McCain returns to economy
After days of bashing Democratic rival Barack Obama on foreign policy, John McCain returned to domestic affairs this morning in Michigan, a key battleground state particularly hard hit by the sagging economy.
The presumptive GOP nominee is speaking at the General Motors technical center in Warren, where the automaker is developing the Chevy Volt, the next generation of electric car. He is using the backdrop to highlight his "Lexington Project" to help push innovation in the US automobile industry as part of reducing dependence on foreign oil.
McCain has proposed a $5,000 tax credit for buyers of zero carbon emission cars, plus a $300 million prize for the inventor of a vehicle battery that leapfrogs existing technology for electric and hybrid cars.
"The visit highlights the ingenuity of America's workers and John McCain's innovative approach to solving our energy needs that his energy plan, the Lexington Project, will encourage,"Taylor Griffin, a McCain spokesman, said in a statement.
But Democrats are questioning whether McCain's retooled campaign -- with new leaders at the helm -- is driving into a ditch.
"Two weeks into the latest 'relaunch' of his campaign and it's more of the same for John McCain: more of the same bad news, bad reviews and campaign chaos," the Democratic National Committee said in a memo listing what it called his missteps. "While the elevation of Steve Schmidt was supposed to tighten McCain's message and organization, McCain was under fire from all sides this week - taking hits on everything from his incoherent foreign policy agenda and the lack of an economic plan, to his double talk on transparency and accountability, to the lack of enthusiasm for his campaign among key constituencies. Even his sense of humor became a liability for McCain.
"With less than 110 days left until the election, is it time to start wondering how many more weeks like this McCain can afford?"
The last two paragraphs are a hit job and should not be included in a news story. If Mongo the janitor at DNC has an opinion, it doesn't get covered. Why should that be any different?
I'm still wondering what the significant difference is between the Republicratics. Either way we vote, we still get more of the same. Anyone who honestly cares about what these candidates say are only fooling themselves. These are dark times, when both sides of our "two party system" are virtually identical in political theory, only slightly differing on outcome.
My government scares me more than any foreign terrorist. Neither candidate will roll back any of the federal powers to spy on my every move, financial transaction, job, family structure or living arrangement. I don't care which one gets elected, nothing will change.
Battery is the word used to describe a blovk of cells, No cell OR battery ofcells has ben devised that can match Detroit.
Its easy to see whom you will be voting for this election. No comments on the dems and BHO's atttacks on John McCain. No comments on how many times the BHO campaign has "retooled", let alone the number of times he has changed his positions. I don't like either candidate but I like so called "deputy national political directors" from newspapers with a not so hidden agenda even worse. If the article is supposed to be a personal opinion of yours then state so in the article, because it surely is one sided and less than factual. How about you so called newspaper reporters simply trying to report the facts and leave out your opinion. Idiots like you are ruining our country. Please stop trying to pass off your propaganda as news.
I'm confused, Foon, as to why you felt it was somehow informative to spend more space in your entry pasting a melodramatic DNC attack-response to McCain's talking points than you did explaining the details behind those same talking points. I'm also confused why you think the DNC's statement is at all relevant to McCain's economic assertions, considering it looks like a broad recap of this week's "public mood" (read: bought and paid for media trends). The DNC would have released that statement if McCain had talked about alternate energy sources or the danger of cosmic radiation mutating entire crops of soy beans.... why do we need to know McCain was under fire from the people who are firing at him? Was there nothing more specific and relevant for you to quote as an adequate counterweight?
McCain, McCain.....I was going to type something degrading and humorous about you, but I figured I should read some more news and see if you did it yourself, because you probably did......
Carly S. Foster Wrote:
Who has a better vision and judgment?
1) On August 1, 2007 Senator Barack Obama stated that, “If he wins the election in November and an actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets in Pakistan become available and President Musharraf won't act, he will."
Senator Obama was of course immediately labeled as being politically "naive". However on January 29, 2008 our military implemented Barack Obama's "new" foreign policy. Using good intelligence and on-the-ground cooperation by local informants, we launched a drone into Pakistan and killed a highly-place al-Qaeda leader. President Bush did this without coordinating or in cooperation with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.
2) In October of 2007, Senator Barack Obama in reference to Iran stated "We've done incredible damage to our security and standing around the world for lack of diplomacy". Senator Barack Obama stated that as president, he would use direct diplomacy as part of working toward putting a stop to Iran enriching uranium.
As the first step in implementing Senator Obama's "new" foreign policy, the Bush administration plans to send an envoy to talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in Geneva this weekend. William J. Burns, undersecretary of state for political affairs and the administration's point man on Iran, will accompany European Union foreign policy chief in persuading Tehran to stop enriching uranium. In addition, the government is considering opening an embassy that has been closed for over 20 years.
3) In November of 2006, Senator Barack Obama said the Iraq war has had "disastrous consequences" for the battle against the al Qaeda terrorist network and thus called for some of the troops now in Iraq to be sent to Afghanistan. In August of 2007, Senator Obama called for two additional brigades to be sent to Afghanistan. He has also consistently called for a phased withdrawal from Iraq.
Obama’s position on phased withdraw is shared by the U.S. recognized Iraqi government. In addition, top U.S. defense officials now say they hope to send more forces to Afghanistan sooner than planned to tackle rising violence there and have recommend a cut in troop levels in Iraq. And of course, for the very first time on Tuesday of this week Senator John McCain joined with Senator Barack Obama in his call for more troops in Afghanistan.
4) In an October 2002 speech, Senator Barack Obama also stated: Let's fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn't simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil."
It seems everyone in the United States is now embracing this "new" thinking in energy policy.
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