October 6, 2008 11:00:38 PM CDT
(Newser) – John McCain is off-base in his suggestion Russia should be booted from the Group of 8, two former Clinton cabinet officials—and current Obama advisers—write in the Los Angeles Times. Sure, Moscow has departed from democracy, Madeline Albright and William Perry allow, but the US stands a better chance of changing the nation's ways if it's not hung up on “symbolism and protocol.”
The Republican "does not say what this would accomplish other than dramatizing, for a moment, our disappointment with Russia's domestic policies," they write. The US needs to work with Russia on terrorism, containing Iran and securing nukes, and ending Moscow’s “exposure to the influence of the world’s leading democracies” is definitely not the answer.
Source Los Angeles Times
Sep 16, 08 6:10 AM CDT Colin Powell has yet to make up his mind which way he'll vote in November, MSNBC reports. Speaking at a forum with four other former secretaries of state yesterday, the Republican said he would let neither his quarter-century friendship with John McCain—nor the "electrifying" prospect of the first African-American president—be the sole deciding factor. More »
Sep 9, 08 12:40 PM CDT Fannie and Freddie, health-care reform, and Wasilla, Alaska, are just meaningless election “commentary” to Jeffrey Goldberg, who writes in the New York Times that nuclear terrorism is the only issue that matters. Proliferation experts say the chance of a terrorist group detonating an atomic bomb in the US could be as high as 50%. And neither candidate seems wholly prepared. More »
Aug 18, 08 1:37 PM CDT John McCain blasted Barack Obama’s “shifting positions” on Iraq during a speech before a veterans group today, the New York Times reports. McCain slammed Obama for a vote against troop funding, and anti-surge statements. “Both candidates in this election pledge to end this war and bring our troops home,” he said. “The great difference … is that I intend to win it first.” More »
Aug 17, 08 1:19 PM CDT Top Obama surrogate Sen. Joe Biden announced today that he’s heading to Georgia, joining McCain surrogatges Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham. The move bodes well for both Biden, who’s been much-discussed as a possible vice president, and Obama, who needs to seem active as McCain dispatches men and talks with key leaders of the conflict almost daily, Talking Points Memo reports. More »
Aug 15, 08 8:15 AM CDT As the conflict in Georgia wears on, John McCain has seized every opportunity this week to showcase his foreign policy chops, notes Michael Falcone in the New York Times, all but positioning himself as a putative commander in chief. McCain boasted of his multiple visits to the region and even dispatched allies Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham to Georgia—a far cry from Barack Obama's holiday in Hawaii. More »
Barack Obama • John McCain • Russia • terrorism • Madeleine Albright • G-8
