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Why John McCain Could Still Beat Barack Obama in Presidential Race
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THE TELEGRAPH: Well, I got the first part right. Regular readers may recall that all those months ago, when Hillary Clinton was a dead cert for the Democratic nomination and John McCain was the RINO ("Republican in Name Only") outsider who had too many enemies within his own party to be a plausible candidate, I went out on a crazy limb and predicted that Barack Obama and McCain would be fighting each other for the presidency come November.

So now for the second half of my prediction: that John McCain would win the general election.

This bit may seem even more far-fetched, especially if you are following all this through the eyes of the British media, whose cynicism about domestic politics seems to be bizarrely mirrored (which is to say, reversed) by naivety about American politics. But I am standing by it. If anything, the events of the past few days have confirmed my view.



Why? Because the historical point that should have looked like Obama's irreversible moment of destiny - the vanquishing of his immensely powerful rival, Mrs Clinton - did not, in fact, lift him into clear triumphal territory.

Given the ecstasy of his own followers and the support he has had from the mainstream media in the United States, that event should have brought with it a sense of inevitability, an overwhelming tide of belief that he was now unstoppable: that the future belonged to him. It should, in short, have given him a real bounce in the polls. But it didn't. What he got was a very small spike.

The two polls taken immediately after Hillary's withdrawal speech (and her effusive expression of support for him) gave Obama leads so small as to be virtually within the margin of error. Why John McCain Could Still Beat Barack Obama in Presidential Race >>> By Janet Daley | June 9, 2008

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McCain Drops Rev Hagee over Highly Controversial Sermon
BBC: US presidential hopeful John McCain has rejected the backing of a Church leader who said Hitler was carrying out "God's will" in chasing the Jews from Europe.

It comes after the comments by evangelical preacher Rev John Hagee, which were made in the 1990s, re-emerged on a US news website.

In a sermon, Rev Hagee said the Nazi leader was carrying out a divine plan to gather Jews into the Holy Land.

The Republican candidate described the comments as "crazy and unacceptable".

Senator McCain had been criticised for seeking the endorsement of the controversial minister.

Rev Hagee has also described the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and a "false cult system", as well as suggesting that Hurricane Katrina was God's retribution for homosexual sin.

But while Senator McCain condemned those comments, he had not rejected Rev Hagee's endorsement until Thursday, when an audio recording of the preacher saying that God sent Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land was published on the Huffington Post website.


Pastor problems

The BBC's correspondent in Washington, James Coomarasamy, says that the senator had actively courted the pastor's support, in order to improve his standing within the evangelical community. McCain Drops Backer over Sermon >>>

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Media Mum as McCain ‘Spiritual Guide’ Calls for the Destruction of Islam
TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET: Islam “intends, through violence, to conquer the world,” and “America was founded in part with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed.” So says pastor Rod Parsley, who on February 26 endorsed John McCain for president. McCain has praised Parsley up and down, for his “leadership” and “guidance” and as a “moral compass” and a “spiritual guide.”


Hailed by McCain as “one of the truly great leaders in America,” Parsley believes that “Mohammed received revelations from demon spirits not from the living god” and says the U.S. stands as a “bastion against Islam in the world.” But campaign staffers say McCain’s acceptance of Parsley’s endorsement shouldn’t be construed as endorsement of the pastor’s ideology.

As Mother Jones reports, McCain has refrained from criticizing the Cincinnati pastor, “an important political ally in a crucial swing state.” Of course, the mainstream media has so far made barely a peep about McCain and Parsley while continuing to pile on Obama over his links to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. [Source: Media Mum as McCain 'Spiritual Guide' Calls for the Destruction of Islam]

DAILY TIMES:
McCain and His Islam-Hating Evangelists >>> By Khalid Hasan

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US Jews Prefer Clinton
YNET NEWS: New Gallup survey says 66% of American Jews will vote for former first lady should she be elected to compete against John McCain in presidential elections

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton is the most popular US candidate for president of the United States among Jewish voters, according to a new Gallup poll. Clinton's Democratic rival, Barack Obama, is not far behind.

Republican candidate John McCain will receive more Jewish votes than US President George W. Bush got four years ago, the poll said, but most Jews will remain loyal to the Democratic candidate. Poll: US Jews Prefer Clinton >>> By Yitzhak Benhorin | May 10, 2008

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McCain Enters Obama’s “Bitter” Row
BBC: Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has described Barack Obama's comments about "bitter" working-class voters as "elitist".

Mr McCain told reporters that the cultural and religious traditions of small-town Americans were not a response to economic hardship.

Mr Obama's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, also denounced the comments.

Mr Obama has said his remarks - made at a fundraiser in San Francisco last week - were ill-chosen.

'Cultural traditions'

Mr McCain was talking to journalists assembled for the annual Associated Press meeting.

He said that Americans from "small towns and rural communities" had not "turn[ed] to their religious faith and cultural traditions out of resentment and a feeling of powerlessness to affect the course of government or pursue prosperity".

"Their appreciation of traditions like hunting was based in nothing other than their contribution to the enjoyment of life", he added.

Mr Obama, running against Mrs Clinton to be the Democratic presidential candidate, was accused of taking a condescending view of small-town voters after he was filmed at a private fundraising gathering last week, during which he said he understood why residents of some hard-pressed communities grew angry.

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said.

"And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," he added. McCain Enters 'Bitter' Voters Row >>>

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World War IV: Europe on the Front Line
THE ATLANTICIST: A resurgent fundamentalist Islam is engaged in a global war against the West and the rest of the infidel world. In World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism former Commentary editor in chief Norman Podhoretz calls it WW4.

Republican presidential frontrunner John McCain believes “the transcendent challenge of the 21st century is radical Islamic extremists.” Mitt Romney said the “philosophy of radical jihadism says, ‘We want to kill.’” In stark contrast, Democrats, George Bush and many European leaders talk about combating terrorism – a means, disembodied from any animating ideology or purpose. It is as if in WW2 Roosevelt and Churchill had called for waging war against Panzer tanks. UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in a positively Orwellian construction now refers to Islamic terrorism as “anti-Islamic activity.”

21st century Europeans and Americans no longer understand men motivated by and willing, indeed eager, to kill and die for their faith. World War IV: Europe on the front line >>> By Eric Grover*

*Eric Grover is a principal at Intrepid Ventures, providing corporate development and strategy consulting to private and public financial services, processing, technology and payment network businesses, principally in North America and Europe.

Grover’s prior experience includes GE Consumer Finance, Visa International, Bank of America, NationsBank, Transamerica and Intrinsic. His commentaries on financial services, payment networks and processing have been frequently published in the American Banker, Cards International, the Daily Deal, Digital Transactions, Credit Card Management, Cards & Payments, Card Technology, CRM Magazine, and Silicon Valley Business Ink.

Grover has a BA in economics from Amherst College and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern Graduate School of Business.

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John McCain, soldat républicain pour la Maison-Blanche
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TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ÉTATS-UNIS | 00H00 A 71 ans, John McCain fait figure de favori pour décrocher l'investiture républicaine à l'élection présidentielle de novembre et tenter de succéder à son ancien rival de parti, George Bush.

John McCain célèbre ses victoires électorales à angle droit. Le sénateur républicain de l'Arizona, favori à l'investiture républicaine pour la présidentielle américaine de novembre, ne peut pas lever les bras plus haut que ses épaules, séquelle de la guerre du Viêt Nam. En 1967, il s'est cassé les deux bras et une jambe après s'être éjecté de son avion, qui avait été abattu au-dessus de Hanoi. McCain a passé cinq ans et demi dans un camp de prisonniers au Viêt Nam et a connu la torture.

Cet épisode de sa vie marque aujourd'hui encore les Américains. Dans sa campagne pour la Maison-Blanche, McCain utilise constamment son expérience militaire pour mettre sur la défensive son principal rival, Mitt Romney.

Ce dernier, un homme d'affaires mormon et ancien gouverneur du Massachusetts, n'a pas fait l'armée. «J'ai eu l'honneur de porter l'uniforme pendant 22 ans», a lancé McCain, lors d'un débat républicain mercredi soir en Californie. «Je ne l'ai pas fait par profit, mais par patriotisme.» A 71 ans, l'aîné des candidats à
la présidentielle incarne le paradoxe républicain cette année. Les conservateurs se méfient de ce politicien qui n'hésite pas à collaborer au Congrès avec l'«ennemi démocrate». Mais alors que les Américains répètent leur envie de changement après sept ans de gouvernement Bush, les républicains voient apparemment en McCain leur meilleure chance de conserver la Maison-Blanche. John McCain, soldat républicain pour la Maison-Blanche >>>

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