[big campaign] MMR: McEconomics, McHostility, Lieberman, Maverick branding, McCain's health, Couric interview, Evening 10/08/08

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Highlights 1) CNN: The specter of racism at McCain rallies SANCHEZ: "It didn't end there. After that according to reports in some of the rallies in Florida there was also at least one reporter who was called a racial slur... and then during a John McCain speech someone blurted out a word that sounded an awful lot like 'terrorist' in another conversation there was a word that sounded an awful lot like 'kill him'" 2) FNC: Iraqis threaten the right to free speech in the US? LIEBERMAN: "That kind of quick response to that heckler really kinda turned it right around, protecting his right to protest, but reminding him people that it doesn't come automatically and Americans like her son are over there defending that right." 3) MSNBC: Lieberman responds to worries about racism at McCain rallies. LIEBERMAN: "Lord knows I have a lot to repent for." 4) MSNBC: Mike Duhaime Doesn't Condone Barack "Hussein" Obama, Says American Workers are the Fundamentals of Our Economy 5) CNN: Moos looks at the maverick branding, mentions 'my fellow prisoners' line JEANNE MOOS: "Members of the Maverick family say hearing 'John McCain's a maverick' makes them want to shoot the TV. It's like hearing fingernails on a chalkboard times 10. After all, they're liberal democrats. Some family members have held office in Texas." 6) CNN: Gupta raises the issue of McCain's health SANJAY GUPTA: " But that didn't silence critics… just this month a liberal activist group Brave New Films ran a full-page ad in the New York Times. This petition, signed by more than 2700 doctors. It calls on McCain to release his medical records to the public – everyone, not just a few reporters." 7) MSNBC: Holtz-Eakin enumerates McCain's mortgage plan DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: "There are gonna be sensible criteria to scale down which of that negative equity gets attracted to the program." 8) CBS: Couric asks McCain about the best and worst things to happen to the US JOHN MCCAIN: "Maybe the worst thing that happened to America is, in modern times, probably is the great depression." No video: 1. MSNBC – RON BROWNSTEIN: "The unifying thread here is that McCain wants the race to be as personalized as possible." 2. MSNBC – JOAN WALSH: "There's just a kind of contempt there [in McCain's attitude toward Obama] that I think is turning off and even scaring the voters." 3. MSNBC – CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Today, after Palin addressed a crowd in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, there was a steady stream of people leaving, even as John McCain began to speak. One reason may be last night's debate, which may not have hurt McCain, but it doesn't seem to have helped him much." Clips Highlight #1 *Rick Sanchez Looks at Apparently Increasing Racial Hostilities at McCain Rallies* (CNN 10/08/08 3:05pm) RICK SANCHEZ: Yesterday, during this hour something that hit a nerve a conversation about politics and race in this country as we get down to the last month in this campaign […] this is a sheriff in the Fort Myers area he is speaking just before Sara Palin speaks at her rally. Take a listen [start of video clip] SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT: On November 4th let's leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened SANCHEZ: [...] It didn't end there. After that according to reports in some of the rallies in Florida there was also at least one reporter who was called a racial slur... and then during a John McCain speech someone blurted out a word that sounded an awful lot like "terrorist" in another conversation there was a word that sounded an awful lot like "kill him" [...] [start video clip] MCCAIN: In short who is the real Barack Obama? [Crowd member yells Terrorist] [end video clip] and then there is this DAVID GERGEN: It is too early to declare victory Anderson, because Barack Obama is black [...] Highlight #2 *Lieberman Implies Iraqis Threaten the Right to Free Speech in the US* (FNC 10/08/08 1:46pm) JOE LIEBERMAN: Obama will raise taxes as president. John will lower them or keep them where they are for certain groups. [...] Obama fought the reform of the federal mortgage agencies three years ago along [...], but McCain and others saw the crisis coming. [...] I think most significant of all, John McCain sees the anger and anxiety of the American people about the economy and he came with a big, new idea for this mortgage buyout plan. [...] LIEBERMAN: That kind of quick response to that heckler really kinda turned it right around, protecting his right to protest, but reminding him people that it doesn't come automatically and Americans like her son are over there defending that right. Highlight #3 *Lieberman Responds to Worries about Racism at McCain Rallies *(MSNBC 10/08/08 1:38pm) ANDREA MITCHELL: " What's going on out there? It's getting a little bit ugly. Is there some responsibility on Sarah Palin […] when the campaign starts […] going on the attack, and they telegraph […] that they were about to do this. Should everybody just take a deep breath and perhaps call out some of the supporters who get a little rowdy and ugly on this thing?" JOE LIEBERMAN: "Yeah, maybe everybody should take a deep breath. I don't even know that Sarah Palin heard what was said. Trust me. In the rallies of both parties there's gotta be some people that are going to say things that certainly don't reflect the views of the candidates. So I think that this a silliness and a distraction, both candidates, both parties should be talking about what 's on the minds of the American people, which is the economy. I think that John McCain and Barack Obama did that last night. I thought John McCain was better because he came with some new ideas. Reform ideas, like the bold idea for the government to buy home mortgages of people to keep them in their homes." MITCHELL: "Senator, the Obama campaign said that that's already in the treasury bailout bill. And that it had already been referred to by Obama. […] What did he mean by "that one", and how did you take it? […]" LIEBERMAN: "A vice presidential candidate should not be into psychobabble. John McCain several times […] referred to his opponent as Senator Obama. One time he said "that one", he pointed across the stage. He looked at him all the time. There was a good back-and-forth going on. […]" MITCHELL: "Do you think there were slurs here? Do you think this was John McCain trying to be dismissive, trying to belittle his opponent?" LIEBERMAN: "Oh no, he said "that one" supported my opponent, He could have just as easily said, my opponent supported the Bush –Cheney energy package for the oil industry. I, John McCain, oppose it. He's very casual that way. It was certainly not intended offensively. Again, I think the democratic ticket is doing that this morning because McCain really dominated the debate last night. […]" […] LIEBERMAN: "Lord knows I have a lot to repent for." Highlight #4 *Mike Duhaime: Doesn't Condone Barack "Hussein" Obama, Says American Workers are the Fundamentals of Our Economy* (MSNBC 10/08/08 2:44pm) MIKA BRZEZINSKI: "Bill Plath, the chairman of the Lee High County GOP made a comment […] "Imagine if you woke up on November 5th and […] Barack Hussein Obama was our new president […]" MIKE DUHAIME: "We don't condone that, we do not want uh, um, any type of, uh, use of um, the Senator's middle name in a derogatory fashion like that. Uh, we do not condone that, and, uh, we'll certainly make sure somebody speaks to him. He's a volunteer county chairman, so we'll make sure that he spoken to. That's not something the campaign wishes to promote at all." […] WILLIE GEIST: "[…] John McCain said "the fundamentals of the economy are strong". That's when his number started to collapse. Does John McCain regret saying that? Or, does he still believe in the end the fundamentals of this economy, two weeks later, are still strong?" DUHAIME: "What Senator McCain went was that the American workforce, the ingenuity of America, that's the real driving edge of this economy." Highlight #5 *Maybe McCain Thinks His Fellow Citizens Are Prisoners Because He's a Maverick* (CNN 10/08/08 6:47pm) JEANNE MOOS: Members of the Maverick family say hearing 'John McCain's a maverick' makes them want to shoot the TV. It's like hearing fingernails on a chalkboard times 10. After all, they're liberal democrats. Some family members have held office in Texas. They have nothing against the old TV show. They have nothing against Top Gun, but when they hear the music from Top Gun at McCain rallies it must irk them. They know the McCain folks are free to use the word 'maverick,' but.... FONTAINE MAVERICK: I'm free to be annoyed by it. [...] MOOS: But maybe only a true 'maverick' would inadvertently refer to his fellow citizens this way.... JOHN MCCAIN: This is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners. MOOS: Coming from a maverick, no one blinked. Highlight #6 *Gupta Raises Doubts About McCain's Health, Melanoma* (CNN 10/08/08 1:45pm) SANJAY GUPTA: When questions come up about his age, 72 year old John McCain likes to point to point to his mother Roberta. MCCAIN: People will judge uh, will judge by the vigor and the enthusiasm associated with our campaign. GUPTA: According to actuarial tables, a 72-year-old man can expect to live another 12 years, and McCain has some advantages, like good healthcare and good genes. […] The biggest issue for McCain is cancer, specifically melanoma. They gave us three hours to pour through more than 11,000 pages, they only covered the last eight years and there was no way to determine what might be missing. That same day in a conference call with reporters McCain's lead doctor John Eckstein gave the candidate an unequivocal thumbs up. […] But that didn't silence critics… just this month a liberal activist group Brave New Films ran a full-page ad in the New York Times. This petition, signed by more than 2700 doctors. It calls on McCain to release his medical records to the public – everyone, not just a few reporters DOCTOR: this is a skin cancer that can kill people. And that's what we need to find out, we need to know, did this melanoma spread, or didn't it? Highlight #7 *Holtz-Eakin Enumerates the McCain Mortgage Plan* (MSNBC 10/08/08 6:47pm) MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Here with me now, to outline john McCain's next move, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior economic adviser to the McCain campaign. […] Do you think John McCain missed an opportunity to really truly defined his economic vision last night? DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: I think John McCain did a great job of talking to the American people about his record of reform in Washington about, his plans to take on the great homeownership problems that are facing Americans, to create jobs, take care of small business and grow the economy. Barack Obama spent the night talking about running against George bush. The only person in that arena who ever ran against George Bush was John McCain. And Barack might wish he was running against him. But, he's gonna have to come up with a plan to beat John McCain. […] HOLTZ-EAKIN: We think that the right thing to do is to number one, take a crack at putting some of the resources that congress has already devoted to this task, basically almost $1 trillion at this point, and put that money straight into homeownership. Make sure people stay in their homes. And by solidifying the value of some of these mortgages that's would otherwise go into default, you solidify the evaluation of the MBS's, and that has been a huge cancer on the balance sheets. […] HOLTZ-EAKIN: […] a homeowner could raise their hand, basically go to a mortgage originator or broker, and say, look, I need a refinance out of this McCain resurgence plan. the government would go in and buy out the existing mortgage that takes that problem off the table entirely. Its value is no longer a mystery. Its weight no longer bearing down on the homeowner. […] DYLAN RATIGAN: You realize that's $1 trillion. We don't know […] how much that problem will cost American taxpayers […]. HOLTZ-EAKIN: We know that we've already devoted resources at the federal level. We think that those resources ought to go to American home owners and solve the financial stability problems that are clearly evident. The Fed, I think, did a remarkable job last night. And senator McCain applauded their move. But, these are all reactionary steps. We need to get ahead of this. This problem began in the housing finance sector. It needs to be solved in the housing finance sector, at least in part. […] HOLTZ-EAKIN: […] If Barack Obama wants to make the case that it's better to put this money into Wall Street, we're happy to have that debate. We think this is an effective way to solve two problems. Number one, the declining homeownership, the people in foreclosure, the kinds of bad […] problems that produces in neighborhoods. And number two, if do you this right, you can get interest rates down in the mortgage market, stabilize the values. It has been a huge downdraft in the economy. And number three, put a floor under some of these housing-related securities. That's a big objective here. HOLTZ-EAKIN: […] I think the bottom line here is we know that there are about $10 million in the mortgages that are under water out there. There are estimates of the negative equity that would be out there that range somewhere between the $300 and $600 billion dollar mark. We're not going to have this be eligible to anyone. There's going to be a underwriting process that would screen out those who did not supply credit information at the original mortgage Those who weren't living in the home, it isn't a primary residence. There are gonna be sensible criteria to scale down which of that negative equity gets attracted to the program. We're gonna target the real needs. People who want to be in their home, are really struggling. And the fallout that has on the financial sector. BRZEZINSKI : […] I wonder if your candidate missed an opportunity, not last night but during the bailout vote when he didn't hold folks on capitol hill there until they came up with a bill that had no pork in it. So it sounded like John McCain's bill. HOLTZ-EAKIN: Well, I tell you, it is hard for him to, in the end to see that kind of practice being jammed into a bill that he worked so hard to get relief to the financial markets, but this is a situation whereas president, he can make sure that never happens again. In the moment when the pressing needs are visible, and the financial markets – it was the wrong time to have them do that. But he felt the greater need was to get bill through. He worked awfully hard to build a bipartisan process to get a bill through. What you're seeing with this proposal last night, the resurgence plan, is a continuing effort to shape the use of those resources in the most productive way for this economy. Highlight #8 *McCain Tells Couric the Great Depression is the Worst Thing to Affect America* (CBS 10/08/08 6:41pm) KATIE COURIC: What do you think is the best and the worst thing that has ever happened to this country? JOHN MCCAIN: Well, that's an excellent question. Obviously, our founding was the best thing that ever happened to our country because there was a unique collection of the most wise and informed and incredible individuals that joined together to found our nation and create a document that is still a model to the rest of the world. Maybe the worst thing that happened to America is, in modern times, probably is the great depression. It affected probably more—a greater percentage of our population than any other economic or other impact that we experienced. I mean literally half of our population or 40% or whatever it was—huge numbers that are incomprehensible were out of work and people literally starved in America and that—we can't ever repeat that. -- Jacob Roberts PAO 208.420.3470 (c) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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