Subject: Re: Work Framing McCain/Bush in CO and OH
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:00:02 -0400

Tara,

You and the team made my day! Great work!

Paul. 

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Subject: Work Framing McCain/Bush in CO and OH

In case you missed it….

CDA has worked with our partners Progress Ohio and Progress Now (Colorado) to organize events ahead of appearances by McCain and Bush on the ground in OH and CO, this week. Keeping protesters on message isn’t always the easiest – so hat tip to our states folks.  My personal favorite: “Dayton resident Elisabeth Dyer held a sign that stated, "McCain = McMess."  The 53-year-old said many things drew her to the protest. "It's George Bush. It's the war. It's McCain. It's everything," she said. "McCain would be four more years of Bush. That's why I'm here."

 

Check out some highlights from press stories:

Progress Now in Colorado held a press conference yesterday demanding McCain return oil PAC donations ahead of his fundraiser tonight at the Denver Petroleum Club:

     

Press hits in the Denver Post (print and online under The Lookout box on top right hand corner <http://www.politicswest.com/> ), KOA radio, covered on KWGN-Channel 2 TV news as well as Fox News-31 last night and Talk Left blog <http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/26/165438/114> . They returned this evening to the McCain press conference and with their golden oilrig outside of the fundraiser to tie McCain’s oil cash and proposed corporate tax cuts for his big contributors to his reluctance to provide help for homeowners facing foreclosures.

 

ProgressOhio participated in a protest outside of the Air Force Museum where Bush gave his “Alice in Wonderland” speech extolling the security gains made possible by the surge. 

WNBC 

http://www.wnbc.com/politics/15720403/detail.html

U.S. Iraq Embassy Workers Ordered Inside

Bush Cites Progress; Heavy Fighting Resumes

UPDATED: 4:00 pm EDT March 27, 2008

On the same day that President George W. Bush told an audience in Ohio that security gains are being made in Iraq, the State Department has instructed all personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad not to leave reinforced structures due to incoming insurgent rocket fire that has killed two American government workers this week.

Bush said the number of sectarian attacks in the volatile Anbar province have "plummeted" since the surge.

Recent news that the U.S. death toll in Iraq hit 4,000 has again turned a spotlight on the conflict, which is entering its sixth year.

As Bush arrived, about 30 protestors demonstrated outside the museum, carrying signs that read, "Shame," and "This is not Bush country. This is our country."

At least 16 rockets were fired into the Green Zone from surrounding Baghdad districts in four separate attacks during the morning and early afternoon Thursday, the U.S. military said. Attacks were also staged in Tikrit and Salahuddin.

 

Dayton Daily News

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/03/27/ddn032708bushdemsweb.html

No glimpse of Bush for protesters

By Joanne Huist Smith

Thursday, March 27, 2008

RIVERSIDE — Protesters hoping President George Bush's motorcade would pass their way prior to his speech at the National Museum of the United States Air Force about the war on terror never got a glimpse of the commander in chief.

About 30 demonstrators stood across the street from the museum on Huberville Road for several hours in the cold morning drizzle. Mary Kuehne, an Old North Dayton resident, said she can't imagine being a citizen of the United States and not being politically active.

"Why wouldn't I be outside in the rain protesting? We have 4,000 American (troops) dead. We have many, many Iraqis dead. Our reputation, as a country, is ruined."

Dayton resident Elisabeth Dyer held a sign that stated, "McCain = McMess."

The 53-year-old said many things drew her to the protest.

"It's George Bush. It's the war. It's McCain. It's everything," she said. "McCain would be four more years of Bush. That's why I'm here."

Associated Press

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j057jBReERcsF-FcZRSWe0h1gaXQD8VLRFV80

Bush: Progress in Iraq Is Real

By JAMES HANNAH – 6 hours ago

The war in Iraq is part of Bush's legacy, and he wants it viewed as a success, said William Binning, professor emeritus of political science at Youngstown State University.

"He wants to build public support for that," said Binning, a former county GOP chairman. "And Ohio is a place where you have a better chance of selling that than San Francisco."

More than 20,000 people work at Wright-Patterson, which oversees the distribution of Air Force supplies around the world to maintain aircraft, develops new technologies for warplanes and pumps millions of dollars into the local economy.

As Bush arrived, about 30 protesters demonstrated outside the museum, carrying signs that read, "Shame," and "This is not Bush county. This is our country."