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*Main Topics: *McCain's New Ad, McCain and the Everglades, *McSame*
*Summary of Shift:* Obama and Clinton's 'secret meeting' and the future for
Hillary consumed significant analysis this evening. Senator Diane Feinstein
had a positive impression of the meeting, who hosted the event at her house.
Clinton is expected to endorse Obama tomorrow. The Obama campaign is
planning a 50 state strategy for the fall campaign. John McCain toured the
everglades in Florida and released his first general election ad today. The
cable networks continued to discuss the legacy of RFK, in the wake of his
assassination anniversary yesterday.
Today was a bad day for the economy. The Dow dropped close to
400 points and unemployment numbers are up. There were riots in India in
over gas prices.
Highlights:
1) McCain releases new general election ad
a. "CBS Evening News" plays ad, Couric says the it "portrays himself as
a reluctant warrior"
b. On Fox News: New McCain ad tries to paint McCain as un-hawkish war
hero
2) McCain toured the everglades in Florida, defended vote against
protecting them
3) Paul Begala: Comically analyzes McCain's oratory skills, jokes McCain
will bomb "all the I countries, we have already had war with Iraq, next will
be Iran, Indonesia, Iceland, Italy, probably Indiana"
4) "Hardball Big Number": McCain voted with George Bush 95% of the time
in 2007
5) *McSame* as Bush on wiretapping, on "Countdown"
6) McCain appropriates Obama's messaging and atheistic on campaign
website
7) President Bush announces appointment of a new Housing Secretary and
talks about our sluggish economy
8) Rachel Maddow says "John McCain had a tough week", mentions his Iran
divestment proposal that Obama already proposed last year and embarrassingly
he voted against
9) Lieberman discusses why as a Democrat he supports McCain on Fox News
10) Congressman Walker claims McCain is best at understanding economy
11) On Fox News, Israeli Minister Shaul Mofaz: "Sanctions are Ineffective,
Attacking Iran to Hault Nuclear Plans Will Be Unavoidable" (no clip)
Clips:
Highlight #1
*"CBS Evening News" Plays McCain's New Ad, Couric Says the "New Ad Portrayed
Himself as a Reluctant Warrior"* (CBS 06/06/06 6:30pm)
KATIE COURIC: The presidential candidates used the dismal economic news
today to take jabs at each other [...] Barack Obama blamed the big jump in
unemployment on the "the failed Bush economic policies that John McCain
wants to continue for another four years." McCain said Obama favors high
spending and high taxes that will only hurt the economy.
MCCAIN: Senator Obama seems to want to go back to the failed policies of the
'60s and '70s.
COURIC: McCain campaigned in Florida, a key battleground state, toured the
everglades. And he put out a new ad that portrayed himself as a reluctant
warrior [...]
*New McCain Ad Tries to Paint McCain as UnHawkish War Hero* (FNC 06/06/08
1:29pm)
MARTHA MACCULLUM: Let's talk about John McCain for a moment and I want to
get the rest of the panel's reaction to his new ad, as he looks at his own
campaign, head to head against Barack Obama. Take a look.
[…Plays John McCain's new ad…]
MACCULLUM: Peter, what's your reaction to that?
PETER JOHNSON: Well, it's a superb ad. I think he's done similar ads before
in the primaries. And what it's saying is that he's a leader. Although he
has a distaste for war, he's certainly committed to keeping the country
safe. And so that's going to be his calling card for this election. Are you
going to value someone who has no experience in foreign policy on the
democratic side, or are you going to value republican candidate who has 5 ½
years torture in a prison camp and is committed to keeping America safe.
That will be the hallmark of his campaign.
MACCULLUM: He's clearly trying to say I'm not a hawk. I'm a military man and
I have a great deal of experience, but I'm not a hawk.
Highlight #2
*McCain Toured the Everglades in Florida, Defended Vote Against Protecting
Them* (CNN 06/06/08 5:27)
WOLF BLITZER: An old vote coming back to haunt the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee, John McCain, just as he is touring the battleground
state of Florida. Florida could be decisive come November […]
SUSAN CANDIOTTI: […] In trying to prove that he is the greener of the two
candidates Senator John McCain in fact made a visit to the Florida
everglades and took an airboat ride to try and make that point.
[…]
CANDIOTTI: […] Senator McCain is under fire by Democrats for opposing a 23
billion dollar water resources development act that includes a 2 billion
dollar everglades restoration project.
[Clip of McCain media availability]
JOHN MCCAIN: They don't get it, they don't get it that the American people
are fed up, they are fed up with the waste of their dollars and the out of
control spending that is going to come to a halt when I am a president of
the United States
CANDIOTTI: McCain says the bill also contains pork barrel projects.
Democrats countered that McCain doesn't get it. Saying the bill only
authorized the everglades project it didn't include the funding for it. The
presumptive GOP nominee also reported for FISA, the foreign intelligence
surveillance act. Allowing wiretapping phone calls without court
authorization to prevent terrorism. President Bush so far has been unable to
win reauthorization from congress.
[…]
Highlight #3
*Paul Begala: Comically Analyzes McCain's Oratory Skills, Jokes McCain Will
Bomb "**All the I countries, we have already had war with Iraq, next will be
Iran, Indonesia, Iceland, Italy, probably Indiana"* (CNN 06/06/08 5:34pm)
PAUL BEGALA: Barack Obama has that silver tongue and that golden voice and
Senator McCain has lead. He is dreadful speaker frankly, reading off
prepared text. He is pretty good in town hall meetings, he is excellent in
the interviews. He is the king of Sunday morning. You know, he is great in
those. I don't think that is particularly useful for a president actually.
To be a good interviewer on Sunday mornings. But he is really bad, I don't
mean to be insulting but he was, and he stood. President Bush is also a
terrible speaker, but he
WOLF BLITZER: Didn't hurt him he got elected twice.
BEGALA: Well he got elected once. The Supreme Court stole it the first time
and he won the second time. But the Bush team always had great advance they
had guys like Alex who cared about the pictures. The governor of Texas and
then President Bush looked great at all his events. Poor McCain Tuesday
night he had the green monster out there from Fenway Park. You know it
looked pathetic.
BLITZER: I think you will agree Alex, he needs some help
ALEX CASTELLANOS Senator McCain's great strength is he is real, and acting
the part is not certainly his strength but at the end of the day it is not
about the packaging it is about the package. The substance is there. Look,
no denying that Barack Obama is a remarkable, remarkable presenter and
inspiring and that I think is a great strength in this election. But also a
great strength is security, somebody you can trust, somebody solid. And
McCain's strength is that.
BLITZER: I don't think there is any doubt, there is no doubt in my mind that
maybe since Ronald Regan no American politician has been able to read
teleprompter, a speech, and make it look so natural that the viewers out
there have no idea he is actually reading his speech.
CASTELLANOS: He is the guy who can stand on top of the mountaintop and say
we are going to go over here. And he lifts people that way. I think
Republicans; we do ourselves a disservice when we say that that is
unimportant. It's a big part of the job. But also a big part of the job is
reassuring people that you can keep the country safe, that you're solid,
you're reliable. If this is about the future, Obama has got an advantage.
BEGALA: This is exactly the case George W Bush made. This is why John McCain
is a third term of Bush. He is essentially saying, I know I can't inspire
you I know I have no vision but I'll bomb a whole bunch of countries. Well
we tried that, we have seen that movie, it didn't work out very well. I
think people are very hungry for the sort of leadership that Barack Obama is
offering.
CASTELLANOS: Where, I missed that, he is going to bomb a whole bunch of
countries
BEGALA: All the I countries, we have already had war with Iraq, next will be
Iran, Indonesia, Iceland, Italy, probably Indiana, I'm joking, I'm joking
CASTELLANOS: Republicans have even kept democrats like you safe for six
years.
Highlight #4
"Hardball Big Number": McCain voted with George Bush 95% of the time in 2007
CHRIS MATTHEWS: So how are the Democrats gonna run against John McCain this
Fall? By seizing on things like his 100 years statement about the Iraq war
and by nailing his candidacy as George Bush's third term. McCain has made a
point of touting of course his Maverick credentials, his actual Senate
record may indicate otherwise. According to Congressional Quarterly voting
tally from last year, what percentage of the time did John McCain cast votes
in support of Bush's policies? 95. John McCain voted with Bush 95% of the
time, last year at least. A statistic that could haunt him right up to
election day. That is tonight's big number.
Highlight #5
*McSame as Bush on Wiretapping* (MSNBC 06/06/08 8:30pm)
KEITH OLBERMANN: As with so many positions that Senator McCain hues closely
and often precisely with the Bush Administration, the Senator has tried to
finesse the issue of warrentless wiretaps [...] The McCain camp now clearly
saying the Senator believes what the current president believes, that the
president of the United States may claim authority to wiretap Americans even
where that might directly contravene federal statute. In other words, the
president may break the law using amorphous constitutional power as an
excuse. The top adviser to Senator McCain set the record straight. In a
letter by the Conservative National Review this week, Douglas Holtz-Eaken
wrote that McCain believes the constitution gave President Bush the power to
order the national security agency to monitor America's international phone
calls and emails without a warrent [...] Do you see any daylight between
President Bush's position on this and Senator McCain's?
JOHN DEAN: No daylight whatsoever [...]
Highlight #6
McCain Appropriates Obama's Messaging and Atheistic on Campaign Website
CHRIS MATTHEWS: By now, we've all gotten familiar with Obama's campaign
slogan, it's 'Change we can believe in.' Well apparently that message is so
popular, even John McCain is a fan, check out the first page of McCain's new
website, 'A leader we can believe in.' John McCain and his people may have
seen the success Obama's had with his strong claim of authenticity, McCain
too wants to be someone we can believe in.
Highlight #7
*President Bush Announces Appointment of a New Housing Secretary and Talks
About the Economy* (FNC 06/06/08 1:45pm)
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. Thank you. It's -- so glad to be here at the
Department of Housing and Urban Development. And I've come to introduce you
to your new boss -- Secretary Steve Preston. I want to thank Steve's wife,
Molly, five children -- (applause) -- and his mom and dad, Lee and Ursula.
Mr. Secretary, thanks for coming -- Secretary Kempthorne. And Director John
Walters. It's good to see two of your predecessors here, Steve -- Alphonso
Jackson and Jack Kemp. Thank you all for coming. (Applause.)
This is a time of turbulence in the housing market and slow growth for our
overall economy. This morning, the Labor Department reported that our
economy lost 49,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5
percent. This rise was caused, in part, by a surge of new young entrants
into the job market. But it's clearly a sign that is consistent with slow
economic growth.
To help keep this economy growing, we did pass an economic stimulus package
that provides tax rebates for American families and incentives for
businesses to invest in new equipment. We're beginning to see the signs that
the stimulus may be working. And now the Congress needs to take the next
steps. At a time when Americans are concerned about higher gas prices,
Congress needs to pass legislation that expands -- that will allow for the
expansion of American energy production.
In this period of economic uncertainty, the last thing Americans need is a
massive tax increase -- so Congress needs to send a clear message that the
tax relief that we passed will be made permanent. (Applause.)
Unfortunately, these policies are being blocked by the Democratic Congress.
So I call on congressional leaders to put partisanship aside, and work with
me to enact these important initiatives for the American people.
This department is also critical to meeting the challenges we face in our
economy. We need strong leadership in the Secretary's office. Steve Preston
is the right man for the job. He's a financial expert who understands how
the housing market impacts our broader economy. He's a skilled manager. He's
a person of character and integrity.
Secretary Preston will work to strengthen home ownership with the same
dedication he brought to his previous job of strengthening American small
business community. As the head of the SBA, Steve presided over loan
guarantee programs that are similar in structure to those run by the Federal
Housing Administration. And just as entrepreneurs across our nation found a
trusted friend in Steve Preston, so will America's homeowners.
Before coming to the SBA, Steve gained valuable financial and leadership
experience in the private sector. His impressive career has taken him from
investment banking to senior financial posts at major corporations. Wherever
he's gone, Steve has earned the admiration of his colleagues. He takes on
this new challenge with my full confidence and my trust.
Steve takes over for a good man, my longtime buddy, Secretary Alphonso
Jackson. (Applause.) I thank you for your compassion and your hard work. You
helped change a lot of lives. And I wish you and Marcia all the very best.
See you back in Texas. (Laughter.)
I also want to thank Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi for his service. He
filled in as the Acting Secretary during this transition. He spent nearly
seven years of his life here at this department. And I appreciate your hard
work on behalf of all Americans. (Applause.)
As Steve takes office, his first priority will [be] to help lead my
administration's response to the challenges in the housing market. We've
taken aggressive action to help responsible homeowners to keep their homes
by giving the FHA greater flexibility to offer refinancing options. We're
also helping to bring together what's now called the HOPE NOW Alliance. By
working together, participants in the mortgage industry have helped more
than one and a half million families stay in their homes. HOPE NOW is
working. But we've got more to do.
Yesterday, we learned that the foreclosure rates continued to rise in the
first quarter. So Steve will work with Democrats and Republicans in Congress
to address this challenge. We need to pass legislation to reform Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac. We need to pass legislation to modernize the Federal
Housing Administration, and allow state housing agencies to issue tax-free
bonds to help homeowners refinance their mortgages. By taking these steps
we'll help more responsible homeowners weather this rough patch -- and, at
the same time, strengthen the dream of homeownership for generations to
come.
I've got confidence that we're going to meet these challenges, and I've got
confidence in the people who work in this department. I appreciate what you
do every day to expand the dream of home ownership. I thank you for your
efforts to provide low-income Americans with access to affordable housing.
You work hard to make our communities more vibrant and hopeful. The United
States is fortunate to have such devoted public servants at this department.
I'm grateful for your service.
You're going to have a worthy leader in Steve Preston. I thank the Senate
for confirming Steve as your new Secretary. And now I ask the Senate to
confirm the three remaining HUD nominees to help him lead this department.
Steve, I appreciate your stepping forward to serve your country once again.
I congratulate you. Now I ask my Chief of Staff, Josh Bolten, to administer
the oath of office.
(The oath of office is administered.) (Applause.)
SECRETARY PRESTON: Great. Thank you very much. Mr. President, Chief of Staff
Bolten, Molly, my children, my parents. Current and former members of the
Cabinet, thank you for coming. My new partners at HUD, my friends --
(applause) -- and the many other distinguished guests here. Thank you for
being here today. This is truly very humbling to see you all here to
celebrate this event.
It is a profound privilege to serve our country as the Secretary for Housing
and Urban Development, and to be a voice for the people that we serve. Thank
you, Mr. President, for that confidence, for that trust. I also want to
thank Senators Dodd and Shelby for their role in expediting the nomination
process.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's appropriate that we gather here in this building.
It's named for Robert C. Weaver, who was the first Secretary for HUD. And
Dr. Weaver cautioned against treating people like statistics or data. In
fact, he asked instead that we look behind the data to see the values and
the concerns and the hopes and the lives of the people that we all serve.
We assist the homeless find shelter here at HUD. We help provide millions of
Americans with affordable and public housing. Families who want to buy a
home often turn to us. And increasingly, those we -- who are currently in
homes come to us to keep them.
We know that home ownership can be a source of pride. It can be a place to
grow up and grow old together. It can be a source for wealth creation. And
it is a source of -- it is a stake in our communities. And also at HUD, we
have a role of building and rebuilding many of those communities.
At the moment, there are difficulties in the housing market, and this is a
decisive moment in our nation's economic history. HUD will be central to
restoring stability in our markets and in the lives of many Americans. In
fact, just in the last year, thanks to changes made by you, Mr. President,
FHA is increasingly a pathway for hundreds of thousands of families to a
more affordable, secure mortgage. And thank you. (Applause.)
And while we're all committed to addressing the immediate challenges in the
housing market, we must also show the same kind of commitment to our future.
We must provide a longer-term foundation for reform in the institutions that
give homeowners access to capital to make that American Dream possible,
while also generating enduring confidence in our financial markets.
As we confront these challenges, we're blessed with talented and committed
employees at HUD. You understand that we can make a difference. In the next
few months, we will need the best efforts of every one of you in the path
ahead.
So, Mr. President, I look forward to working with you. I look forward to
working with my partners in the administration. I'm committed to
collaborating in a bipartisan fashion with members of Congress on the path
ahead. So, ladies and gentlemen, let's roll up our sleeves, let's lock our
arms. We have a lot of work to do we can do together as a team. So thank you
very much. (Applause.)
Highlight #8
*Rachel Maddow Says "John McCain Had a Tough Week", Mentions his Iran
Divestment Proposal That Obama Already Proposed Last Year and Embarrassingly
He Voted Against* (MSNBC 06/06/08 6:30pm)
RACHEL MADDOW: I think that John McCain had a tough week. He had some
unforced errors, that is my headline tonight. He's making these errors, not
because he's taken any big hits from the Democrats, he's doing it to
himself. On Monday proposed a divestment campaign on Iran. His campaign
seemed caught off guard by the revelation that Obama proposed that idea last
year without McCain supporting it. On Tuesday, McCain's green backdrop
speech in Lousiana was about as well received as a Derek Jeeter Jersey in
downtown Boston. On that same trip McCain was also apparently caught off
guard by questions about his own record on investigating Hurricane Katrina.
Then it was off to the Everglades where McCain had to spend his time
defending his votes against protecting the everglades, instead of what he
wanted to do which was to promote his environmental credentials. I think
it's been a week of unforced errors for the McCain campaign. And I think
it's making people wonder whether or not he didn't take advantage of the
three month head-start he got in this General Election by sort of working
the kinks out of his campaign [...]
Highlight #9
*Lieberman Discusses Why As a Democrat He Supports McCain on Fox News* (Fox
News Live, 06/06/08 12:41pm)
JOE LIEBERMAN: There are two main reasons why last December I decided to
cross party lines and support the Republican candidate John McCain. Overall,
because I think he's the best prepared, over anyone who ran this year to be
the president we need. One, he's ready to be commander and chief. Not just
to lead our effort in Iraq and Afghanistan but to protect us around the
world from the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. But I've traveled around
the world with John McCain over the last 20 years and he is well regarded
and trusted by leaders all over the world and he knows the world. Secondly,
the biggest problem our government has in it today, is us. It's
partisanship, it's tribalism that divides us. Senator McCain has been unique
in this place for just reaching across party lines, working with people he
may not agree with on nine other issues, but the one he agrees with to move
on, why because he wants to get something done for our country and that's
the kind of person we need as president. So I'm proud to be a supporter and
I'm going to help him all I can because I think he's best for America.
Highlight #10
*Congressman Walker Claims McCain is Best at Understanding Economy* (Fox
News 06/06/08 11:27am)
JON SCOTT: What do you see transpiring in a John McCain administration,
should he win?
BOB WALKER: John McCain understands that you have to strengthen the weakest
parts of your economy and you have to use the strong parts of your economy
to your advantage. John McCain recognizes that a tax increase at this time
would not be the right policy, and Barack Obama, across the board, is
talking about a tax increase. John McCain wants to actually lower taxes, in
particular make smaller businesses more productive. Secondly, John McCain
recognizes that the strongest part of our economy is in our exports at the
present time. He will expand the ability to sell American products overseas
by expanding our free trade agreements. None like Barack Obama, who actually
wants to back out of our trade agreements that we now have.
SCOTT: Should we listen to either one of these guys?
KELLY BINGEL: With all due respect to the congressman, I do have to say,
Barack Obama is not talking about tax increases across the board. He's
talking about a tax decrease of a thousand dollars for middle class
families. And he's not talking about renegotiating all our trade agreements,
he's talking about fair and free trade and looking at some of the
environmental and labor agreements. That's what he's talking about, he's not
talking about renegotiation all our trade agreements.
WALKER: He is talking about a unilateral renegotiation of the NAFTA
agreement. Our biggest trading partners at the present time are Canada and
Mexico. We are a huge beneficiary of that agreement. By putting that
agreement into jeopardy, he is in fact causing some of the problems that are
now on Wall Street, because they have a great deal of concern about that. As
for tax increases, his tax increase will go directly to small business.
Small business owners are people who use the individual income taxes to pay
the taxes on their business. The tax increase that he is proposing will have
a devastating effect on small business.
SCOTT: Let me ask you this, Kelly, on the day that Barack Obama wrapped up
the nomination, when he locked it up, the DOW pushed lower. I that a
coincidence?
BINGEL: No, I mean, yes it is a coincidence. It has nothing to do with
Senator Obama, it has to do with the price per barrel of oil which continues
to go up. That's what it has to do with, it has nothing to do with Senator
Obama. And I think that most Americans recognize that what we need is change
for our economy, and Senator McCain will give us four more years of this
Bush administration. There's nothing different from President Bush's
economic plans than from Senator McCain's economic plan. And Americans'
don't want four more years of a Bush White House.
WALKER: Those are slogans that have absolutely nothing to do with securing
the ills of the economy. You need to have somebody who understands the
economy like John McCain.
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