Subject: [big campaign] '08 Daily News Clips - 7/10
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08 Election Daily News Clips
July 10th, 2008

Candidate Tracking: 	
***All times in Eastern Standard Time

	12pm	McCain: Town Hall in Belleville, MI - 5910 Belleville Rd,  
Belleville, MI
  			- Tracking scheduled for this event
	5:30pm	McCain: HQ tour in St. Paul, MN - 680 Transfer Rd, St. Paul, MN
  	7pm	McCain: Tele-Town Hall for Virginia Voters				

News Clips:

MCCAIN NEWS
Tanker redo might hurt McCain’s bid (Politico 7/10/08)
By Jen Dimascio
As the Pentagon mounts a new effort to buy $35 billion in aerial  
refueling tankers, the controversy engulfing the competition could  
haunt John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11648.html

McCain: Selling an Economic Policy (Time 7/10/08)
By Karen Tumulty
John McCain has retooled his campaign — yet again — and put Steve  
Schmidt, a veteran of Karl Rove's old shop, in charge of the day-to- 
day operation. He's back out again doing what he says he loves best,  
mixing it up with voters in town hall settings. Where he once  
professed not to know much about the economy, it's now what he talks  
about constantly.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1821470,00.html

McCain revs up efforts to woo Hispanic voters (Arizona Republic 7/10/08)
By Dan Nowicki
John McCain is in aggressive pursuit of Latino voters but is  
struggling to overcome a negative Republican brand and a crucial  
political pivot on immigration reform that he made during the GOP  
primaries.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/07/10/20080710mccain-immig0710.html
See Also: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/07/mccain-shifts-h.html

McCain's Adviser Salter Writes, Speaks and Fights for Candidate  
(Bloomberg.com 7/10/08)
By Edwin Chen
John McCain has run for president twice, gone through four campaign  
managers, written five books and delivered hundreds of speeches. The  
one constant: Mark Salter, the Arizona senator's longtime aide and  
alter ego.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a1B9CrfQUSlo&refer=home

A new tactic for straight-talking McCain? Dump the traveling press (LA  
Times 7/10/08)
By Andrew Malcolm
One of the most important issues to any presidential campaign is  
controlling the message transmitted to the voting public through the  
media covering each day's events. One of the biggest threats to  
controlling that message is the media itself
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/mccain-media.html

McCain, RNC to hit Obama on radio (Politico 7/9/08)
By Jonathan Martin
In a coordinated ad, John McCain and the RNC are going after Barack  
Obama on Washington-area radio stations ahead of the Democrat's visit  
to northern Virginia Thursday.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/McCain_RNC_to_hit_Obama_on_radio_.html
Link to ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryg7HmLA2-g

McCain Squirms on Birth Control Question (Wall Street Journal 7/9/08)
By Elizabeth Holmes
While John McCain often embodies an anything-goes attitude when  
talking to reporters, it doesn’t mean some subjects can’t make him  
sweat—say, birth control. A female Los Angeles Times reporter inquired  
today about comments made earlier this week by McCain campaign adviser  
Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett Packard.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/09/mccain-squirms-on-birth-control-question/

McCain takes on abortion issue in Ohio (CNN.com 7/9/08)
By Peter Hamby
John McCain broached his pet topic of pork barrel spending about five  
separate times during his Ohio town hall Wednesday, but the GOP  
nominee-in-waiting didn’t get a standing ovation during question time  
until he mentioned an issue he typically avoids — abortion.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/09/mccain-takes-on-abortion-issue-in-ohio/

In theory, economists support McCain (Politico 7/9/08)
By Alexander Burns and Avi Zenilman
The endorsement could hardly have been stronger. On Monday, John  
McCain’s campaign released a statementsigned by 300 economists who  
“enthusiastically support” his “Jobs for America” economic plan,  
providing a heavyweight testimonial to the presumptive Republican  
nominee’s “broad and powerful economic agenda.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11618.html

Carly Fiorina's fuzzy McCain-speak (LA Times 7/9/08)
By Cathleen Decker
Carly Fiorina is one of John McCain's chief surrogates, talking him up  
particularly to that key target group, women. But Fiorina, ousted as  
chief of Hewlett-Packard in 2005, is not above rounding the edges on  
straight talk.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-carly10-2008jul10,0,228806.story?track=rss

McCain Sparks Controversy with Social Security 'Disgrace' Comments  
(Washington Post - The Trial 7/9/08)
By Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear
In remarks at a town hall meeting in Denver Monday, which are only now  
catching up to him, the presumptive Republican nominee laid out what  
he likes to call "a little straight talk." ... If that payment system  
is a disgrace, it has been one since Social Security was created  
during the Great Depression.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/09/mccain_sparks_controversy_with.html

Analysis: McCain's camp highlights differences with Bush (CNN 7/9/08)
By Mark Preston
John McCain and George Bush have a lot in common, but these two  
Republicans have also had some high profile differences, and McCain's  
presidential campaign is more than willing to point them out.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/preston.mccain/

McCain Gets a Little Help from Outside Group (Washington Post - The  
Trail 7/9/08)
By Matthew Mosk
When the political group Vets for Freedom bought TV ads in Virginia,  
right after Sen. John McCain's campaign canceled its own ad buy there,  
Democrats complained that the group must be coordinating its efforts  
with the McCain camp.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/09/mccain_gets_a_little_help_from.html

AFL-CIO Goes After McCain in Battleground States (Washington Post -  
The Fix 7/9/08)
By Chris Cillizza
The AFL-CIO is preparing to launch television ads in six battleground  
states tomorrow that take direct aim at separating John McCain's  
military service from his service and record in the U.S. Senate.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/aflcio_goes_after_mccain_in_ba.html?nav=rss_blog

The Two Johns: How Kerry and McCain Grew Apart (Washington Post - The  
Fix 7/9/08)
By Chris Cillizza
By all accounts, the two men were close for much of the past two  
decades -- brought together by their service on a Senate select  
committee in the early 1990s that looked into the fate of prisoners of  
war and others missing in action in Vietnam. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/the_two_johns_how_kerry_and_mc.html?nav=rss_blog

McCain adviser tells House GOPers they won't flip on ANWR (Politico  
7/9/08)
By Jonathan Martin
A top adviser to John McCain's campaign told a private gathering of  
House Republicans today that the GOP nominee would press Barack Obama  
on energy but wouldn't retreat from his opposition to drilling in ANWR.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/McCain_adviser_tells_House_GOPers_they_wont_flip_on_ANWR.html

OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS
No G(r)8 Accomplishment (Washington Post 7/10/08)
President Bush's agreement to a declaration on climate change comes  
seven years late. THE GROUP of Eight declaration of its commitment to  
a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050  
could be viewed as a ho-hum event when you consider that German  
Chancellor Angela Merkel sought the same commitment at last year's  
summit and that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has  
called for a cut of up to 80 percent in the same period.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901977.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

McCain Sticks By Cap-N-Trade (The Atlantic 7/9/08)
By Marc Ambinder
Larry Kudlow is happy because he thinks John McCain has consigned his  
signature cap-and-trade carbon emissions proposal to the basement ...  
Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's communications director, calls the notion  
that McCain is abandoning or minimizing his support for cap-n-trade  
"totally false."
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/mccain_sticks_by_capntrade.php

McCain's Energy Ad Working -- Obama Fights Back (San Francisco  
Chronicle 7/9/08)
By Joe Garofoli
We told you earlier this week that the Republican National Committee  
ad touting John McCain's energy plan was full o' holes, but did you  
care? No.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=28014

McCain vs. Obama: Still fighting the '60s culture wars? (LA Times  
7/9/08)
If you ever want to know whether someone is really a Democrat or a  
Republican at heart, just ask them what they think about the '60s. As  
Bill Clinton, the shrewdest of all judges when it came to divining  
voters' subconscious political loyalties, memorably put it: "If you  
look back on the '60s and think there was more good than harm, you're  
probably a Democrat. If you think there was more harm than good,  
you're probably a Republican."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/07/mccain-vs-obama.html

The Wiretapping Bill: President Bush, and Fear, Lead the Senate Off a  
Cliff (NY Times 7/9/08)
The results were so thoroughly precooked that there was no surprise in  
the Senate’s 69-to-28 vote today to gut a law that has protected  
Americans from spying by their own government for 30 years.
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/the-wiretapping-bill-president-bush-and-fear-lead-the-senate-off-a-cliff/?hp

BUSH NEWS
Bush Wins Ground at His Last G-8 Session (Wall Street Journal 7/10/08)
By John D. McKinnon and Sebastian Moffett
President George W. Bush's last meeting of the Group of Eight leading  
powers proved to be his most successful, at least as measured by the  
incremental progress achieved on climate change, aid to Africa and G-8  
accountability measures.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121559941214738889.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy

Bush's last climate summit leaves much to do (AFP 7/10/08)
US President George W. Bush's last Group of Eight summit only inched  
forward the fight against climate change but drew the battle lines  
more sharply than ever between rich and poor nations.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iLkCYECzd09K-_2K8hdlqn1IMH4A

George Bush signs a letter to GOP faithful about you-know-what (LA  
Times 7/10/08)
By Andrew Malcolm
George is calling for money. President Bush's public approval ratings  
may be gathering mold in the Gallup Poll's basement. But the soon- 
retiring Republican president still has pull on the purse-strings of  
his party members.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/bush-money.html

Bush wins passage of spy bill to protect telecoms (Reuters 7/10/08)
By Thomas Ferraro
President George W. Bush won final congressional approval on Wednesday  
of a bill granting liability protection to telecommunication companies  
that took part in the warrantless domestic spying program he began  
after the September 11 attacks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWAT00975320080710
See Also: http://origin.sltrib.com/news/ci_9829067 , http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5344932 
  , http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/senate.fisa/

OTHER TOP NEWS
U.S. Foreclosures Rose 53% in June, Bank Seizures Almost Triple  
(Bloomberg.com 7/10/08)
By Dan Levy
U.S. foreclosure filings rose 53 percent in June from a year earlier  
and bank repossessions almost tripled as deteriorating property values  
and higher payments on adjustable mortgages forced more people to give  
up their homes.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abT98mv4UtNI&refer=home

Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf (AP 7/10/08)
Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round  
of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against  
any attack by the U.S. or Israel, Iranian state television reported  
Thursday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-iranmissile11-2008jul11,0,1629142.story?track=rss

Rice warns Iran that U.S. will defend Israel (AP 7/10/08)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the  
United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats  
against Israel. Iranian officials have strongly suggested the  
country's missile test on Wednesday was itself a warning to Israel not  
to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Israel has left that option open.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-rice11-2008jul11,0,2538358.story?track=rss

Ex-Secretaries Suggest New War Powers Policy (Washington Post 7/9/08)
By Karen DeYoung
The 1973 War Powers Resolution is ineffective, possibly  
unconstitutional and should be repealed, two former secretaries of  
state said yesterday in proposing new legislation to govern the war- 
making powers of the president and Congress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802803.html?nav=rss_politics

Kennedy Casts Key Vote as Medicare Bill Passes (NY Times 7/10/08)
By DAVID STOUT
Senator Edward M. Kennedy returned to the Senate on Wednesday for the  
first time since being sidelined with cancer and was greeted by a  
bipartisan barrage of whoops, cheers and applause before savoring a  
legislative triumph.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10kennedy.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

Senate Approves Bill to Broaden Wiretap Powers (NY Times 7/9/08)
By Eric Lichtblau
The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of  
the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more  
victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over  
national security issues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10fisa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Polls show high interest in poverty issue (Politico 7/9/08)
By Alexander Burns
Americans want the news media to focus more on poverty during the  
current presidential campaign, according to a new poll commissioned by  
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, an initiative that raises  
awareness about economic distress in America.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11637.html

Sen. Kennedy Returns to the Senate (Wall Street Journal 7/9/08)
By Sarah Lueck
The U.S. Senate—Republicans and Democrats alike—greeted Sen. Edward  
Kennedy with a standing ovation Wednesday afternoon as he made an  
unannounced visit to vote for a health care bill to increase pay for  
doctors in Medicare.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/09/sen-kennedy-returns-to-the-senate/

Jackson Apologizes for Obama Remarks (NY Times 7/9/08)
By Brian Stelter
Updated The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for critical  
comments he made about Senator Barack Obama that were picked up by a  
Fox News Channel microphone.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/jackson-apologizes-for-obama-remarks/

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