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From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli CAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- Obama said today that he doesn’t think the notion that he is arrogant -- advanced this week by the McCain campaign in TV ads and Web videos -- has stuck in the American psyche, challenging that while the Republicans are good at negative campaigning, they fail when it comes to governing. He also responded to questions of race in the campaign, saying the McCain campaign was not "racist," but "cynical." “That's why, if you think about this week, what they've been good at is distraction,” Obama told reporters at a press conference this morning. “You've got statistics saying we've lost another 50,000 jobs. That Florida's in recession for the first time in a decade and a half. And what was being talked about were Paris and Britney. And so they're clever on creating distractions from the issues that really matter in people's lives.” But perceptions matter, and Obama was asked how he could fight the view that he’s being arrogant or presumptuous. “You know, I don't know that there's that perception,” he said. “That's something that's being fed to the media by them... And I think what would be useful is to ask the question, what's this based on?... If I was presumptuous or taking this for granted, I wouldn't be working this hard this week. I'm beat.” Later, Obama actually repeated Republican attack lines of the past few weeks, point by point. And he signaled that he would not be tempted to go ... Source: firstread.msnbc.msn.com --- 19 days ago
From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy and NBC's Mark MurrayOn the candidate's plane en route Panama City, FL McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace responded to the campaign's new Web video entitled "The One," in which Obama seemingly is compared to Jesus and Moses. "It was a communication to our supporters and it was kind of a bookend to a week that we thought was very successful and it was the intention to use a little bit of humor," Wallace said. Wallace added that the campaign was "proud to use...( read more ) ... Source: news.aol.com --- 14 days ago
Filed under: John McCain , Race Here's a follow-up to a story I posted a few days ago. John McCain's campaign has formally apologized to a black newspaper reporter who was summarily removed from a press area last Friday. Heres more from the paper where the reporter works: Senior Writer Stephen Price, asked to leave an area restricted to national reporters while other state reporters remained, got a personal apology from McCain's campaign Tuesday evening. Price was the lone black reporter among the media in the area at a Panama city rally on Friday. Price and the paper have accepted the McCain Camp's apology, but still wonder why, and who, directed the Secret Service agent to toss the reporter from the proceedings in the first place: "It's the right thing for the McCain campaign to do," Gabordi [Bob, Executive Editor of the Tallahassee Democrat] said. "Our issue remains with the Secret Service agent. His actions are still a problem. The senator's campaign has done the right thing and we appreciate that." So, the question remains, why did the Secret Service agent, after reviewing Price's press credentials, single him out for removal? Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ... Source: www.nytimes.com --- 19 days ago
As the tone of the contest sharpened, the exchange injected racial politics front and center into the general election for the first time. ... Source: www.nytimes.com --- 19 days ago
As the tone of the contest sharpened, the exchange injected racial politics front and center into the general election for the first time. ... Source: www.reuters.com --- 19 days ago
PANAMA CITY, Florida (Reuters) - Republican John McCain's presidential team mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Friday as an overconfident, Messiah-like candidate with a tendency toward exaggeration in a Web ad that closed out a week of attacks. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 19 days ago
ORLANDO, Fla. - Senator John McCains campaign accused Senator Barack Obama on Thursday of playing the race card, citing his remarks that Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out he doesnt look like all those other presidents on the dollar ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 16 days ago
John McCain held a small-business roundtable this morning at a label-making company in suburban Philadelphia. ... Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 18 days ago
Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Cape Canaveral. Barack Obama rejected the McCain campaign’s claim that he had injected racial politics into the contest, adding that cynicism not racism motivated the Republicans recent attacks. “In now way do I think John McCain’s campaign was being racist,” Obama told reporters at an Orlando hotel. “I think [...] ... Source: elections.foxnews.com --- 19 days ago
Barack Obama’s top strategist said Friday that John McCain’s campaign manufactured a racial debate when it accused Obama of “playing the race card” the day before. Strategist David Axelrod defended the Illinois senator, saying he was just being “self-mocking” when he told a Missouri crowd that Republicans would try to scare voters by saying he doesn’t [...] ... Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 19 days ago
John McCain's campaign is turning up the heat by questioning Barack Obama's leadership and likening him to pop stars. Obama's response: "Is that the best you can come up with?" Dean Reynolds reports. ... Source: www.iht.com --- 19 days ago
As the tone of the contest sharpened, the exchange injected racial politics front and center into the general election for the first time. ... Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 17 days ago
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the chief deputy minority whip in the House, has been asked by the McCain campaign for personal documents so they can look into the possibility of Cantor becoming McCain's running mate, the Associated Press reports. Cantor and the McCain campaign wouldn't comment on the report, but the AP says a "Republican familiar with the conversations between Cantor and the McCain campaign said Cantor has been asked to turn over documents," though the source did not have specifics. Cantor has been a strong McCain surrogate during the campaign, often offering harsh words about presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama. He is a pro-business representative from Virginia - a key swing-state and the home of potential Obama running mate Tim Kaine - though he is largely unknown outside the state. Cantor, who is Jewish, has been a strong supporter of Israel. He is well liked by conservatives, a group McCain has had trouble shoring up. ...
Source: www.associatedcontent.com --- 17 days ago
The response of Obama Camp to a new McCain Internet web ad ... Source: www.detnews.com --- 20 days ago
Barack Obama's presidential campaign called ads aired in Michigan and other states by their Republican opponents "gutter distractions," while John McCain and his campaign manager accused Obama of injecting race into the campaign. ... Source: cbs2chicago.com --- 17 days ago
Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign is not racist but is cynical in trying to divert voter attention from the real issues of the presidential campaign. ... Source: www.nowpublic.com --- 16 days ago
The McCain campaign is urging voters to make sure their car tires are properly inflated to save gasoline but only half-heartedly. Campaign adviser Mark Salter distributed tire pressure gauges labeled “Obama’s... read more ... Find more results for McCain Camp on RSSMicro.com |
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Reuters - Republican John McCain's presidential team mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Friday as an overconfident, Messiah-like candidate with a tendency toward exaggeration in a Web ad that closed out a week of attacks. ...
We saw this on The New York Observe r blog . John McCain spokesperson Michael Goldfarb ripped into the NYT. "If the shareholders of the New York Times ever wonder why the paper's ad revenue is plummeting and its share price tanking, they need look no further than the hysterical reaction of the paper's editors to any slight, real or imagined, against their preferred candidate. This campaign has never engaged in 'racially tinged attacks,' and the Barack Obama campaign conceded as much yesterday in a statement clarifying that "Barack Obama in no way believes that the McCain campaign is using race as an issue." That the Times made this allegation in a blog post rather than running it on the editorial page indicates that they either knew the charge was bogus or they didn't have the nerve to make their case in full view of the public. But in their new role as bloggers, the paper's editors seem to have all the intelligence and reason of the average Daily Kos diarist sitting at home in his mother's basement and ranting into the ether between games of dungeons and dragons. They also have about as much care for the facts--the "board" has already been forced to append a correction." It's not that McCain himself has said that he ' hates the bloggers '. It's not that his spokesperson just said that the NYT's ad revenue is down because they love Obama too much. It's not that it reminds us that McCain has admitted to not knowing how to use a com ...