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Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES with excerpts
Obama's donors outgunned
by Republican money machine
Barack
Obama is in danger of being outspent by John McCain and
the Republican Party in the final 49 days of the US
presidential race, despite having smashed all records
for fundraising this year.
The Democratic nominee began the summer by refusing public money amid confidence that the enthusiasm of small donors would overwhelm the Republican money machine that traditionally grinds up opponents in the closing stages of the campaign.
... A strategist on Mr McCain’s campaign told The Times yesterday: “It’s now clear that the huge advantage Obama’s team thought they would have – of $100 million, $200 million or more – is just not going to materialise. There is a better than 50-50 chance that they will not have any advantage at all.”
Palin-Clinton near miss-
Hillary blindsided by scheduled event with Palin
Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally
next week after organizers blindsided her by inviting Republican vice
presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, aides to the
senator said Tuesday.
... Clinton aides were furious. They first learned of the plan to have both Clinton and Palin appear when informed by reporters.
"Her attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event," said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines. "Sen. Clinton will therefore not be attending."
Lipstick-wielding supporters flocking to Palin events
Palin in Ohio, hammers Obama on taxes
Introducing
McCain for the first time since she traveled to Alaska last week,
Palin kept the focus on jobs and the economy as Wall Street woes
dominated the headlines for the second straight day. She laid into the
Democratic ticket, accusing Obama of wanting to raise payroll taxes,
business taxes, investment income taxes and the estate tax.
“Here’s a little straight talk for our opponent,” Palin said, using her running mate’s signature phrase.
“His tax plans really would kill jobs and hurt small businesses and make even today’s bad economy look like the good old days.”
Palin to meet with foreign leaders
at U.N. General Assembly on Monday
Sarah Palin will travel to New York next week to meet foreign leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly, according to a McCain-Palin adviser. The goal of the trip is to increase her foreign policy credentials...
Prominent Clinton-backer and
DNC member to endorse McCain
Lynn
Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and
member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will
endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells
CNN.
The announcement will take place at a news conference on Capitol Hill, just blocks away from the DNC headquarters. Forester will “campaign and help him through the election,” the spokesman said of her plans to help the Republican presidential nominee.
Forester was a major donor for Clinton earning her the title as a Hillraiser for helping to raise at least $100,000 for the New York Democratic senator’s failed presidential bid.
... “This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.”
THE CANDIDATES:
John McCain & Sarah Palin... today's headlines with excerpts
Palin allies sue to halt trooper probe
"I think it's fair to say that the governor is not going to cooperate with that investigation so long as it remained tainted and run by partisan individuals who have a predetermined conclusion," McCain-Palin campaign spokesman Ed O'Callaghan said Monday.
In particular, campaign officials singled out comments French made to ABC News that they said suggested the investigation could yield criminal charges or an "October Surprise" for the GOP ticket. And they accuse the probe of being "hijacked" by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign..
Barack Obama & Joe Biden... today's headlines with excerpts'
Last
week, according to the nonpartisan Pew Research Center's
weekly analysis of campaign journalism, Palin figured in
53% of all stories concerning the presidential race.
McCain was mentioned in 49%. By way of comparison,
Barack Obama came up in 61% of all the campaign coverage
last week, while his running mate, Joe Biden, was
mentioned just 5% of the time, despite a packed calendar
of public appearances.
Obama event raises $9 million in Hollywood
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.
The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which cost $2,500 a ticket.
Dinner guests seen by reporters, or noted by waiters, included Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis and DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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