish with other people's sacrifices and reckless in pouring the national treasure into Iraq, President Bush is cheap when it comes to helping people at home. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/opinion/26mon1.html?ref=opinion *Link to WH response*: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/white_house_statement_on_the_n.html *OTHER TOP NEWS* *Hezbollah Leader Plays Down Group's Political Aims in Lebanon (NYT 5/27/08) *By ROBERT F. WORTH Hezbollah's leader sought to reassure the Lebanese about the Shiite militant group's intentions in a speech on Monday, saying that its newly expanded political clout will not translate into greater control over the state, and that its top priority remains the fight against Israel. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/world/middleeast/27lebanon.html?ref=world * * * Iran holds back nuclear details, IAEA says (CNN 5/26/08)* * International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors say they can't get clear info from Iran * The agency has not detected "the actual use of nuclear material" by Iran * Iran maintains its nuclear ambitions are peaceful http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/26/iran.nuclear/index.html *Castro criticizes Obama plan to keep US embargo (AP 5/26/08)* By WILL WEISSERT Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEEhT8qNey90fDM8U6FgH5B0WjrgD90TESL80 *Obama Says Clinton's RFK Comment Was Merely 'Careless' (Washington Post blog 5/25/08)* By Alec MacGillis San Juan, P.R. -- Barack Obama spoke publicly today for the first time about Hillary Clinton's invocation of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, telling a Puerto Rico radio station that he took Clinton's word that she meant no harm. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/24/obama_says_clintons_rfk_commen.html *POLLS* *Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (Rasmussen 5/26/08)* The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that John McCain and Barack Obama are tied again at 45%. Over the past seven days, the two candidates have been tied or just a single percentage point apart three times. On the other four days, McCain has had an advantage of two points or more http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll ` *Gallup Daily: Clinton Maintains Lead Over McCain (Gallup 5/25/08)* Obama has 5-point lead over Clinton among Democrats... Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 20-24 finds Hillary Clinton maintaining a significant 49% to 44% lead over John McCain when registered voters are asked about their preferences for the fall general election, while McCain has a slight 47% to 45% advantage over Barack Obama. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107488/Gallup-Daily-Clinton-Maintains-Lead-Over-McCain.aspx?version=print *Polls: Obama'd beat McCain in Pa., but not Ohio, Florida (McClatchy 5/23/08)* By Steven Thomma New polls out Thursday show that Hillary Clinton fares better than Barack Obama against John McCain in three key battleground states. 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