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08 Election Daily News Clips
July 18th, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
9am McCain: Employee Town Hall in Warren, MI
- Tracking scheduled for this event
11:55am BUSH: Attends a private fundraising event in Tucson, Arizona
5:05 pm BUSH: Attends a private fundraising event in Houston, Texas
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
McCain focuses on Michigan again (Detroit News 7/18/08)
By Gary Heinlein
John McCain's presidential campaign got a shot in the arm -- reportedly $1.4
million -- at a fundraiser Thursday in the sprawling Lake Michigan home of
Republican activist and former Ambassador to Italy Peter Secchia. The
candidate, who will host a town hall meeting in Warren today, jetted into
Muskegon on his "Straight Talk Air" 747 late Thursday afternoon to meet with
supporters and contributors such as Mike Novakoski, chief officer of a
Holland-area construction company.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/METRO/807180378
McCain Discusses GM's Situation (WSJ 7/18/08)
By Sharon Terlep
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday he doesn't
believe General Motors Corp. needs a federal government bailout, but if
conditions worsen enough for the auto maker, all options need to be
considered.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121633808872963853.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
A Mixed Take by McCain Camp on Obama's Trip to War Zones (NYT 7/18/08)
By LARRY ROHTER
For months, Senator John McCain and other Republicans have been criticizing
Senator Barack Obama for not having visited Iraq in a long time, even
running a daily tally that is now well past 900 days. But now that Mr. Obama
is about to travel there and elsewhere in the region, Republicans seem
unable to decide whether that is worthy of praise or an opportunity for
payback for Mr. Obama's unrelenting criticism of their own policy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/us/politics/18mccain.html
Obama's Trip Causes Discord in McCain Camp (WSJ blog 7/17/08)
By Elizabeth Holmes and Laura Meckler
As Sen. Barack Obama prepares to visit Iraq to survey the situation on the
ground, the McCain campaign is engaging in an internal war—of words, that
is. After months of calling for the Democratic candidate to visit Iraq John
McCain now has to deal with the massive amount of attention Obama is
receiving by going.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/17/obamas-trip-causes-discord-in-mccain-camp/
*See WaPo blog's "McCain Softens Spokeswoman's Take on Obama Trip":*
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/17/mccain_softens_spokeswomans_ta.html
Americans' Faith in Afghan War Fades (ABC 7/18/08)
By EMILY FRIEDMAN
The Pentagon and presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain all seem
to agree on the need to send more troops to Afghanistan, but they are at
odds with much of the country these days on the need to send more Americans
into the lawless Afghan mountains.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5397008&page=1
McCain to focus on domestic issues in swing state sweep (USA Today 7/17/08)
By David Jackson
As Barack Obama travels abroad, John McCain will visit battleground
states. The presumed Republican presidential nominee is lining up trips next
week to Colorado, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania to emphasize jobs,
energy and health care while Obama is in the Middle East and Europe.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-17-McCain_N.htm
McCain Camp Releases Video Criticizing Obama on Iraq (CBS blog 7/17/08)
By Michelle Levi:
John McCain's campaign launched what they're calling a "documentary" video
today, which features soundbites of Barack Obama offering seemingly
contradictary positions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/07/17/politics/fromtheroad/entry4270282.shtml
*See HuffPo's "McCain's Eight Minute Ad*: An Anti-Obama Iraq "Documentary":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/mccains-eight-minute-ad-a_n_113440.html
*Link to video*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHEIi4XKRmM
*Link to Obama Camp Response to Washington GOP Attack:*
http://thepage.time.com/obama-camp-response-to-washington-gop-attack/
McCain Campaign Blasts Obama Trip as Overseas 'Rally' (FOX News 7/17/08)
by Judson Berger
When Barack Obama embarks on his upcoming trip to Iraq and Afghanistan he
will do so as part of a congressional delegation. But top aides for John
McCain are casting his voyage as little more than the Obama world tour.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/17/mccain-campaign-blasts-obama-trip-as-overseas-rally/
McCain says he's glad Obama going to Iraq, sort of (AP 7/17/08)
John McCain's presidential campaign had a hard time Thursday with Barack
Obama's upcoming overseas trip.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hOGOj62EWD1HAGNUx5mDMxsY7EGQD9200HOG0
McCain and Obama on Afghanistan (TIME 7/17/08)
John McCain: Time for an Afghan Surge
The status quo in Afghanistan is not acceptable. Security has deteriorated,
and our enemies are on the offensive. From the moment the next President
walks into the Oval Office, he will face critical decisions about
Afghanistan.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823945,00.html
*See TIME'S "The Service Agenda": *
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823951,00.html
Hearing-Gate Exposed! McCain Has Worse Afghanistan Hearing Record Than Obama
(ABC News blog 7/17/08)
By Z. Byron Wolf
... It turns out that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain has
attended even fewer Afghanistan-related Senate hearings over the past two
years than Obama's one. Which is a nice way of saying, McCain, R-Ariz., the
top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, has attended zero of
his committee's six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/hearing-gate-ex.html
McCain's humor often backfires (Politico 6/18/08)
By: Ben Smith
Ever hear that joke about waterboarding? How about the one about killing
Iranians? And why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? ... As he campaigns through
the densest media thicket in American history, it's become clear that McCain
hasn't acquired the layer of polish that produced, for instance, Ronald
Reagan's gentle, oft-repeated jokes and Bill Clinton's colorful, folksy
yarns.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11823.html
McCain renews call for gas-tax holiday at Union Station campaign stop (The
Kansas City Star 7/18/08)
By DAVE HELLING and SCOTT CANON
Sen. John McCain on Thursday renewed his call for a "brief" gas tax holiday
— and quickly ran into a political fender-bender with his new Missouri
campaign chairman, Sen. Kit Bond. The Republican told an estimated 1,200
people at Union Station that suspending the federal tax on gasoline and
diesel fuel would help put millions of dollars into the hands of businesses
and lower-income Americans.
http://www.kansascity.com/703/story/710218.html
*Link to video*:
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/elections/story/709046.html
Helling One on One with McCain [interview] (Kansas City Star 7/17/08)
The Kansas City Star's Dave Helling sat down with John McCain for a
one-on-one interview following the candidate's town hall meeting Thursday at
Union Station in Kansas City.
http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=2006202&item_index=&genre_id=00000839
McCain calls Obama health care plan 'HillaryCare' (CNN 7/17/08)
By Peter Hamby
KANSAS CITY, Missouri– John McCain devoted a substantial chunk of his town
hall meeting Thursday to drawing contrasts with Barack Obama on health care
policy, stressing his opposition to the presumptive Democratic nominee's
health care plan and noting the "great difference" between them on abortion.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/17/mccain-calls-obama-health-care-plan-hillarycare/
McCain declares self the underdog in Missouri (AP 7/17/08)
Although Missouri has gone red in the past two presidential elections,
Republican presidential candidate John McCain cast himself as the underdog
here to Democrat Barack Obama as he made his second stop in the state this
week.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-17-mccain-missouri_N.htm
Yes We Can? Not So Fast, Says McCain (Washington Post blog 7/17/08)
By Juliet Eilperin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In case the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee
is casting about for a new slogan, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has a
suggestion for him: "No, we can't."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/17/yes_we_can_not_so_fast_says_mc.html
McCain In 2003: We Can 'Muddle Through In Afghanistan' (ThinkProgress
7/17/08)
By Jon Soltz
Today, video was unearthed in which Senator John McCain in 2003 says we can
just "muddle through in Afghanistan." ...The video offers a glimpse into the
true thinking of those, like McCain, who backed launching the war in Iraq
and committing our forces there indefinitely. Particularly, they believed
that Afghanistan wasn't a concern and we didn't need to take it seriously.
In fact, just a year earlier, on CBS' Face the Nation, McCain said capturing
Osama bin Laden wasn't "that important."
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/mccain-03-afghanistan/
*Link to video*: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wazv45RYj60
McCain gets Social Security but criticizes system (AP 7/17/08)
By DAVID A. LIEB
Although Republican presidential candidate John McCain has called Social
Security "a disgrace," he still cashes his own retirement check every month.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwHGMYappR5eiPj4JoZ8L-7YUacAD91VPP78E
McCain hasn't ignited evangelicals' passions (AP 7/17/08)
Still they support the GOP candidate over Obama by 62 to 18 percent
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25721565/
The secret hidden within John McCain's campaign schedule (LA Times blog
7/18/08)
By Andrew Malcolm
Just 3 1/2 months out from the presidential election, McCain's national
campaign schedule is being driven by the quest for money, not by the hunt
for votes.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/mccain-money.html
McCain: Obama Is An Extremist, "I Don't Know" If He's A Socialist (TPM
7/17/08)
By Eric Kleefeld
John McCain appears to be upping the ante in his efforts to paint Barack
Obama as out of touch with America: He now says Obama is so extreme, he's
not ruling out Obama being a socialist.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/mccain_obama_is_an_extremist_i.php
Pfotenhauer: 'I Was Misinformed' About Hurricane Oil Spills (ThinkProgress
7/17/08)
Today on MSNBC, David Schuster challenged Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) policy
adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer's claim that "we withstood hurricanes Rita and
Katrina and did not spill a drop" of oil.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/pfotenhauer-misinformed-oil-spill/
OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
Going jaw to jaw with our enemies (Boston Globe 7/18/08)
By Ted Sorensen
SENATOR JOHN McCain has apparently decided to focus not on the sagging
economy under the disastrous Bush economic and fiscal policies, which McCain
would continue, but on Senator Barack Obama's willingness to communicate
with hostile foreign leaders, such as those in Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/18/going_jaw_to_jaw_with_our_enemies/
Telling moments, or trivial pursuits? (USA Today 7/18/08)
Eight seconds of dead air is an eternity on TV, so when Republican
presidential candidate John McCain struggled that long to answer a reporter
who had just asked whether it's fair that some health insurance plans cover
Viagra for men but not birth control medication for women, it drew plenty of
attention. It even spawned an attack ad from Planned Parenthood.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/07/telling-moments.html#more
Would McCain's health proposal get the job done? (Chicago Tribune 7/17/08)
By Gary L. Miller
Will the next president lead the way to affordable, high quality health care
for all Americans? If John McCain gets the job, the answer is "no" and
Republicans should be outraged that their candidate has not developed a more
creative solution true to conservative ideals.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-080717mccain_briefs,0,801692.story
The Coming Activist Age (NYT 7/18/08)
By DAVID BROOKS
We're entering an era of epic legislation. There are at least five large
problems that will compel the federal government to act in gigantic ways
over the next few years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/opinion/18brooks.html
BUSH NEWS
Pelosi calls Bush a 'total failure' (CNN blog 7/17/08)
By Alexander Mooney
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President Bush "a total
failure" — among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of
the Commander-In-Chief.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/17/pelosi-calls-bush-a-total-failure/
*Link to excerpts*:
http://thepage.time.com/transcript-of-pelosi-interview-on-cnn/
A Seat at the Table (NYT 7/18/08)
We welcome the news that President Bush has decided to send one of his top
diplomats to talks on Iran's nuclear program. That is quite a change from
just a few months ago when Mr. Bush denounced as appeasement any effort to
talk to "terrorists and radicals."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/opinion/18fri1.html?ref=opinion
It's official: Bush sewage plant on the ballot (LA Times blog 7/17/08)
By James Gerstenzang
Will this plant be getting a new name? Will the honoree show up for the
renaming ceremony? ... But now comes something that just might tempt
President Bush: A ballot measure was certified today to name a major piece
of San Francisco infrastructure after the president. That means voters will
decide in November whether to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control
Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/its-official-bu.html
Rove: 'This Administration Put More Into Alternative Energy Research Than
Any Administration in History' (ThinkProgress 7/17/08)
Last night on The O'Reilly Factor, Karl Rove attempted to defend the Bush
administration's energy record by falsely claiming that it had spent more on
alternative energy research than "any administration in history":
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/bush-cuts-alt-energy/
Ashcroft: I was not pushed out, my departure was 'voluntary.' (ThinkProgress
7/17/08)
Earlier this week, the Dallas Morning News released an interview with former
U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who stated that former Attorney General John
Ashcroft was "pushed out" of the Bush Administration because he "refused to
sign off on the warrantless wiretaps." Iglesias said that "had Ashcroft done
the wrong thing, the unconstitutional thing, and signed off on it, he'd
probably still be the AG." During a hearing today before the House Judiciary
Committee, Ashcroft denied Iglesias' account
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/ashcroft-i-was-not-pushed-out-my-depature-was-voluntary/
OTHER TOP NEWS
Iran-linked attacks subside in Iraq (USA TODAY 7/18/08)
By Jim Michaels
The number of deadly armor-piercing roadside bombs, which the U.S.
government has linked to Iran, has dropped by nearly 70% in the past three
months, the U.S. military says.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-07-17-efp_N.htm
Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse Than Previously Said (NYT 7/18/08)
By JAMES RISEN
Shoddy electrical work by private contractors on United States military
bases in Iraq is widespread and dangerous, causing more deaths and injuries
from fires and shocks than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to
internal Army documents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/middleeast/18contractors.html?hp
Mortgage Giant Freddie Mac Considers Major Stock Sale (WSJ 7/18/08)
By JAMES R. HAGERTY, MONICA LANGLEY and SUSAN PULLIAM; Page A1
Issue of Up to $10 Billion Would Aim to Stave Off Rescue Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121634565697564389.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
Judge allows Hamdan military trial to go forward (Christian Science Monitor
7/18/08)
By Warren Richey
It's a win for the Bush administration, which insists that Guantánamo
proceedings are necessary to fight the war on terror.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0718/p02s05-usju.html
Gore seeks 100% green energy (Financial Times 7/18/08)
By Fiona Harvey
The US should aim to generate all of its electricity from zero-carbon energy
sources within a decade, Al Gore, the former vice-president, urged on
Thursday.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e59b5fa-5454-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.html
A Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy (NYT 7/18/08)
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Every day around 8 a.m., foreign policy aides at Senator Barack Obama's
Chicago campaign headquarters send him two e-mails: a briefing on major
world developments over the previous 24 hours and a set of questions,
accompanied by suggested answers, that the candidate is likely to be asked
about international relations during the day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/us/politics/18advisers.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
Obama's First Step on World Stage (TIME 7/18/08)
By DAVID ESPO
Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first
high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-season audition
of sorts for a presidential hopeful pledging a new era in diplomacy and an
end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1824169,00.html
In Iraq, Mixed Feelings About Obama and His Troop Proposal (NYT 7/17/08)
By SABRINA TAVERNISE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
...his support for troop withdrawal cuts both ways, reflecting a deep
internal quandary in Iraq: for many middle-class Iraqis, affection for Mr.
Obama is tempered by worry that his proposal could lead to chaos in a nation
already devastated by war. Many Iraqis also acknowledge that security gains
in recent months were achieved partly by the buildup of American troops,
which Mr. Obama opposed and his presumptive Republican opponent, Senator
John McCain, supported.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/middleeast/17voices.html?ref=politics
Obama Raises $52 Million in June, Keeping Campaign on Pace to Its Goal (NYT
7/18/08)
By JEFF ZELENY
Senator Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that it collected $52 million
in June, the second-best fund-raising month of the year, through an
aggressive mix of small and large contributions that produced more than
twice the amount raised by Senator John McCain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/us/politics/18donate.html
Troubles May Diminish Fannie And Freddie's Lobbying Clout (WSJ 7/18/08)
By Elizabeth Williamson
The financial troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could diminish their
legendary influence on Washington decision making as lawmakers prepare to
put a tighter leash on the two mortgage giants.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121632903090863321.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_topbox
Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style (Washington Post 7/18/08)
By R. Jeffrey Smith; A01
The Air Force's top leadership sought for three years to spend
counterterrorism funds on "comfort capsules" to be installed on military
planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world,
with at least four top generals involved in design details such as the color
of the capsules' carpet and leather chairs, according to internal e-mails
and budget documents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071703161.html
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