[big campaign] Media Monitoring Report - Morning 06/18/08

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*Main Topics: *Offshore Drilling, Terrorism and Guantanamo Back and Forth *Summary of Shift:* Gas prices continue to rise and McCain's new stance on offshore drilling is attracting attention. While receiving the support of Bush and the recently converted Crist McCain is being attacked from the Democratic side for being environmentally irresponsible. Terrorism has also become a major battleground with the McCain camping calling Obama "naïve" and "delusional." The Obama camp shot back accusing McCain of trying to "frighten" Americans. Rememberances of Russert continued today with coverage of his funeral. Much of Iowa remains underwater after the breach of the levees yesterday. Highlights: 1. Offshore Drilling a. Sens. Boxer and McCaskill call McCain's position a flip-flop b. Dana Bash examines McCain's flip-flop on offshore drilling c. McCain's plan won't have an appreciable effect on gas prices d. McCain's drilling position is a "side headache" that will hurt him in coastal states e. ABC-WJLA-DC links McCain to Bush in their offshore drilling coverage 2. The Supreme Court, Guantanamo and Obama vs. McCain on terror a. Former Bush terror czar, Clarke, accuses McCain of trying to frighten Americans b. John McCain's changing position on detainees 3. Giuliani makes the rounds a. Giuliani talks counterterrorism, pushes offense b. MSNBC: Calling Obama naïve is just quoting Hillary c. Giuliani talks oil drilling and fighting terrorism 4. Independent voters split between the candidates but like McCain because he's perceived as different than Bush 5. Fox covers Recipegate 6. Fox News: Gingrich leading drive for domestic oil drilling [no clip] 7. Fox News: Oil drilling could hurt tourism [no clip] 8. Fox News examines "What House Star Signs" in VP Stakes [no clip] 9. Conan and Letterman make fun of McCain's age [no clip] 10. CBS WUSA DC outlines McCain's and Obama's positions on energy [no clip] Local Highlights: 11. Local Affiliates in Texas do straight reporting on McCain's visit [no clip] Clips: Highlight #1 *Boxer and McCaskill Call McCain out on Oil Flip-Flop *(MSNBC 06/18/08 8:37am) BARBARA BOXER: We can't keep on doing the same old same old. For example, they're no saying, drill, give them more leases . . . the oil companies already have 68 million acres already under lease they're not using. So why just give them more acres . . .? CLAIRE MCCASKILL: In fact, I'm surprised Joe, you didn't mention as a Floridian, they wear a lot of flip-flops in Florida, we've got a giant flip-flop here on drilling offshore in Florida. The people of Florida do not want the incredible tourist industry spoiled by more offshore drilling . . . but what happens? John McCain flip-flops on this and your governor flip-flops on this. And you know what it is? It's the influence of big oil. [. . .] SCARBOROUGH: . . . when I was in congress, I was very, very conservative on economic issues, almost a libertarian but there is something about being surrounded by water that turns you into an environmentalist on these type issues. Also, the thing is talking about the environment, George Miller and I would always fight against royalty relief when we've actually got the federal government, basically subsidizing oil companies to drill in areas where Americans don't want them to drill. BOXER: Right. And I want to put some dollar figures to it. You know, the unspoiled coastlines all over America, that's a $60 billion recreation and tourism industry and millions of jobs. So it's very shortsighted. Now we have the two oil men in the White House who've just been waiting to do this. And it was President Bush who said we're addicted to oil, remember that? . . . and what's the answer? More oil sometime in the future? *Dana Bash Examines McCain's Flip-Flop Reversal Over Off-Shore Oil Drilling*(CNN 06/18/08 7:26am) JOHN ROBERTS: The President's request for off-shore drilling comes less than 24 hours after Senator John McCain changed his stance on the issue. […] Dana, a lot of people changing their minds, John McCain, Gov. Charlie Crist out of Florida, what's this all about? DANA BUSH: Well, what they're all saying *[…] from the White House, John McCain is basically saying the same thing, which is interesting because he's trying to distance himself from the President on climate change.* But on this issue of off-shore drilling, he says he's looking for some way to ease voters pain at paying at the pump and that's not the only area his position on energy policy is evolving. In the heart of Texas oil company, John McCain went after Barack Obama for supporting a windfall profits tax on oil companies. […] Critical now, but just last month McCain said he was open to the idea. […] *The change, proof of just how tricky gas price politics is for McCain. *On the one hand, he's pushing green energy alternatives, like wind, solar, and bio-diesel. Pushing away from George Bush with this new ad. […] But in the face of voter outrage over high gas prices McCain is changing his position on an issue that helped define him as an environmentally conscious republican. He used to oppose lifting a federal moratorium on off-shore drilling. Now he wants to lift the ban. […] *It's a risky reversal by a candidate trying to use the issue to appeal to independents. *Especially in the battleground of Florida where many republicans, like Gov. Charlie Crist and Senator Martinez have long opposed off-shore drilling. *But as McCain changes his position, so are they.* […] Barack Obama accused John McCain of taking the politically expedient way out. Obama echoed what some environmental groups are saying about off-shore drilling, that it would really take 5 to 10 years to really get the oil exploration up and running and that's no short term fix. *McCain's Plan Won't Have an Appreciable Effect on Gas Prices *(MSNBC 06/18/08 6:47am) ALI VELSHI: John McCain was talking about energy and I wanted to chime in about that because what we've been waiting for is the third leg of the stool from the major presidential candidates in terms of an energy policy . . . both the candidates say they want to reduce the candidates dependence on foreign oil . . . except that the United States uses about 20 million barrels of oil a day, we produce about 5 million . . . we've been using a disproportionate amount of oil for very long. John McCain is talking about drilling for more oil . . . the concept here is the problematic one . . . the problem is that no amount of oil that we drill for is going to offset the worldwide demand for oil so it doesn't necessarily bring the price down. The concentration should probably be in reducing our reliance on oil. *McCain's Oil Position will Hurt Him in Costal States *(MSNBC 06/18/08 9:06am) TAMRON HALL: Yesterday . . . John McCain said that drilling was a step in the right direction but Barack Obama calls it a bad idea and a sign that McCain can't stick to his positions. [. . .] JAMES WARREN: . . . to suggest that this is just a matter of McCain inconsistency, I think is quite unfair . . . the situation in this country is getting more and more dire . . . the question is for McCain, politically, is does this hurt him or not? . . . in coastal states will gas prices go so high that folks who are naturally reluctant to support offshore drilling, will they have second thoughts? TAMRON HALL: . . . we just showed that Quinnapiac poll where Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain and this was before the plan . . . to lift the ban on offshore drilling. So when you look at the matchup without that conversation thrown in we know how Floridians feel about this. Now with the Gov. coming in on McCain's side, how does this affect the race in Florida? LYNN SWEET: I think it will make it harder for McCain because what this really is is McCain tossing it to the states and President Bush tossing it to the states which will immediately trigger a big state campaign by the local environmental groups and forces who will probably line up to fight this . . . it will also create problems for Sen. McCain because one of the issues he was going to use to attract crossover Democrats was that he was different than President Bush; he does have an environmental record, he has recognized global warming. So what this decision does it triggers organizations organizing in critical states in the presidential campaign that might be against him on this issue. It just creates, I think, kind of a side headache. And nothing will happen this summer so fast anyway that will bring gas prices down before the election. *WJLA Links Bush To McCain On Piece Covering Their New Oil Drilling Policies * (ABC-DC-WJLA, 06/18/08, 6:23am) ALLISON STARLING: *Well President Bush is on the same page as republican presidential candidate, John McCain, when it comes to energy relief.* Today, Mr. Bush will call on Congress to lift the ban on off-shore oil drilling. This as energy policy moves to the top of the agenda for the presidential campaign. Viviana Ratato has the details. VIVIANO RATATO: American's are paying more than $4.00 a gallon for gas, that's why President Bush will make a move today to support off-shore oil drilling. He's expected to call on Congress to lift the federal ban which currently prevents it. The current presidential candidates also weighed in. *The likely republican nominee agrees with the President.* [McCain Off-Shore Oil Drilling Speech Shown] *But this represents a political U-Turn for John McCain, who in the past has opposed lifting the ban on drilling off the U.S. coast for oil.* Barack Obama, who is against lifting the ban, calls his rival's position flip-flopping. BARACK OBAMA: This is yet another reversal by John McCain in terms of his earlier positions. I think we could set up an interesting debate between John McCain 2000 and John McCain 2008. RATATO: As rising oil prices continue to worry American families, a new ABC News poll shows more Americans trust Obama with America's energy future*. Specifically, just over half of respondents trust Obama to do a better job than McCain handling energy policy. *The President's announcement is intended to pressure Congress into lifting the ban on off-shore drilling. But with only a few months left before a new administration enters the White House, it's unclear how effective the President will be. Highlight #2 *Richard Clarke Accuses McCain Campaign of Fear-mongering on Terror *(MSNBC 06/18/08 6:17am) JOE SCARBOROUGH: Richard Clarke came out swinging for Obama, didn't he? WILLIE GEIST: Richard Clarke, former terrorism czar under President Bush and a great critic of the Bush administration, responded to the McCain response to Obama . . . RICHARD CLARKE: I'm frankly a little disgusted b y the attempts of some of my friends on the McCain campaign to use the same old tired tactics that have been used in the last several campaigns of trying to paint one party as weak on terrorism and, completely and utterly distorting the record of that party to frankly frighten Americans. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: And Joe, doesn't he have a point, looking back at the Bush presidency and what tactics were used or what sentiment of the voters might have been preyed upon a bit to get people to vote for President Bush and are we going to fall for it again? *John McCain's Changing Position on Guantanamo Detainees *(MSNBC 06/18/08 7:24am) JOE SCARBOROUGH: Rudy Giuliani and a lot of Americans are asking the question, why should we give terror suspects . . . constitutional rights that no enemy combatant on foreign soil has ever had before last week? SUSAN RICE: You should ask John McCain that, because back in 2003 *The New York Times* reported that John McCain wanted everybody in Guantanamo charged with a crime or released. That's what the administration wanted to do. [. . .] RICE: . . . that goes way, way beyond what the Supreme Court just said. The Supreme Court said *habeas* hearings. John McCain in 2003 said charge them or release them. Now he's flip-flopped for political purposes. This campaign, the McCain campaign is doing what George Bush tried to do in 2004, which is to stoke fear and blow smoke and confuse the American people. SCARBOROUGH: It worked though, didn't it? RICE: The American people are smart . . . they get that this has been a failed war on terrorism . . . Highlight #3 *Giuliani Talks Counterterrorism, Pushes Offense* (FNC 06/18/08 7:50am) GRETCHEN CARLSON: We have been discussing all morning the rift now that has suddenly appeared yesterday between John McCain and Barack Obama about terrorism and how we should handle it. Now, here is what Barack Obama has said. […] do you have a problem with that statement? RUDY GIULIANI: Well sure. What it says is something I've been saying along time. The democrats want to go back to a pre-September 11th view of terrorism. What I call being on defense. They want to treat it mostly as a criminal justice matter use grand juries, investigations. They seem to think that 1993 was a good example of how to do it. It turns out in retrospect 1993 was a mistake. It's was a mistake not to recognize it was more than a criminal act it was an act of terrorism. It was followed by attacks in Nairobi, in Darisalam, in Cobalt Towers, in U.S.S. Cole, a whole series of attacks and then ultimately the attacks of September 11th. The reality is we can't deal with this as solely a criminal justice matter. The things that I said and other republicans have said are no different than what Hillary Clinton said about Barack Obama's approach to dealing with terrorism. I think she described it as irresponsible or naive or some language like that. I'm not sure I would characterize it. I would describe it and say this is not a realistic approach. Time has proven that being on offense is better than being on defense. BRIAN KILMEADE: Rudy, were things exposed in that trial of Yousef and others detrimental to the war on terror? GIULIANI: In several of the trials, there have been things of interest that were passed on to bin laden. This disclosure of classified information, which sometimes comes out in these things. These are all dangerous things. I think the Supreme Court, quite respectfully I would say this, but I think the supreme court made a big mistake in extending rights to terrorists. Big mistake is to give terrorists rights they didn't have in the past. I don't understand for the life of me, why would you want to create new rights for terrorists at a time we are dealing with terrorism? STEVE DOOCY: During the Clinton years, wasn't that law enforcement only? GIULIANI: It was to a large extent there were responses to several of the bombings but they were for a day or two and they were not sustained. The whole difference that has happened since September 11th that I believe was at the core of keeping us safe is we now have a full response to terrorism. We're on offense. We're trying to anticipate it. in the criminal justice system you react to what happened. *Giuliani: Calling Obama Naïve is Just Quoting Hillary *(MSNBC 06/18/08 7:24am) JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yesterday in a conference call members of McCain's campaign called Barack Obama naïve, they called him delusional. . .are the Republicans trying to tell Americans once again that electing a Democrat will make them and their families less safe? RUDY GIULIANI: I think those Democrats are just repeating what Hillary Clinton said. Those are almost exactly the same words . . . SCARBOROUGH: Do you think that Barack Obama is naïve? Do you think that he is delusional? Do you think that he's dangerous? GIULIANI: It's an attitude that demonstrates his inexperience. . . *Giuliani Talks Oil Drilling and Fighting Terrorism* (CNN 06/18/08 7:26am) JOHN ROBERTS: Hey look, during the campaign you were for lifting the federal ban on off-shore drilling, but a lot of people saying this is nothing more than pandering to the oil and gas interests, this is going to do nothing to lower the price per barrel of oil in this country. Listen to what Barack Obama said about that yesterday. [Barack Obama "Had it right the first time" Clip Shown] As we mentioned Mr. Mayor, this is an about-face for Senator McCain, also an about change for Governor Crist who has about-faced on his position on off-shore drilling. Why all the change of heart here? RUDY GIULIANI: Well, as you said, i believe it should be left to the states. That's the position I've always taken. I think the reality is it's just not correct to say it wouldn't affect the price of oil. anything you do to increase supply, actually, given the futures market, anything you do to suggest that you're going to increase supply in the future is going to reduce somewhat the price of oil. The reality is, Barack Obama opposes almost everything that could realistically reduce the price of oil. Expanding refineries. Expanding nuclear power, which is something that he doesn't embrace. so the reality is you can't look at this in isolation. if all you were doing is this, it would have a small impact on the price of oil. but if you're talking about thinking some of the things that have hurt us over the last 20 to 30 years, then that is truly taking us on a path toward energy independence. It includes liquid natural gas. It includes wind and solar. It includes hybrid vehicles. You have to do all these things. These all have to be opened up for discussion. Because we've been basically on hold for about 30 years now. We haven't built a new refinery in 30 years. we haven't licensed a nuclear power plant in 25 or 30 years. We're not exploiting responsibly our oil reserves. All these things have to now be opened up. We're in a crisis with regard to this. And the reality is the American people deserve some really tough political decisions about things that we've held back on in the past. ROBERTS: Mr. mayor, in the past 24 hours you've really been lashing out at senator Obama over this idea of fighting the war on terrorism. it falls out of comments he made in an interview with abc in which he said regarding the supreme court decision on Guantanamo detainees, quote, we can crackdown on the threats to the united states but we can do so within the constraints of the constitution. For example, the first attack against the World Trade Center, we were able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial. They are currently in U.S. prisons, incapacitated. He says he wants to deal with terrorism within the frame work of the constitution. What's wrong with that? GIULIANI: The reality is, no one is lashing out at him. The words that we use by some of the commentators are no different than hillary clinton said. she described the way he deals with terrorism, the way he proposed dealing with it. talking to people in some of these countries without preconditions. she described it as irresponsible. i'm not sure she used the word naive, it's the same word some of the republicans used. i haven't said that but what i do suggest is he doesn't have the experience to handle terrorism. it was a terrible mistake to deal with it in the '90s just as a criminal justice matter. ROBERTS: Would you have dealt with the 1993 world trade center bombing in a different fashion? GIULIANI: We should have. We should have recognized it was a terrorist attack. ROBERTS: What should you have done? GIULIANI: America should have gone on offense. America should have gone on offense against terrorism. We didn't. We had a muted response to the terrorist attacks that occurred right after that. Including the ones that occurred on the u.s.s. coal where we had no response. we saw it as the way senator Obama sees it. I call it a pre September 11th mentality that he wants to return to. The reality is the criminal justice system has limited application in this area of terrorism. when it can be used, it should be used. but you should not think of it as a criminal justice matter, as a grand jury is going to solve terrorism. and i guess the real objection that we have is trying to take the constitution and apply it all over the world. We never did that before. The constitutional decision last week by the supreme court is a creation of new rights for terrorists that did not exist before. ROBERTS: Senator Obama says that the Guantanamo detentions haven't resulted in a lot of people being prosecuted for terrorist crimes and all its done is ruin America's credibility in the world. True or untrue? GIULIANI: It may have also protected America. at least 30 of the people that were released from Guantanamo have engaged in battlefield activities or terrorist activities again. That'll give you some idea of what can happen if you decide to release those people from Guantanamo. So the reality is the people that are being held there may have something to do with safety. We haven't had a terrorist attack in the United States since September 11. I thank god for that. You keep thinking it could happen again and we've got to be prepared for that. The reality is, we've been safe. I don't know why we want to change the constitutional guarantees and give terrorists more constitutional guarantees than they have had over the last 200 years. Or at least enemy competence they've had over the last 200 years Highlight #4 *Independent Voters Down, Split Between Candidates, But Like McCain Because He Is Different Than Bush* (CNN 06/18/08 9:45am) BILL SCHNEIDER: Independents hold the key to victory. Both contenders know it. […] *Who's got the edge with independents? Two new polls have the same answer. Neither candidate.* The Washington Post/ABC News poll finds independents split, so does the CNN poll by the Opinion Research Corporation, 45 percent for Barack Obama, 45 percent for John McCain. Independents remember have no brand-name loyalties. Bizarre as it may sound, they actually look at the candidates on the issues and then make up their minds. So what do they think of the candidates? Do they hate them both? Actually they like them both. McCain somewhat more than Obama. On the issues, however, independents are not happy at all. 78 percent think the economy is lousy. 72 percent oppose the war in Iraq. Which explains why independents are so down on the republican party. Only 33 percent have a favorable opinion on republicans. 53 percent like the democrats. Big difference. Obama's trying to sell change, which independents clearly want. […] *If independents are so down on republicans, why do so many of them support McCain? Because most independents think McCain will be different than Bush. Otherwise McCain wouldn't have a chance.* Independents don't like the republican brand, but they do like McCain. For independents the brand comes second, for partisans the brand comes first. Highlight #5 *Fox News on Recipe Gate *(FNC 06/18/08 8:59am) GINA MOSE: John McCain's wife Cindy is getting battered over a cookie contest. […] "Serial Recipe thief" "Re-Heat Offender" "Cindy Bakes Another Waffer" screams the Huffington Post. Both Cindy McCain and Bill Clinton are feeling the heat, accused of recipe plagiarism. Every year FamilyCircle magazine holds a presidential cookie bake-off. Candidate spouses submit their favorite recipes and may the best cookie win. Readers are supposed to try the recipes then vote. […] Cindy McCain turned in a receipe she says she got from a good friend, but the Huffington Post says they found the exact same recipe on Hersheys.com. The recipe's are pretty identical. […] They're even in the same order! No comment from Mrs. McCain. This is the second time she's taken lumps for supposedly passing off recipes, the last time for recipes for passion fruit mousse, where described as family recipes on the McCain website then discovered elsewhere. That time Mrs. McCain blamed a campaign intern for posting the recipes. […] That's the way the cookie crumbles, they smell good, they smell like plagiarism. -- Evan Whitbeck Progressive Media USA 202.609.7677 (office) 360.480.0786 (cell) [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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