McCain, Obama declare their love for the outdoors in nature mag
Chicago Tribune Sep 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
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Barack Obama and John McCain will talk fishing and hunting in the October issue of Field & Stream magazine. (Coincidentally or not, the cover feature implores readers to “Find Your Bull,” the Swamp notes.) In the interview, both candidates profess to be big fans of the outdoors, with McCain recalling fishing and hiking in Arizona, Obama describing spearfishing in Hawaii.
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Lynn Forester de Rothschild to endorse McCain-Palin
Muckety.com Sep 17, 08 2:09 PM CDT
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Democratic fundraiser and ardent Hillary Clinton supporter Lynn Forester de Rothschild will endorse the McCain-Palin ticket today, Muckety reports. De Rothschild, who worked with the Democratic National Committee, has been a steadfast critic of the Dems’ decision to nominate Barack Obama, whom she called an untrustworthy “elitist” in a July interview. Obama supporters countered that de Rothschild herself is a millionaire and wife to a British aristocrat.
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OPINION
McCain is out of touch and off-message; Obama is reckless
American Prospect Sep 17, 08 1:50 PM CDT
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With the economy in trouble, John McCain and Barack Obama have been talking economics. How are they doing? Not very well, says the Wall Street Journal , declaring that the candidates “appear to know more about Mars than they do about financial markets.” Obama’s offering a return to “paternalist” policies, while McCain seems off-message and out of touch. McCain’s responses, particularly his call for a financial 9/11 commission, seem awfully slow, writes John Fout of TheStreet.com, and his financial advisors have terrible records.
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Vetoing all earmarks would bring gridlock, congressmen say
Politico Sep 17, 08 12:30 PM CDT
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Members of Congress warn that earmarks won’t go away just because John McCain thinks they’re wasteful, Politico reports. On the stump, the would-be president has been threatening to veto any spending bill containing earmarks; such a move would be "an executive branch power grab" that would bring government to a standstill, say members of his own party.
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Republican backs off earlier enthusiasm for deregulation
Washington Post Sep 17, 08 12:00 PM CDT
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With Wall Street in extremis, John McCain is backing away from a long history as an opponent of financial regulation, reports the Washington Post . The paper cites McCain's record in backing banking deregulation, including the 1999 legislation, sponsored by then-Sen. Phil Gramm, a McCain campaign adviser, that removed the Depression-era walls between banking, investment, and insurance companies.
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Hillary calls off appearance at Jewish rally outside UN
Associated Press Sep 17, 08 11:07 AM CDT
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Hillary Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally next week after organizers blindsided her by also inviting Sarah Palin. Several American Jewish groups are planning a major demonstration outside the United Nations on Sept. 22 to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Clinton aides were furious that Palin had also been invited—a fact they first learned when informed by reporters.
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Biden doing little good for Obama in Pa.,
other swing states
New York Times Sep 17, 08 10:37 AM CDT
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Though progressive Catholics have worked hard to convince churchgoers that the Democrats share the church's views on the Iraq war, immigration, and health care, abortion is again turning Catholic voters away from the party, the New York Times reports. As conservative bishops have scolded Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden for contradicting the church's teachings, liberals are facing a setback.
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OPINION
The culture of celebrity, evangelical ideals, and small town nostalgia combine to enable Palin's 'outsized' influence
Los Angeles Times Sep 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT
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The number of enthusiastic Republicans have doubled in polls since John McCain picked Sarah Palin for his ticket, and Palin figures in slightly more news coverage than her running mate. That might be expected, but she is mentioned 10 times more than Democratic counterpart Joe Biden. Tim Rutten offers up three reasons the hockey mom has become McCain's "meal ticket" in the Los Angeles Times .
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Dem rakes in $11M as McCain scoffs
Los Angeles Times Sep 17, 08 8:29 AM CDT
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Barack Obama pulled down $11 million between two star-studded Hollywood fundraisers last night, in the biggest single-night take of his campaign, reports the Los Angeles Times. The candidate mixed it up with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Chris Rock, and Barbra Streisand —who capped off the night with a performance —as John McCain took the opportunity to mock the celebrity shindig before a working-class Ohio crowd.
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ANALYSIS
Seeks to overcome charges he's out of touch, can't see trouble
New York Times Sep 17, 08 5:35 AM CDT
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John McCain struck his latest discordant note on Monday when he described the economy's fundamentals as "strong" even as the financial system shuddered under hammer blows. McCain swiftly backpedaled, calling America's workers its fundamentals, but the issue highlights the candidate's struggle to overcome Democratic charges that he's out of touch on the economy, reports the New York Times.
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CBS anchor will talk
to her for shows
in late September
Associated Press Sep 16, 08 9:40 PM CDT
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Second in the broadcast network competition to talk to Sarah Palin: Katie Couric. The CBS anchor will spend two days on the road with her and John McCain, the network said. Couric's interview material will be aired Sept. 29 and 30 on the CBS Evening News and The Early Show . It's timed for just before the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate. Palin also is talking to Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity this week.
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Boston Globe Sep 16, 08 8:38 PM CDT
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Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard and a top financial adviser of John McCain, found herself backtracking in a hurry today after stating flatly that Sarah Palin—and later, John McCain—could not run a big company, the Boston Globe reports. Asked on a radio station whether she thought Palin had CEO skills, Fiorina said, "No, I do not. But that's not what she's running for. Running a corporation is a different set of things."
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