October 07, 2008

The following is an excerpt from an article by the Associated Press, and is being released today by the Republican National Committee. Full release.

Ahead of tonight's town hall-style Presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee released a new web ad highlighting John McCain's strength in town halls. The video, called "Town Hall McCain," includes clips of analysts praising John McCain's performance in town halls and shows McCain himself bragging about how much he enjoys them. As one Republican who called town halls "one of the hardest thing to do in politics" said, John McCain does town halls "better than any other politician." Full release.

Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to allow the 17 remaining Uighur Guantanamo detainees to be released into the United States while their habeas corpus cases are decided. All these men were ruled to be non-enemy combatants by the U.S. Department of Defense. Full release.

"Vote. It's Your Right." So states the title of a guide for people with mental disabilities issued today by two national advocacy groups. The booklet written for voters with mental disabilities and their advocates also informs elections officials and mental health providers about laws that affect voting by individuals with mental disabilities. Full release.

Americans continued to be battered by rising health care costs this year, with more than half of those with health insurance reporting they experienced higher costs. Some said the increases adversely affected their household finances and some said the U.S. health care system is so flawed that it should be completely overhauled, according to the 2008 Health Confidence Survey (HCS). Full release.

A significant percentage of Latino voters in key battleground states are either undecided or still open to persuasion in the presidential contest, according to a survey released today by The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. Full release.

The declining state of the Nation's economy is taking a physical and emotional toll on people nationwide, yet it is women who are bearing the brunt of financial stress, according to data from the American Psychological Association's newly released 2008 Stress in America survey. Full release

Velvet Revolution ("VR"), a non-profit dedicated to clean and accountable government, today calls for Republican candidate John McCain to fire computer expert Michael Connell from his campaign for covering up alleged election manipulations of Karl Rove and others. Mr. Connell, the GOP's top computer expert, was subpoenaed based on a September 19th court order to testify under oath in an Ohio federal lawsuit looking into serious allegations that Mr. Rove has directed a strategy to illegally manipulate elections through the use of computer technology. Rather than cooperate in the investigation, Mr. Connell hired attorneys close to the Bush/Cheney Administration and refused to appear for the deposition arguing client (GOP) confidentiality. Those attorneys have said that they will do everything possible to keep Mr. Connell from testifying before the November general election. Full release

The Republican National Committee (RNC) today added a new friend update to its social networking Web site, http://www.BarackBook.com. The most recent friend update includes Barack Obama's notable association with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, who received sweetheart loans from Countrywide Financial and has long resisted tighter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In just four short years in the U.S. Senate, Obama has received more money from Fannie and Freddie than any other Senator in the past two decades -- coming in second only to Dodd. Full release

MerchantCircle, the largest social network of local business owners in the nation, today releases results from an Ohio survey of members. Of 338 small business owners surveyed, 54% planned to vote for Senator John McCain to 32% that planned to vote for Senator Barack Obama. Over 51% of Ohio business owners reported a decline in sales and revenue during the past year. The survey was conducted nationally from September 25 to October 6 and received 4,300 responses in all 50 states. MerchantCircle has 625,000 members across the nation. Full release

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