23 September, 2008

McCain drifts away from a legacy of deregulation
CNN – USA
John McCain has spent much of his two decades in Congress pushing deregulation, but the Republican presidential nominee is continuing his election year …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/
mccain.bailout/?iref=mpstoryview

Has Palin helped McCain close the gap in Wisconsin? Obama leads …
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Support from independent women has helped John McCain make up ground against Barack Obama in the past three months in Wisconsin, a poll released Tuesday …
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McCain again opposes big payouts for executives
The Associated Press
MIDDLEBURG, Ohio (AP) — Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Tuesday renewed his insistence that the Bush administration’s $700 billion bailout …
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p9r2GBkQWS9TWAMzmuvQD93CI8PG2

McCain says Obama missing in time of crisis
CNN – USA
John McCain on Tuesday charged that Sen. Barack Obama is showing a lack of leadership by staying “mum” on the financial crisis — an accusation that the …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/campaign.wrap/

McCain tours heartland as new polls show Obama economic edge
AFP
“I know that a lot of eyes have been on Wall Street and Washington for the past week as we all process the credit crisis,” McCain said, accepting the…
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jBFhMEJjqag7h9l_kw5uZQQSCtcg

The money mess Obama or McCain will inherit
MSNBC – USA
Indeed, Paulson has been on the phone almost every day with both Obama and John McCain. It’s more than a courtesy. In a sense, a new administration already …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26854154/

McCain, Obama unveil dueling ads on economy
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
John McCain unveils an ad accusing Barack Obama and his “liberal allies” of not putting forward a plan to address the financial crisis. …
trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/200
8/09/mccain-obama-unveil-dueling-ad.html

A Scrappy Fighter, McCain Honed His Debating Style in and Out of …
New York Times – United States
John McCain will discuss foreign policy on Friday in the first presidential debate. He has been called “irascible and pugnacious. …
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/us/politics/23mccain.html?em

McCain, Obama Continue To Hit Hard In Ads
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
In its new ad, called “Mum,” the McCain camp pushes the notion that its candidate has proactively taken action on the financial crisis while rival Barack …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/23/
politics/horserace/entry4470964.shtml

John McCain the worst offender as duo ditch their idealism
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Their upset victories in the primaries gave both Barack Obama and John McCain a mandate from the people, who would have selected Rudy Giuliani and Hillary …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,24386203-2703,00.html

The Lehrer Newshour: John McCain’s Decision-Making
By Nicole Belle
As is patently clear from both his Senate career and his friends and colleagues, that would not be John McCain. As his out-of-left-field choice of running mate perfectly exemplifies, John McCain is a gambler and a reactor, …
www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/23/the-l
ehrer-newshour-john-mccains-decision-making/

Lies, damned lies, and McCain’s budget
By Steve Benen(sbenen@washingtonmonthly.com)
If elected, John McCain would inherit a budget deficit of about a
half-trillion dollars. He would also take office in the midst of a Wall Street bailout that would cost in upwards of another trillion dollars. McCain then wants to cut …
www.washingtonmonthly.com/ar
chives/individual/2008_09/014840.php

McCain campaign lies when whining about being called liars
By kos
But the call was so rife with simple, often inexplicable misstatements of fact that it may have had the opposite effect: to deepen the perception, dangerous to McCain, that he and his aides have little regard for factual accuracy. …
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McCain camp criticism rife with errors
By media@politico.com (Ben Smith)
McCain aides press media on Obama. See also: Schmidt slams NYT; Times responds.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13747.html

McCain Steps Up Attacks on Obama
By By Elisabeth Bumiller
The Republican presidential nominee hammered away at his opponent at a rally in Media, Pa.
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/
mccain-steps-up-attacks-on-obama/

22 September, 2008

McCain Campaign Trashes The New York Times
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
(PHILADELPHIA) – John McCain’s campaign manager Steve Schmidt lashed out at the media today, specifically the New York Times, on a conference call with …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/22/politics
/fromtheroad/entry4468441.shtml

McCain Gaffes Could Undercut Message on Economy, Foreign Affairs
ABC News – USA
By JENNIFER PARKER In recent days, John McCain has made a series of verbal gaffes that have undercut his campaign claim that he is the candidate who is …
abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5842629&page=1

McCain Lays Groundwork For Bailout Opposition
Atlantic Online – USA
The McCain campaign is sending strong hints that, unless the government bailout is substantially revised, McCain might lead Republican opposition to it in …
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/
2008/09/mccain_lays_groundwork_for_bai.php

Obama: McCain wants to ‘gamble’ with Social Security
CNN – USA
John McCain of wanting to “gamble with Social Security,” a charge the Republican presidential nominee rejects as fear mongering. Sen. …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/22/social.security.candidates/

John McCain calls for accountability in bailout plan
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
McCain says it includes no oversight of Treasury’s Henry Paulson and suggests a board headed by Warren Buffett, Mitt Romney or Michael Bloomberg. …
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na
-campaign23-2008sep23,0,7194098.story

Poll of rural voters has mostly good news for John McCain
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
A new poll of rural voters in battleground states shows John McCain with a 10 point lead over Barack Obama. McCain has nearly caught up with Obama among …
trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/
2008/09/poll-of-rural-voters-has-mostl.html

McCain ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with lack of bailout oversight
CNN – USA
John McCain on Monday told voters he was “greatly concerned” about the government’s proposed rescue plan because it gives Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/22/
campaign.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview

McCain Draws Fire for Health Reform Modeled on Banking Deregulation
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Paul Krugman, op-ed columnist and blogger, at the New York Times, riffs on an interesting piece on health-care reform by John McCain in an obscure, to us, …
blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/09/22/mccain-draws-fire-fo
r-health-reform-modeled-on-banking-deregulation/

McCain says economy in crisis
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who only a week ago said the economy was fundamentally sound, now says the US financial …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6OTvvWxm
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‘It’s the economy, McCain!
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Muhammad Cohen HONG KONG – The hurricane sweeping across financial markets gives Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain another…
www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JI23Dj02.html

Did John McCain Almost Bankrupt Arizona With His Electric Cars?
By bmaz
McCain is a self professed king of deregulation, which is widely acknowledged to be responsible for the current economic devastation. McCain’s economic guru, Phil Gramm, literally is the father of the financial collapse. …
emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/did-john-
mccain-almost-bankrupt-arizona-with-his-electric-cars/

Obama keeps hitting McCain on healthcare
By Steve Benen(sbenen@washingtonmonthly.com)
Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries, published an article by John McCain, titled, “Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American” (pdf). Paul Krugman got a heads-up on this jaw-dropper from McCain’s …
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/
individual/2008_09/014825.php

McCain’s Thirteen Cars
By MissLaura
If you’re John McCain, you know you’re losing your Man of the People image when Newsweek begins a story:. When you have seven homes, that’s a lot of garages to fill. After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/9jdnkNnG548/605632

NYT: McCain chief of staff/lobbyist was paid $2m by Fannie and …
By John Aravosis (DC)(John Aravosis (DC))
They admit outright that earlier this decade they paid $2m to the man who is now John McCain’s campaign manager in order to buy influence with John McCain as Senator and as possible president (they also paid him to derail legislation …
www.americablog.com/2008/09/nyt-mcc
ain-chief-of-stafflobbyist-was.html

McCain would banish political office
By media@politico.com (Ben Smith,Mike Allen)
McCain said he would abolish the White House political office, once part of Rove’s empire. See also: McCain would limit exec pay.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13710.html

21 September, 2008

McCain and Obama trade charges on financial crisis
International Herald Tribune – France
AP WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has used John McCain’s words against him to hammer home the point that the Republican is part of the mind-set that led to the …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/21/america/campaign.php

John McCain secures presidential debate advantages
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Senator John McCain’s campaign has scored a twin victory in negotiations over the presidential debates by securing a highly structured vice-presidential …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/joh
nmccain/3042964/John-McCain-secures-presidential-debate-
advantages.html

Florida polls show McCain, Obama nearly tied
The Associated Press
THE POLL: The Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll, presidential race, registered Florida voters (27 electoral votes) THE NUMBERS: John McCain …
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Political Wisdom: John McCain, Economic Radical?
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Leonard looks at what McCain said on Friday, and concludes he “proposed what looks to me to be the most extreme regulatory proposal I’ve yet seen suggested …
blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/09/21/political-wisdom
-john-mccain-economic-radical/?mod=googlenews_wsj

Poll: McCain has slight lead in Ohio over Obama
The Associated Press
THE NUMBERS: John McCain 48 percent, Barack Obama 42 percent. OF INTEREST: Almost half of Ohio voters, or 47 percent, say they are worse off than four years …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQ6hbgaL2Xl
ahATWlfowQVOZzJHQD93B5V100

Economic Acumen, Personality Quirks to Be on Display at …
FOXNews – USA
by FOXNews.com Barack Obama has climbed back to the top of the polls over John McCain, but with an economic crisis roiling Wall Street and Capitol Hill both …
elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/21/economic-acumen-p
ersonality-quirks-to-be-on-display-at-presidential-debate/

Obama, McCain Combine for Record $94M Spending
ABC News – USA
By JIM KUHNHENN AP Writer AP Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., greets supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally in…
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5849237

Obama, McCain, parties level the playing field
The Associated Press
McCain and the Republican National Committee ended with about $94 million. The parties are crucial players in the general election, coordinating some…
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yGmxqE8EEa7ba6r86BpIwD93B4RL81

Obama Or McCain: Who Is Better For Germany, Canada And Europe?
Deutsche Welle – Germany
So when a leading German business magazine, a Canadian broadcaster and a Finnish EU parlamentarian asked whether John McCain or Barack Obama is better for …
blogs.dw-world.de/acrossthepond/michael/1.7128.html

John McCain tops Barack Obama in Texas fundraising
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN – Texas donors finally jumped aboard John McCain’s train in a big way this summer, doubling all previous …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/
stories/DN-txmoney_21pol.ART.State.Edition1.2764b67.html

John McCain Hopes You’re Stupid
By DarkSyde
The McCain campaign released more newspeak recently, created in part to reassure moderates he hasn’t compromised his past promises on embryonic stem cell research. One impression campaign strategists hope to convey is that McCain’s …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/emEaTgJtjnE/598405

“John McCain wants to run health care like they’ve been running …
By Christopher Hass
Despite the current economic crisis, John McCain is arguing for more deregulation – this time in the health insurance marketplace. Below is what Senator John McCain has to say about healthcare reform in the most recent issues of …
my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGg9fS

Bankrupt AIG Underwrote McCain’s ‘Reform Institute’
By Mark Ames, TheNation.com
John McCain’s critical of the bailout of AIG. But it turns out the insurance giant is one of the largest donors to his pet think tank.
www.alternet.org/workplace/99662/bankrupt_
aig_underwrote_mccain’s_’reform_institute’/

With Help of Parties, McCain, Obama Campaigns Equal in Fundraising
By Associated Press
Overall, he has raised more than $450 million to McCain’s $210 million. Despite the advantage, Obama didn’t shake Hillary Rodham Clinton until the final primary in June, and his race with McCain remains practically a dead heat. …
feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/elections/~3/398930284/

Franken helps craft McCain ‘SNL’ skit
By media@politico.com (Jeffrey Ressner,Jonathan…
Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate is back to funny business, but his rival’s campaign is not laughing.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13684.html