Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 10/3/08
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McCain’s Anger (Political Wire)
David Nather reports on Sen. Barack Obama’s attempt [Wednesday] night to greet Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor by offering his hand. “McCain shook it, but with a ‘go away’ look that no one could miss. He tried his best not to even look at Obama. Finally, with a tight smile, McCain managed a greeting: ‘Good to see you.’”
Yes, we should really be outraged about that! Obama has NEVER been rude to anybody on the Senate floor.—Caro
Candidates spar on energy, taxes, war (AP)
Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden sparred over taxes, energy policy and the Iraq war in a high-profile debate in which Palin sought to reclaim her identity as a feisty reformer and Biden tried to undercut the maverick image of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain.
Click here to read the debate transcript.—Caro
VP Debate: Biden - “How Different Is John McCain’s Policy Going To Be Than George Bush’s?” (by Logan Murphy at Crooks and Liars)
[Last night’s] debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah “Main Street, Wasilla” Palin yielded few fireworks, but Biden did a good job of keeping the focus where it should be — on John McCain, his miserable voting record and the fact that a McCain presidency would look a lot like the disaster we’ve seen from George Bush.
How would an Obama presidency be different from the George Bush disaster? Obama thinks the Republican party is the party of ideas for the last 10-15 years. Or at least that’s what he has said (video). But he changes his mind from day to day, so there’s no telling what the line is now. And how about this shocker, below?—Caro
Obama adviser suggests Defense secretary might be asked to stay (On Politics, USA Today)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has done a good job and might be a candidate for the same position in presidential nominee Barack Obama’s administration if the Democrat wins the White House next month, a top Obama adviser said [Thursday]. Richard Danzig, a former Navy secretary, said Gates has served the Bush administration well and has supported some policies — such as closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, — that Obama also believes in. “He’d be an even better (secretary) in an Obama administration,” Danzig said. “Why do I think that? Because many of the kinds of efforts he’s made are in tune with what we are trying to do.”
Oh, yes, Bob Gates is a WONDERFUL guy.—Caro
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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
