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*08 Election Daily News Clips
February 7th, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
** 1:30pm McCain: Speech in Washington, DC
- Tracking Scheduled
6pm McCain: Speech in Halethorpe, MD
6pm Romney: Speech in Halethorpe, MD
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*News Clips:
MCCAIN
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*McCain seeks truce with right-wing critics (Politico, 2/7/08)*
John McCain, whose Super Tuesday performance has given him an aura of
inevitability in the eyes of many Republican leaders, has begun an
aggressive campaign to quell conservative dissent and prevent an outbreak of
GOP buyer's remorse.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8380.html
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*McCain Caves To Far Right, Skips Vote On Economic Stimulus That He Promised
To Support (Think Progress, 2/6/08)*
John McCain (R-AZ) has been repeatedly claiming on the stump that passing an
economic stimulus package is at the very top of his agenda. He has told
audiences that the "first thing we gotta do is pass the stimulus package
through the Senate." During a Jan. 24 GOP debate, he explicitly pledged to
vote on such legislation when it reached the Senate.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/mccain-stimulus/
*Link to videos of McCain promises to pass stimulus: *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3NEnxFePeE
*Unusual Divides in California Benefit McCain and Clinton (NY Times, 2/7/08)
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California, often maligned as out of step with the rest of the nation,
proved Tuesday to be its mirror. Late with its verdict and with copious
delegates, California found a starring role among nearly two dozen other
states with nominating contests, defying predictions in ways that sometimes
spotlighted political dynamics around the state.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/us/politics/07calif.html?ref=politics
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*Does McCain Have the Right Stuff? (TIME, 2/7/08)*
John McCain was the early front runner, but conservatives didn't like his
positions on immigration and global warming. So Rudy Giuliani became the
favorite, but conservatives didn't like his positions on guns and abortion.
They liked all Mitt Romney's positions, until they learned that he used to
have totally different positions. They got excited about Fred Thompson's
candidacy, until they realized that he wasn't. And then Mike Huckabee had
his moment in Iowa. But now Super Tuesday has confirmed McCain as the front
runner again — didn't the pundits tell you Republicans always pick early
front runners? — even though conservative icons like Rush Limbaugh, Ann
Coulter, Sean Hannity and James Dobson are still trashing him as a closet
liberal.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1710722,00.html
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*From the Right, Both Acceptance and Distrust of McCain (Washington Post,
2/7/08)*
Ronald Reagan has found a regular place in Sen. John McCain's stump speech,
part of the Republican presidential candidate's effort to assert his
conservative credentials and assure listeners that he has been a longtime
"foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604769.html
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*McCain on the Air in Virginia, Maryland, D.C. (The Page, 2/7/08)*
"Trust" attacks Romney on previous statements about Reagan. "True
Conservative" and "Never Surrender," which they've run in other states, tout
his right-wing credentials and service record.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/06/mccain-runs-ads-in-virginia/
*Link to ad ("Trust"):* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpcWt4aB--8
*The Formidable McCain (Real Clear Politics, 2/7/08)*
The continuing drama of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination
should not diminish what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side
of this campaign.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_left_and_right_agree_mccai.html
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*What McCain Will Say to Conservatives (Wall Street Journal, 2/6/08)*
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain will be reaching out to the
skeptical right wing of his party Thursday at the annual Conservative
Political Action Conference Thursday. His pitch will be as much about
showing that McCain is actually conservative — promoting his hawkish
positions on the military and fiscal matters, for instance — as convincing
conservatives that by not supporting McCain, they open the door to something
worse: the Democrats.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/02/06/what-mccain-will-say-to-conservatives/
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*McCain Cancels Europe Trip to "Wrap This Up" (The Page, 2/6/08)*
Says at post-Super Tuesday presser that he'll focus on Saturday caucus
states, hit the campaign trail again starting Thursday to nab nomination "as
quickly as possible," start taking on the Democrats.
http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/06/mccain-cancels-europe-trip-to-wrap-this-up/
*Link to video of announcement:*
http://thepage.time.com/video-mccains-post-feb-5-presser/
*McCain's rise is Democrat's opportunity (MSNBC, 2/6/08)*
*…*In the end, Rudy Giuliani's chaos theory — that the GOP electorate would
fail to coalesce behind one candidate — was right. John McCain will
eventually sew up the nomination without growing his support among the
conservative base of the party. So, why is he still standing?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23033212/
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*McCain to Rush and Sean: "Calm Down" (TIME, 2/6/08)*
In an airport hanger in Phoenix just now, I asked Senator McCain whether he
thought Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity could harm his chances in November if
they keep up their anti-McCain crusade beyond the point that he secures the
GOP nomination. "I don't know the answer to that," Mccain said. "I hope at
some point we can just calm down a litle bit and see if there are areas we
can agree on for the good of the party and for the good of the country. I
think they've made their case against me pretty eloquently." McCain smiled a
bit when he said that.
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/02/mccain_to_rush_and_sean_calm_d.html
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*Is John McCain Good for Business? (Business Week, 2/6/08)*
How will corporate America react if John McCain lands the Republican
nomination? For business, Senator McCain (R-Ariz.) is a candidate of
contradictions. He initially opposed President Bush's tax cuts, but now
supports making them permanent. He has crusaded against the influence of
corporate lobbyists, yet has more K Street fixers raising money for his
campaign than any other Presidential candidate. And he says he's a
full-bore, free-enterprise capitalist even as he admits that he hasn't
understood economics as well as he should. "He doesn't fit neatly into a
box," says GOP pollster Whit Ayres
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2008/db2008025_448578.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
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*ROMNEY*
*Losses Aside, Romney Puts Convention on Calendar (NY Times, 2/7/08)*
Mitt Romney is committed to staying in the Republican presidential race
despite his losses on Tuesday, and has an eye on the long-shot possibility
of a brokered convention fight, his advisers said Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/us/politics/07romney.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
*Romney faces long odds in bid to overtake a surging McCain (Boston Globe,
2/7/08)*
Mitt Romney, who prides himself on "wallowing in the data" before making
tough decisions, now confronts an unforgiving mathematical landscape of
delegate counts, polls, and popular vote tallies that suggest the odds are
overwhelmingly against his presidential bid.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/07/romney_faces_long_odds_in_bid_to_overtake_a_surging_mccain/
*Faltering Romney to meet with Hill allies (The Hill, 2/6/08)*
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), coming off a disappointing Super
Tuesday, will meet with his congressional supporters Thursday afternoon,
sources tell The Hill. Romney will meet with the members who endorsed his
run at the Capitol Hill Club, shortly after addressing the Conservative
Political Action Conference's (CPAC) annual convention.
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/faltering-romney-to-meet-with-hill-allies-2008-02-06.html
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*O.C. no longer 'Romney country' (LA Times, 2/7/08)*
When presidential campaigns kicked into high gear last year, Republican
power brokers were calling Orange County "Romney country." But it seems John
McCain didn't get the memo: The Arizona senator edged out Romney and carried
the county in Tuesday's primary by about 7,500 votes, or 2.5%.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-ocresults7feb07,1,7987690.story
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*HUCKABEE*
*Gamble Paid Off for Huckabee on Tuesday (Washington Post, 2/7/08)*
After a dispiriting loss nearly three weeks ago in South Carolina, former
Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee made the risky decision to sidestep the
pivotal Florida primary and turn his attention to a handful of Super Tuesday
contests.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604125.html?hpid=topnews
*The Huckabee temptation (Boston Globe, 2/7/08)*
AFTER Super Tuesday, the only Republican candidate who was unambiguously
happy was Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor's victory in four
primaries and a state convention has made him a national figure and a
potential vice presidential candidate for John McCain, who has not quite
clinched the Republican presidential nomination. Huckabee's rise is amazing
for someone barely a blip in the polls last year, but it's not good news for
the country.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/02/07/the_huckabee_temptation/
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*Huckabee Claims Identity as Candidate of the South (NY Times, 2/7/08)*
Mike Huckabee fashioned a new campaign identity after his victories in five
Southern primaries on Tuesday, proclaiming himself the candidate of the
Republicans' true base, the South.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/us/politics/07huckabee.html?ref=politics
*Huckabee Leads in Keeping His Cost Per Delegate Low (NY Times, 2/7/08)*
If political victory was measured in the wise use of scant financial
resources, Mike Huckabee would be the front-runner in the presidential race.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/us/politics/07donate.html?ref=politics
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*Could Huckabee's southern charm lure McCain? (Nashville's City Paper,
2/7/08)*
Mike Huckabee's southern appeal may not win him the Republican nomination,
but it could get him on the ticket.
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=58759
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*GENERAL ELECTION NEWS*
*Senate Can't Agree on Stimulus Package (AP, 2/7/08)*
The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is
in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44
billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and
businesses to the House-passed economic aid package.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ECONOMY_STIMULUS?SITE=TNCHA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-02-06-19-33-49
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*Report: Voter Turnout Records Broken (AP, 2/6/08)*
Voters came out in record numbers in about half the states that have voted
in presidential primaries so far, according to an analysis Wednesday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/06/report-voter-turnout-rec_n_85397.html
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*Conservative Vote Reflects Hurdle for GOP (NPR, 2/6/08)*
While John McCain won big on Super Tuesday, fellow Republicans Mike Huckabee
and Mitt Romney received far more support from the Republican Party's
traditional conservative base. That could spell trouble — not only for
McCain in a general election, but for the party as a whole.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18751672
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*Bush ready to back GOP nominee (AP, 2/7/08)*
President Bush, unpopular nationally but still a fundraising force, is ready
to put the power of the White House behind the Republican nominee for
president. Exactly what his role will be is a trickier matter. What's clear
for now is that Bush, in the last of his eight years in office, is preparing
to be deferential. In reality, and by tradition, this is not his race to
run. Despite Sen. John McCain's clear front-runner status, don't expect Bush
to break his relative silence for a while. The White House is waiting until
a candidate either clinches the nomination or emerges as the last man
standing because of withdrawals by the other candidates.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-02-07-2197002480_x.htm
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*NRCC probe scares GOP (Politico, 2/6/08)*
Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of
their campaign committee may have forged an official audit during the
contentious 2006 election cycle and that they should brace for the
possibility that an unfolding investigation could uncover financial
improprieties stretching back several years, according to GOP sources
briefed on the members-only discussions.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8349.html
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*The Winter of Our Conservative Discontent (Real Clear Politics, 2/7/08)*
The prospect of John McCain as Republican nominee is inspiring sometimes
angry resistance from millions of conservative stalwarts. Ann Coulter's
famous support for Hillary Clinton threatens to spark a wave of conservative
"suicide voters" if the Arizona Senator gets the nomination.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_winter_of_our_conservative.html
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Sara DuBois
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410.967.7306
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