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08 Election Daily News Clips
July 22nd, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
10am McCain: Attends a meeting with Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid
12pm McCain: Town Hall in Rochester, NH - 31 Wakefield St, Rochester, NH
- Tracking scheduled for this event
1:30pm BUSH : Remarks in honor of Colombian Independence Day from the White
House
5:05pm BUSH: Attends Goddard-Georgia Victory Committee Reception at a
private residence in Atlanta, Georgia
5:30pm McCain: Fund raiser in Baltimore, MD
6:30pm Brownback: Reception in Washington DC [McCain surrogate event]
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
*McCain's Maverick Side: Grandpa Would Be Proud (Washington Post 7/22/08)*
By Jonathan Weisman; A04
...While much has been made of McCain's paternal lineage -- the upstanding
admirals of the Navy -- less appears to be known about Arch Wright, who made
a fortune on liquor, gambling and oil in Indian territory before relocating
to Los Angeles with a sprawling clan in tow, including McCain's mother,
Roberta Wright McCain. He died there in 1971, when McCain was being held as
a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102653.html
*Iraqi schedule for withdrawal close to Obama's (LA Times 7/22/08)*
By Alexandra Zavis and Doug Smith
The announcement bolsters the Democratic candidate in the early days of his
Middle East trip. Meanwhile, John McCain visits with President George H.W.
Bush in Maine.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-fg-obamairaq22-2008jul22,0,3471222.story
*Bush a Double-Edged Sword for McCain (ABC News 7/22/08)*
By JENNIFER PARKER
Once Political Enemies, McCain Negotiates Political Alliance With President
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5420632&page=1
*McCain indicates US troops could withdraw in 2 years (Reuters 7/21/08)*
By Jeff Mason
Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared to leave a door open
on Monday to a large-scale drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq in the next two
years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN21464471
*NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA (Drudge Report
7/21/08)*
An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been
rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published
an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
http://drudgereport.com/flashnym.htm
*Link to NYT Statement on McCain Op-Ed*:
http://thepage.time.com/ny-times-statement-on-mccain-op-ed/
*McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on (Politico 7/22/08)*
By: Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said "Iraq" when he apparently meant
"Afghanistan" on Monday, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is
giving ammunition to the opposition.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11939.html
*John McCain cites nonexistent border (Chicago Tribune blog 7/21/08)*
by Katie Fretland
Can you name the country directly northwest of Pakistan? Got it? The correct
answer is Afghanistan. Not Iraq. But in an interview on ABC's Good Morning
America, Sen. John McCain referred to the nonexistent border of Iraq and
Pakistan. It was the first publicized foreign policy mistake by a
presidential candidate during the time Sen. Barack Obama has been in the
Middle East.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/john_mccain_geography.html
*See Yglesias's "The Iraq-Pakistan Border"*:
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/the_iraqpakistan_border.php
*Never Underestimate McCain, But... (TIME 7/22/08)*
By Michael Grunwald
John McCain might seem like a long shot. He's the Republican nominee at a
time when the two-term Republican President is wildly unpopular and
Republicans are losing elections in perennially Republican districts and the
party base isn't exactly drooling over him. He supported the president's
unpopular efforts to transform Iraq and revamp Social Security; he was
against the Bush tax cuts before he was for them. He's a 71-year-old
Washington hand in a change election. And his 46-year-old opponent is a lot
better at raising money, delivering speeches, drawing crowds and registering
new voters.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1825337,00.html
*McCain, at Bush Home, Faults Obama on War Plan (NYT 7/22/08)*
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
KENNEBUNKPORT, Me. — Senator John McCain was like the wallflower at an
international political dance on Monday as he campaigned at the quiet summer
home of a popular President Bush, George H. W., while the worldwide news
media spotlight beamed down on Senator Barack Obama in Baghdad.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?ref=politics
*See Reuters blog's "Bush Sr. praises McCain, muses about history and his
son"*
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/07/22/bush-sr-praises-mccain-muses-about-history-and-his-son/
*McCain Says Obama Still Wrong on Iraq, Afghanistan (AP 7/21/08)*
By TOM RAUM
(KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine) — Republican Sen. John McCain insisted on Monday that
he has been consistently right on both Iraq and Afghanistan while Democratic
rival Sen. Barack Obama "has been completely wrong."
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1825075,00.html
*McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester (NH Union Leader 7/22/08)*
By SCOTT BROOKS
"Mac" is back. Sen. John McCain returned to New Hampshire last night,
flashing an "OK" sign at an aide as he stepped out onto an airport tarmac in
Manchester. ...The senator's low-key arrival in Manchester stood in stark
contrast to his Democratic rival's ongoing visit to the Middle East. Sen.
Barack Obama, of Illinois, was swarmed by media as he arrived in Baghdad
yesterday for a meeting with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Iraqi
leaders.
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=McCain+returns+to+NH+with+visit+to+Rochester&articleId=248d6f19-aaa4-40a4-b95b-b365fcaff562
*McCain Coming To Maryland -- For Cash (Washington Post blog 7/22/08)*
John Wagne
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is scheduled to make a fundraising stop in
Maryland tomorrow night. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is
booked at the Centre Club in downtown Baltimore. Tickets start at $1,000 a
person. Entrance to a VIP reception, which includes a photo with the
senator, is $2,300.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2008/07/mccain_coming_to_maryland_for.html?sid=ST2008072200054&pos=list
*McCain courts Mainers (Portland Press Herald 7/22/08)*
By DIETER BRADBURY
U.S. Sen. John McCain declared the troop surge in Iraq a success during
campaign and fundraising stops in Maine on Monday, and also chided Illinois
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for a lack of experience in national security
and foreign policy.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=200715&ac=PHnws
*See WGME's "McCain in Maine":*
http://www.wgme.com/News/story_detail/story_detail_1.shtml
*McCain adviser lobbied for Stephen Payne (AP 7/21/08)*
By PETE YOST
A top foreign policy adviser to John McCain has lobbied the National
Security Council, Congress and the State Department on behalf of Stephen
Payne, the Texas businessman and longtime Republican fundraiser caught up in
a controversy over whether he sought to sell access to the Bush White
House. According to records on file with Congress, McCain foreign policy
adviser Randy Scheunemann lobbied the Senate and House on behalf of Payne's
firm, Worldwide Strategic Partners Inc., in 2002.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gapzbJD6CsnU1TsZ3KuBV2sZSjRwD922GM3O0
*See TPM's "Homeland Security Adviser Offering Cash-For-Access Deal Worked
With McCain's Foreign Policy Adviser": *
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/homeland_security_advisor_who.php
*McCain Knows Best: Rejects Maliki's Timetable But Says 'I Know What Iraqis
Want' (ThinkProgress 7/21/08)*
This weekend, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he wanted U.S.
troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, supporting the plan set forth by
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). "Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think,
would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of
slight changes," he said.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/21/mccain-maliki-withdrawal/
*Pastor Hagee returns (Washington Times blog 7/21/08)*
BY Stephen Dinan
Joe Lieberman speaks at a banquet dinner tomorrow with pastor John Hagee —
yes, that Hagee, the man who caused John McCain such a headache earlier this
year and forced McCain to reject his endorsement.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/dinan/2008/Jul/21/pastor-hagee-returns/
*See WaPo's "Irreverent Reverends":*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102736.html?sid=ST2008072200054&pos=list
*McCain Urges More Drilling, Blames Obama for Gas Prices (Washington Post
7/22/08)*
By Howard Kurtz; A04
...Analysis: John McCain may try in this ad to blame rising gas prices on
Barack Obama, but after 7 1/2 years of the Bush administration, that's a
stretch. McCain himself said last week that America's "dangerous dependence
on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making"; Obama has been in
Washington for less than four.
*Link to video of ad*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiTpS4MK3D8
*Link to script*: http://thepage.time.com/script-for-mccain-ad-pump/
*Link to Obama Response to McCain "Pump" Ad*:
http://thepage.time.com/obama-response-to-mccain-pump-ad/
*Obama, Maliki, and McCain (National Review Online 7/21/08)*
By Byron York
With Obama visiting, the Iraqi PM delivers a body-blow to the GOP candidate.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWMxNTQ5ZGIyOTEzMzFmNDVlNmJiYmFlY2Y0NDRjYzg=
*Obama and McCain diverge on Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Christian Science
Monitor 7/21/08)*
By Howard LaFranchi
Obama likely to return US to role of 'honest broker.' McCain sees fighting
Islamic extremists as paramount.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0722/p01s01-uspo.html
*John McCain -- Pious Pilate (Huffington Post 7/21/08)*
By Thomas B. Edsall
...The adversarial relationship between McCain and the religious wing of the
GOP raises doubts as to how effective Monday's decision by Focus on the
Family honcho James Dobson will be to abandon his opposition to McCain. At
the same time, such hard-right religious leaders as Dobson, 72, and
televangelist Pat Robertson, 78, (Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell died
in 2007) are being supplanted by younger and more tolerant Christian leaders
who are less likely to become adamant opponents of Democratic candidates.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/21/john-mccain----pious-pila_n_114177.html
*McCain Ally Counsels Alarmist Attack On Health Care (Huffington Post
7/21/08)*
Lester Feder
Political consultant Dick Morris today recommended John McCain use alarmist
distortions to get off the defensive on health care. Morris offered this
counsel days after Al Hubbard, architect of President Bush's health care
plan now touted by McCain, compared Americans' use of the health care system
to shoppers who indiscriminately buy caviar while someone else foots the
bill.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lester-feder/mccain-ally-counsels-alar_b_114131.html
*Column Sends Rumors Flying on McCain VP Choice (WSJ blog 7/21/08)*
By Elizabeth Holmes
Rumors that John McCain will announce his running mate sometime this week
flew fast and furiously Monday evening, with the campaign's coy response
fueling the speculation.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/21/column-sends-rumors-flying-on-mccain-vp-choice/
*Fineman: Bush is pushing for a McCain administration to 'cover over' the
misdeeds of his presidency (ThinkProgress 7/21/08)*
Yesterday on The Chris Matthews Show on NBC, Newsweek columnist Howard
Fineman revealed one of the reasons President Bush is pushing so hard for
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to win the election in November:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/21/fineman-bush-is-pushing-for-a-mccain-administration-to-cover-over-the-misdeeds-of-his-presidency/
*Does Kemp scramble his 'dear friend' McCain's nerves? (LA Times blog
7/22/08)*
By Stuart Silverstein
While campaigning in Buffalo, N.Y., John McCain made a puzzling comment
about a local hero, Jack Kemp. First he called Kemp -- a onetime Buffalo
Bills quarterback who later represented western New York for nine terms as a
Republican congressman -- a "dear friend." But McCain, speaking at an art
museum Monday, went on to say that "I haven't met anybody who isn't afraid
of Jack Kemp."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/does-kemp-scram.html
*Cindy McCain touring Rwanda (USA TODAY 7/22/08)*
By Rick Hampson
Her trip may not be as high-profile as another world tour underway right
now, but Cindy McCain insists she's not in Africa for publicity.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-21-cindy-mccain_N.htm
*The Perfect Part (Washington Post 7/22/08)*
By Libby Copeland; C01
Cindy McCain might yearn to be invisible sometimes, or at the very least,
not surrounded by the Secret Service and photographers and gawking people.
The scrutiny seems too much to bear. Something about that half-apologetic
manner.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102905.html
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
For McCain, the surge is a losing strategy (LA Times 7/22/08)
*By Jonah Goldberg
Its success in quieting Iraq may make it easier for voters to choose Obama.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-goldberg22-2008jul22,0,6582409.column
*Candidates' positions on Iraq differ less than you'd think (USA Today
7/22/08)*
...Obama and Republican John McCain are maximizing their differences when
they talk to voters, but in practical terms there's less and less daylight
between them. Rhetorically, Obama backs a fixed timetable for withdrawing
American troops while McCain wants to stay as long as "victory" takes and
beyond. But if the Iraqis want the U.S. out and they prove capable of taking
over, both ideas lead to the same end on about the same schedule.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/07/candidates-posi.html#more
*Timelines in the Sand (Washington Post 7/22/08)*
By Eugene Robinson; A21
It's not a "timetable" for extricating U.S troops from Iraq that George W.
Bush is suddenly talking about, and heaven help anyone who accuses him of
proposing a "timeline." No, the Decider says he is now amenable to a "time
horizon," which apparently is a whole different kind of time thing -- not at
all like the sensible course of action that Democrats and other critics of
the Iraq occupation have been demanding.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/21/AR2008072102361.html
*McCain flops on emissions standards (Detroit News 7/21/08)*
By Daniel Howes
Would someone please tell Sen. John McCain, the GOP's presidential wannabe,
that straight talk and flip-flopping don't mix. Not in the space of a month.
Not when the issue -- whether the next president supports allowing
individual states to set emissions rules for new cars and trucks -- means
Detroit's automakers could face billions more in R&D spending should the
so-called EPA waiver sought by California and a dozen or so other states
become law.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/OPINION03/807210326
*BUSH NEWS
In key Gitmo case, Mukasey stays on White House path (LA Times blog 7/21/08)
*Can caretaker Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey set the Justice Department
straight? That is the question that hangs over the short-termer, who
inherited a department set back on its heels by complaints of political
interference and a readiness to overlook legal standards in the fight
against terrorism.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/guantanamo-muka.html
*Bush law chief seeks conflict declaration on Qaeda (Reuters 7/21/08)*
By Randall Mikkelsen
Congress should explicitly declare a state of armed conflict with al Qaeda
to make clear the United States can detain suspected members as long as the
war on terrorism lasts, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on
Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2140857120080721
*Bush: 'I do know about YouTube.' (ThinkProgress 7/21/08)*
On Saturday, the Arizona Star reported that President Bush asked the
audience to turn off recording devices at a Friday fundraiser, afraid that
his remarks could be posted to YouTube:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/21/bush-i-do-know-about-youtube/
*Maliki's Iraq pullout line keeps White House scrambling (LA Times blog
7/21/08)*
A clever White House press secretary can pretty much tell what questions are
going to be welling up from the seats in the press briefing room and comes
out prepared. So it was no surprise today that Dana Perino wrote a
statement—"all on my own," she said self-deprecatingly—to tackle the
controversy du jour: Whether U.S. officials had put the muscle on Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki to back off his seeming endorsement of Barack
Obama's 16-month timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/maliki-obama-tr.html
*Editorial: Library donors need to be named (Dallas Morning News 7/22/08)
Stephen Payne was operating as a free agent. Let's be clear about that. But
the Houston lobbyist's actions should get President Bush's attention. Mr.
Bush needs to be sure no one will undercut his presidential library, which
will open at Southern Methodist University after he leaves office.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-bushlibrary_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d5f58e.html
T. Boone Pickens Rides the Wind (NYT 7/22/08)*
T. Boone Pickens, the legendary wildcatter and corporate raider, has decided
that drilling for more oil is not the answer to the nation's energy
problems. President Bush should listen to his fellow Texan and longtime
political ally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/opinion/22tue3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
*OTHER TOP NEWS
Serbia captures fugitive wartime leader Karadzic (AFP 7/22/08)
*Indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most
wanted men, was practising medicine and living in Belgrade when he was
arrested on genocide charges, officials said Tuesday.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5juCwZRe6uB-Due2DoO7trgsV_xfg
*Link to McCain's statement: *
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDN-CfGY3szC6ylS1zL87_tRXoSwD922HLQ00
*Russia increases weapon sales to Chavez (Washington Times 7/22/08)*
Russia is showing its irritation with U.S. intervention in its back yard by
selling more weapons to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. ...Move seen as slap at
Bush over missile defense
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/22/russia-increases-weapon-sales-to-chavez/
*For Obama, a First Step Is Not a Misstep (NYT 7/22/08)*
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JEFF ZELENY
The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal
plan for American combat troops similar to what Senator Barack Obama has
proposed, providing Mr. Obama with a potentially powerful political boost on
a day he spent in Iraq working to fortify his credibility as a wartime
leader.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/us/politics/22assess.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
*Citizens United to Release Anti-Obama Documentary (NYT blog 7/21/08)*
By Michael Falcone
An independent conservative group went on the air with a new ad on Monday to
be followed by a full-length documentary film that attempts to portray
Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as an over-hyped
media darling.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/citizens-united-to-release-anti-obama-documentary/
*House Democratic Campaign Arm Broadens TV Buy (Washington Post blog
7/21/08)*
By Chris Cillizza
Moving quickly to capitalize on their massive financial advantage, the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has reserved television time in
nearly two dozen more House districts, bringing their total investment in
competitive contests to $53 million.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/house_democratic_campaign_arms.html
*POLLS
Poll: Half of U.S. says press pro-Obama (Politico 7/21/08)
*By: Alexander Burns
Half of Americans think the press is trying to help Sen. Barack Obama win
the presidential election, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11912.html
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Sara DuBois
Deputy Director of Tracking & Media Monitoring
Progressive Accountability Office
[email protected]
202-609-7681 (office)
410-967-7306 (cell)
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