Morning Road Map
by Michelle Levi and Steve Chaggaris
McCain is in Sparks, Nev., where he’s holding what the campaign is billing as a “Local Leadership Meeting” today at 12:45pm ET right before a 1pm town hall meeting. This evening he holds fundraisers in Incline Village, Nev. and Englewood, Colo.
Obama holds private meetings in Washington, D.C. this morning before a midday fundraiser at the Mayflower Hotel. He will address the House Democratic Caucus at 5:30pm ET on Capitol Hill.
NEW OVERNIGHT: “I know that it’s controversial here in California, and I know there are certain environmentalists who have said that you shouldn’t do it,’’ McCain said of off shore oil drilling at a Bakersfield, Calif., fundraiser last night. He added, “we will compete and win here in the state of California with your support.” Speaking about her recent trip to Rwanda, Cindy McCain said her husband was abused as a POW in Vietnam. “He won’t say it, but I will,” she said. “He was mistreated during those times. He came home and overcame, much like those women [in Rwanda] did, overcame what had been done to him and what had happened. He reconciled. He became a part of the process that enabled Vietnam to have a normal relationship with the United States, the normalization.”
ECONOMY
Wall Street Journal, “Obama, McCain Shift Talk Back to Economic Issues”
NY Times, “Candidates Return Focus to Economy and Jobs”
LA Times, “Obama meets economic and business leaders; McCain promotes energy policies”
Washington Times, “Bush successor faces massive debt”
USA Today, “Candidates blast White House’s economic oversight”
LA Times, “Campaign ads attack GOP candidates for oil industry ties”
VEEPSTAKES
Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who is reportedly at the top of Obama’s short list, is a guest on WTOP radio at 10am ET.
Politico, “Kaine ‘very, very high’ on VP shortlist”
Washington Post, “Kaine in ‘Serious Talks’ With Obama”
Boston Globe, “Va. governor in ‘serious’ VP talks with Obama”
NY Times, “Obama-Clinton Ticket Is Seen As Unlikely”
CBS News’ Bentley, “McCain Talks About His Veep Search”
Washington Times, “Evangelicals warn against McCain-Romney ticket”
Providence Journal interviews Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
Des Moines Register, “Pawlenty to campaign in Iowa Saturday”
The Hill, “Keeping quiet’s the rule for would-be VPs”
Politico, “How to roll out a running mate”
McCAIN’S HEALTH
Larry King asked McCain about the mole he had removed from his face Monday and general concerns about his health. “I had one serious bout with [melanoma] and that was frankly due to my own neglect. I let it go and go and go. In fact, I was running for president at the time. I'm not making that mistake again,” he admitted. Yet he assured King voters had no reason to be concerned about his health.
Boston Globe, “Growth removed from McCain’s face”
LA Times, “Melanoma cancer survivor John McCain has piece of skin removed from his face”
NY Times, “McCain Has a Spot Removed From His Face”
McCAIN vs. OBAMA
Chicago Sun-Times’ Roeper, “Million bucks on a candidate? Put it on McCain” : “If you handed me a million dollars today and said I could place it on one candidate, I'd pace around like a contestant on "Deal or No Deal?" waffling and wavering and considering both options. Then, I'd put the money on McCain. Call me a cynic, call me a realist. I just have this nagging, heavy feeling that, on Election Day, far too many people are going to cast their vote for McCain not so much because they believe in McCain, but because they just can't take the idea of Obama in the White House.”
USA Today, “McCain gains on Obama in poll”
OBAMA’S FOREIGN TRIP
NY Times, “A Canceled Obama Visit, and the Story Behind It”
NY Post’s Taheri, “O’s Tour De Farce” : “Iraqis were most surprised by Obama's apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he'd been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ‘He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,’ a senior Iraqi official told me. ‘As far as he is concerned, this is Bush's war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat.’”
ALSO:
Chicago Sun-Times, “Obama’s to-do list: Select running mate, take vacation”
San Francisco Chronicle, “McCain defends his tech smarts in S.F.” : “‘Am I a tech freak? No,’ he said in an interview Monday with The Chronicle. ‘And I don't like to text message because I'd rather call somebody on the telephone.’ ‘I do understand the importance of the computer. I understand the importance of the blogs,’ he said... He added, ‘But I am forcing myself ... let me put it this way, I am using the computer more and more every day.’"
Wall Street Journal, “Irked Extremes May Mean A Happy Political Middle”
Reuters, “Obama win not to supplant civil rights campaign”
The Hill, “For Obama, ‘It’s the trust, stupid’”
Chicago Tribune, “Michelle Obama talks up family life at fundraiser -- Democrat reaches out to Clinton supporters”
McClatchy Newspapers, “Key GOP senator won’t attend party’s convention”
Chicago Sun-Times, “Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak says he has brain tumor”
Boston Globe, “The Story Behind Ted Kennedy’s Surgery”
McCain is in Sparks, Nev., where he’s holding what the campaign is billing as a “Local Leadership Meeting” today at 12:45pm ET right before a 1pm town hall meeting. This evening he holds fundraisers in Incline Village, Nev. and Englewood, Colo.
Obama holds private meetings in Washington, D.C. this morning before a midday fundraiser at the Mayflower Hotel. He will address the House Democratic Caucus at 5:30pm ET on Capitol Hill.
NEW OVERNIGHT: “I know that it’s controversial here in California, and I know there are certain environmentalists who have said that you shouldn’t do it,’’ McCain said of off shore oil drilling at a Bakersfield, Calif., fundraiser last night. He added, “we will compete and win here in the state of California with your support.” Speaking about her recent trip to Rwanda, Cindy McCain said her husband was abused as a POW in Vietnam. “He won’t say it, but I will,” she said. “He was mistreated during those times. He came home and overcame, much like those women [in Rwanda] did, overcame what had been done to him and what had happened. He reconciled. He became a part of the process that enabled Vietnam to have a normal relationship with the United States, the normalization.”
ECONOMY
Wall Street Journal, “Obama, McCain Shift Talk Back to Economic Issues”
NY Times, “Candidates Return Focus to Economy and Jobs”
LA Times, “Obama meets economic and business leaders; McCain promotes energy policies”
Washington Times, “Bush successor faces massive debt”
USA Today, “Candidates blast White House’s economic oversight”
LA Times, “Campaign ads attack GOP candidates for oil industry ties”
VEEPSTAKES
Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who is reportedly at the top of Obama’s short list, is a guest on WTOP radio at 10am ET.
Politico, “Kaine ‘very, very high’ on VP shortlist”
Washington Post, “Kaine in ‘Serious Talks’ With Obama”
Boston Globe, “Va. governor in ‘serious’ VP talks with Obama”
NY Times, “Obama-Clinton Ticket Is Seen As Unlikely”
CBS News’ Bentley, “McCain Talks About His Veep Search”
Washington Times, “Evangelicals warn against McCain-Romney ticket”
Providence Journal interviews Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
Des Moines Register, “Pawlenty to campaign in Iowa Saturday”
The Hill, “Keeping quiet’s the rule for would-be VPs”
Politico, “How to roll out a running mate”
McCAIN’S HEALTH
Larry King asked McCain about the mole he had removed from his face Monday and general concerns about his health. “I had one serious bout with [melanoma] and that was frankly due to my own neglect. I let it go and go and go. In fact, I was running for president at the time. I'm not making that mistake again,” he admitted. Yet he assured King voters had no reason to be concerned about his health.
Boston Globe, “Growth removed from McCain’s face”
LA Times, “Melanoma cancer survivor John McCain has piece of skin removed from his face”
NY Times, “McCain Has a Spot Removed From His Face”
McCAIN vs. OBAMA
Chicago Sun-Times’ Roeper, “Million bucks on a candidate? Put it on McCain” : “If you handed me a million dollars today and said I could place it on one candidate, I'd pace around like a contestant on "Deal or No Deal?" waffling and wavering and considering both options. Then, I'd put the money on McCain. Call me a cynic, call me a realist. I just have this nagging, heavy feeling that, on Election Day, far too many people are going to cast their vote for McCain not so much because they believe in McCain, but because they just can't take the idea of Obama in the White House.”
USA Today, “McCain gains on Obama in poll”
OBAMA’S FOREIGN TRIP
NY Times, “A Canceled Obama Visit, and the Story Behind It”
NY Post’s Taheri, “O’s Tour De Farce” : “Iraqis were most surprised by Obama's apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he'd been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ‘He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,’ a senior Iraqi official told me. ‘As far as he is concerned, this is Bush's war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat.’”
ALSO:
Chicago Sun-Times, “Obama’s to-do list: Select running mate, take vacation”
San Francisco Chronicle, “McCain defends his tech smarts in S.F.” : “‘Am I a tech freak? No,’ he said in an interview Monday with The Chronicle. ‘And I don't like to text message because I'd rather call somebody on the telephone.’ ‘I do understand the importance of the computer. I understand the importance of the blogs,’ he said... He added, ‘But I am forcing myself ... let me put it this way, I am using the computer more and more every day.’"
Wall Street Journal, “Irked Extremes May Mean A Happy Political Middle”
Reuters, “Obama win not to supplant civil rights campaign”
The Hill, “For Obama, ‘It’s the trust, stupid’”
Chicago Tribune, “Michelle Obama talks up family life at fundraiser -- Democrat reaches out to Clinton supporters”
McClatchy Newspapers, “Key GOP senator won’t attend party’s convention”
Chicago Sun-Times, “Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak says he has brain tumor”
Boston Globe, “The Story Behind Ted Kennedy’s Surgery”
