[big campaign] Media Monitoring Report - Morning 06/11/08

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*Main Topics: *McCain's Economic Plan, Energy, Gas prices *Summary of Shift*: Political coverage was still focused on the economy this morning with Barack Obama and John McCain squaring off on the gas tax holiday and tax reform. Democratic leaders engage in push back against McCain's economic plan. Comparisons between McCain and Bush as well as Obama and Carter continue to be made. In other news, the chance of more flooding in the Midwest has many towns in a state of fear as they struggle to heighten levees. Grass fires claim homes in Northern California and continue to burn. Officials are still trying to find the source of the tainted tomatoes while many stores and restaurants remove them from circulation. Highlights: 1) McCain: No idea when American forces can come home from Iraq but "That's not too important," discusses gas prices and Bush 2) McCain talks taxes and spending 3) McCain talks about housing and his economic experience 4) The Economy a. McCain's challenge is to show economic credentials and push McDifferent b. Fiorina on McCain's tax plan c. McCain's tax plan is bad for the economy d. Voter anger over rising fuel prices could be a "Big Problem" for McCain 5) McCain's position on energy hurting him with Republicans, fundraising Clips: Highlight #1 * McCain: No Idea When American Forces Can Come Home From Iraq But "That's Not Too Important," Discusses Gas Prices and Bush* (NBC 06/11/08 7:07am) MATT LAUER: […] $4 a gallon for gas. Americans want to know that the next POTUS gets it, feels their pain […] When it comes to the price of gas, is there anything that you or senator Obama can do about it if elected president? JOHN MCCAIN: […] We could give them a bit of a break for the summer. […] The real key to this, nuclear power, alternate energy. […] LAUER: So enough about the debate of whether we drill in the wilderness areas? That's still oil, oil, oil. Your energy plan will take us away from oil? MCCAIN: Oh it'll have to. […] We have to go to alternate energy LAUER: February 28th, […] President Bush was asked by a reporter about the prospect of $4 a gallon for gasoline and he kind of scoffed at the question […] which makes it sound, Senator, as if he didn't have a real good handle on the scope of the problem. […] As Americans go to the polls in November to vote for the next president, what do you think we'll be paying for a gallon of gasoline? MCCAIN: […] I think part of it depends on how it looks like we are making advances […] towards alternate energy. […] I can't predict to you, except to say to you, I don't think it's going much lower. And it could go higher. […] LAUER: You are forgiving the oil companies subsidies to help defer cost of their exploration at a time of record oil prices and record profits. Shouldn't this be a two-way street? If the company is going to get something from the government, shouldn't they be able to give something back to the consumer? MCCAIN: Absolutely. They should be investing in alternate energy and they should be giving back to the consumer and they should be embarking on research and development that will pay off in the forms of reducing our dependency on foreign oil. […] LAUER: […] *The Tax Policy Center […] says that your plan for tax cuts would -- 80% of the benefit would go to the top 10% of earners*. Given the situation right now with the middle-class and working-class, gasoline, foreclosures, is that where those benefits should go? MCCAIN: Of course not. And one of our proposals is doubling the tax exemption for children from $3,500 to $7,000. […] But we don't want to increase taxes. […] Raising the cap on social security earnings will affect millions and millions of Americans. I don't want to redistribute the wealth. I want lower-income Americans to […] better lives and that means reforming health care and […] restore America's economy. […] LAUER: […] When the President […] came up with this surge at a time when everyone, it seemed, was thinking the contrary, you endorsed it with great conviction and courage. *People say the surge is working. […] If it's now working, Senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home to Iraq?* *MCCAIN: No, but that's not too important.* What's important is the casualties in Iraq. […] We will be able to withdraw. General Petraeus is going to tell us in July when he thinks we are. Highlight #2 *McCain Talks Taxes and Spending *(CNBC 06/11/08 7.05am) JOHN MCCAIN: I think if you raise taxes, and at the same time you abrogated free trade agreements, which is clearly what we said he wanted to do and it's, quote, "unilaterally renegotiate" the treaty which is 35% of our trade, I think you face very serious economic consequences and you don't have to look too far back to the Smoot-Holly Tariff Act, which was protectionist, which was isolationist and barriers that we raised to trade in the 1930, sent America from a recession into a depression. I'm not saying that's going to happen as a result of Senator Obama's wanting to raise taxes. It's just, I think that this kind of thing is very risky for America when we are hurting very badly. CARL QUINTANILLA: We asked Obama about that earlier in the week. And even he though admitted he's not willing to be dogmatic on taxes. He said depending on what the situation is on the ground at the time you take office, that's how presidents make decisions. MCCAIN: He was pretty dogmatic during the primaries. He was pretty dogmatic when he went to Ohio and tragically, there's a lot of displaced workers and proudly proclaimed his commitment to unilaterally renegotiating one of the most important trade agreements in this country, signed into law by President Clinton. QUINTANILLA: Can you excuse it? Can you throw it up to the primary? Can you blame it on the silly season that is winning the nomination? A process you know well and good all about. MCCAIN: Carl, I went to Iowa and said I opposed ethanol subsidies and I lost in Iowa. But I still think ethanol subsidies are distorting the market. Don't you think that unless you're straight with the American people when you're campaigning that they will have a dramatic increase in their cynicism about you unless you tell them not only what you think they want to hear, but what you think they have to hear. QUINTANILLA: One more question on taxes, something you said on the floor of the senate in 2003, "I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts. No one can be expected to make an informed decision on a fiscal policy at this time with so many uncertain contingencies. Let us wait. It is far sounder statesmanship than cutting taxes in the dark." What would that John McCain say to the one sitting here right now? MCCAIN: That John McCain also said, I have a proposal and I campaigned and lost with very large tax cuts but keeping spending under control. The reasons why I voted against the tax cut were several. I had my own plan to cut taxes and had no doubt in my own commitment to lower taxes but also to restrain spending. It wasn't revenues that caused us to have such huge deficits, it was spending. and I have opposed and fought against the pork barrel spending and wasteful spending. Senator Obama has become part of the earmark process. QUINTANILLA: People are— MCCAIN: I never asked for one. QUINTANILLA: People are still waiting though for detailed spending cuts from you, beyond a one-year moratorium in discretionary spending and beyond earmarks. MCCAIN: I've mentioned many, I'll be glad to give you a long list. Subsidies for ethanol to start with, we ought to eliminate. All o the tarriffs that we are imposing, certainly the overwhelming majority of them. There's many, many programs, marketing assistance program, we have got a very long list. Those that I outline in the farm bill, the farm bill is a $300 billion bill. Highlight #3 *McCain Talks About Housing and His Economic Experience *(CNBC 06/11/08 8:01am) JOHN MCCAIN: I'm eager to talk about the economy. I'm eager. And we all know there's going to be change, but there's right change and wrong change. Senator Obama seems to be dusting off the old policies of the '60s and '70s. You know he keeps saying it's going to be a Bush third term. I think it's possible we could have a Carter second term. Pretty good line, right? CARL QUINTANILLA: That's a pretty good line. I've thought about that one. MCCAIN: The point is we need to discuss the economy. That's a primary issue. When you're going to increase capital gains that will affect 100 million Americans, then you're taking money out of their pockets. So energy independence and the economy which is a good part of the economy and health care, should be primary issues and I'm looking forward to this debate. I know that -- I know that I can prevail on this debate. QUINTANILLA: Quick question on housing. Your early comments in January showed some resistance to having government be a big part of the solution. Now you have a federal insurance program that some say could cost $10 billion. Did your view on housing pivot or get worse at some point? MCCAIN: My view on housing is what it was in that we don't want to reward speculators. The person that bought houses in my home state and let them sit empty so they can flip them, there's no reason to reward them. We need to help people, and I said that at the time, who are primary residence owners need help and assistance. That, to me, would be the application by a homeowner for a 30-year, FHA, guaranteed loan at the new value of the house so they can make the payments, if they sell it one-third, one-third, one-third of the profits go to the homeowner, the lender and the federal government. It seems to me it puts the initiative into the homeowner's hands rather than the lender's hands. It seems to me that's someth-- of course we have to give Americans relief. QUINTANILLA: The fed's been pretty aggressive on all this. But have they ridden the edge of the envelope in terms of where their responsibility should end and begin? MCCAIN: Listen, in these difficult times, I think a lot of things are on the edge. As I stay, I have fundamental optimism about the ultimate future of our economy. But now we're seeing a weakened dollar, which then drives up the price of oil. I didn't mention that in our earlier part of our conversation. It's helped our exports, but inflation fears, I think as articulated by Bernanke, just I think yesterday or the day before, are very cogent and I really worry about a return to the '70s and so this is a very, very dicey proposition we're in and it's going to take all of us together, not divided up. QUINTANILLA: Secretary Paulson this week, didn't rule out intervention on the dollar. I'm going to guess you don't have a problem with that statement? MCCAIN: I would not rule it out. I wouldn't like to do it because those actions are always temporary, when the intervention ends, unless you solve the underlying cause, then it goes back to what it was before. But we are in a spiral right now, weak dollar, increase of the price of oil, passed on to the consumer and it's tough, It's really tough and the last thing I want to do -- and it's a small item. Why not give the guy they met that owns a couple or three, four trucks relief from diesel trucks that he pays 24 and a half cents per gallon tax on, give him a break. QUINTANILLA: Why have you had such a hard time with that? MCCAIN: I'm astonished. Because you know, when you think about it, it's the lowest income Americans that drive the farthest and the automobiles that consume the most gasoline and can afford it least. I don't know. It's remarkable. QUINTANILLA: You have been dogged since December about a statement you made that suggested somehow that economics don't come naturally to you. Is that going to dog you all the way through or is all of this an attempt to wipe that out? MCCAIN: Listen, I am sure there are a lot of things, my comments about Iraq and how we have to remain there but the key-- we won't even go into that as we remain in South Korea and other places, but the point is, I know a lot about economics. I have a long period of experience as chairman of the commerce committee and the senate, for being involved in the early years of when we embarked on a period of incredible prosperity. I understand it very well. Do I understand national security issues very well? Of course, I spent 22 years in the military. And I have been on the armed services committee all these years. That's what that's about. I'm a big boy, i know that life isn't fair. QUINTANILLA: It's politics. MCCAIN: Exactly. But this campaign, the reason why I want the town hall meetings, as I said to you before, the reason why I want the town hall meetings, let's hear the complete statement by the candidates and then draw their own conclusions. Highlight #4 *McCain's Challenge is to Show Economic Credentials and Push McDifferent *(NBC 06/11/08 7:05am) ANDREA MITCHELL: John McCain and Barack Obama have been debating the economy all week as McCain tries to set himself apart from the economic policies of George Bush. Even while running for president, John McCain can't help joking about his lack of business experience. [. . .] MITCHELL: But now, with voters in a panic over how to pay for gas, McCain has to prove he's better than Barack Obama at handling an economy in crisis. JOHN MCCAIN: Under Sen. Obama's tax plan, Americans of every background would see their taxes rise. [. . .] MITCHELL: McCain supports a summertime gas tax holiday . . . McCain with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo: MCCAIN: I think you're out of touch with America when you don't support such a thing . . . MITCHELL: But even some Republicans say suspending the gas tax for the summer won't work. DICK ARMEY: It's just pure demagoguery. John McCain has shown some capacity to understand some economics. MITCHELL: And Democrats are trying to portray McCain as out of touch on the economy and the war. HARRY REID: We have as a Republican nominee a flawed candidate . . . MITCHELL: McCain's challenge is to try to prove that he is right on the economy and distance himself from the president's record without appearing too disloyal. *Fiorina on McCain's Tax Plan *(ABC 06/11/08 07:06am) CARLY FIORINA: […] Senator McCain has proposed gas tax relief, Senator Obama has opposed it. […] Senator McCain understands that we must create jobs in this country. And small businesses do that. […] So it's vital that we lower the tax burden on small business. […] WILLIAM DALEY: […] the gas policy that Carly mentioned, not one single economist has endorsed it. It was a gimmick when it was proposed by Senator McCain in April, and that was a relief of this 18 cents a gallon, and gas has gone up 64 cents since then. So it's a meaningless gimmick to try to get some attention to a policy, gas policy, that this administration has not had for the last 8 years. […] FIORINA: Well the majority of American's support a gas tax holiday; the American Trucking association has endorsed a gas tax holiday. I don't think many economists actually understand what am American family is going through. […] DALEY: We've got to go to alternative fuels, we've got to raise standards […] this is a serious problem that the American people are feeling. We've got to give more. Carly mentions the tax relief that McCain is proposing. It would be twice as large as any tax cut that President Bush has ever proposed. That's not what he American working families need right now. They need relief; they need relief across the board. And Senator Obama is going to bring that with a serious attempt to bring down spending and give relief to the American people. Without that we're just going to continue the policies of the last 8 years that have led us to a very serious situation. […] *McCain's Tax Plan is Bad for the Economy *(FNC 06/11/08 08:00am) ELLEN TAUSCHER: […] Gas prices in my district in California are approaching 4.50 a gallon. We've had this one president for the last 7 and a half years and until 18 months ago my colleagues were In charge of the congress for almost 14 years. So there was a lot they could have done, unfortunately they didn't. And keep in Mind that Senator McCain was there the entire time. […] MARSHA BLACKBURN: Barack Obama […] voted for increased taxes hundreds of times. […] TAUSCHER: […] My colleague apparently thinks that borrowing is the right way to drive the economy and it's driven it right into the ground. This President and my colleague have continued to borrow money from China and others to fund the war in Iraq and to pay for tax cuts that have not stimulated the economy. *Voter Anger Over Rising Fuel Prices Could Be a "Big Problem" for McCain *(MSNBC 06/11/08 6:35am) DAVID SHUSTER: […] The $4 mark for gasoline is another blow to the legacy of Pres Bush, a former oil man who just 5 months ago scoffed at predictions prices would reach this high. […] Energy policy was supposed to be Bush's strength. […] Gas prices are more twice what they were when Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney took office. […] Voter anger over rising fuel prices could be a big problem for John McCain. On top of being tied politically to Pres Bush, McCain is proposing tax breaks for energy corporations. [...] Obama meanwhile is hitting back at McCain[…] [video clip] BARACK OBAMA: When we're paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, the man who rails against government spending wants to spend $1.2 billion on a tax break for ExxonMobil. […] [end video clip] Highlight #5 *McCain's Position on Energy Hurting him with Republicans, Fundraising *(MSNBC 06/11/08 9:17am) TAMRON HALL: There are a lot of Republicans who are not going along with some of Sen. McCain's positions on energy. How does he overcome that in a battle . . . ? PAT BUCHANAN: Well, gasoline prices are going to hurt Republicans because they're in charge of the country. And Tamron, what I think McCain ought to do, and he hasn't done it, is he's not in favor of drilling in ANWR . . . and I think the Republican answer is, "Look, if we have a shortage of oil and prices are going up, let's drill for more oil in the United States of America rather than rely on Saudi Arabia. McCain's not for that, he ought to get behind it, it's the one thing that could help him. HALL: But does that hurt him, with his own party? BUCHANAN: It does hurt his own party. They're wondering why he's not for production. That's what we're for. HALL: *The New York Times* has an article that basically says John McCain and Barack Obama . . . are toeing the party's line when it comes to the economy . . . they're seen as these independents but if it is perceived that they're following the company line, how does anything shake out? KEITH BOYKIN: Well, because the economy is a sore point, it's a big weakness point for the Republicans right now, a big albatross that they're going to have to deal with in the fall, in the general election. John McCain is very closely associate with President Bush because of his enduring endorsement of President Bush's tax cuts, now those are two tax cuts that John McCain opposed in 2001 . . . in 2003 he said it was unwise to cut taxes in the middle of a war. But now that John McCain is running for president, John McCain has a different take on things . . . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---