September 28, 2008

UPDATE 1-McCain says hopes to support bailout plan
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Sunday he hoped to support a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package …
www.reuters.com/article/government
FilingsNews/idUSN28334823820080928

After scary week, McCain lives to fight another day
Detroit Free Press – United States
For John McCain, a week that began with US taxpayers looking into a $700-billion abyss had gone from bad to worse. With his poll numbers mimicking the stock …
www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20080928/COL04/809280535/1081

Barack Obama Says McCain’s Debate Attacks ‘Didn’t Make Much Sense’
MTV.com – USA
‘John McCain has promoted the same policies of George Bush, and people know they’re not working,’ Obama says in first post-debate interview. …
www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595817/20080927/story.jhtml

On The Road to the White House – McCain’s Hail Mary passes
The Nation Newspaper – Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
That in a nutshell is where the McCain campaign is. The Democratic National Convention was such a resounding success that McCain panicked and, …
www.nationnews.com/editorial/297520059130195.php

Risky moves could define McCain’s leadership
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
John McCain as either a bold risk-taker or an erratic, impetuous politician. In the run-up to the year’s first presidential debate, McCain shocked the …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=
/c/a/2008/09/27/MNFI137D87.DTL

The markets change with McCain’s mood swings
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Some are starting to think John McCain is bipolar and off his meds. One minute the “fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Then he was as serious as a …
www.kansascity.com/273/story/816515.html

Stage set for big debate despite McCain doubts
Financial Times – London,England,UK
John McCain, the Republican candidate, pulled out on Wednesday, announcing his intention to suspend his campaign and return to Washington to help foster a …
www.ft.com/cms/s/e74cee4c-8b62-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.html

For McCain, a Week of Chaos, Improvisation and Drama
Washington Post – United States
John McCain’s presidential campaign knew three things as their motorcade lurched through Manhattan traffic on the way to the Morgan Library and Museum on …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/09/27/AR2008092702826.html

Obama Calls McCain `Out of Touch’ After First Debate (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
27 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama and John McCain, fresh from their first presidential debate, resumed campaigning today, with Obama calling his rival ``out of …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601070&sid=azFYxgicY1X4&refer=home

McCain’s charge back to Washington to save the day has failed to …
guardian.co.uk – UK
That aphorism may have been on the mind of John McCain when he landed in Oxford, Mississippi, on Friday afternoon, having agreed at the final hour to …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/
2008/sep/28/john.mccain.economy

McCain claims bailout credit
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
McCain’s camp emphasizes senator’s role in bailout, but Obama aide says the claims are ‘fiction.’
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14032.html

Amid Sagging Polls, McCain Campaign Readies New Two-Part Obama Attack
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief
John McCain came out ahead but didn’t demolish opponent Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, and sagging numbers in the polls, McCain’s campaign is now reportedly-readying a two-pronged attack against Obama after a week in which national …
themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/23031/amid-
sagging-polls-mccain-campaign-readies-new-two-part-obama-attack/

McCain-Palin (Davis Manafort)
By Josh Marshall
In that Newsweek piece (noted below), which details Rick Davis’s continuing financial ties to mega-lobby firm Davis Manafort, Mike Isikoff reveals that in addition to paying Davis’s salary directly to Davis Manafort, the McCain campaign …
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220379.php

On strategy and tactics
The least self-aware moment for John McCain in last night’s debate came at the half-way point, when he said, “I’m afraid Senator Obama doesn’t understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy.” In a sense McCain was sticking to …
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2
008/09/on_strategy_and_tactics.php

Presidential Debate: McCain Doesn’t Know Ike
By Nicole Belle
Was anyone else surprised by the prodigious number of non sequiturs that marked John McCain’s debate performance…from the gratuitous Ted Kennedy reference (also out of date, as Kennedy had already left the hospital an hour before the …
www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/27/preside
ntial-debate-mccain-doesnt-know-ike/

September 27, 2008

McCain’s Big Night
The Weekly Standard – USA
But still, it was a big night for McCain. Or more precisely, it was a bad night for Obama. Judging these things like a high school debate is a fool’s (or …
www.weeklystandard.com/Check.asp?idArticle=15637&r=cwqmy

First debate: Obama, McCain argue over war, taxes
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis,MN,USA
Charles Dharapak, AP By BETH FOUHY , AP McCain seemed edgy and uncomfortable throughout. Obama became relaxed and in charge. However, Obama missed the …
www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/29810549.
html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUdcOy_nc:DKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Obama slams McCain for not mentioning middle class
The Associated Press
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday called Republican rival John McCain out of touch with middle-class…
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McCain, Obama ad-war: ‘Zero, Not Ready’
The Swamp – Tribune’s Washington Bureau – Washington,DC,USA
How many times did John McCain mention the middle class in those 90 minutes? Zero, says the typescript of a new TV ad that Obama’s campaign rolled out today …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/
2008/09/mccain_obama_adwar_zero_not_re.html

McCain Losing Ground With Older Voters: Campaign Notebook
Bloomberg – USA
27 (Bloomberg) — John McCain is losing ground with older Americans, a group that consistently has high turnout at the voting booth. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601070&sid=an8WDB6dqvfQ&refer=home

Housing giant dropped meeting with McCain adviser
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last March, a consultant to Freddie Mac arranged a meeting between the top economist in John McCain’s campaign and Hollis S. McLoughlin, …
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In debate, Obama and McCain differ sharply on foreign policy
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
John McCain and Barack Obama differed Friday night over spending, Iraq, diplomacy and who could best change Washington during a wide-ranging and largely …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-na-debate27-2008sep27,0,1141829.story

McCain as the Alpha Male
Washington Post – United States
By David S. Broder There were no knockout blows in the first presidential debate of the fall, but John McCain out-pointed Barack Obama often enough to …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2008/09/27/AR2008092701357.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

McCain delay sparks Twitter fray
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
By Matt Rodgers , Computerworld , 09/27/2008 US Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign to deal with the US …
www.networkworld.com/news/2008/0
92508-mccain-delay-sparks-twitter.html

Biden Says McCain Suffered “Fatal” Loss in Debate
ABC News – USA
John McCain on Friday of suffering a “fatal” loss in the first presidential debate against Sen. Barack Obama earlier in the evening in Oxford, Mississippi. …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/biden-says-mc-1.html

Look away, John McCain
By Lee Sigelman
Numerous commentators on TV, in the print media, and in the blogosphere have noted McCain’s steadfast avoidance of eye contact with Barack Obama during the first presidential debate. And because every detail of the debaters’ performance …
www.themonkeycage.org/2008/09/post_123.html

One more time: Should John McCain let Sarah Palin go?
By Peter Cohan
Earlier this month I posted that John McCain may have made a mistake in selecting Sarah Palin. Now it turns out that the National Review agrees with me. Katherine Parker argues that while Palin has a pleasant personality, she is “out of …
www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/27/one-more
-time-should-john-mccain-let-sarah-palin-go/

AP Fact Check Is Wrong…In McCain’s Favor
By BarbinMD
It comes as no surprise that the Associated Press fact check of the debate contains a glaring distortion and omission that naturally favors John McCain. And infuriatingly, it is directly related to the current financial meltdown. …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/RddJGIV5UFM/612196

McCain’s High-Stakes Debate
Tonight, John McCain has more to gain and lose. This week, McCain raised the stakes for himself a thousand percent. All those people that didn’t
realize there was going to be a debate tonight, those 60% of Americans who are tuned in to …
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008
/09/_john_mccain_has_more.php

Why Does McCain Blink So Much?
By Pachacutec
Ok, I was watching the debate last night and covering it on my twitter feed, curious to see what $5000 of makeup looks like, and curious as ever to determine if McCain’s suit’s shoulder pads, once and for all, are or are not larger than …
firedoglake.com/2008/09/27/why-does-mccain-blink-so-much/