Archive for August 16th, 2007

Des Moines Register: “McCain stresses commitment to Iraq.”

Here is the Register’s take on Senator McCain’s appearance at the Iowa State Fair - key excerpts from Jason Clayworth’s report: 

Arizona Sen. John McCain was the first of two speakers Tuesday at The Des Moines Register’s Soapbox presidential candidate appearances at the Iowa State Fair. McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, used the fair to emphasize some […]

KCSC (CBS affiliate in SC) reports: “McCain says he’s best-equipped for foreign policy.”

WCSC - a CBS affiliate in South Carolina, reported the following news on Senator McCain’s visit to the Palmetto State earlier this week - here are some excerpts:
Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain will continue his South Carolina tour in Port Royal this morning.  He’s spreading his message of change and preparing for next year’s GOP Primary…
McCain said […]

AP: “McCain says he would act on Social Security.”

The AP reported on Tuesday, August 14, that Senator McCain stated to a South Carolina crowd that he would take steps to resolve the problems facing Social Security in the long term.  Here are key excerpts:

Republican presidential contender John McCain says it’s disgraceful and outrageous that Congress hasn’t taken action to deal with the problems facing […]

NYTimes’s The Caucus: “McCain faces the heat in Iowa” - the heat index was over 105

More on Senator McCain’s visit to Iowa on Tuesday: the New York Times‘ The Caucus published a concise report of his trip to the State Fair at Ames, the site of Saturday’s straw poll, in which McCain did not compete.  The report also notes that the heat in Iowa was scorching - hence the headline.  Here are key excerpts:
…Mr. McCain, in his […]

WashPost’s The Trail: “The Hardest Call” - parallels McCain’s book with his campaign

The Washington Post’s The Trail published a short column by Michael D. Shear, paralleling Senator McCain’s campaign with the decision-making criteria in McCain’s recently published book, Hard Call.  Here are key excerpts:

It’s hard not to read John McCain’s new book, “Hard Call,” without feeling like the pages echo with what might have been.
The Arizona senator’s fifth book with […]


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