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The issues dividing them; McCain: Demands more offshore drilling for oil.

Article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Article date: November 03, 2008

Barack Obama and John McCain have radically different ideas on how to meet the challenges facing America and the world, such as the credit crunch, terror and global warming. Here is how they stand on the key issues:

Economy

Obama: Has promised 'responsible' tax cuts for 95 per cent of working families and help for small business, but would raise taxes on those earning more than [pounds sterling]150,000.

He would repeal the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthy and extend and expand unemployment insurance.

McCain: Would keep Bush's tax breaks for the rich ...

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Why McCain Longs for 19th Century Fuels

Posted Sep 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT in Politics,  Technology,  Opinion 

Why McCain Longs for 19th Century Fuels
Source: AP Photo/LM Otero

(Newser) – Why are Republicans chanting "drill, baby, drill," a call for an outdated, 19th-century technology like fossil fuels? Because they are turning every political debate into a cultural "wedge Issue," Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times—"including even energy policy, no matter how stupid it makes the voters and no matter how much it might weaken America."

"I respected McCain’s willingness to support the troop surge in Iraq," Friedman writes, "even if it was going to cost him the Republican nomination. Now the same guy, who would not sell his soul to win his party’s nomination, is ready to sell every piece of his soul to win the presidency. Obama may be a bit professorial, but at least he is trying to unite the country to face the real issues rather than divide us over cultural differences."

Source: New York Times

More about:  John McCain • oil • politics • energy • oil drilling • Thomas Friedman • campaign issues

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'Sacrifice' Is Dirty Word in Energy Plans

Obama, McCain ditch candor in glossing over tough road ahead

Salon Salon Aug 18, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are each touting a plan to save America from the looming energy crisis, but they're providing too many sunny outlooks and not enough tough candor, Walter Shapiro writes in Salon. "The Ten Commandments of politics now began, 'Thou shalt not talk honestly to the American people about sacrifice,'" says Shapiro. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • oil • energy • sacrifice

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Here Comes
Era of Activist Government

It's necessary, and McCain is better suited for the job: Brooks

New York Times New York Times Jul 18, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - With daunting issues demanding immediate action—energy, the markets, and crumbling infrastructure to name but a few—the US is about to enter a phase of "government activism," writes David Brooks in the New York Times . Bad news for John McCain, right? Maybe not. As past periods of great change show, it is more often the conservatives leading the way in such eras . More »

More about:  John McCain • health care • politics • energy • financial markets • conservatives • infrastructure • change • Teddy Roosevelt

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When Good Pandering
Goes Bad

Bush goes and ruins McCain's opportunism on oil, writes Collins

New York Times New York Times Jun 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times —wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for high gas prices if drilling in heretofore verboten places was not immediately authorized, the columnist wonders why the president waited until now to call the Dems' bluff, and how unfortunate it is for John McCain. More »

More about:  John McCain • George W. Bush • oil • environmentalism • Republican candidate • oil drilling • offshore oil


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