Archive for July 18th, 2008
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Phil Gramm steps down after ‘whiners’ comment
Former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm said Friday that he is stepping down as co-chairman of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign amid criticism for saying last week that “we have sort of become a nation of whiners.”
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McCain says Obama trip to Iraq may be soon (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John
McCain commented on Friday on the unannounced timing of a
high-security trip by Barack Obama to Iraq, saying he believed
his Democratic rival was going this weekend. -
Foes no more, McCain, Romney warm to each other (AP)
AP - Just as Republican John McCain was unloading on his Democratic presidential rival Friday, he was offering warm, effusive words for once bitter foe Mitt Romney. And Romney, the mega-millionaire former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was pledging to help McCain’s presidential campaign financially and in any other way. -
McCain adviser Gramm quits after ‘whiners’ remarks (AP)
AP - Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that the United States had become a “nation of whiners” whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a “mental recession.” -
President’s Radio Address
In his weekly radio address President Bush said “I have great confidence that our economy will pull through this difficult period, because I have great confidence in the boundless, innovative spirit of the American people. This is a Nation that has faced tough challenges in the past and overcome them, and we will do so again. With sound policies in Washington and the ingenuity of our citizens, our economy will emerge from this period stronger and better than before.”
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Obama going abroad with world watching
Obama will make his international debut as a Democratic candidate in the coming days with a weeklong tour of the Middle East and Europe designed to deepen his foreign policy credentials.
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Poll: Acceptance of gays in military grows
Seventy-five percent of Americans in a new poll said gay people who are open about their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, up from 62 percent in early 2001.
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McCain raises more than $21 million in June
Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $21 million in June and spent nearly $26 million, the campaign reported Friday night.
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McCain adviser Gramm leaves campaign
Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, said Friday he is resigning from the role as campaign co-chair after his comments that the U.S. had become a “nation of whiners.”
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NYT: Rivals McCain, Romney make up
It was not so long ago that the idea that Senator John McCain would even entertain tapping Mitt Romney, his bitterest primary rival, as his running mate would have seemed preposterous.