Jerome blogs about Obama going on vacation. Interestingly, he also mentions the NRA and the US Chamber of Commerce, which are both going to spend huge sums this cycle. The NRA will kick in $40M and the Chamber is going to put in $100M. There are many outside groups on the right going after Obama, and the RNC has a fundraising advantage over the DNC, so it's looking more and more likely that Obama will be substantially outspent. I'm hoping to learn more about this project.
The United States and Iraq are nearing completion of negotiations on a security agreement that would pull American troops out of Iraqi cities by next July and foresees all U.S. combat troops gone from Iraq by 2011, according to two Iraqi officials who are familiar with the negotiations...
U.S. officials wouldn't discuss specifics. But a senior American official here confirmed that the negotiations are near completion, that the agreement now includes a "time horizon" for withdrawing American combat troops and that specific dates have been discussed.
Americans for Prosperity has this piece up. It's worth considering, as they are telegraphing their strategy. Here's another useful piece.
In contrast, McCain will be positioned as a bold leader on economic matters, someone who has a "record of taking on corporate interests" and will "fight speculation driving up prices of oil and food" as well as "the lawsuit culture."
"People are tired of big corporations, lobbyist and special interests who they feel prosper at their expense," the memo reads. "People must understand that John McCain is not only thinking of their future, but their children's futures as well."
"I would not be afraid to attack back," Schumer, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in an interview with Politico.
"I thought the Britney Spears commercial was powerful," Schumer said, referring to McCain's television ad casting Obama as a vapid "celebrity."
"They're trying to say, 'He's not one of us,'" Schumer said.
"I would answer back hard. What do you mean he's not one of us? It's John McCain who wears $500 shoes, has six houses and comes from one of the richest families in his state," Schumer said. "It's Barack Obama who climbed up the hard way, and that's why he wants middle-class tax cuts and better schools for our kids."
Democrat and Businessman Mike Skelly is criticizing Moveon for going after his opponent, Rep John Culberson, on drilling.
Skelly, who has called for lifting the ban on offshore drilling, says in the release that it is "time for MoveOn to move out of Texas."
"MoveOn's opposition to drilling is 100 percent wrong, and so is John Culberson's opposition to investment in renewable energy," Skelly said. "We need a balanced solution to our energy challenges that includes both drilling for domestic oil and investment in renewables. We have to do it all."
MoveOn spokeswoman Ilyse Hogue distanced the group from Skelly. she said the ad is on behalf of MoveOn's thousands of members in Culberson's district, and not Skelly's campaign.
"We don't know Mr. Skelly, but we seem to have one point of differentiation in that we don't think political speech is just for politicians."
Well I guess we know whether he would have voted to censure us.
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