Good evening from Arlington:
With seven weeks to go, we're inaugurating a daily update to you from our headquarters here in Arlington. Feel free to pass it to your friends and family, and get them involved with us!
Tomorrow is the first National Veterans Phone Bank Night. Visit your local McCain office or Victory center, and join your fellow veterans and McCain-Palin supporters. Visit http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/StateContact.htm to find the office near you. These call nights will take place EVERY WEDNESDAY from now until the election.
Onward to victory!
Lang Sias
National Director
Veterans for McCain-Palin
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, September 17:National Veterans Phone Bank Night
Friday, September 26:First Presidential Debate, Oxford, Mississippi
THE BULLETIN BOARD
Daily Polls
Rasmussen
McCain Palin 49%
Obama Biden 47%
Gallup
McCain Palin 48%
Obama Biden 47%
Clip of the Day:
John McCain: "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and that we had to work on it. And I have always opposed the greed of Wall Street and I know how we can fix this. We have to assure every American that their deposit in a bank is safe. We have to have a 9/11 commission. And we have to fix this alphabet soup of regulatory agencies that's left over from the 1930s. We can come back from this. It's a very tough crisis, and we're the victim of the violation of the social contract between capitalism and the American citizen."
Watch John McCain On CNN's "American Morning"
Must Reads:
McCain Tells Crowd Economy 'In Crisis'
By Jim Stratton
Orlando Sentinel
September 16, 2008
Amid near-chaos on Wall Street, John McCain on Monday told an Orlando audience that the U.S. economy is "in crisis," sounding a new note of urgency in a campaign that's preferred until now not to talk much about the economy.
To read more, click here: Orlando Sentinel: McCain Tells Crowd Economy 'In Crisis'
McCain Rides Surge Into Tampa Rally
By William March
The Tampa Tribune
September 16, 2008
TAMPA - Now going his separate way from his running mate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona will appear at a rally in Tampa today without Sarah Palin but still riding the surge in polls and excitement he got from adding her to his ticket.
Since his convention and his choice of Palin, polls have shown McCain moving ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in Florida.
To read more, click here: Tampa Tribune: McCain Rides Surge Into Tampa Rally
Palin Fires Up Supporters At Jeffco Rally
Followers certain she's 'the person we need right now'
By Lisa Ryckman
Rocky Mountain News
September 16, 2008
Some folks had supported Mitt Romney, and some had supported Mike Huckabee, and some hadn't supported anybody at all.
And then along came Sarah.
To read more, click here: Rocky Mountain News: Palin Fires Up Supporters At Jeffco Rally
Palin Stumps In Stark
By Robert Wang
Canton Repository
September 16, 2008
JACKSON TWP. With her remarks rousing an estimated crowd of more than 200 at a fundraiser here Monday evening, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin appeared to have earned herself honorary Buckeye status among Ohio Republicans.
To read more, click here: Canton Repository: Palin Stumps In Stark
Obama Ad On Lobbying Turns Past Into Present
Washington Post
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
"John McCain's chief adviser lobbies for oil companies, even from Russia and China. His campaign manager lobbies for corporations outsourcing American jobs."
Barack Obama "It's Over" television ad
To read more, click here: The Washington Post: Obama Ad On Lobbying Turns Past Into Present
On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right
What was that Illinois sex-education bill really about?
By Byron York
National Review
September 16, 2008, 0:28 a.m.
In recent days, a consensus has developed among the Obama campaign and commentators in the press that John McCain has decided to lie his way to the White House. Exhibit A in this new consensus is McCain's ad, released last week, claiming that Barack Obama's "one accomplishment" in the field of education was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."
To read more, click here: National Review: On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right
Obama's Tax Pledge: Can He Really Keep It?
New Hampshire Union Leader
Editorial
September 16, 2008
In Dover on Friday, Sen. Barack Obama did not exactly pledge not to raise taxes on Americans who make less than $250,000 a year. He didn't say that he wouldn't raise taxes on you. He said his "plan" wouldn't.
To read more, click here: New Hampshire Union Leader: Obama's Tax Pledge: Can He Really Keep It?
Out West, Obama Faces Gun Battle
By Jake Tapper,
ABC's Political Punch
September 15, 2008
DENVER, Colo. -- Colorado is home to more than 100,000 dues-paying members of the National Rifle Association, all of whom should have received THIS MAILER sometime in the last week, which says he would be "the most anti-gun president in American history," and refers gun rights enthusiasts to the website GunBanObama.com.
To read more, click here: ABC News: Out West, Obama Faces Gun Battle
Mac Makes Move On Dem 'Empire'
By Brendan Scott
New York Post
September 16, 2008
ALBANY - Surging Republican John McCain has moved to within 5 percentage points of Democrat Barack Obama in the true-blue Empire State, a stunning new Siena poll has found.
The Arizona senator trails Obama 46 percent to 41 percent, slashing his deficit from June, when he trailed 51-33. Last month, McCain lagged 47-39.
The close race is particularly dramatic for New York.
To read more, click here: New York Post: Mac Makes Move On Dem 'Empire'
