30 September, 2008

Obama Pushes Rescue Plan … Lays Off McCain
ABC News – USA
ABC News’ John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report: Barack Obama delivered a rarity today in Reno, Nevada. After days of hammering John McCain, …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/obama-pushes-re.html

McCain, Obama both call for more bank deposit insurance
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Decrying inaction on a financial bailout plan, Barack Obama and John McCain propose similar bipartisan solutions. They want to include raising the FDIC…
www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-
campaign1-2008oct01,0,3348177.story

McCain blames Democrats for bailout failure; Obama says look at …
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Though Obama said no one person was at fault in the financial crisis and that there was a “lot of blame to spread around,” he urged voters to consider …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-c
ampaign30-2008sep30,0,5361460.story

Bailout Fallout: What Should McCain and Obama Do Next?
Washington Post – United States
Barack Obama and John McCain at last week’s presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi. Photo by Scott Olson — Getty Images Less than 24 hours after the …
voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/what_
should_mccain_do.html?nav=rss_blog

Obama, McCain urge action on financial bailout
Times of India – India
WASHINGTON: Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on Tuesday urged their fellow lawmakers to act quickly on a plan to save America’s …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Obama_McCain_urge
_action_on_financial_bailout/articleshow/3546074.cms

In Tumultuous Week, McCain Maintains Narrow Lead over Obama in …
MarketWatch – USA
Barack Obama in the volume of US press coverage. According to the LexisNexis(R) Analytics 2008 election dashboard, Sen. McCain was the subject of 9 percent …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/tumultuous-week-mccain
-maintains-narrow/story.aspx?guid=%7B6F35F153-0538-43D
E-BCA1-E24BF3EFA9E0%7D&dist=hppr

Slash: ‘Barack Obama is the best Presidential candidate’
NME.com – UK
Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has vocalised his support for Democrat US Presidential candidate Barack Obama, and slamming incumbent President George W …
www.nme.com/news/slash/40101

McCain-Obama debate draws 52.4 million viewers
Reuters – USA
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The nationally televised sparring session last week between John McCain and Barack Obama drew 52.4 million US…
www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN2940718020080930

Obama, McCain press Bush to break Congress deadlock
AFP
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain both called for federal deposit insurance for US families and small businesses to be raised for the first …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iP-s9UUWx03mN8ErQoXRQeePcHfQ

McCain, Obama Urge Lawmakers to Keep Working on Rescue Plan
Bloomberg – USA
30 (Bloomberg) — Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama today called on Congress to keep working on a financial-markets rescue plan and urged the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2
0601087&sid=as1F2fC11ubI&refer=home

Vote casts shadow on McCain, Obama
By media@politico.com (Ben Smith,Glenn Thrush)
The collapse of the bailout plan undermines John McCain’s pull with House GOP and reveals the weakness of Obama’s ally Nancy Pelosi.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14109.html

9/30 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 51, McCain 41
By DemFromCT
Today’s Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 51-42. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with R2K numbers from today (yesterday’s numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers are from …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/SeWMaeeZ3ik/614987

Obama: raise deposit insurance limit
Barack Obama called today for an increase in federal deposit insurance from its current cap of $100000 to $250000. In a statement, the Democratic presidential nominee said the move would “potentially broaden support” for a proposed …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/
obama_raise_deposit_backing_to.html

McCain camp says Obama not leading
By shannanb
The McCain campaign said obama has failed to show leadership during the economic crisis. (Getty Images) (CNN) — John McCain’s campaign is seizing on the prepared text of Barack Obama’s speech Monday in Denver, saying it shows the …
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Obama, McCain Endorse FDIC Guarantee Expansion
Senators Obama and McCain have arrived at the idea of raising the FDIC deposit insurance limit from $100000 to $250000. Obama introduced the idea in a statement this morning, and McCain, in a round-robin series of interviews, …
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/
obama_mccain_endorse_fdic_guar.php

29 September, 2008

Obama Campaign Reacts to First Presidential Debate
FOXNews – USA
JOHN MCCAIN, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator Obama twice said in debates that he would sit down with Ahmadinejad, Chavez and Raul Castro without …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429962,00.html

Barack Obama won first presidential debate over John McCain, say polls
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Barack Obama increased his lead over John McCain in a string of polls conducted after their presidential debate. By Toby Harnden in Washington They gave the …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barack
obama/3104504/Barack-Obama-won-first-presidential-debate
-over-John-McCain-say-polls.html

McCain, Obama Tentatively Support Bailout Plan
FOXBusiness – USA
WASHINGTON—Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama Sunday tentatively supported the $700 billion plan to bail out the US financial system. …
www.foxbusiness.com/story/wrapup—mccain-obama-
tentatively-support-bailout-plan-812023325/

McCain rips Obama on taxes
Boston Globe – United States
Republican John McCain, trying to rebut Democratic rival Barack Obama’s accusation that he “just doesn’t get” the struggles of middle class Americans, …
www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintellige
nce/2008/09/mccain_rips_oba_1.html

Obama’s Wall Street response rated best
The Swamp – Tribune’s Washington Bureau – Washington,DC,USA
Obama won the approval of 46 percent of those surveyed Friday and Saturday– before the congressional leadership agreement on a $700-billion bailout for the …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/
2008/09/obamas_wall_street_response_ra.html

Obama’s Robert Gibbs tangles with “Fox and Friends” over soldier …
Chicago Sun-Times – United States
By Lynn Sweet on September 29, 2008 9:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) WASHINGTON—Over at The Page, Mark Halperin has the tape—Barack Obama adviser Robert …
blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/ob
amas_robert_gibbs_tangles_wi.html

Barack Obama
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
BARACK Obama said yesterday his Republican rival John McCain was guilty of“Katrina-like” bungling over the US financial crisis, as a new post-debate poll …
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24420898-663,00.html

First thoughts: A shift toward Obama
MSNBC – USA
A shift towards Obama: As the slew of recent national and state polls suggest, our new map reflects a shift in Obama’s direction. Four new states have been …
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/29/1462828.aspx

The electoral arithmetic looks brighter for Obama
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, has long performed well in estimates of the national popular vote: he reportedly leads his Republican rival, …
www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/the-electoral-arith
metic-looks-brighter-for-obama-20080929-4qck.html

Obama: A ‘great’ non-answer
MSNBC – USA
The New York Post picks up on Bill Clinton’s interview on Meet The Press, in which the former president could not bring himself to call Obama a“great man,” …
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/29/1462796.aspx

Scarborough falsely asserted that Obama “wants” “higher taxes”
Barack Obama “wants” “higher taxes.” Scarborough stated: “Americans don’t want higher taxes, they don’t want more spending, they don’t want the things Barack Obama wants.” In fact, the Tax Policy Center concluded that, compared with Sen …
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latest/~3/406361433/200809290007

9/29 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 51, McCain 42
By DemFromCT
Today’s Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 51-42. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with R2K numbers from today (yesterday’s numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers are from …
feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/pRqTGn8ZBs4/613633

‘Fight the Smears’ Website Admits Obama was Kenyan Citizen …
By P.J. Gladnick
Following the controversy over the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate can be a bit confusing with all its detailed analysis. Your humble correspondent will leave that up to the experts. However, in response to the charge …
newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/29/fight-smears
-website-admits-obama-was-kenyan-citizen-wheres-msm

Missouri Sheriffs’ and Prosecutors’ Obama ‘Truth Squad’ Getting …
By Tom Blumer
News Anchor, first name Russell: Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad during the presidential campaign. …
newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/09/29/missouri-
sheriffs-prosecutors-obama-truth-squad-getting-old-media-silenc

Obama Goon Squad Shuts Down Macsmind Blog
By Gateway Pundit(Gateway Pundit)
As you know I was hacked by operatives of the Obama Campaign last month. Well, it happened again. Basically they flooded the site with “sql bombs” according to the host that caused the shared server to stop running. …
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-goon
-squad-shuts-down-macsmind.html