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Politico.com: Politics '08http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12038.html [Politico.com: Politics '08] Reminiscent of failed reelection campaigns of George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter, economic conditions put McCain at disadvantage on pocketbook issues.

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NFM - Politico[NFM - Politico] McCain struggles to overcome economy gap: At a time when American financial insecurity is at record levels and national security issues have taken a backseat to economic worries, McCain’s Washington experience has failed to convince voters that he is more qualified to handle the economy. Only 31 percent of Americans say McCain is the candidate “better able to improve economic conditions,”

Politics Blog[Politics Blog] McCain struggles to overcome economy gap (Politico): 11 mindset, according to recent polling, placing John McCain at a disadvantage on pocketbook issues reminiscent of the losed out presidential reelection campaigns of George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter. Original post by Politico .

Branson Agent[Branson Agent] You Want to Label Journalists? Can You Come Up With 52000 Labels ...: Those who know that the Center for American Progress is a liberal organization will not be shocked to learn that the answer was largely in the affirmative.

One Citizen Speaking...[One Citizen Speaking...] A negotiated Clinton-Romney candidacy?: On the McCain side, if McCain chooses Mitt Romney (whom I endorsed over McCain) as his Vice Presidential running mate and the improbable happens, it is possible that the voting members of the Republican convention could ratify Romney as their presidential candidate and thus shore up a sagging base of conservatives who have very little faith in McCain’s economic and domestic policy. And other than his apparent strength in defending the United States from her enemies, there is little else that is attractive about McCain as, at least from my viewpoint, he appears to be a moderate democrat.

allilhttp://allinone.blogstream.com/v1/pid/328373.html [allil] Two-thirds of Hispanics back Obama: study: In recent weeks both McCain and Obama have addressed several national Hispanic organizations in their hunt for votes, stressing economic and educational proposals they said would help Latinos as well as reviving plans for a .

RFFM.ORG[RFFM.ORG] Obama Considering Romney As VP Choice: No, McCain Considering ...: As a Boston talk radio host and writer-researcher (respectively), who both initially supported Romney (author Gregg Jackson lived out of state in 2002 and co-author John Haskins voted for him in 2002), we have followed Romney closely and know the truth about his record as very few people in America do. The truth is that many of the leading "conservative" lawyers, radio pundits and pro-family leaders whom we trusted for years have ruthlessly distorted and suppressed the truth about Romney's hideous record as governor -- even after all his "conversions."

Member Posts[Member Posts] Undecided: I don’t think either Senator Obama or Senator McCain will end the War in Iraq immediately and there is to be no timetable and funding for this war will continue. It will be status quo, just as the Democratic Congress failed to end it for the last two years despite the wishes of the voters. 

Media Matters for Americahttp://mediamatters.org/items/200807090011 [Media Matters for America] Mitchell didn't challenge McCain adviser's "stimulus package ...: In addition to not challenging Fiorina,Mitchell later brought upFiorina's "stimulus package" characterization of the plan in two separateinterviews on MSNBC Live, withObama economic adviser Jason Furman and Democratic strategist Ron Klain. Mitchell asked Furman: "CarlyFiorina made that point as well, that the tax holiday, the gas-tax holiday thatJohn McCain is proposing would be the best possible stimulus package.

Blogging For Michigan - Front Page[Blogging For Michigan - Front Page] Pocketbook issues and landslides: But a day after a top McCain economic adviser dismissed the nation's struggles as a "mental recession," the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's message landed with a thud, as workers sat in stony silence. [...]

Newsweek Blogshttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/07/08/the-filter-july-8-2008.aspx [Newsweek Blogs] The Filter: July 8, 2008: and on the periphery, the ever-present Mike Murphy, Mr. McCain’s strategist in the 2000 presidential race who has been dispensing advice to the candidate to the annoyance of the other camps, and is the subject of intensifying rumors in Republican circles that he is about to re-enter the campaign. 

race42008.comhttp://race42008.com/2008/07/14/twenty-five-reasons-why-huckabee-should-be-mccain%E2%80%99s-vice-president/ [race42008.com] Twenty Five Reasons why Huckabee should be McCain’s Vice President: Edward Walsh wrote for the Washington Post on 2/17/1998 that “It’s settled. The Christian Coalition has surveyed its leadership and decided that Sen.

The Values Voter's Bloghttp://thevaluesvoter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F3D4C1BC1D8B0D91!978.entry [The Values Voter's Blog] Twenty Five Reasons why Huckabee should be McCain's Vice President: His Clean Lifestyle: In a time when many politicians of both parties have been ensnared in tawdry personal scandals, Huckabee has a very stable family life, having been married to the same woman for 34 years and being the father of three grown children who are still close to him and who have helped run his campaign.

Barack Obama Fan Site[Barack Obama Fan Site] Morning News: In addition to promising to raise fuel economy standards for automobiles, Obama has pledged to invest $150 billion over the next decade in renewable energy research and development. On Tuesday he derided McCain’s proposals as little more than political posturing, particularly his pledge to offer a $300 million prize to anyone who develops a car battery that would “leapfrog”

F3 Coalition - [Faith. Family. Freedom.]http://www.f3coalition.org/2008/07/04/twenty-five-reasons-why-huckabee-should-be-mccains-vice-president/ [F3 Coalition - [Faith. Family. Freedom.]] Twenty Five Reasons why Huckabee should be McCain’s Vice President: On the liberal blog the Huffington Post, Drew Westin wrote “from the first time I watched Huckabee, he made me nervous, because I disliked most of what he said but I liked him anyway” and called him “the most politically intelligent of .

Climate Crisis Coalition - Daily Newshttp://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/blog/?p=791 [Climate Crisis Coalition - Daily News] Daily News: The current ban on drilling, in effect from Maine to North Carolina, will expire in 2012. President Bush and Sen.

Walash's Webloghttp://usavote.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/a-multibillionaire%E2%80%99s-relentless-quest-for-global-influence/ [Walash's Weblog] A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence.: “In my sixty-three years in business, in over fifty different businesses, I’ve broken the mold and changed the status quo,” Adelson said one evening in late March to about three hundred dinner guests, gathered in a lavish ballroom at the Venetian in Las Vegas to see him and his wife presented with an award for corporate citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. (The singer Wayne Newton was also honored.) Adelson, whose countenance often suggests that he is spoiling for a fight, takes pride in being an outsider, who has suffered rejection and ridicule but has avenged every slight, many times over.

MARChttp://kobason.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C873246EA6369396!21091.entry [MARC] Will Little Havana Go Blue?: There is real debate in Cuban Miami these days about the embargo, above all about the series of further restrictions that were imposed by the Bush administration in 2003 and 2004. These limited travel for so-called people-to-people educational exchanges, abolished the category of “fully hosted” travel (under which travel to and from Cuba was underwritten by non-U.S. citizens and which Washington long suspected of being a scheme for money-laundering), reduced family visits to once every three years and limited the sending of money from Cubans or Cuban-Americans living in the United States to the sender’s immediate family ”” parents, siblings, children ”” rather than, as before, to his or her extended family.

allilhttp://allinone.blogstream.com/v1/pid/328372.html [allil] Two-thirds of Hispanics back Obama: study: Inrecent weeks both McCain and Obama have addressed several nationalHispanic organizations in their hunt for votes, stressing economic andeducational proposals they said would help Latinos as well as revivingplans for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.

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