18 September, 2008

Clinton, not Obama, will be in Michigan the day after debate
Detroit Free Press – United States
Hillary Clinton visiting Michigan, not (at least for now) Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as had been previously reported. …
www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS15/80918044

Mr. Cafferty, It’s not Race, It’s Obama!
FOXNews – USA
The differences between Barack Obama and John McCain couldn’t be mor
well-defined. Obama wants to change Washington. McCain is a part of Washington and a …
foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/09/18/frj_0918/

After the convention bumps, poll shows Obama with slim lead
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
The poll, conducted this month by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, shows Obama leading McCain 49% to 45%, according to the university’s website. …
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-
campaign19-2008sep19,0,2995203.story

Economic woes push Obama in front
The Press Association
Barack Obama regained a slight lead over John McCain as the battered US economy intruded on an American presidential election more than any since the Great …
ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5guhBx8tRgUlSx5AHZ0vTABkrz-8A

Obama casts light on McCain’s abortion stance
The Associated Press
Democrat Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights, is only too happy to remind voters where McCain stands, but he tries to make his case without…
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwxD-D9Dk
7wWlXhRNWTQBh3TYrWAD9396PSO1

Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama topped two key national polls Thursday which showed the financial crisis reverberating through the White House race …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grzIRe03CerX8EC_7WHqwavChcMg

Thanks, But No Thanks: Obama Gives Lohan the Cold Shoulder
FOXNews – USA
By Greg Gutfeld By now you’ve heard about the reception that took place Tuesday in Beverly Hills, netting Obama $50 trillion in cash, a celebrity-pimpled …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424661,00.html

Poll finds more voters see Obama as agent of change
International Herald Tribune – France
The contest between the candidates appears to be roughly where it was
before the two conventions and before the vice presidential selections:
Obama has the …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/america/survey.php

The Star Report: Obama and his elitist Hollywood party
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
By Jeff Thomas, Mercury News Barack Obama has had to defend himself against dubious charges by the John McCain camp that he’s an elitist (hey, …
www.mercurynews.com/ci_10490714

Software brands Obama ‘spinner’
The Press Association
Applied to the two US presidential candidates, it identified Democrat hopeful Barack Obama as an expert spinner. His Republican rival John McCain, …
ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOLZlMMz5kUxmi1GPkl0aLljqsyw

Obama takes on McCain on choice
By Steve Benen
OBAMA TAKES ON MCCAIN ON CHOICE… For reasons that defy reason, a lot of voters are under the mistaken impression that John McCain is pro-choice, or at a minimum, moderate on abortion rights. The Obama campaign is taking steps to…
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_09/014774.php

9/18 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 49, McCain 43
By DemFromCT
Today’s Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up by 6, 49-43 over McCain (MoE +/- 3). The trend matches yesterday’s Gallup, with moved in Obama’s favor yesterday (Obama 47-45 McCain) for the first time since the failed GOP …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/7Wft4gbzmT4/602505

Obama’s Hesitation
By dfrum@aei.org(dfrum@aei.org)
A link to my latest column in The Week. . . .
frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTY3N2VlYzY
0MGRmNDY4MWJkNmM4ZWZkZGMzMDRiMmY=

Fact-checking Obama
First, CBS News’s Wyatt Andrews reports on a charge that Barack Obama often makes about John McCain’s health care plan: that it will result in tax increases for tens of millions of Americans. The truth is that it… well, it might not— …
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/
2008/09/factchecking_obama.php

Obama Statement on AIG
By Sam Graham-Felsen
Today, Barack Obama released the following statement on AIG and the state of our economy… The fact that we have reached a point where the Federal Reserve felt it had to take this unprecedented step with the American Insurance Group is …
my.barackobama.com/page/community
/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGg4DC

September 17, 2008

US election: Obama and McCain spend big on financial crisis ads
guardian.co.uk – UK
Barack Obama and John McCain splashed out millions of dollars in an unprecedented ad campaign spree today in hopes that the Wall Street meltdown will give …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/
17/uselections2008.barackobama2

Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ads
Washington Post – United States
By Ed O’Keefe The Obama campaign has released new radio and TV ads in Spanish that seek to tie Sen. John McCain to anti-immigrant comments made by radio …
voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/
17/obama_invokes_rush_limbaugh_in.html

BBC survey suggests Pinoys prefer Obama over McCain
GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Barack Obama will win the presidency if he is running in the Philippines, or in 21 other countries, results of a poll recently…
www.gmanews.tv/story/120760/BBC-sur
vey-suggests-Pinoys-prefer-Obama-over-McCain

Barack Obama and John McCain battle for campaign funds
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, netted $9 million in a single night on Tuesday at two Beverly Hills events attended by celebrities including …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/bara
ckobama/2977404/Barack-Obama-and-John-McCain-battle
-for-campaign-funds.html

McCain and Obama seek reform amid US financial turmoil
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
By Jeff Mason LAKE ORION, Michigan (Reuters) – John McCain called for an end to the “casino culture on Wall Street” and Barack Obama demanded protection for …
africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnN17526790.html

Barbra Streisand, the GOP Attack Machine, and Barack Obama’s Image …
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Should Barack Obama be out hobnobbing with A-list stars while Wall Street is crashing and John McCain is rallying with Main Street American workers?…
www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/09/17/barbra-streisand-the
-gop-attack-machine-and-barack-obamas-image-problem.html

McCain vs. Obama: It’s still the economy
MSNBC – USA
Bloomberg News also notices the pro-regulation campaign rhetoric and finds that “Obama’s record in this area is thin, and McCain has spent most of his…
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/17/1409405.aspx

Obama says he’s better on economy
CNN International – USA
Barack Obama said Tuesday that the country is facing the “most serious financial crisis in generations” and argued that rival Sen. …
edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16
/campaign.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview

BARACK OBAMA, JOHN MCCAIN
National Review Online – New York,NY,USA
Charlie Cook: “While managing the economy is not exactly Obama’s strong suit, it does pull the focus even further away from national security, …
campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2Y2
N2U5MWVmYmEyYThlNzUyMTU0YTJhNzJmMGVhZTM=

Obama Aired More Negative Ads Last Week
Washington Post – United States
By Howard Kurtz Despite perceptions that John McCain has spent more time on the attack, Barack Obama aired more negative advertising last week than did the …
voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/
09/17/obama_airs_more_negative_ads_s.html

O’Reilly says of Michelle Obama: “She looks like an angry woman”
During the “Obama Chronicles” segment of the September 16 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly stated of Michelle Obama:“Now I have a lot of people who call me on the radio and say she looks angry. …
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ters/latest/~3/395286304/200809170008

Can Obama really pull it off?
By media@politico.com (Roger Simon)
All the trends seem on his side, but some Democrats are getting white knuckles.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13524.html

Obama Raises $11 Million in Hollywood
By By Jeff Zeleny
Senator Barack Obama stood beneath the stars – surrounded by the ones from Hollywood – and tried to soothe the concerns of worrying Democrats.
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17
/obama-raises-11-million-in-hollywood/

McCain chides Obama for Streisand fundraiser
By media@politico.com (Jonathan Martin)
Blog: McCain chides Obama for Streisand fundraiser.
www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908
/McCain_chides_Obama_for_Streisand_fundraiser.html

Terry McAuliffe To Campaign Extensively For Obama In Virginia
By Greg Sargent
Terry McAuliffe irked plenty of Obama supporters with his eternally jovial but aggressive advocacy for Hillary during the Dem primary, but now McAuliffe is set to make amends — he’s finalizing plans to put his unique species of …
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/
2008/09/terry_mcauliffe_to_campaign_ex.php

September 16, 2008

Obama Continues Attack On McCain’s Economic Credentials
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
Reacting to the financial crisis, Barack Obama repeatedly cast John McCain as a champion of the deregulation that the Democratic nominee faulted for the …
blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/16/obama
-continues-attack-on-mccains-economic-credentials/

Obama’s $66 Million Month? Impressive—But Not Impressive Enough
Newsweek – USA
If your name is Barack Obama. Announced Sunday, Obama’s August fundraising haul was, simply put, stunning. Stunning because it broke the previous …
blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/
16/obama-s-66-million-month-impressive-but-not-impressive-enough.aspx

Palin pick pushes US women’s group to back Obama
AFP
“NOW is going to be endorsing the Obama-Biden ticket,” NOW head Kim Gandy told National Public Radio (NPR), referring to Obama and his running mate Joseph …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gq0DV1wU3B9BBw_jvkU-wFAC87yg

Alone with Obama
Univisión – USA
MIAMI – Barack Obama sat down with Univision’s journalist María Elena Salinas, and talked about immigration, his opponent’s surge in the polls and his views …
www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml
?chid=3&schid=160&secid=20208&cid=1673229

Barbra Streisand and Barack Obama – like buttah…
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
With Barbra Streisand holding a fundraiser tonight for Barack Obama, could a Mike Myers cameo of “Coffee Talk” be next in line? …
features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/
16/barbra-streisand-and-barack-obama-like-buttah/

Barbra Streisand and Ben Harper star at Obama Tuesday fund-raiser
Chicago Sun-Times – United States
By Lynn Sweet on September 16, 2008 8:32 AM WASHINGTON
—Once a Clinton backer, ardent Democrat Barbra Streisand is in the Obama …
blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/
barbra_streisand_and_ben_harpe.html

Obama Calls for Closer Scrutiny of Credit-Ratings Agencies
Bloomberg – USA
16 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said investors shouldn’t expect taxpayers to bail them out when financial markets are in …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2
0601070&sid=akvmVsNc5gHk&refer=home

Obama’s Not Buying What McCain’s Selling
FOXNews – USA
by Bonney Kapp PUEBLO, CO – At a rally under the hot late summer sun in Colorado, Barack Obama took advantage of what his campaign is describing as John …
feeds.foxnews.com/~r/blogs/embeds/~3/393692490/

Obama to Bubba: ‘I will let you keep your guns’
Independent – London,England,UK
By Leonard Doyle in Washington This is what it has come to, an Obama radio add telling America’s 50 million plus gun lovers that he is no threat. …
blogs.independent.co.uk/the_campaign
_trailers/2008/09/obama-to-bubba.html

Obama Ad on Lobbying Turns Past Into Present
Washington Post – United States But the Obama campaign is hardly immune from criticism about misleading advertising. A good example: a couple of ads that slam the Republican nominee for …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conten
t/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091503279.html

Is Barack Obama Ashamed of Joe Biden?
By Erick Erickson
On the Obama website, there is the Obama Blog, Barack TV, Obama News, Obama Events, Obama Maps, the Obama Store, and even Obama Everywhere, like he really is the messiah. The Obama Store’s front page has zero Joe Biden stuff for sale. …
www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/sep/
16/is-barack-obama-ashamed-of-joe-biden/

As Palin looms, Obama, Biden, Clinton kick up women outreach.
By Lynn Sweet
WASHINGTON—As major female Democratic Hillary Rodham Clinton backers are consolidating around Barack Obama, the Obama campaign is cranking up its pitch to women voters, with a joint Clinton/Biden video forum Wednesday,…
blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/oba
ma_biden_clinton_kick_up_wo.html

Cash-poor Obama says no to Reid
By media@politico.com (John Bresnahan)
Team Obama has agreed only to let Senate Dems use Obama’s name in mail and online fundraising pitches.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13485.html

Obama’s Breach
I was stunned to read the report today in Amir Taheri’s column that Obama attempted to undermine force strength negotiations of the sitting Commander in Chief in a time of war through secret, backdoor, election year negotiations of his …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTQ4O
TAyODkzNGQ3MTM1YzZjYWJmZWYxMTZmZTM5MmY=

Michelle Obama, Blogger
That said, the BlogHer community seems to be pretty psyched about the posts, and more posts, I am told, are in the works. Here’s hoping that the campaign lets Michelle Obama be Michelle Obama — as opposed to “Michelle Obama.”
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/
2008/09/michelle_obama_blogger.php

Barack Obama – Council on Foreign Relations
Provides a profile, issue positions and candidate statements.
www.cfr.org/bios/11603/barack_obama.html