30 September, 2008

McCain urges Treasury to take further actions
Chicago Tribune – United States
By MIKE GLOVER | AP Political Writer DES MOINES, Iowa – With Congress stalled on a bailout plan, Republican nominee John McCain urged President Bush on …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia
-mccain-economy,0,1240678.story

One-in-four chance McCain may not survive 2nd term
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — If John McCain is elected and goes on to win a second term, there’s as much as a one-in-four chance America could see its first woman …
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McCain urges Bush action on crisis
USA Today – USA
By Thomas Beaumont, The Des Moines Register Republican presidential nominee John McCain said in Des Moines that he urged President Bush today to direct the …
www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election
2008/2008-09-30-mccain-iowa_N.htm

US elections: John McCain insists Sarah Palin is ready for the …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
John McCain has defended Sarah Palin against accusations that she is not ready for the White House, likening her to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton who he …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/john
mccain/3111202/US-elections-John-McCain-insists-Sarah-
Palin-is-ready-for-the-White-House.html

McCain urges Treasury Department to take action
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential nominee John McCain is urging the Treasury Department to intervene aggressively to limit damage from the …
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McCain takes hit from bailout
CNN – USA
John McCain’s presidential campaign. Sen. John McCain says he is ready to work to get a financial rescue plan through Congress. …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/bailout.candidates/

McCain moves to rescue Palin before any more damage
New Zealand Herald – New Zealand
Photo / AP Senator John McCain was last night engaged in a desperate effort to rehabilitate Governor Sarah Palin after much pilloried prime-time interviews …
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After wild September, who knows what McCain will try next?
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
By Jimmy Orr | 09.30.08 With exactly five weeks to go before voting day, who knows what the McCain campaign is going to try next? August and September have …
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wild-september-who-knows-what-mccain-will-try-next/

Palin, McCain cry “gotcha journalism” with Couric
Baltimore Sun – United States
CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric did a joint interview Monday in Ohio with Republican candidates John McCain and Sarah Palin, and McCain came out denouncing …
weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/
2008/09/mccain_palin_and_couric_the_fu.html

McCain team pegs vote on Obama, Dems
Detroit Free Press – United States
Even as McCain was telling reporters in Iowa that “now is not the time to fix the blame, it’s time to fix the problem,” his campaign was issuing statements …
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/20080930/NEWS15/809300307/1002

GOP In Disarray, Won’t Follow McCain
By Jane Hamsher
Then McCain came on and Scarborough asked him about Shadegg’s assertion that this was a smackdown of Hank Paulsen. McCain gave that creepy wheezing laugh of his that he always does when he’s uncomfortable and started blathering worse …
firedoglake.com/2008/09/30/gop-in-disarray-wont-follow-mccain/

McCain: Bailout ‘rescue,’ not bailout
John McCain, who “suspended’’ his campaign for a day last week and went to Washington to work on the federal bailout talks, insisted today that Congress will keep working until it gets the “rescue’’ right – suggesting they stop calling …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2
008/09/mccain_bailout_rescue_not_bail.html

McCain Says Now Is Not Time To Assign Blame — Only Two Hours …
By Greg Sargent
John McCain just now delivered a statement to the press about the bailout collapse, and called for the finger-pointing to stop — barely two hours after his campaign directly blamed Obama in unequivocal terms. …
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/2008/09/mccain_says_now_is_not_time_to.php

McCain takes credit for bill before it loses
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
GOP candidate took credit for a winning bailout coalition — hours before the vote failed and stocks tanked.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14088.html

With Bailout Package Failure, Is McCain’s Campaign Suspension …
By Greg Sargent
In political terms, John McCain needed this bailout bill to pass. Now that it’s failed in the House, it’s clear that this could pose a serious blow to his campaign — and that his big campaign suspension gambit could backfire badly. …
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with_bailout_package_failure_w.php

29 September, 2008

Obama: McCain would gamble with economy
Boston Globe – United States
In the latest version of his stump speech on the economy, Barack Obama is today working in a reference to John McCain’s fondness for gambling to warn that …
www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintellige
nce/2008/09/obama_mccain_wo.html

Polls show Obama wins 1st debate with McCain
Xinhua – China
29 (Xinhua) — New polls show a small boost for US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after his first debate with Republican foe John McCain …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/30/content_10134111.htm

Barack Obama and John McCain Spin Debate Performances
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
By Kenneth T. Walsh The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain are furiously spinning their own versions of the first presidential debate to make the …
www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/09/29/
barack-obama-and-john-mccain-spin-debate-performances.html

McCain being McCain: new gambit or another payoff?
Reuters – USA
John McCain’s decision last week to suspend his campaign and return to Washington to help broker a Wall Street bailout deal drew scorn from Democrats and …
www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE48S5T620080929

MoveOn pins bailout on McCain
MSNBC – USA
The newest in MoveOn.org’s “My Friends” series – an ad campaign knocking McCain’s advisers and associates – takes on the Arizona senator over his advisors’ …
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McCain Pounds Obama Over Response to Financial Market Crisis
Washington Post – United States
John McCain made it clear today that he plans to use his return to Washington, DC, as campaign fodder in the last five weeks before election day. …
voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/
09/29/mccain_pounds_obama_over_respo.html

HORSERACE, BARACK OBAMA, JOHN MCCAIN
National Review Online – New York,NY,USA
The New Yorker correspondent was impressed by the turnout and energy at the McCain-Palin rally in Fairfax. As was I. Right now, as a resident, …
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McCain v. Obama: Which One Can You Afford?
MarketWatch – USA
“Your Money” is an interactive financial planning tool that helps voters determine whether John McCain or Barack Obama is the better choice for president on …
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can/story.aspx?guid=%7B010B9E01-E6BF-41EB-8E05-2E8
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John McCain’s Problems With Polls Continue
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
John McCain in the polls these past two weeks. And the bad news just keeps pouring in. John McCain is losing ground with older Americans, …
www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/09/29/john-
mccains-problems-with-polls-continue.html

Rudy Giuliani’s Take on First Debate Between John McCain and …
FOXNews – USA
Eight times Senator Barack Obama began his answer by saying, “Senator McCain, you’re right.” HANNITY: We actually have — the McCain campaign came out with …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429724,00.html

Get serious John McCain, dump Palin now.
By Sheldon Liber
If John McCain wants my vote he must dump Sarah Palin and fast. Judging by the latest polls showing Barack Obama moving ahead and gaining traction, I’m not the only one that feels this way. The outcome of the election is key to …
www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/29/get
-serious-john-mccain-dump-palin-now/

McCain, Obama may skip bailout vote
By media@politico.com (Amie Parnes,Carrie…
Both candidates have left their options open and their schedules, too.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14047.html

“Without McCain, they would have run over me like a freight train”
By Ed Morrissey
Last night, the House Republican leadership held a press conference to discuss the economic bailout package, which they now support. […] Read the rest “
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mccain-they-would-have-run-over-me-like-a-freight-train/

Last week’s Democratic takedown of McCain
By kos
Reid wasn’t asking McCain to head down to Washington, just to clarify his position. Pelosi was doing the same. And they were both doing it for obvious reasons — political cover. At this point, nothing noble about it.…
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McCain Is Stuck With Palin
By noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver)
Commentators on the left, right and center, reacting with near-horror to Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric, have each suggested that John McCain ought to put Palin on the next flight to Ketchikan, and replace her with another …
www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/mccain-is-stuck-with-palin.html