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Blog Buzz: Ad Wars, John McCain Wants to Fire SEC Chair, Todd Palin Ignores Subpoena

Recent ads released by Barack Obama and John McCain have set off an ad war between the candidates. McCain has released two ads tying Barack Obama to former Fannie Mae CEOs Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson. The Obama campaign says an E-mail proves that Raines is not an adviser, but the McCain campaign points to recent stories in the Washington Post to support its assertion. Conservative bloggers aren't happy about a Time blogger who says that McCain is playing the race card with the Raines ad (Raines is African-American) because of images in the ad and the omission of Obama's tie to Johnson, who is white. They point out that McCain has since released an ad about Johnson. For their part, the Obama campaign has released a Spanish-language ad, "Dos Caras," attacking McCain on immigration and linking the candidate to Rush Limbaugh.

Ad Roundup: John McCain's Ads Get Personal, Barack Obama Hits McCain on Healthcare, Mortgage Plans

This week's political ads covered a range of issues, from Barack Obama's connection with the Weather Underground's Bill Ayers to John McCain's support of veterans to Obama's position on gun rights. McCain's ads reflected his new strategy of focusing on Obama's character instead of the economy, while Obama's ads focused on McCain's latest proposals for healthcare and home mortgages.

McCain Campaign Offers Rewards For Turn-Key Comments

According to a story at the Washington Post, John McCain's presidential campaign is offering more than moral suasion to fire people up for a McCain presidency; they're also offering ready-made snippets of rhetoric for interested supporters to supply under their own names in public comments to online news sources and forums. Such pre-written commentary by itself is neither new nor necessarily nefarious, but it seems a bit off-kilter that prolific commenters are eligible for rewards — not just campaign swag like hats and stickers, but higher-ticket items like a ride with McCain on his campaign bus. Probably a script could be whipped up to compare the canned suggestions on the site with "grassroots" comments on political news sites around the web.

McCain BlackBerry Ad Hits YouTube

As the markets crash and the bail-outs pile up, John McCain's BlackBerry gaffe continues to pick up steam. News stories mentioning "McCain and BlackBerry" topped 2,300 in a 24-hour stretch ending Wednesday -- that's almost half the number of stories mentioning "McCain and A.I.G." in the same period.

McCain Releases Technology Platform

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "John McCain has finally released a technology platform. Most of it is the same old stuff; lower corporate taxes, protect children from porn, and avoid Internet regulation unless 'necessary.' Alas, in his view, helping the RIAA's War on Sharing is necessary to stop the 'global epidemic' of piracy, while Net Neutrality is something he 'does not believe in.' Ars Technica has a review of McCain's platform." A brief analysis is also available from Federal Computer Week. In addition to the technology policy, McCain has also released a paper describing his stance on security and privacy. We've previously contrasted his views with those of Barack Obama. Obama's technology policies are also available online.

McCain Does a Google on the Blackberry He Invented

Seems someone is desperately trying to shed his Luddite image when it comes to technology. You see, Old Man McCain doesn't need to be able to use a computer, surf the Internets, or know what Google really is, because he's invented the Blackberry. I guess McCain and Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens have more in common than just Sarah Palin's support for the Bridge to Nowhere. Hey, if you believe McCain invented the Blackberry, then I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you!

Adviser Takes Heat for Claims McCain Helped Create BlackBerry

John McCain policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin has been catching heat for claims that McCain's work as a senator is responsible for the development of RIM's BlackBerry. Another McCain aide shrugged off the comment as a "boneheaded joke by a staffer." The senator's work with the Senate Commerce Committee did give him a role with the country's economic interests, including the telecommunications industry.

Blog Buzz: McCain-Palin Crowds Get Angry, Troopergate Report, Barack Obama and ACORN

The recent rowdiness among McCain-Palin supporters at rallies has drawn more scorn from liberal bloggers today, who say that John McCain and Sarah Palin are encouraging these "festivals of hate" at which supporters call Obama a "traitor" and shout "Off with his head!" Other bloggers say the GOP campaign is "appalling" and wonder if the "toxic cocktail" of "hate, fear, and ignorance" will pay off come Election Day. TPM bloggers are outraged that McCain and Palin have not condemned the behavior of some of their supporters and say that the candidates are responsible for creating the hysteria. Michael Crowley at The New Republic reminds us that Democrats exhibited similar rage toward Bush in 2004. Ann Althouse says there's nothing wrong with "candidates attacking their opponents or crowds becoming enthusiastic.

Hot Docs: Fact-Checking the Obama-McCain Debate, Palin E-Mail Hacking Indictment

Fact-Checking the Second Obama-McCain Debate In their second televised debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama both made "misleading statements and mangled facts," according to an analysis by FactCheck.org. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group found that both candidates oversimplified the causes of the financial crisis. Also, McCain claimed that he came up with a new idea to have the government help people write down their mortgages, even though this authority was already given to the secretary of the treasury in the $700 billion bailout bill. Obama had also proposed a similar idea two weeks ago.

Blog Buzz: the Verdict on Last Night's Obama-McCain Debate, Another Strategy Change, and the New Mortgage Proposal

Politico has declared it the "worst debate in history," but bloggers still had plenty to say about last night's town-hall showdown between Barack Obama and John McCain. The consensus among liberal and conservative bloggers is that Obama won, prevailing against McCain with his professorial manner, coherent answers, and his calm, presidential demeanor. Despite expectations that the town-hall format would favor McCain, he did just OK. Liberal bloggers say he seemed "clumsy and unsure of himself," failed to shake up or change the direction of his flailing campaign, and had some "whoppers" throughout the night. Conservative bloggers say he was good but it "wasn't enough," and he failed to make Obama seem dangerous. Both liberals and conservatives agree Tom Brokaw was a subpar moderator who put a damper on the town-hall aspect of the debate.

Flickring here, twittering there

ON JULY 30th John McCain’s campaign released an anti-Barack Obama advertisement on the McCain YouTube channel. The ad compared Mr Obama’s celebrity to that of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. By August 13th it had been viewed 2m times, TV and newspapers had taken it up, a bikini-clad Paris had launched a spirited riposte (“Thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude”) and it was still the most viewed clip on the McCain channel. In reply, Mr Obama’s campaign launched “Low Road Express”, a website that mocked Mr McCain’s reputation for straight talk. On July 31st the Republican National Committee launched “Obama Audacity Watch”, to track less-than-glowing stories and clips about him.

McCain says US should renegotiate home mortgages

John McCain dismissively called rival Barack Obama "that one," Obama mocked McCain's "Straight Talk Express," and both left the debate stage to return to the campaign trail Wednesday.

McCain helped create BlackBerry: adviser

John McCain helped create the BlackBerry. At least that's the contention of a top McCain policy adviser.

McCain says US should renegotiate home mortgages

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., participates in a rally with his wife Cindy in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Tuesday McCain is scheduled to debate Democratic rival Barack Obama in the second of three presidential debates. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

McCain Blogger: D&D players pro-Obama... not chaotic neutral

I just want to eat cold pizza, roll some dice, and drink some beer... so why does everyone want me mad about what some politician said? Apparently one of John McCain's bloggers brought up the issue of unpatriotic Dungeons and Dragons players, and now the community is putting down their Rush tapes and getting angry about the partisan use of their hobby. Dungeons and Dragons isn't Republican or Democrat, it's chaotic neutral! Here's what was said, from McCain's official site:

Blog Buzz: John McCain's Mortgage Proposal Flops, New Bill Ayers Ad, NSA Wiretapping Report

John McCain's "Homeownership Resurgence Plan" continues to get flak today from liberal bloggers, who say it's another example of McCain's erratic behavior and poor judgment. Andrew Sullivan says that it's "worse than imagined," and Noam Scheiber at The New Republic explains why. Matthew Yglesias describes a major change in the plan that happened overnight. Barack Obama has released an ad attacking the plan; he also criticized it on the stump in Ohio. Conservative bloggers at National Review Online still aren't fans.

John McCain Better Prepared to Manage Overall Economy, According to New Register.com Survey

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- The Register.com Customer Opinion Poll of small business customers has revealed that more than half (54%) of small businesses believe that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is better prepared to manage the overall economy vs. only 36% of respondents that believe the same about Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). Additionally, while the majority of respondents believe Senator Obama has demonstrated a better understanding of how to successfully use the Internet, the majority also believes Senator McCain will do more to help small businesses and protect them online.

Adviser calls BlackBerry 'miracle' McCain 'helped create'

(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create."

Obama & McCain Conflicting On Net Neutrality

longacre writes "For all their incessant bickering in the first two presidential debates over conflicts of interest and government regulation, PopMech columnist Glenn Derene is puzzled that the candidates have yet to be challenged on a vital issue directly related to both those topics: Net neutrality. John McCain and Barack Obama have stated elsewhere their opposing views on the issue, with McCain being opposed to Net neutrality and favoring light regulation of the Internet, while Obama is in favor of neutrality and seeks Government involvement. In any case, since there is no standard accepted definition of "network neutrality," until the candidates elaborate on their positions (which they both declined to do for this piece, nor anywhere else so far, for that matter), "both sides can make a credible case that they're the ones defending fr

Obama Beats McCain In Spam Landslide

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times runs an article about the spammers' choice of presidential candidate. From the article: 'According to Secure Computing Corp., spammers were nearly seven times more likely to slap Obama's name in the subject line than McCain's during September. The bulk of Obama's lead in the spam wars came from a massive blitz early in the month.' Secure Computing released additonal numbers for the past weeks, and McCain was able to close the gap in the latest spammers' poll."

Blog Buzz: Georgia, Penn, and Obama the Pork Artist

Liberals worry that John McCain is beating the drama drums (stupidly), and is doing so with the help of an adviser, Randy Scheuenemann, whose past experience with Georgia is not helpful. Matthew Yglesias argues that the fact that Russia is not actually re-creating the Soviet Union is a knock against people who suggested that it was Nazi Germany. Conservatives argue that Obama should start beating something—drums, whatever—rather than sitting quietly like...Bush. (Both McCain and Obama, by the way, favor NATO membership for Georgia.) And it turns out that the U.S. government had a sense of what was coming, just not its magnitude (maybe we shouldn't just go with implicit understandings with the Russians, eh?). Hot Air's Allahpundit sees a reach for Reagan in McCain's stance.

Palin gets more time to detail personal finances

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, right, and Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,listen to McCain speak at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Of Overhead Projectors and Planetarium Foolishness

We don't normally publish political articles here on Universe Today, but I'm going to make an exception here after watching last night's presidential debate because a.) John McCain mentioned something about a planetarium, which is an area of interest for UT readers, and b.) McCain obviously had no idea what he was talking about. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee pointed out how Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, has voted for almost a billion dollars of "pork barrel" projects (money for specific pet projects in their districts) and said, "He (Obama) voted for … $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois.”

McCain Equates Embryos and Fetuses in Stem Cell Statement

John McCain's recent statement on embryonic stem cell research was ambiguous in some ways, but clearly misleading in another: He equated human embryos with fetuses, and used language implying that farming fetuses for their tissues is a realistic possibility.

McCain BlackBerry Connects With Gore Internet

The McCain campaign says a spokesman made a "boneheaded joke" by implying that the Arizona Republican invented the BlackBerry.

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