[big campaign] '08 Daily News Clips - 9/16

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Election Daily News Clips September 16th, 2008 Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 10:05am BUSH: Briefing on Hurricane Ike damage in Houston, TX 10:35am BUSH: Aerial tour of Texas hurricane damage 11:15am BUSH: Briefing at Emergency Operations Center in Galveston, TX 11:30am Palin: Fund Raiser in Cincinnati, OH 12pm McCain: Rally in Tampa, FL - Tracking scheduled for this event 3pm Palin: Interview on 55 WKRC-AM - "Sean Hannity Radio Show" 3:30pm BUSH: ,Meets with the President's Working Group on financial markets at the White House 4pm McCain and Palin: Rally in Vienna, OH 10pm Todd Palin: Part 2 of interview airs on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta van Susteren" News Clips: * * *MCCAIN NEWS* *Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street (NYT 9/16/08)* By JACKIE CALMES The crisis on Wall Street will leave the next president facing tough choices about how best to regulate the financial system, and although neither Senator Barack Obama nor Senator John McCain has yet offered a detailed plan, their records and the principles they have set out so far suggest they could come at the issue in very different ways. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/politics/16record.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print *Wall Street's Woes Challenge Both Candidates (WSJ 9/16/08)* By GERALD F. SEIB In his reaction to the Wall Street meltdown, John McCain is playing the part of Teddy Roosevelt, man of the people: Don't use taxpayer money to bail out greedy financial titans, he says, and don't be afraid to regulate Wall Street. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122149887584837137.html?mod=todays_us_page_one *Economy Becomes New Proving Ground For McCain, Obama (WaPo 9/16/08)* By Dan Balz and Robert Barnes; A01 Yesterday's meltdown on Wall Street brought the economy roaring back to the center of the presidential campaign, and the question for the final seven weeks of the general-election campaign is whether Barack Obama or John McCain can convince voters that he is capable of leading the country out of the morass. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091503356_pf.html *Did McCain economy gaffe prompt a correction? (MarketWatch 9/16/08)* By Russ Britt On a day when Wall Street was melting down, Republican Sen. John McCain insisted Monday that the nation's economy was "fundamentally strong," drawing criticism from Democratic leaders and his opponent for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/did-mccain-economy-gaffe-prompt/story.aspx?guid=AB97BD36-9F9C-4239-ABC9-6B9E89D5C194&dist=SecMostCommented *McCain TV Ad Puts Focus on Economic "Crisis" (The Page 9/15/08)* The issue-based ad focuses on the woes on Wall Street, doesn't mention Obama by name once. "Our economy in crisis. Only proven reformers John McCain and Sarah Palin can fix it." http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/thepage/<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/time/thepage/> ~3/393166018/ *Link to video of ad*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-pMhboEX4 *Obama TV Ad Smacks McCain for "Fundamentals" Remark (The Page 9/16/08)* Ominous 30-second spot asks how can McCain fix the economy if he believes, as he said Monday, "that the fundamentals of our economy are strong." Amount and length of buy TBD. Spot airing in battleground states. http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/16/obama-tv-ad-smacks-mccain-for-fundamentals-remark/ *Link to video of ad ("Fundamentals"): * http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fundamentals_ad/ *New Obama ad hits McCain on pay for women (Politico blog 9/15/08)* By Ben Smith A new, and unreleased, Obama ad, airing (at least) in Virginia, attacks McCain for his opposition to legislation requiring women receive equal pay for equal work. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/New_Obama_ad_hits_McCain_on_pay_for_women.html?showall *Link to video of ad*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2G7ZDgVSvM *Wall Street Political Donations Set to Slow (WSJ 9/16/08)* By BRODY MULLINS and MARY JACOBY Barack Obama and John McCain blamed executive greed Monday for the turmoil in financial markets. But both men, and their parties, have relied heavily on Wall Street cash to fuel their campaigns, and the slowdown threatens to dry up that lucrative source of donations. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152311313139643.html?mod=todays_us_page_one *McCain pulls in big donations, smaller crowds (CNN blog 9/15/08)* By Chris Welch Republican presidential candidate John McCain told a private audience Monday night that "no matter what you see in the polls," he and Sarah Palin are underdogs. ...The GOP candidate was addressing a crowd of donors at a Miami hotel. In his introduction, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said McCain has brought in $26.2 million to date from Floridians, $5.1 million Monday night alone. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/mccain-pulls-in-big-donations-smaller-crowds/ *Studies Detail Contrasts in Rivals' Health-Care Plans (WSJ 9/16/08)* By LAURA MECKLER Republican presidential candidate John McCain's health-care plan would make only a small dent in the ranks of the uninsured, at best covering about five million more people, two new reports conclude. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122153768171141665.html *Economists take critical view of health plans (AP 9/16/08)* By KEVIN FREKING John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3QFmojE8Ft12Stb5Eru_cHBwqxgD937J6600 *McCain is practically bubble-wrapped these days (AP 9/16/08)* By GLEN JOHNSON John McCain isn't mixing it up with the people much these days. His strong suit and distinguishing characteristic _ accessibility _ is rarely on display in these buttoned-up weeks of the presidential election campaign, when worries about missteps or getting off the topic of the moment trump the freewheeling nature of the Arizona senator. That made his town-hall meeting Monday, first in nearly a month, all the more striking. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600229_pf.html *McCain's stump speech more about Palin than self (AP 9/16/08)* By JENNIFER LOVEN Two things jump out from John McCain's standard campaign speech: Sarah Palin and change. Mostly Sarah Palin bringing change. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600221_pf.html *McCain says Obama didn't call Palin a pig (AP 9/15/08)* By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Did Barack Obama really call Sarah Palin a pig, as a John McCain ad leads people to believe? "No," McCain said Monday. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqSrvKD0cyqbefXbnUu0sZbSv8qAD937C7SO2 *Ad Calls McCain's Campaign 'Dishonorable' (WaPo 9/16/08)* By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray; A03 Sen. Barack Obama's campaign accused Sen. John McCain of running a "disgraceful, dishonorable campaign" in an advertisement launched Monday as the Democratic nominee vowed to leave no attack unanswered in the final weeks of the race for the White House. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091503000.html *Obama, McCain diverge on Wall Street cures (Politico 9/15/08)* By: Ben Smith and Avi Zenilman As Wall Street closed more than 500 points down and seemed on the verge of sliding into the New York Harbor Monday afternoon, the campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain sought to draw voters into two very different conversations about the financial crisis. http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=67EC64F1-18FE-70B2-A8884C7B13B5AFDF *McCain: Once a victim of push polls, now a perpetrator? (National Post blog 9/16/08)* by Shane Dingman What is a push poll? Irony of ironies, most people might not have been familiar with this tactic of political campaigns until it was made famous in the 2000 primary campaign when John McCain was the victim of some singularly ugly push-polling. McCain's campaign manager at the time wrote a fabulous piece all about what it was like for McCain in the Boston Globe in 2004. One of the opening graphs says it all: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/09/16/mccain-once-a-victim-of-push-polls-now-a-perpetrator.aspx *Obama, McCain to Speak to Clinton Global Initiative (The Page 9/15/08)* The two presidential candidates will participate with the likes of Queen Rania, Gordon Brown, Hamid Karzai, Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg, Lance Armstrong, Bono and more in addressing the fourth annual meeting. Obama by satellite. The conference takes place in New York City from September 23-26 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/thepage/<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/time/thepage/> ~3/393625662/ *PALIN NEWS* *Creamery Case Has Palin Critics Taking Aim at Fiscal-Conservative Claim (WSJ 9/16/08)* By JIM CARLTON Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin promotes herself as a small-government conservative. But when Alaska government officials wanted to shut down a money-losing creamery, the governor overturned the decision after dairy farmers near her hometown complained the loss of subsidies would cripple them. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152654971140245.html?mod=todays_us_page_one *Palin supports $600 million 'other' bridge project (AP 9/16/08)* By GARANCE BURKE Gov. Sarah Palin may eventually have said "no thanks" to a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere. But a bridge to her hometown of Wasilla, that's a different story. A $600 million bridge and highway project to link Alaska's largest city to Palin's town of 7,000 residents is moving full speed ahead, despite concerns the bridge could worsen some commuting and threaten a population of beluga whales. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600245_pf.html *John McCain campaign tries to quell 'Troopergate' (AP 9/16/08)* By GENE JOHNSON The presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain is trying to put to rest the ethical controversy that's come to be known as "Troopergate," releasing e-mails supporting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's contention that she dismissed her public safety commissioner over budget disagreements, not because he wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600265_pf.html *Palin for Energy Czar! (WaPo blog 9/15/08)* The woman touted by John McCain as the most knowledgable person in America on energy issues has been having a lot of trouble getting her basic energy statistics straight. Last week, Sarah Palin told Charlie Gibson of ABC News that her state, Alaska, produced "nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." Yesterday, she told a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado, that she had been responsible for overseeing "nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of oil and gas." Both claims are way off. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/09/palin_on_energy.html *Fired Official: Governor Sarah Palin Did Not Tell the Truth to ABC (ABC 9/15/08)* By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and JUSTIN ROOD Walt Monegan Says He Was Called to Gov.'s Office Over a "Private Family Matter" http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5804703&page=1 *Palin makes first foray into fundraising for McCain (CNN blog 9/15/08)* By Peter Hamby In her first fundraising effort on behalf of the McCain campaign, Sarah Palin raised just under $1 million, according to the host of the event. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/palin-makes-first-foray-into-fundraising-for-mccain/ *OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS* *The Ugly New McCain (WaPo 9/17/08)* Richard Cohen He has become the sort of politician he once despised. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502406.html *McCain's Radical Agenda (NYT 9/16/08)* By BOB HERBERT Talk about a shock to the system. Has anyone bothered to notice the radical changes that John McCain and Sarah Palin are planning for the nation's health insurance system? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/opinion/16herbert.html?pagewanted=print *Running on a Lie (WaPo 9/16/08)* By Eugene Robinson Palin believes that truth is nothing more than what she says it is. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502471.html *What It Takes (WaPo 9/16/08)* Anne Applebaum Are we willing to pay the high cost of victory in Afghanistan? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502470.html *Palin the outsider (Washington Times 9/16/08)* Jeremy Lott When John McCain chose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for his running mate, the decision caught everyone completely off guard. That shock and embarrassment, even, extended to America's major book publishing houses. So instead of the normal quickie campaign clip job put out by one of the larger imprints, for now we have the surprise small press publishing the success story of the year. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/16/palin-the-outsider/ *BUSH NEWS* *Bush: Economy Strong Enough to Handle Turmoil (WaPo 9/16/08)* By William Branigin President Bush today lamented what he described as "painful" adjustments in U.S. financial markets following the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment firm, but he gave no indication of any further federal bailouts and said the markets are resilient enough to handle the disruptions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091501283.html *Cheney Linked Hussein to Al-Qaeda, Ex-GOP House Leader Says in Book (WaPo 9/16/08)* By Jeff Leen; A19 A GOP congressional leader who was wavering on giving President Bush the authority to wage war in late 2002 said Vice President Cheney misled him by saying that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had direct personal ties to al-Qaeda terrorists and was making rapid progress toward a suitcase nuclear weapon, according to a new book by Washington Post investigative reporter Barton Gellman. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091503064.html *Bush heads to Texas as Galvestonians urged to leave (CNN 9/16/08)* President Bush heads to hurricane-ravaged south Texas on Tuesday with a message that the federal government will be there with aid and support. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/16/hurricane.ike/ *OTHER TOP NEWS* *Dow sheds 500 points in worst skid since 2001 terror attacks (AP 9/16/08) A stunning makeover of the Wall Street landscape sent stocks falling precipitously Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials losing 500 points in their worst slide since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Investors recoiled after a shakeup of the financial industry that took out two storied names: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. * http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2008/09/16/20080916biz-mktwallstreet0916.html * * *Economic-Stimulus Plan Lacks Bipartisan Backing (WSJ 9/16/08)* By GREG HITT and SARAH LUECK House Democratic leaders plan to push for action on a $50 billion economic-stimulus package, betting that financial-market turmoil will overcome Republican reluctance to spend more on highways and bridges. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152277104639601.html?mod=todays_us_page_one *Interest Groups Step Up Efforts in a Tight Race (NYT 9/16/08)* By JIM RUTENBERG and MICHAEL LUO After largely staying on the sidelines, the types of independent groups that so affected the 2004 presidential campaign are flooding back as players in the final sprint to the election this fall, financing provocative messages on television, in mailboxes and through the Internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/politics/16group.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin *Kissinger Backs Direct Talks 'Without Conditions' with Iran (ABC blog 9/15/08)* By Rachel Martin Former U.S.Secretary of State Henry Kissinger today told an audience in Washington, DC that the U.S. should negotiate with Iran "without conditions" and that the next President should begin such negotiations at a high level. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/kissinger-backs.htmllevel. *Powell still undecided, says Obama win would be 'electrifying' (CNN blog 9/15/08)* Former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has not yet decided which candidate to back in this year's presidential race. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/powell-still-undecided-says-obama-win-would-be-electrifying/ *Top Democrats Privately Urging Major Donors To Fund Outside Groups To Attack McCain (TPM 9/16/08)* By Greg Sargent In a sign of just how nervous senior Democrats are about Barack Obama's situation, top Democratic Party operatives are privately urging the party's major donors to get serious about putting big money into outside groups looking to attack John McCain in key battleground states. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/top_democrats_privately_urging.php *Fannie, Freddie's Former CEOs to Lose $12.6 Million in Severance Pay (WaPo 9/16/08)* By Zachary A. Goldfarb; D02 Former Fannie Mae chief executive Daniel H. Mudd and former Freddie Mac chief executive Richard F. Syron will lose $12.59 million in salary, stock and bonuses but keep $9.43 million in retirement and pension benefits under a Federal Housing Finance Agency plan to block their severance payments. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502853_pf.html *POLLS* *Latest Ohio Numbers (The Page 9/15/08)* From Suffolk University poll: McCain 46, Obama 42 Dates conducted: Sept. 10-13. Error margin: 4 points. http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/15/latest-ohio-numbers/ -- Sara DuBois Tracking / Communications Manager ProgressiveAccountability.org [email protected] 202-609-7681 (office) 410-967-7306 (cell) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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