July 18, 2008

Last week, John McCain's top economic advisor, Phil Gramm, echoed McCain's comments that America's economic problems were "psychological" by saying Americans are in a "mental recession" and that America had become a "nation of whiners." While McCain distanced himself from Gramm at the time, Gramm is now back on board as McCain's top economic adviser. Now, John McCain is in Michigan, a state that has been devastated by the Bush-McCain economy. Instead of offering a plan for how to create more and better jobs here at home and keep the ones we have, John McCain, with the help of out of touch campaign advisers like Phil Gramm, promises four more years of failed Bush economic policies that have hurt America including more unfair trade deals that will ship jobs overseas. Full release.

The following is being issued by the Republican National Committee: TIP #1: You Should Take The Opportunity To Learn About The Difficult Work Our Troops Are Doing, Before Assuming That They Are "Just Air-Raiding Villages And Killing Civilians" In Afghanistan. Full release.

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. 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. Full release.

The following Op-Ed by Charles Krauthammer from The Washington Post was released by the Republican National Committee: Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials. What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. Full release.

A report released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concludes that the United States is likely to have the resources necessary to alleviate most direct health threats from climate change. However, the report also concludes there will be an additional burden on an already stretched public health system as a result of climate change. Full release.

The following is an editorial from The Economist, July 17, 2008: [M]r Obama has not repealed the basic laws of politics. Most obviously, he may not win. Rasmussen, a pollster, rattled the Obama machine this week by showing the two candidates tied, and most other analysts agree that the bounce he enjoyed after seeing off Hillary Clinton has been small and short-lived. Full release.

Last week the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America unveiled Listening to America: The Democratic Platform for Change, a bold new initiative to involve the American people in the development of the Democratic National Platform, giving Americans the opportunity to organize and engage in Platform Meetings in all 50 states. Just a week after the launch of this ambitious platform program, interest is through the roof and in the last eight days alone, 1,300 platform meetings in all 50 states -- including town hall-style meetings, radio call-ins, and web chats -- have been scheduled. Full release.

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