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'08 Election Daily News Clips
Tuesday August 26th, 2008
Candidate Tracking:
***All times in Eastern Standard Time
1pm McCain: Speech in Phoenix, AZ
- Tracking scheduled for this event 9pm McCain: Fundraiser in San Diego,
CA
News Clips:
MCCAIN NEWS
*
McCain, Leno trade Jibes (AP 08/26/08)*
By Mike Glover
"Could I just mention to you Jay, that in a moment of seriousness, I spent
five and a half years in a prison cell, I didn't have a house, I didn't have
a kitchen table, I didn't have a table, I didn't have a chair," said McCain,
citing his history as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. "I spent those
five and half years not because I wanted to get a house when I got back
home." McCain has come under criticism after he confessed he didn't know how
many homes he owns with his wife Cindy. The source of the family's wealth is
a Phoenix beer distributorship launched by her father.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzrO4_2eB1S2i3NMbOspDDuSh-cgD92PLPVO6
*McCain Warms Up to Hollywood (WSJ blog 8/26/08)*
By Elizabeth Holmes
McCain, who turns 72 on Friday, defied the odds and appeared Monday with
notable folks to support his candidacy. After the endorsement from Daddy
Yankee in Phoenix, McCain attended a fund-raiser in Sacramento with *Patricia
Heaton* of "Everybody Loves Raymond" fame. The Arizona senator then traveled
to southern California for an appearance on the Tonight Show with *Jay
Leno*and a fund-raiser at the Beverly Hilton.
*
*http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/26/mccain-warms-up-to-hollywood/*
Cind McCain to Meet with Saakashvili on Georgia trip (WaPo 08/26/08)
*By Michael Shear and Karen DeYoung *
*John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, announced the visit to a
group of fundraisers in Sacramento. McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker
confirmed that his wife was en route to Georgia and said she is visiting as
part of the *U.N. World Food Program*Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and visit with wounded Georgian soldiers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082503045.html?nav=rss_politics
*Latin Star Daddy Yankee Endorses McCain at School (Arizona Republic
08/26/08)*
By John Faherty
McCain's appearance at the school lasted just 20 minutes, it lacked any talk
of policy and a question-and-answer period with the students did not happen.
But it remained a thrill for approximately 120 students who were picked to
attend because of their roles in student government or because they are
taking advanced social-studies courses.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/08/26/20080826McCain0826.html
*
John McCain Shares the stage with Jay Leno and Daddy Yankee (LA Times
08/26/08)*
By Maeve Reston
McCain had barely taken his seat when Leno offered him early birthday
wishes: "We were going to have a cake, but the fire marshal said '*that *many
candles?' " The late-night host added that they'd ribbed McCain with "a few
jokes" about his age during the campaign.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccain26-2008aug26,0,2890500.story
*McCain is not lying low (CNN 08/26/08)*
By Ed Henry
So McCain advisers say their goal is to keep Obama's convention "bounce" to
a minimum, so McCain can head to St. Paul, Minnesota, next week with some
real momentum. They think the best way to do that is to drive a deeper wedge
between Obama and Sen.Hillary
Clinton<http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Hillary_Clinton>
.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/25/mccain.strategy/index.html
*
McCain Uses Vietnam Ordeal Against Jibes Over Wealth (Reuters 8/25/08)*
By Andrew Gray
BURBANK, California (Reuters) - John
McCain<http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/johnmccain>,
who often invokes his ordeal as a Vietnam war prisoner to show his devotion
to his country as he runs for U.S. president, drew on the experience again
on Monday -- this time to deflect sniping over the number of houses he owns.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2528600420080826?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews
*McCain Camp Tries To Downplay Top Aide Lobbying In Favor Of Gun Rights for
Suspected Terrorists (ThinkProgress 08/25/08)*
By Satyam Khanna
In 2007, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation giving the
Justice Department the discretion to prohibit gun sales to terror
suspects<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/05/05/nra_raps_terror_suspect_bill/>.
The legislation was supported by gun-control groups as well as the Bush
administration. Siding with the gun industry in opposing closing this "terror
gap <http://www.newsweek.com/id/154913>" was Randy
Scheunemann<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/30/scheunemann-lobbyist-georgia/>,
now Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) top foreign policy adviser. Newsweek reports
that Scheunemann lobbied against the bill on behalf of the National Shooting
Sports Foundation
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/25/mccain-scheunemann-guns/
*
Ayers Linked to GOP Governor Through University (HuffPo 08/26/08)*
By Nico Pitney
The campaign season's hottest gotcha game -- six degrees of William Ayers --
has suddenly become a bit more complicated for John McCain and the
Republican Party.
It turns out that Ayers, a 60s-era radical and former Weathermen member, is
linked to GOP Gov. Mark Sanford through their work for the University of
South Carolina.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/26/ayers-linked-to-gop-gover_n_121363.html
*New McCain ad evokes Hillary 3a.m. spot, Says Hillary was 'Right' (TPM
08/26/08)*
By Greg Sargent
McCain's ad opens with the Hillary spot's 3 A.M. question and segues into a
montage of images reminding you that it's a dangerous world out there. It
then airs footage of Hillary delivering her now-infamous line about McCain's
"lifetime of experience" and her claim that all Obama brings to the
commander-in-chief's desk is a 2002 speech.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_mccain_ad_evokes_hillary_3.php
View ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYlzX2ZOLM
Sources: McCain May Announce VP Choice Before Friday (FoxNews 8/25/08)
By Foxnews.com
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain may announce his
choice for a running mate earlier than expected, sources told FOX News on
Monday. [...] sources close to McCain's campaign told FOX News that his
decision may come sooner than that — possibly on Thursday, when Barack Obama
accepts the Democratic nomination at Invesco field in Denver, Colo.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/25/sources-mccain-may-announce-vp-choice-before-friday
* McCain's Daddy Yankee Endorsement (NYT blog 8/25/08)
*By Michael Cooper
Maybe someone should tell Senator John McCain that Daddy Yankee's big
reggaetón smash from a few years back, "Gasolina," is not exactly about
off-shore oil drilling.
*
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/mccains-daddy-yankee-endorsement/#more-5993
*
*See WaPo blog's "Gasolina! Daddy Yankee Endorses McCain":
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/25/gasolina_daddy_yankee_endorses.html#more
*
*
*
* On Leno, McCain Invokes POW History When Asked About House Controversy
(ABC blog 8/25/08)
"For a million dollars," Jay Leno asked Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today,
"how many houses do you have?" "Could I just mention to you, Jay, that, at a
moment of seriousness. I spent five-and-a-half years in a prison cell,"
McCain said. "I didn't have a house. I didn't have a kitchen table. I didn't
have a table. I didn't have a chair. And I didn't spend those
five-and-a-half years because, not because I wanted to get a house when I
got out."
** http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/on-leno-mccain.html
*
*
*
* The POW "Card" (ABC blog 8/25/08)
*Can a person who showed unfathomable heroism in a dark period of war invoke
that heroism too often? It's a complicated thing, writing about Sen. John
McCain's years as a Vietnam POW, and how he's cited those years in the
campaign. A meme has developed among some bloggers and commentators that
McCain is citing those grisly five and a half years too often.
* http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/the-pow-card.html
McCain: Candidates Shouldn't Talk About Their Vietnam Service (ThinkProgress
8/25/08)
By Matt Yglesias
It seems that John McCain's presidential campaign thinks that thus far
they've "underused" the subject of McCain's Vietnam service. Apparently,
using it as a response to every criticism isn't good enough so I guess that
means they'll be mentioning it in light of all McCain's positive proposals,
too. "I was held prisoner in Hanoi and tortured by Communists who wouldn't
approve of giant tax cuts slanted to the wealthiest citizens and that's how
I know that tax cuts for the rich is just what this country needs." Or
something. At any rate, once upon a time McCain was criticizing John Kerry
for talking too much about Vietnam, saying he essentially invited the swift
boat attacks by doing so:
*
*
http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/matthewyglesias/%7E3/373812153/mccain_candidates_shouldnt_talk_about_their_vietnam_service.php
*
Cindy McCain Heads to Georgia (No, Not the State) (New York Times blog
8/25/08)
by Michael Cooper
Senator John McCain just told a group of donors here that his wife, Cindy,
is en route to Georgia<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/georgia/index.html>,
according to a pool report from inside the fund-raiser.
No further details were immediately available, but Mr. McCain has made his
support for the country — and his hard line against Russia — central to his
campaign since Russia invaded Georgia earlier this month.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/cindy-mccain-heads-to-georgia-no-not-the-state/
*Dems' attack theme: McCain's houses** (Politico 8/25/08)*
By Ben Smith
As dozens of Democrats prepare to address their convention in Denver over
the next four days, three themes have become clear: hope, change and John
McCain's eight houses. Barack Obama's convention is shaping up to be the
toughest — and most negative — in the Democratic Party's recent history, a
gathering modeled more on the Republican Party's attack-themed conventions
than, in particular, on the determinedly high-minded Democratic National
Convention in Boston four years ago.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=FB1398A4-18FE-70B2-A8B88FEA5AFC9C69
From the RNC Podium: McCain Does Not Want to Overturn Roe--What? (Time blog
8/25/08)
by Michael Scherer The McCain campaign welcomed delegates to Denver with a
new ad Monday, showing Debra Bartoshevich, a self-described "proud Hillary
Clinton Democrat," announcing that she opposes Barack Obama and will vote
for John McCain. To back up the message, Republicans arranged a
press-conference in Denver Monday morning with Bartoshevich and other
Clinton supporters, who are all now backing McCain.
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/from_the_rnc_podium_mccain_doe.html
*McCain missing from GOP.com (Politico blog 8/25/08)*
By Ben Smith
There's not a single reference to the Republican nominee on the home page of
the Republican National Committee.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/McCain_missing_from_GOPcom.html?showall
OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
*The Racism Excuse (WSJ 08/26/08)*
Editorial
fter a second round of this -- recall the Obama line "He doesn't look like
all those other Presidents on the dollar bills" -- the McCain campaign dared
complain that at no time has the GOP candidate said anything remotely about
his opponent's race. Predictably, Mr. McCain was charged with playing the
"race card" himself.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970808612971117.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks<http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/McCain_missing_from_GOPcom.html?showall>
*Charlie Don't Vote (WSJ 08/26/08)*
By John Fund
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/McCain_missing_from_GOPcom.html?showall>
Hans Nichols of Bloomberg News journeyed to Hanoi last week to find Le Van
Lua, the first North Vietnamese that Mr. McCain met after being shot down in
1967 during his 23rd bombing run over the country. Mr. Le said he jumped
into the lake where Mr. McCain's plane had landed and brandished a knife as
he ordered the pilot to put up his hands. He then grabbed Mr. McCain by his
hair and hoisted him atop two bamboo pontoons, the knife held to his throat.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121968395863169687.html?mod=opinion_journal_political_diary
*
Obama's Nomination Marks Start of New Epoch (USA Today 08/26/08)*
By DeWayne Wickham
The nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's White House
candidate will end the two-centuries-old hold that white men have had on the
presidential nomination of this country's major political parties. This is a
transformative moment, one that signals the beginning of the third American
epoch.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/08/obamas-nominati.html#more
*
Jonathan Crutchley Discovers How Intolerant the Gay Community Can be (LA
Times 08/26/08)*
By James Kirchick
Two weeks ago, news emerged that the co-founder of the website Manhunt.net
had contributed $2,300 to the presidential campaign of John McCain. Uproar
ensued.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kirchick26-2008aug26,0,1400460.story
*
Give Iraqis what they want (Boston Globe 08/26/08)*
Editorial
PRESIDENT BUSH has been embarrassed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Bush had set a goal of July 31 for a security agreement with Maliki's
government. The key to negotiating such an accord, for Bush, was to avoid
setting a firm date for withdrawal of US combat troops. Bush has insisted
that the timing and pacing of a withdrawal had to be determined solely by
conditions on the ground - a mantra that GOP presidential candidate John
McCain has echoed faithfully.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/08/26/give_iraqis_what_they_want/
BUSH NEWS
*Bush signs Women's Equity Day proclimation (UPI 08/26/08)*
President George Bush <http://www.upi.com/topic/George_Bush/> signed a
proclamation declaring Tuesday Women's Equity Day, recognizing the vision of
women who helped build the United States.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/25/Bush_signs_Womens_Equity_Day_proclamation/UPI-52101219696777/
*Cheney to visit Georgia next week (WaPo 08/26/08)*
By Dan Eggen
Vice President Cheney<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Dick+Cheney?tid=informline>will
travel next week to war-ravaged Georgia as part of a swing through
several former Soviet republics, making him the highest-level U.S. emissary
to visit the country since hostilities between
Russia<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/russia.html?nav=el>and
Georgia broke out this month, officials said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502142.html?nav=rss_politics
Rice Praises Biden as a "True Patriot" (Washington Post 8/25/08)
By Glenn Kessler
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today lavishly praised presumptive
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden as a "true patriot" and a
"very fine statesman." Rice, speaking to reporters on her plane as she flew
to Israel for peace talks, said she was not trying to wade into presidential
politics. But she has worked closely with Biden in his role as chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and offered this reaction to
selection of the Delaware Democrat as Barack Obama's running mate.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/25/rice_praises_biden_as_a_true_p.html
OTHER TOP NEWS
*Netroots Push Back Against MSM 'Bias' (Politico 08/26/08)*
By Michael Calderone
Pushback against the media has been aided by the growth of more
sophisticated liberal news sites, such as Talking Points Memo and The
Huffington Post. In 2004, TPM founder Josh Marshall didn't have any paid
staffers; this year he has nine. And Arianna Huffington's arsenal of nearly
2,000 bloggers didn't exist until President Bush was already six months into
his second term. Not to mention, liberal watchdog group Media Matters -
which provides ammo to many bloggers - has grown in that time from about 20
staffers to near 100, according to a source familiar with the organization.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/24/politics/politico/main4378503.shtml
*John Foster Dulles Supports Barack Obama (WaPo Blog 08/26/08)*
By Michael Kinsley
But yes, that's exactly who it was: not the ghost of the legendary Cold
Warrier (Eisenhower's Secretary of State) but his grandson. And without even
needing to be prompted, he apologized for those stupid mobile
lounges<http://www.mwaa.com/dulles/about_dulles_international_2/history_2>
.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/08/john_foster_dulles_supports_ba.html
*Iraq PM says deal with U.S. on troop exit in 2011 (Reuters 8/25/08)
Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an agreement
had been reached in negotiations on a security pact with the United States
to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011. The Iraqi
government has said it is proposing U.S. troops end patrols of Iraqi towns
and villages by the middle of next year and U.S. combat troops leave Iraq by
2011. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a visit to Baghdad
last week that no final agreement had been reached. The Bush administration
has sought to steer clear of fixed timetables in negotiating the agreement.
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USLP66354720080825
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*Clinton** the star of new RNC ad attacking Obama (CNN blog 8/25/08)*
She's been the target of countless Republican attack ads, but it now
appears Sen. Hillary Clinton is the GOP's new best friend. On the heels of
two McCain campaign commercials that feature the New York Democrat's
repeated criticisms of Barack Obama during the Democratic presidential
primary race, the Republican National Committee released a new ad Monday
that asks, "Was she right?"
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/25/clinton-the-star-of-new-rnc-ad-attacking-obama/
*Link ** to video of ad ("Right"): *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Rf5eN9eYg
*
*
* Clinton's riposte (Politico blog 8/25/08)
*By Ben Smith
"I'm Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message," Clinton tells the
New York delegation of McCain's ad that features her old criticism of Obama.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Clintons_riposte.html?showall
*
*New Obama Ad Hits McCain, But With Lighthearted Touch (TPM 8/25/08)
By Greg Sargent
The Obama campaign goes up with a lighthearted negative spot hitting McCain
on the economy:
The ad is set to the old Sam Cooke tune "Wonderful World," and features a
singer belting out the lyrics "I'm not up on the economy...don't know much
about industry...really can't explain the price of gas...or what has
happened to the middle class."
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_obama_ad_hits_mccain_but_w.php
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Possible Obama connection in gun arrest (The Denver Post 8/25/08)
KUSA-TV is reporting that two men have been arrested on weapons charges
after the traffic stop early Sunday.
The first man, identified by the station as Tharin Gartrell, 28, was charged
with suspicion of being a felon in possession of a weapon after police found
two rifles, a high-powered scope and methamphetamine in his car after the
traffic stop When police accompanied Gartrell to his hotel in Glendale, a
second man jumped from a window and was injured in a four-story fall,
according to the station.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_10300246
*Rising Hispanic vote shifts focus off Cuba (Miami Herald, 8/25/08)*
By Casey Woods
Carlos Pereira grinned widely as he stood in the outgoing tide of newly
sworn-in citizens leaving a Miami naturalization ceremony. So far, he had
registered 328 people, mostly from Latin American countries. Only 62 of them
were from Cuba.
http://www.miamiherald.com/979/story/656396.html
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*POLLS
*Poll: Presidential race in Colo. a dead heat (Rocky Mountain News 8/25/08)
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, a new poll shows that the
presidential contenders are in a "dead heat" to lock in Colorado voters.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/poll-presidential-race-in-colorado-a-dead-heat/
*Focus Group: Undecided Voters Care Much More About Character Than Issues
(TPM 8/25/08)
By Greg Sargent
Joe Klein sat in on an independent focus group of 21 undecided voters
and learned
some interesting things about their
priorities<http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/focused.html> in
this presidential election: Given a list of 31 personal attributes the next
President might have and asked to pick the eight most important,
"Accountability" finished highest with 13 votes, next was "Someone I can
trust" with 12, "honest and ethical" was third with 11. "Agrees with me on
the issues" got one vote. They didn't care if the candidate was a Washington
insider or outsider. "A dynamic and charismatic leader" got two votes.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/focus_group_independent_voters.php
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