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click on each candidate to see today's news stories (caricatures by Linda Eddy) Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES with excerpts Big shift to McCain among white women voters John McCain has gained huge support among white women since naming Sarah Palin as his running mate and now leads Democrat Barack Obama among those voters, according to a survey published on Tuesday. The Washington Post/ABC News poll found that much of McCain's surge in the polls since the Republican National Convention is attributable to the shift in support among white women. Gallup: McCain has 15 point lead among independents John McCain's 6 percentage-point bounce in voter support spanning the Republican National Convention is largely explained by political independents shifting to him in fairly big numbers, from 40% pre-convention to 52% post-convention in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. see also: McCain drawing record crowds... McCain breaks Obama media domination Obama: McCain-Palin 'lying' about maverick claims "I've got to admit, these folks are shameless," Obama told a rally here, displaying a passion and an intensity rarely seen from the Illinois senator. "When John McCain gets up there with Sarah Palin and says 'we're for change'... you've got to ask yourselves, what are they talking about, how do they have the nerve to say it?" the Democrat added. "It's empty words. You're just saying it because you realize, gosh, Obama's been talking about change and it seems to be working, so maybe we should say it too," he added... "You can't just make stuff up, you can't just reinvent yourself," he said... see also: New Obama ad challenges 'Original Mavericks Seemingly nervous about Palin popularity, Obama runs attack ad NY Post endorses McCain-Palin ticket "THE Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States." [EXCERPTS:] McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin résumé of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama... National security: The differences between McCain and Obama are especially stark... Taxes: McCain knows that when government absorbs ever-larger shares of national income, the economy suffers... Trade: "I object when Senator Obama and others preach the false virtues of economic isolationism," says McCain - noting that "globalization is an opportunity" for US workers. He adds that while emerging economies like those of China and India are worrisome, the answer is competition informed by education and innovation - not protectionism... Energy: On the economic issue most vexing Americans today - energy prices - McCain is aggressive... Vatican official: Palin 'dream candidate' for pro-lifers Sarah Palin’s firm opposition to abortion and her status as a mother of five prompted a Vatican official to describe the Republican vice president nominee as a “dream candidate.” “I couldn't be more happy,” a U.S. church official at the Vatican told Newsmax on the condition of anonymity. “She is, in many ways, a dream candidate, at least among Americans here.” Arch Bishop corrects Biden on abortion: "Abortion is a foundational issue; it is not an issue like housing policy or the price of foreign oil. It always involves the intentional killing of an innocent life, and it is always, grievously wrong."... Money: Advantage McCain? Obama money machine in trouble... The signs of concern have become evident in recent weeks as early fund-raising totals have suggested that Mr. Obama’s decision to bypass public financing may not necessarily afford him the commanding financing advantage over Senator John McCain that many had originally predicted. ...In choosing to accept the public money, the McCain campaign now gets an $84 million cash infusion from the United States Treasury. Mr. McCain is barred from raising any more money for his own campaign coffers but can lean on money raised by the Republican National Committee, which has continued to exceed expectations. see also: McCain's Chicago fundraiser: $5 million in 5 hours Sarah Palin's name pushes McCain's Chicago fundraiser over $4M THE CANDIDATES: John McCain & Sarah Palin... today's headlines with excerpts 'Sliming Palin' -- Newsweek's Palin fact check debunks false Internet claims and rumors FactCheck: We've been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain's running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading. Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn't cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library... She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party... Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president... Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools... A few of these claims were included in a chain e-mail by a woman named Anne Kilkenny. We'll be looking into other charges in that e-mail for a future story.. McCain and Palin urge Fannie, Freddie restructuring Republican White House nominees John McCain and Sarah Palin would ensure mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were permanently restructured and downsized, the pair wrote in The Wall Street Journal. In an opinion column, they said the bailout of the country's two biggest mortgage finance companies "gets at the short-term heart of the problem". ... "In the future, Fannie, Freddie or any government organization should never insure a loan when the homeowner doesn't have enough of his or her own capital in the investment," McCain and Palin wrote in the column... New Palin roll-out; Gibson gets 2 days with Palin - nothing off limits Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will speak at her son’s Army deployment ceremony on 9/11 and spend two days with ABC News crews later this week as part of a McCain campaign plan to increase Americans’ comfort with her as a leader. ... “ABC News will have plenty of time to question her and examine her and spend time with her,” a campaign official said. “They’ll do multiple interviews over two days. No topics are off-limits – there are no ground rules. There’s tons of time to talk to her about every topic.” Palin on cover of Newsweek: Palin-tol-ogy In the wake of her nomination, so many dirt-diggers were clamoring to get into the city hall of Wasilla, Palin's hometown, that the mayor, Dianne Keller, started a number system for out-of-towners to take turns. But the media's need for details about Palin mirrors a national hunger to know more about the 44-year-old governor who has improbably shaken up an already tumultuous race for the White House... McCain-Palin campaign 'chemistry' energizes Republican crowds McCain's choice of the Alaska governor as running mate hasn't just fired up core Republican voters, it's also energized the 72-year-old Arizona senator as he starts the final sprint toward the Nov. 4 election. ``There was a personal chemistry right off the bat,'' said Steve Duprey, former New Hampshire state Republican chairman and a constant McCain traveling companion. Palin, the 44-year-old mother of five, was scheduled for a brief visit home after last week's Republican National Convention and a weekend of whistle-stop campaigning. Instead, she is sticking with McCain's entourage for a series of rallies through at least the middle of this week... McCain raises big bucks - in Obama's back yard Republican John McCain seized on running mate Sarah Palin's popularity to raise money for the party, telling donors at a $4 million fundraiser Monday that he's overwhelmed by the buzz she's generating for his White House bid. "I'm very proud and I'm very pleased at the enthusiasm that's been sparked," the presidential nominee said. The fundraiser, in Democratic candidate Barack Obama's hometown, followed several days of campaigning in which Palin has nearly overshadowed the head of the ticket... Palin to headline fundraiser in California at billionaire's home A seat at the headtable for the September 25th soiree goes for $50,000 and includes a snapshot with Palin. A thousand dollars get a basic invitation. Then add-ons kick in. A $2,500 donation comes with a John McCain lapel pin... McCain surge: after convention he catches Obama Republican presidential candidate John McCain got a bounce in opinion polls from his convention and now runs even or slightly ahead of Democratic rival Barack Obama with eight weeks to go in the White House race. McCain's surprise choice of conservative Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate also sparked a burst of grass-roots Republican enthusiasm, polls showed, an encouraging sign for party strategists worried about turnout in the November 4 election. Barack Obama & Joe Biden... today's headlines with excerpts' Obama - no more mojo? Not that long ago, John McCain was toast. Is he now suddenly unstoppable? That's what some breathless Republicans - and even a few jittery Democrats - whispered Monday after new polls showed McCain has vaulted past Barack Obama and leads by as much as 10 points among likely voters. Another Obama about-face: Bush tax cuts Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has had a change of heart about one of his major campaign issues; the Bush Tax Cuts. The Associated Press quotes Obama as now saying that “he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.”... Obama to Palin: don't mock the Constitution Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the GOP convention. It was in St. Paul last week that Palin drew raucous cheers when she delivered this put-down of Obama: "Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights." ...Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus. Calling it "the foundation of Anglo-American law," he said the principle "says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' And say, 'Maybe you've got the wrong person.'" The safeguard is essential, Obama continued, "because we don't always have the right person." Hillary stumps for Obama but with little fire at Palin The absence of heavy fire directed at Ms. Palin had been expected, given a reluctance by Mrs. Clinton to turn her campaigning into a battle between two women. Yet advisers to Senator Barack Obama said Mrs. Clinton was nonetheless their best surrogate to counter the Republican ticket’s new drive to win over white working women and mothers who supported her in the Democratic primaries. see also: Clinton avoiding Palin 'cat fight' previous IPW reports
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