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08 Election Daily News Clips
September 2nd, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
TBD
News Clips:
*RNC NEWS*
*GOP Convention Going Forward Tuesday (The Page 9/2/08)*
NBC reports the convention will attempt to get back on track Tuesday, and
major evening speakers will include Fred Thompson, Lieberman and President
Bush via satellite. The McCain camp has also organized several events
focused on hurricane relief.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/02/tuesday-gop-convention-schedule-pending/
*Networks Focus on Storm Continues (The Page 9/1/08)*
All three network anchors host a primetime hour-long special on Hurricane
Gustav from New Orleans.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/thepage/<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/time/thepage/>
~3/380819480/
*Republicans Finish Short St. Paul Monday (The Page 9/1/08)*
Day one of the Republican National Convention closes at 6:00 pm ET after
Hurricane Gustav caused political restraint and a somber mood at the Xcel
Center. Laura Bush addresses the convention about relief for the Gulf
region: "Like all of you, George and I were planning on coming to enjoy this
convention…. Our first priority now is to ensure the safety and well being
of those living in the Gulf Coast region."
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/in-session-3/
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*Paul Is Here, and the RNC Isn't Happy (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Matthew Mosk; A27
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has boasted that he wrote
a book slamming the Iraq war and challenging the nation's economic system to
continue a grass-roots movement that grew out of his quixotic campaign. The
best-selling "The Revolution: A Manifesto" has become the centerpiece of a
counterconvention by Paul that he has predicted will attract thousands of
supporters to the Twin Cities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102461_pf.html
*Laura Bush, Cindy McCain take convention stage (CNN blog 9/1/08)*
By Alexander Mooney
First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain addressed the Republican National
Convention Monday evening, delivering abbreviated remarks due to Hurricane
Gustav.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/laura-bush-cindy-mccain-take-convention-stage/
*Link to video of Laura Bush: *http://www.cnn.com/video/#/
video/politics/2008/09/01/sot.laura.bush.gulf.coast.cnn
*Link to video of Cindy*: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/
video/politics/2008/09/01/sot.rnc.cindy.mccain.cnn
*5 arrested in protests at GOP convention site (AP 9/1/08)*
By AMY FORLITI
Thousands of protesters descended on the city hosting the Republican
National Convention Monday, some smashing cars, puncturing tires and
throwing bottles in a confrontations with pepper-spray wielding police who
arrested at least five people.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hksHDv1i55R2qYI6dkmMm10uxZ0AD92U58MO2
*Roberta McCain Settles In at Xcel (The Page 9/1/08)*
The candidate is absent from the GOP convention in St. Paul Monday– but his
96-year-old mother is attending the evening's session.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/roberta-mccain-settles-in-to-xcel/#
*MCCAIN NEWS*
*McCain fought money on teen pregnancy programs (AP 9/2/08)*
By Sharon Theimer
Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried
17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal
money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen
mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/09/02/mccain_fought_money_on_teen_pregnancy_programs?mode=PF
*McCain losing time to push security credentials (Boston Globe 9/2/08)*
By Peter S. Canellos
As delegates to the Republican National Convention were riveted to TV shots
of water lapping over levees yesterday, they expressed hope that a potential
disaster had been averted on the Gulf Coast and that their own convention
could proceed with only the loss of speeches by President Bush and Vice
President Dick Cheney. That may not be much of a loss at all, given the
president's very low favorability ratings ... and the fact that Hurricane
Gustav gave John McCain a chance to show that he takes natural disasters
very seriously. But the cancellation of Day One of the Republican convention
may have a deeper political cost, one that pales in comparison with the
potential loss of life on the Gulf Coast but one that could have an impact
on the presidential race, nonetheless.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/09/02/mccain_losing_time_to_push_security_credentials?mode=PF
*McCain in talks with Ron Paul for backing (Washington Times 9/2/08)*
Ralph Z. Hallow
The McCain campaign, acting through the Republican National Committee, has
been negotiating with Rep. Ron Paul to win his support and acquire the names
of his sympathizers among the 4,607 delegates and alternates at the
Republican National Convention, according to a senior aide to the Texas
congressman.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/02/mccain-negotiating-with-paul-to-win-backing-suppor/
*McCain Visits Disaster Relief Center in Toledo (ABC blog 9/1/08)*
By Bret Hovell
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., visited a disaster relief center in Toledo, Ohio,
on Monday, continuing his effort to politically get out in front of
Hurricane Gustav and avoid the overwhelming perception left after Hurricane
Katrina that the Republican Party either didn't know about the magnitude of
that storm, or didn't care.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/mccain-visits-d.html
*McCain posts biggest haul in August (AP 9/1/08)*
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised at least $47 million in
August, his biggest haul so far and a sign that he is dispelling doubts
about his campaign among conservative donors.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/09/02/mccain_posts_biggest_haul_in_august/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+political+stories
*Despite political respite, Biden hits McCain (FirstRead 9/1/08)*
By Mike Memoli
This morning, Joe Biden said today was not a day for national politics. He
said it again during a roundtable discussion outside his childhood home here
this afternoon. But before long, he couldn't help himself, criticizing
McCain for his views on offshore drilling and questioning his foreign policy
judgment.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1322543.aspx
*Response to Storm Shows Changes in McCain Campaign (NYT 9/1/08)*
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
By every account, there was not much debate in John McCain's inner circle
about what to do as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf Coast, just as
delegates were coming into town for the convention. After the briefest of
consultations, they decided to cancel major convention events Monday,
realizing the political cost of proceeding with the pageantry of a
convention as a potentially lethal storm landed on shore.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/us/politics/01web-nagourney.html?hp==print&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1220356858-ARUQVp6pnutnNPHuqrEelw
*PAILIN NEWS*
*The Sarah Palin arrives at a GOP convention, eager to meet the new star (LA
Times 9/2/08)*
Ladies and gentlemen, the Governor is in the house. Sarah Palin, Alaska's
governor but John McCain's new vice presidential partner, has arrived in St.
Paul for the abbreviated Republican National Convention, where the selection
of the relatively unknown 44-year-old mother of five has energized thousands
of Republicans gathered for the GOP's first nomination of a female national
candidaThe new Republican running mates Arizona senator John McCain and
Alaska Governor Sarah Palinte since its founding in 1854.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/the-sarah-palin.html
*Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Paul Kane; A01
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27
million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its
mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103148.html
*A New Twist in the Debate Over Mothers (NYT 9/2/08)*
By JODI KANTOR and RACHEL L. SWARNS
When Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska was introduced as a vice-presidential pick,
she was presented as a magnet for female voters, the epitome of everymom
appeal. But since then, as mothers across the country supervise the season's
final water fights and pack book bags, some have voiced the kind of doubts
that few male pundits have dared raise on television. With five children,
including an infant with Down syndrome and, as the country learned Monday, a
pregnant 17-year-old, Ms. Palin has set off a fierce argument among women
about whether there are enough hours in the day for her to take on the vice
presidency, and whether she is right to try.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02mother.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print
*Gov. Mom (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Lois Romano; A21
It's quite a compelling image: An accomplished -- even glamorous -- working
mother, projecting to the world that she can and does have it all: five
children, a successful career and a husband who doesn't mind being Mr. Mom.
Oh, and she's going to be a grandmother, and her infant has special needs,
and she's running for vice president. The facts of life for Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin are fascinating and seem, frankly, exhausting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102998_pf.html
*In Political Realm, 'Family Problem' Emerges as Test (NYT 9/2/08)*
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
For at least the time being, Gov. Sarah Palin appears to have survived the
initial test after the disclosure that her unmarried teenage daughter was
pregnant. Republican delegates rallied around her on Monday, saying the
disclosure would not threaten her hopes of being Senator John McCain's
running mate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02assess.html?hp
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*Labor Day Purge (The Page 9/2/08)*
New Palin spinmeister tells the NY Times about McCain effort to put out
potentially damaging information all at once during Gustav and the holiday.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/02/labor-day-purge/
*New Palin details may help, not hurt (Politico 9/1/08)*
By: Charles Mahtesian
Fishing permit violations. A blue-collar husband who racked up a DUI
citation as a 22-year-old. An unmarried teenage daughter who is pregnant and
a nasty child custody battle involving a family member. All of this, to one
degree or another, has surfaced in recent days as a result of efforts to
discredit or undermine Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But these revelations may
have the opposite effect: In one sense, they could reinforce how remarkably
unremarkable she is.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=202B4E02-18FE-70B2-A80A4298569F42B9
*Evangelicals rally behind Palin after pregnancy news (CNN blog 9/1/08)*
By Rebecca Sinderbrand
Key evangelical leaders rallied to Sarah Palin's support Monday amid news
that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was having a child.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/evangelicals-rally-behind-palin-after-pregnancy-news/
*Calculated Risk With Female Voters Is Suddenly Even Harder to Calculate
(WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Anne E. Kornblut and Juliet Eilperin; A19
In a presidential campaign that has challenged assumptions about female
voters and candidates across the spectrum, the announcement yesterday that
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's unmarried teenage daughter is five months pregnant
added a variable to the multiple factors that will motivate the votes of
more than half of the electorate in November.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102726_pf.html
*Mayor Palin: A Rough Record (TIME 9/2/08)*
By Nathan Thornburgh
John McCain was clear about why he picked half-term Alaska governor Sarah
Palin to be his running mate. ...It is a powerful reinforcement of McCain's
own political brand: tough, reform-minded, willing to break with his own
party for the right cause. ...But in the first major race of her career —
the 1996 campaign for mayor of her hometown of Wasilla — Palin was a far
more conventional politician. In fact, according to some who were involved
in that fight, Palin was a highly polarizing political figure who brought
partisan politics and hot-button social issues like abortion and gun control
into a mayoral race that had traditionally been contested like a friendly
intramural contest among neighbors.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1837918,00.html
*McCain vetter defends Palin review (AP 9/2/08)*
By LIZ SIDOTI
Sarah Palin voluntarily told John McCain's campaign about her pregnant
teenage daughter and her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during
questioning as part of the Republican's vice presidential search, the lawyer
who conducted the background review said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CVN_PALIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-02-03-36-15
*McCain communications team sent to Alaska (CNN blog 9/1/08)*
By Dana Bash
A senior adviser to John McCain's campaign confirms that they have
dispatched a team of 12 people to presumptive VP nominee Sarah Palin's home
state of Alaska.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/mccain-communications-team-sent-to-alaska/
* Obama says Palin's family off limits (CNN 9/1/08)*
* Barack Obama responds to Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy
* "People's families are off-limits ... children are especially
off-limits," he says
* Obama says reporters should "back off these kinds of stories"
* Bristol Palin, a senior in high school, is about five months pregnant
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/index.html
*GOP Deals With the Storm -- and the Stork (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Dana Milbank; A18
Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Louisiana coast about 10:30 a.m.
Monday. Hurricane Bristol made landfall in Minnesota at 11:43 a.m.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102553_pf.html
*To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant (Reuters 9/1/08)*
By Steve Holland
The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah
Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock
down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover
up for her child.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2944356420080901
*The GOP platform plank on sexual abstinence (LA Times blog 9/1/08)*
By Don Frederick
Palins In the wake of today's revelation that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old,
unwed daughter is pregnant, the following plank in the Republican platform
for the 2008 presidential campaign is sure to garner more attention than
usual.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/the-gop-platfor.html
*Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped (HuffPo
9/1/08)*
By Sam Stein
In November 2006, then gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin declared that she
would not support an abortion for her own daughter even if she had been
raped.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/palin-on-abortion-id-oppo_n_122924.html
*See Ben Smith's "Palin opposed sex-ed": *
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Palin_opposed_sexed.html?showall
*Palin Received Millions In Earmarks, Clouding Reformer Image (HuffPo
9/1/08)*
By Sam Stein
News continues to break regarding vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
that could, in the long term, pose serious problems to one of the main
thrusts of the McCain campaign: the message of conservative reform.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/palin-received-millions-i_n_123004.html
*Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens's 527 Group (WaPo blog
9/1/08)*
By Matthew Mosk
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political
circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group
organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Palin's name is
listed on 2003 incorporation papers of the "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public
Service, Inc.," a 527 group that could raise unlimited funds from corporate
donors.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/01/palin_was_a_director_of_embatt.html#more
*Exclusive: Todd Palin's 1986 DUI Arrest Called "Lesson Learned" (Brody File
9/1/08)*
Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP
Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving
under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986. He was 22 years old at the
time. He was driving in a truck with some friends in the small southwestern
Alaska town of Dillingham when he was pulled over for the DUI. As is
customary, he was taken to jail briefly. Sarah and Todd Palin were high
school sweethearts so they were dating at the time. The Brody File can also
report that there was no accident or injuries.
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/436411.aspx
*Palin Hires Lawyer in Troopergate (AP 9/1/08)*
By STEVE QUINN
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, has hired a
private practice attorney to defend her in the investigation into the firing
of her public safety commissioner.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1837877,00.html
*Palin and Her Pastors: "Those that die without Christ have a horrible,
horrible surprise" (Harpers 9/1/08)*
By Ken Silverstein and Sebastian Jones
During the 2008 campaign the beliefs of various candidates' spiritual
mentors has attracted a great deal of attention, especially those of the
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and to a lesser extent those of John Hagee, who
endorsed John McCain. So now seems an opportune time to examine the
viewpoints of Sarah Palin's two most recent pastors, as expressed in their
sermons.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/08/hbc-90003486
*Palin And The FBI Background Check -- Updated (Atlantic Online 9/1/08)*
By Marc Ambinder
The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not participate in the vetting of
Gov. Sarah Palin and did not conduct a background check as part of the
process, an FBI spokesman said today.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/palin_and_the_fbi_background_c.php
*McCain Camp's Detailed Palin Review (AP 9/1/08)*
By LIZ SIDOTI
Sarah Palin's path to the Republican ticket started with her name on a list
— and a team of some 25 people poring through public records searching for
trouble spots without her knowledge. Then came the 70-question survey and a
nearly three-hour interview. ...In the days since, Republicans and
Democrats have privately questioned whether the Arizona senator chose the
first-term governor without fully looking into her background. McCain's
campaign has vehemently defended the review.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837949,00.html
*Palin: "If Pledge Of Allegiance Was Good Enough For Founding Fathers, It's
Good Enough For Me" (DailyKos 9/1/08)*
...Sarah Palin, answering a 2006 policy questionnaire:
Q: "Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance?
Why or why not?"
PALIN: "Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers,
its good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of
Allegiance"
...When John McCain was born, the words "Under God" were not in the Pledge.
They would not appear there until 1954, during McCain's senior year of high
school.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/13152/11620
*Members of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in
90s (ABC blog 9/1/08)*
By Jake Tapper
The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence
of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html
*OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS*
*Longing for the McCain of old (Denver Post 9/2/08)*
It would be refreshing if the old John McCain of political legend were to
resurface this week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. We
miss the old McCain, the one reputed for being a maverick, an occasional
party rebel, a straight-talker, a coalition-builder. In short, a politician
who is not annoyingly political, but who can work with both sides of the
aisle.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_10351957?source=rss
*John McCain Has a Tax Plan To Create Jobs (WSJ 9/2/08)*
By MARTIN FELDSTEIN and JOHN B. TAYLOR
John McCain's tax policies are designed to create jobs, increase wages and
allow all Americans -- especially those in the hard-pressed middle class --
to keep more of what they earn. His plan achieves these goals in three
important ways.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031215585888783.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
*Why McCain Still Has a Chance To Win (WSJ 9/2/08)*
By PETER ROBINSON
With Barack Obama already established as a skillful rhetorician, people keep
asking me, a former White House speechwriter, about John McCain. Can he say
anything -- anything at all -- that might place him in the company of Ronald
Reagan, the president for whom I used to work? The answer, I believe, is
yes.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031196249888759.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
Ignore the Chauvinists. Palin Has Real Experience. (WSJ 9/2/08)
By NANCY PFOTENHAUER
In Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain has found a fellow maverick to
be his running mate -- one who can help bring the right kind of reform to
Washington. Ms. Palin, like Mr. McCain, has a strong record of battling the
status quo, restoring accountability and effectiveness to government, and
working to secure energy independence, root out corruption and curb wasteful
spending.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031229774188795.html?mod=todays_us_opinion
*What the Palin Pick Says (NYT 9/2/08)*
By DAVID BROOKS
John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract
convictions about the proper size of government. He's a traditionalist, but
is not energized by the social conservative agenda. As Rush Limbaugh
understands, but the Democrats apparently do not, a McCain administration
would not be like a Bush administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/opinion/02brooks.html?pagewanted=print
*The Cynicism Express (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Eugene Robinson; A15
Has anyone noticed that Sarah Palin's central claim to political fame is a
fraud? She represents herself as a fiscal conservative who abhors
pork-barrel projects and said no thanks to the "Bridge to Nowhere" -- a $398
million span that would have linked Ketchikan, Alaska, to its airport across
the Tongass Narrows. But as mayor of Wasilla (pop. 9,780), she hired a
Washington lobbyist to bring home the bacon. And as a candidate for governor
just two years ago, she supported both the Ketchikan bridge and the
congressional earmark that would have paid most of its cost.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090101716_pf.html
*Sarah Palin: the new life of the Grand Old Party. (LA Times 9/2/08)*
Jonah Goldberg
John McCain's running mate has been met with enthusiasm -- and donations --
from the conservative wing of the Republican Party.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-goldberg2-2008sep02,0,3190642.column?track=rss
*Republicans Rush In (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Richard Cohen; A15
One of the great sights of American political life -- a YouTube moment if
ever there was one -- was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he
extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice
and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency: "She's the first
journalist ever to be nominated, I think, for the president or vice
president, and she was a sportscaster on local television," Gingrich said on
the "Today" show. "So she has a lot of interesting background. And she has a
lot of experience. Remember that, when people worry about how inexperienced
she is, for two years she's been in charge of the Alaska National Guard."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090101715_pf.html
*The Lesson of Bristol Palin (WaPo 9/2/08)*
By Ruth Marcus; A15
Bristol Palin's pregnancy may be the ultimate teachable moment. It just
might not be the lesson that John McCain intended.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102305_pf.html
*Bush's exit is McCain's redemption (Washington Times 9/2/08)*
Hurricane Gustav has put on hold the party and splendor of the Republican
National Convention, at least until today. As the Category 2 storm
approached the Gulf states and even after the storm dissipated over land,
there was talk that the party would have a chance to redeem itself during
its convention, but there was nothing for the party to redeem, certainly not
this Republican Party.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/02/bushs-exit-is-mccains-redemption/
*The dirty little secret about social security (Washington Times 9/2/08)*
By Bob Barr
I am frustrated by the refusal of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to
adequately confront Social Security's looming fiscal crunch. The United
States faces a demography-driven crisis of entitlement spending.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/02/the-dirty-little-secret-about-social-security/
*Gustav's Landfall (WaPo 9/2/08)*
The initial response suggests government has learned from Katrina.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102598_pf.html
*
*
*McCain, a warrior, but ... (LA Times 9/1/08)*
By Bob Kerrey
Fellow politician and Vietnam vet Bob Kerrey, who supports Barack Obama,
says John McCain's military experience is not enough by itself to qualify
him to be president.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kerrey1-2008sep01,0,5019858.story?track=rss
*BUSH NEWS*
*Cheney's Trip to Caucasus Could Presage a Tougher Russia Policy (WSJ
9/2/08)*
By JOHN D. MCKINNON
Vice President Dick Cheney will travel to Georgia and Ukraine this week in a
trip that could help lay the groundwork for stiffer Western responses to
last month's Russian incursion of Georgia.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB122031972170389449.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox
*See Time's "EU Talks Tough on Russia":*
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837863,00.html
*Bush may address RNC via satellite Tuesday (CNN blog 9/1/08)*
President Bush may still address the Republican National Convention via
satellite from Washington Tuesday evening, White House spokeswoman Dana
Perino said.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/bush-may-address-rnc-via-satellite-tuesday/
* Bush: Gustav coordination better than Katrina (CNN 9/2/08)*
* Bush credits governors of states affected by Gustav
* Federal government's response to 2005's Hurricane Katrina was widely
criticized
* Bush says he feels good about recovery preparation for Gustav
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/gustav.bush/index.html
*BUSH, GOV. PERRY ADDRESS GUSTAV (The Page 9/1/08)*
The President and the Texas governor participate in a briefing on the
hurricane slamming the Gulf Coast in Texas.
...Bush: "The coordination on this storm is a lot better than during
Katrina. A lot of it had to do with the governors…"
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/bush-gov-perry-address-gustav/
*OTHER TOP NEWS*
Gustav knocks out Gulf oil production (CNNMoney.com 9/1/08)
By David Goldman
U.S. Department of Energy says hurricane halted oil and natural gas
industry's activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/01/news/economy/gustav_situation_report/index.htm?postversion=2008090115
*Gustav hits U.S. economy (CNNMoney.com 9/1/08)*
By Chris Isidore
Storm is weaker than Katrina three years ago. But it hits an economy that is
at greater risk.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/01/news/economy/gustav_economy/index.htm?postversion=2008090115
*Crisis a test for Louisiana's young governor (Financial Times 9/2/08)*
By Andrew Ward
Bobby Jindal was supposed to be one of the stars of the Republican national
convention in Minnesota this week. Instead, the 37-year-old governor of
Louisiana was forced to stay home to prepare for hurricane Gustav and deal
with its aftermath.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e538e25e-7853-11dd-acc3-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1
*Democrats, Eyeing Storm, Play Down Partisanship (NYT 9/2/08)*
By JOHN M. BRODER and JEFF ZELENY
On this Labor Day, which has long been the traditional opening to the
general election season, the Democratic presidential ticket struggled to
draw attention. Mindful of Hurricane Gustav, Senators Barack Obama and
Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed ahead on Monday, traveling separately to three
battleground states. But they altered their arguments against Senator John
McCain, vowing that it was not a day for partisan politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02dems.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print
Obama Returning to Chicago to Handle Gustav (The Page 9/1/08)
The Democrat clears his Tuesday schedule to go back to campaign headquarters
and deal with the aftermath of the storm.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/obama-today-is-not-a-day-for-political-speeches/
*Obama Camp Texts Supporters For Gustav Help (The Page 9/1/08)*
The Illinois Senator's campaign sends out a text message to supporters with
instructions on how to donate to the Red Cross.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/obama-camp-texts-supporters-for-gustav-help/
*Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks (Jerusalem Post 9/1/08)*
The Dutch intelligence service, the AIVD, has called off an operation aimed
at infiltrating and sabotaging Iran's weapons industry due to an assessment
that a US attack on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is imminent,
according to a report in the country's De Telegraaf newspaper on Friday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186494776&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
*POLLS*
*Poll: Obama gets post-convention 'bounce' (USA Today 9/2/08)*
By Susan Page
The Democratic National Convention significantly boosted Americans' views of
Barack Obama as a strong leader who "shares your values" and can manage the
economy and Iraq, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday and Sunday finds.
...In the head-to-head race, Obama leads 50%-43% among registered voters.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-01-poll-monday_N.htm?csp=34#
* Obama's bounce smaller than others' (Politico 9/2/08)*
By: David Paul Kuhn
Barack Obama's post-Democratic National Convention bounce in the polls
appears to be slightly smaller than the norm of past conventions, and it's
gradually depreciating. The Gallup daily tracking poll has found that since
the conclusion of the convention, Obama has risen 4 percentage points in the
polls, to lead McCain 49 percent to 43 percent today.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=20B38D47-18FE-70B2-A8250C9B2B12482A
*CNN Poll of polls: Obama holds slim lead (CNN blog 9/1/08)*
By Alan Silverleib
Roughly nine weeks before Election Day, a new CNN poll of polls shows Barack
Obama holding a five point lead over John McCain. Only four days after
Obama's acceptance speech and three days after McCain's pick of Sarah Palin
as his running mate, Obama is now ahead of McCain, 49 to 44 percent.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/cnn-poll-of-polls-obama-holds-slim-lead/
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