18 September, 2008

McCain, Obama on economic meltdown; their Wall Street bundlers.
Chicago Sun-Times – United States
By Lynn Sweet on September 18, 2008 11:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) WASHINGTON—Both the McCain and Obama campaign are focusing on the economic meltdown …
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mccain_obama_on_economic_meltd.html

11Alive: Obama trailing McCain in Georgia by 16 points
Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
Yet another poll shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain with a commanding lead over Democrat Barack Obama in Georgia. …
www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/
entries/2008/09/18/11alive_obama_trailing_mccain.html

Biden Says McCain Is Alone With View of a Strong Economy
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
(CANTON, OHIO) – Joe Biden continued to criticize John McCain’s economic views following the sharp drops on Wall Street, and pointed to a White House …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/18/
politics/fromtheroad/entry4457742.shtml

Obama, McCain advisers agree…on generic drugs
CNNMoney.com – USA
McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin echoed that sentiment: “Controlling health care costs has to be the imperative of any effective health care reform. …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire
/7785d45bdccaf52e0b207dec3c152335.htm

McCain finds new discipline on campaign trail
International Herald Tribune – France
By Adam Nagourney VIENNA, Ohio: Senator John McCain’s campaign events were once free-wheeling journeys marked by flashes of humor, candor and arch …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/america/19mccain.php

Pelosi Lashes Out at Bush, McCain Over the Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at President George W. Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, calling the troubled economy a …
blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/18/pelosi-lashes
-out-at-bush-mccain-over-the-financial-crisis/

McCain Reverts to Tax Attack
Washington Post – United States
With less than seven weeks remaining before the November presidential election, John McCain is turning to a tried and true tactic: attacking Barack Obama as …
voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain
_reverts_back_to_tax_att.html?nav=rss_blog

McCain’s, Obama’s health-care plans aired at forum
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
John McCain was unable to attend. Margolis, a pediatrician, touted Obama’s plans to have the government take a stronger role in reducing the number of …
www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/09/15/daily44.html

Polls: Small businesses favor McCain over Obama
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
A new national poll shows Republican John McCain besting Democrat Barack Obama among small business owners as general election surveys show the presidential …
www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/09/15/daily37.html

Obama pulls ahead as McCain trips up on economy
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Under pressure from his own party to start mixing it up with Senator McCain, Senator Obama, along with his running mate, Joe Biden, launched into Senator …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story
/0,25197,24367491-5013948,00.html

Psst, McCain? Spain is in Europe
By kos
McCain’s bizarre interview in which he appeared not to know who Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero was and, in an effort to wing it, assumed he must be another left-wing, anti-American leader from Latin America. …
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Trump endorses McCain
By Samantha Harris
John McCain: “I’ve known him. I like him. I respect him. He’sa smart guy and I think he’s going to be a great president,” Trump said Wednesday night on CNN’s Larry King Live. “I endorse him.” Trump also had praise for McCain’s decision …
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/trump-endorses-mccain/

McCain Did Anticipate Problems with Fannie and Freddie
By Mark Hemingway
John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS this morning. ‘The influence that Fannie and Freddie had in the inside the Beltway, old boy network, which led to this kind of corruption is unacceptable and I warned about it a couple of years ago. …
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zNTM4OGIwMTE3YTU5MjM2ZGVhYzY4NWU=

Trump endorses McCain on Larry King
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
Trump says McCain appears to be winning, and that Obama should have chosen Clinton as his running mate.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13558.html

ABC reported McCain’s comment that “economy is broken,” but not …
Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s recent comments on the economy, correspondent David Wright aired a quote of McCain saying during a September 16 speech that “[o]ur economy is broken.” But Wright did not note that the previous day, …
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17 September, 2008

McCain races to stay abreast of economic crisis
GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
WASHINGTON – Republican John McCain was racing Wednesday to stay abreast of the turmoil in the US economy, saying the $85 billion government bailout of the …
www.gmanews.tv/story/121071/McCain
-races-to-stay-abreast-of-economic-crisis

Stunning Gallup Poll: Obama takes new lead over McCain
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
That means Obama has wiped out McCain’s five-point lead of just a few days ago. Bad US economic news — all occurring under the watch of a GOP president …
voices.kansascity.com/node/2082

Local Dems make their case before Palin-McCain rally
MLive.com – MI,USA
AP NEWSFLASH by The Grand Rapids Press Flanked by Obama campaign volunteers and local Democrats holding “McCain More of the Same” signs, …
www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/
09/local_dems_make_their_case_bef.html

Obama, McCain focus on economy as bailout sparks debate
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Obama points to McCain’s reversal on the bailout issue. McCain says the government had no choice. By Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer…
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/
la-na-campaign18-2008sep18,0,1817927.story

Biden Scolds McCain, Bush On Economy
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
(MAUMEE, OHIO) – Joe Biden continued to hit hard on John McCain over issues relating the economy this morning, saying his economic philosophy is“bankrupt …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/17/
politics/fromtheroad/entry4455198.shtml

Locals meet McCain, look forward to hearing from Palin
MLive.com – MI,USA
AP NEWSFLASH by The Grand Rapids Press Among the handful of greeters to meet McCain was Fran Karnemaat, 71-year-old campaign volunteer. …
www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/
09/locals_meet_mccain_look_forwar.html

Fiorina’s Non-Gaffe: Could McCain or Palin Do Your Job?
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Yesterday, Carly Fiorina told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that Sarah Palin could not run a major corporation, but nor could John McCain or Barack Obama, …
www.usnews.com/blogs/the-inside-job/2008/09/17/fiorinas-
non-gaffe-could-mccain-or-palin-do-your-job.html

McCain Weighs In On AIG Rescue
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
John McCain called for an investigation into whether there was malfeasance on the part of AIG executives today after the US government agreed to bail out …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/17/politic
s/fromtheroad/entry4454634.shtml

Carly Fiorina in McCain’s doghouse
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist Carly Fiorina is reportedly is in the McCain campaign doghouse for blabbing to an interviewer that …
voices.kansascity.com/node/2081

McCain and Obama’s New Economic Ads
Washington Post – United States
Barack Obama and John McCain start airing direct-to-camera appeals today addressing the nation’s economic troubles. Obama’s two-minute message, …
voices.washingtonpost.com/channel-08/2008/09/
mccain_and_obamas_new_economic.html

Dems hit McCain on access
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
The DNC launches a counter showing the time since McCain’s last news conference.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13527.html

McCain Campaign: From Foot In Mouth Disease To Push Polling Jewish …
By Christy Hardin Smith
“If John McCain hadn’t said that ‘the fundamentals of our economy are strong’ on the day of one of our nation’s worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week …
firedoglake.com/2008/09/17/mccain-campaign-from-foot
-in-mouth-disease-to-push-polling-jewish-voters/

McCain’s Commerce Committee confusion
By Steve Benen
John McCain has acknowledged, more than once, that he doesn’t understand the economy. More recently, though, as Americans began ranking the economy as the top election-year issue, McCain has been forced to backpedal, insisting that he. …
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archiv
es/individual/2008_09/014758.php

McCain says Obama is ‘making up facts’
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
McCain says his rival is “making up facts” and ‘hurling insults” to try to get the upper hand.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13513.html

John McCain Versus John McCain
By BarbinMD
Since it’s always fun to listen to John McCain argue with John McCain, let’s revisit McCain’s two reactions to the Wall Street meltdown yesterday. First there was this:. And then, a couple of hours later: …
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/16/05357/7553

16 September, 2008

Obama says McCain is ‘passing the buck’ on economy
The Associated Press
(AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday blamed Wall Street’s financial turmoil on unchecked corporate greed. His Democratic opponent …
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HuXbUFJ6REp97MjBsJouHAD937UUK83

Poll: McCain pulls ahead in Ohio
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
John McCain has edged slightly ahead of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama in Ohio’s closely watched presidential race. A phone survey of 1077 likely voters over …
www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/09/15/daily11.html

Meghan McCain: Sarah Palin is ‘really chill’
CNN – USA
(CNN) — Larry King talked with Meghan McCain the daughter of the Republican presidential candidate about her new book, “My Dad, John McCain.…
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/lkl.meghan.mccain/

McCain-Obama Health Care Debate (Quietly) Rolls On
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
John McCain and Barack Obama deals with their health care plans. (See this article in today’s Wall Street Journal). Both sides charge that the other guy’s …
blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/16/mccain-
obama-health-care-debate-quietly-rolls-on/

John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Senator John McCain helped to create the modern “miracle” known as the BlackBerry, according to a senior policy adviser. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnm
ccain/2971297/John-McCain-invented-the-BlackBerry.html

Obama says McCain ‘passing the buck’ on economy
The Associated Press
(AP) — Democratic candidate Barack Obama says he will take regulatory oversight seriously as president and accuses his Republican opponent, John McCain, …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0ts
qatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD937UD300

McCain camp tries to quash ‘Troopergate’
Boston Globe – United States
Late Monday, John McCain’s campaign took steps to divorce his running mate from the controversy, which could come to a head when the investigative report is …
www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalin
telligence/2008/09/mccain_camp_tri.html

On Health Reform, McCain and Obama Both Fall Short
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Papers published in Health Affairs today critique proposals from John McCain and Barack Obama, and neither candidate’s plan fares too well. …
blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/09/16/on-health
-reform-mccain-and-obama-both-fall-short/

McCain and the BlackBerry Phenom
New York Times – United States
By Michael Cooper One of Senator John McCain’s top economic advisers seemed to credit Mr. McCain with helping “create” the BlackBerry in a briefing with …
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/
mccain-and-the-blackberry-phenom/

McCain: Economic ‘strength’ is with workers
CNN – USA
John McCain: “We are the victim of greed, excess and corruption in Wall Street” Sen. Joe Biden calls for stronger government regulation of Wall Street (CNN) …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/
16/campaign.wrap/?iref=hpmostpop

McCain Blinks
By Jonah Goldberg
Their set-up piece (by Andrea Mitchell, fwiw) made it very clear McCain is on the defensive on the economy again. Earlier in the day he said ‘the fundamentals of our economy are strong.’ Obama seized on that, ridiculed McCain, …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmMyNGY4Ym
MxODg4MDA0MThiYWE5MDIxNGU2ZTg3NTk=

McCain calls for Wall Street commission
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
He becomes the first presidential nominees to call for a specific response to this weekend’s finance crisis.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13493.html

McCain did not create the BlackBerry
By Steve Benen
MCCAIN DID NOT CREATE THE BLACKBERRY… And the hits just keep on coming. Asked what work John McCain did as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate’s top economic …
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives
/individual/2008_09/014743.php

McCain Responds to Obama’s Reported Undermining of the Commander …
By Andy McCarthy
The McCain Campaign has issued a statement responding to the report from Amer Taheri (see today’s web briefing) that Sen. Obama secretly negotiated with the Iraqi government regarding US withdrawal from Iraq. …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmRmMDAw
NDc1ZTMxMDAzNGJlYjA5NWY1MzRlMGJmM2M=

Biden Calls McCain ‘Bush 44?
By By Mark Leibovich
Senator Biden also said the Republican nominee has “bet the house on the politics perfected by Karl Rove.”
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/biden-calls-mccain-bush-44/