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Election Daily News Clips August 14th, 2008 Candidate Tracking: ***All times in Eastern Standard Time 11am BUSH: Briefing on the global war on terror at the Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia 11:30am BUSH: Briefing on the situation in Georgia at the Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia 5pm McCain: Speech in Aspen, CO - Tracking scheduled for this event News Clips: MCCAIN GEORGIA/SCHEUNEMANN NEWS In Split Role, McCain Adviser Is Sometimes a Lobbyist (NYT 8/14/08) By MICHAEL COOPER When Senator John McCain led a Senate investigation three years ago of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who later pleaded guilty to fraud charges, Mr. Abramoff's old firm turned to a former McCain campaign adviser for help. The firm, Greenberg Traurig, which had quickly cut its ties to Mr. Abramoff, hired Randy Scheunemann, who had been the McCain campaign's foreign policy adviser in 2000 — and is again this year — for advice on handling the Senate investigation. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/us/politics/14mccain.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&adxnnlx=1218682840-67X/dE4UvrRTBT2L1T34pQ&pagewanted=print McCain adviser got money from Georgia (AP 8/13/08) By PETE YOST John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iG-8I87S5w4QP8CPIrx2wh8irqmgD92HK3480 Did Scheunemann Engineer McCain's 2005 Nobel Prize Nomination Of Georgian President For Financial Gain? (ThinkProgress 8/13/08) ...there appears to be more evidence of Scheunemann using McCain for financial gain. In 2005, operating as Georgia's lobbyist, Scheunemann may have engineered McCain's nomination of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's for the Nobel Peace Prize just before his contract with the Georgian government was due to expire. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/13/georgia-mccain-nobel/ McCain pushes hard line against Russia; aides attack Obama (CNN 8/13/08) * Russia's participation in WTO, G-8 at risk because of Georgia, McCain says * McCain says crisis should not be used to score political points * Obama's response to crisis reveals foreign policy inexperience, McCain aide says * Obama's top foreign policy aides say McCain willing to "shoot from the hip" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/candidates.georgia/index.html McCain: 'In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations.' (Think Progress 8/13/08) In recent days, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) rhetoric toward Russia has mostly been overblown bluster, including an accusation that the country wanted to restore its old empire. However, since a cease-fire was announced and his predictions were proven wrong, McCain has backtracked, saying there won't be a Cold War. To justify his new position, he told reporters in a press conference today: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/13/mccain-21-century/ McCain's Call To Not Politicize Georgia Conflict Goes Unheeded By His Supporters (CBS blog 8/13/08) by Ryan Corsaro John McCain told reporters today that he does not want the hostile attacks of Russia on its neighboring country Georgia to be politicized in this campaign, despite the fact that his members of his campaign have been doing so this week. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/13/politics/fromtheroad/entry4349367.shtml *See San Francisco Chronicle's "Pelosi warns Lieberman for undercutting Obama":* http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/08/13/MNRL12AEMM.DTL McCain says Senate allies will head to Georgia (CNN blog 8/13/08) John McCain said Wednesday that two of his strongest Senate supporters, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, would be heading to the nation of Georgia in their role as lawmakers, to report back on the conflict in that country. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/13/mccain-says-senate-allies-will-head-to-georgia/ Georgian president to McCain: Move 'from words to deeds' (CNN blog 8/13/08) By Peter Hamby Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on Wednesday called for John McCain and other American leaders to do more for Georgia in their response to the conflict in his country. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/13/georgian-president-to-mccain-move-from-words-to-deeds/ *Link to video*: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/ 13/am.intv.georiga.pres.saakasvhili.cnn MCCAIN NEWS Social Security Too Hot to Touch? Not in 2008 (NYT 8/14/08) By LARRY ROHTER Ignoring the warnings that Social Security can derail political careers, Senator John McCain has infuriated his party's right wing by saying that "everything has to be on the table" in discussions about keeping Social Security solvent. Mr. McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, does indeed seem to have put everything on the table. In the space of one week, he opened the door to an increase in Social Security taxes, denied he would raise payroll taxes and then, through an ally, called a tax increase a "dumb idea." He has also sowed confusion about whether he favors privatizing Social Security, or continuing with the current system. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/us/politics/14retire.html?_r=1&oref=slogin McCain Tech Plan to Continue Hands-Off Approach to Regulation (WSJ 8/14/08) By ELIZABETH HOLMES and AMY SCHATZ; Page A4 Under fire for being a technophobe, John McCain will unveil a technology agenda that bundles previously announced pro-business proposals with continued support for a hands-off approach to regulation. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867827436739337.html?mod=todays_us_page_one Candidates Court 'Big Business Brands' (WSJ 8/14/08) By MONICA LANGLEY; Page A4 Obama, McCain Woo Famous CEOs in Bid To Burnish Their Economic Credentials http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867559474039187.html?mod=todays_us_page_one US candidates resist diluting climate plans (Financial Times 8/14/08) By Edward Luce ...Given the economic climate, neither candidate finds much profit in drawing attention to their plans - and when they do it is usually in the context of achieving "energy independence" rather than tackling global warming. Yet neither has given in to the temptation to water them down. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1ddea7a-69a3-11dd-91bd-0000779fd18c.html Ralph Reed's link to McCain brews storm of criticism (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8/14/08) By AARON GOULD SHEININ Ralph Reed's involvement in an upcoming Atlanta fund-raiser for John McCain has the presidential candidate fending off an onslaught of criticism from Democrats. Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition, was tied to the corruption scandal involving Jack Abramoff, the highly paid Washington lobbyist now serving a six-year prison term. Much of the Abramoff scandal was exposed by an investigation led by McCain when he chaired the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/08/14/ralph_reed_mccain.html Cindy McCain is injured by a handshake (LA Times 8/14/08) By Seema Mehta An 'enthusiastic supporter' in Michigan apparently aggravated an existing condition, and the GOP presidential candidate's wife is treated for a minor sprain at a local hospital. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-trailcindy14-2008aug14,0,5635143.story Fox News to air Obama, McCain documentaries (Reuters 8/14/08) Fox News Channel will devote key segments of its primetime schedule in the next week to documentaries on Barack Obama and John McCain. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/tv_nm/candidates_dc;_ylt=AkHQzmEne6AVo8q40i.P74hsnwcF McCain withholds support for auto company loan guarantees (Detroit News 8/14/08) By Gordon Trowbridge On a Michigan campaign swing dominated by the conflict between Russia and Georgia, Republican John McCain on Wednesday declined to support any of several proposals to provide loan guarantees to the domestic carmakers. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/METRO/808130478 Mich. Republicans make pitches for McCain VP (Detroit Free Press 8/14/08) By Kathleen Gray and Dawson Bell John McCain came to Michigan on Wednesday to raise money. But some Michigan Republicans had another agenda: lobbying for native son and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney as McCain's running mate. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-14-mccain_N.htm McCain to visit Aspen Thursday (9News 8/13/08) By: Jeffrey Wolf A day after a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain will be back in Colorado on Thursday. McCain will spend his day at the Aspen Institute. http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=97595&catid=346 McCain and a Pro-Choice VP? (Brody File 8/13/08) Oh my. John McCain said today that a pro-choice running mate shouldn't necessarily be ruled out. ... Analysis? Hold on for a moment I need someone to bring me the smelling salts. I've fainted. If McCain picks a pro-choice running mate it will be a disaster within the Evangelical community. I've decided to come up with a new term. If McCain picks a pro-choice running mate there will be an "Evangelical Implosion." http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/427651.aspx *See WaPo blog's "Veepstakes: McCain's Pro-Choice Trial Balloon?":* http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/08/veepstakes_a_pro-choice_trial.html *See Weekly Standard blog's "McCain: Won't Rule Out Pro-choice Running Mate":* http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/08/mccain_wont_rule_out_prochoice_1.asp Another GOP senator to skip convo (FirstRead 8/13/08) By Doug Adams Sen. Pat Roberts (KS) is now the eighth Republican senator to announce that they will not attend the GOP Convention in St. Paul, Minn., next month. Roberts spokeswoman told the Topeka Capital Journal today that Roberts will be campaigning that week, finishing up his 105 county statewide tour during the convention week. Four others who've announced they won't be attending are -- Ted Stevens (AK), Elizabeth Dole (NC), Gordon Smith (OR), and Susan Collins (ME). All are running for re-election and are in close races. (Collins may have the easiest race, but she's never been a close ally of McCain.) http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/13/1263992.aspx McCain's Lobbyists Raked In $1 Billion From U.S. Clients, Study Says (Huffington Post 8/13/08) The non-partisan group Campaign Money Watch has come up with another startling figure for those who follow the presidential money chase. According to an analysis performed by the group, McCain's top fundraisers and aides have collected nearly $1 billion in fees from U.S. companies in the past decade -- specifically, $930,949,819. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/13/report-mccains-lobbyists_n_118659.html *Link to Campaign Money Watch Press Release:* http://www.campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/08/13/the-nearly-1-billion-connection-mccain-and-his-lobbyists-clients Infidelity and the White House (Politico blog 8/13/08) By Ben Smith Elements of the left (including ... John Edwards) have been raring to go after John McCain over alleged infidelity three decades ago, and Alan Colmes did last night on Fox (above), on the theory that if you're going to condemn Edwards, you should condemn McCain. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Infidelity_and_the_White_House.html?showall Cindy McCain: Private Heiress And Philanthropist [includes audio] (NPR 8/13/08) by Ted Robbins All Things Considered -- As the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, Cindy McCain has a high public profile and she's often at her husband's side. But she is also heiress to the Hensley and Co. beer distributorship in Phoenix. And when it comes to the family business, Cindy McCain resolutely refuses to comment. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93567413&ft=1&f=1102 Meghan McCain Writes Childrens' Book About Her Father (CBS blog 8/13/08) by Ryan Corsaro The press got a peek today at the newest book written by a member of the McCain campaign – his daughter, Meghan. The illustrated book, entitled "My Dad, John McCain" and printed by Simon and Schuster (a division of CBS Corp.), is a biography of the senator's life told from the perspective of Meghan, who is in her twenties and blogs online about her father's campaign. The book begins with Meghan writing, "There are a few things you need to know about my dad, and one is that he would be a great president." http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/13/politics/fromtheroad/entry4347527.shtml OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS We Are All Georgians (WSJ 8/14/08) By JOHN MCCAIN; Page A13 For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call. After clashes in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russia invaded its neighbor, launching attacks that threaten its very existence. Some Americans may wonder why events in this part of the world are any concern of ours. After all, Georgia is a small, remote and obscure place. But history is often made in remote, obscure places. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867081398238807.html?mod=todays_us_opinion Russia's War Is The West's Challenge (Washington Post 8/14/08) By Mikheil Saakashvili; A17 Russia's invasion of Georgia strikes at the heart of Western values and our 21st-century system of security. If the international community allows Russia to crush our democratic, independent state, it will be giving carte blanche to authoritarian governments everywhere. Russia intends to destroy not just a country but an idea. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303364_pf.html The Wrong Force for the 'Right War' (NYT 8/14/08) By BARTLE BREESE BULL BARACK OBAMA and John McCain have plenty of disagreements, but one thing they are united on is promising a troop surge in Afghanistan. Senator McCain wants to move troops to Afghanistan from the Middle East, conditional on continued progress in Iraq. Senator Obama goes much further, arguing that we should have sent last year's surge to Afghanistan, not Iraq, that Afghanistan is the "central front" and that we must rebuild Afghanistan from the bottom up along the lines of the Marshall Plan. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/opinion/14bull.html?pagewanted=print Who got Georgia into this? (LA Times 8/14/08) Rosa Brooks Actions by Bush and McCain misled the country into thinking the U.S. would come to its aid. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brooks14-2008aug14,0,289750.column?track=rss Commentary: Russian crisis a McCain opportunity, Obama risk (CNN 8/14/08) By Leslie Sanchez # Images of 1968 Czechoslovakia invasion helped elect Richard Nixon # Russia-Georgia conflict plays to John McCain's strengths on foreign policy, she says # McCain showed strength, Barack Obama looked hesitant, Sanchez says # Sanchez: Obama should cut his vacation short to address the crisis http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/sanchez.russia/index.html Why Can't Candidates Be Celebrities? (TIME 8/14/08) By MICHAEL GRUNWALD John McCain's campaign has been working overtime to ridicule Barack Obama as The One, the rock-star celebrity with adoring fans, the politician with the chutzpah to announce his candidacy in a speech about Abraham Lincoln. So it was a bit surprising to watch the opening of McCain's town hall meeting in York, Pa., on Tuesday. ...What's not such a good thing is the way campaign culture tries to slap down candidates who don't seem to fit someone's definition of "ordinary Americans." One would think the presidency would require a rather extraordinary American, but modern candidates are apparently supposed to pretend to be just like us. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1832685,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-nation The Obama Tax Plan (WSJ 8/14/08) By JASON FURMAN and AUSTAN GOOLSBEE; Page A13 Even as Barack Obama proposes fiscally responsible tax reform to strengthen our economy and restore the balance that has been lost in recent years, we hear the familiar protests and distortions from the guardians of the broken status quo. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867201724238901.html?mod=todays_us_opinion BUSH NEWS Bush takes tougher stance on Georgia conflict (LA Times 8/14/08) By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes Facing criticism from conservatives, he orders Rice to Georgia and accuses Russia of seizing territory. Along with humanitarian aid comes Pentagon promise to help rebuild Georgia's army. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-usrussia14-2008aug14,0,6687167.story *See ABC blog's "Bush Cuts Vacation Short to Focus on Russia/Georgia Conflict": * http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/bush-cuts-vacat.html Bush Dispatches Rice, Sends Aid to Georgia in Show of Support (Bloomberg 8/14/08) By Ken Fireman President George W. Bush staged a show of support for war-burdened Georgia, as the first American military plane carrying aid landed in the capital of Tbilisi and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepared to visit. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asSfWX61IVdI&refer=home Putin's war enablers: Bush and Cheney (Salon 8/14/08) By Juan Cole Russia's escalating war on Georgia reveals the consequences of the Bush administration's long assault on the international rule of law. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/14/bush_putin/ OTHER TOP NEWS Russians begin Georgia handover (BBC 8/14/08) Russian troops have begun handing over control of the area around the town of Gori to Georgian security forces. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7560100.stm Russia to U.S.: Choose us or Georgia (CNN 8/13/08) Russia pressed the United States on Wednesday to choose between "a real partnership" with Moscow or an "illusory" relationship with U.S. ally Georgia. Washington said it's sticking with Georgia. *Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. must choose between Russia, Georgia *Rice: Any cease-fire violation would risk Russia's status as partner *Russian military action in Georgia "must stop now," Rice says *Bush warns Russia not to interfere with humanitarian shipments http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/us.russia.diplomacy/index.html 15,000 Russian troops in Georgia, U.S. administration officials say (CNN 8/13/08) * U.S. says Russian troops moved across border in past several days * Bush warns Russia over reported cease-fire violations * Georgia, Russia accuse each other of breaking the truce * First U.S. humanitarian aid flight lands in Georgian capital http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/13/georgia.russia.war/index.html?iref=24hours Iraq minister: US troops will pull out in three years under deal (London Times 8/14/08) By Deborah Haynes American soldiers will withdraw from cities across Iraq next summer and all US combat troops will leave the country within three years, provided the violence remains low, under the terms of a draft agreement with the Iraqi Government. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4526313.ece Greenspan Sees Bottom In Housing, Criticizes Bailout (WSJ 8/14/08) By DAVID WESSEL; Page A1 Alan Greenspan usually surrounds his opinions with caveats and convoluted clauses. But ask his view of the government's response to problems confronting mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and he offers one word: "Bad." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865515167837815.html Source: Powell has not decided on presidential endorsement (CNN 8/13/08) * Powell adviser says the retired general is "holding his cards close" * Powell tells ABC he won't go to Democratic National Convention this month * Former secretary of state has said he might vote Democrat or independent * Source says Powell likes McCain but hasn't found a reason to vote for him http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/powell.candidates/index.html *See FoxNews's "Kristol: Colin Powell to Endorse Barack Obama": * http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/13/kristol-colin-powell-to-endorse-barack-obama/ New Books Aim To Unweave the Obama Narrative (Washington Post 8/14/08) By Eli Saslow; A01 In two autobiographies and dozens of speeches, Barack Obama has weaved the narrative that defines his campaign: An introspective boy gradually comes to terms with his mixed-race heritage and emerges with an "unprejudiced" worldview. He enters politics because of his "love of country" and succeeds by staying faithful to his morals and "transcending the partisan divide." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303959_pf.html *See USA Today's "Presidential race one for the books":* http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2008-08-13-books_N.htm Kerry vs. Corsi (Politico blog 8/13/08) By Ben Smith John Kerry is launching a website, Truth Fights Back, to defend Obama and other Democratic candidates against attacks. The site, paid for by his leadership PAC, goes after the "80 lies" in a new book by Jerome Corsi, whose 2004 attack on Kerry's military record helped sink the Democrat's campaign, but whose Obama book seems likely to remain on the margins this year. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Kerry_vs_Corsi.html?showall Middle Class Again the Focus of Second Obama Olympic TV Spot (The Page 8/14/08) The Land of Lincolner will release yet another TV ad focusing on his plan for the middle class later Thursday. The spot will start airing on national cable in all 50 states during the Games Monday. Developing... http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/14/obama-to-unveil-second-olympic-tv-spot/ Obama Ad: McCain's Economics 'Book' (NYT blog 8/13/08) By Kate Phillips Each major presidential candidate in recent weeks has taken to featuring the other in TV advertisements, and usually in unflattering ways. The latest, from Senator Barack Obama's campaign, begins with a picture of his opponent, Senator John McCain, on the mocked-up cover of a book entitled "Economics." (Note the special "foreword" by President Bush.) http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/obama-ad-mccains-economics-book/ *Link to video of ad ("Book"): *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYSeGl4bks -- Sara DuBois Tracking / Communications Manager ProgressiveAccountability.org [email protected] 202-609-7681 (office) 410-967-7306 (cell) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---