When voters return to the grim task of assessing John McCain’s credibility, they may turn to The Nation, which has just exposed yet another highly embarrassing episode in the career of his campaign manager, superlobbyist Rick Davis. This time the issue is not just another special interest represented by Davis, of which there are many examples, but the connections between Davis, the ruling Russian oligarchy, and the government of Vladimir Putin.
Davis seems to have made a lot of money in Montenegro, running an independence campaign that was supported by a starry-eyed McCain (he called it the "the greatest European democracy project since the end of the cold war" ) and a gimlet-eyed Putin (whose cronies and deputies have turned the little patch of former Yugoslavia into "Moscow on the Mediterranean"). Back when Davis was found to have promoted Russian interests in Ukraine, McCain got a pass because he had taken the opposite position.
The Montenegro story featur...
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Stunning. Here is Rick Davis’ response when asked about the stock market and the McCain response …
“There’s very little a candidate for president can say and very little the president can say about what’s happening in the stock markets except hope that they correct themselves,” Davis said, adding that McCain’s mortgage plan could be [...]... more
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The final days of the race will see wide-ranging advertising displays and grass roots efforts from the two campaigns (mostly from Obama), but the ground effort by the actual tickets will be strictly and expertly focused on only the biggest of battleground states. Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania are being swarmed by the members of both the Democratic and Republican tickets both today and into the weekend. While Biden and Palin converge on the Sunshine State over the weekend (after Palin hits Pen... more
McCain-Palin Campaign Manager Rick Davis says that he believes a comeback is in progress for Sen. McCain. He also said Gov. Palin is still attracting big crowds at her speeches. (0:47)
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Filed under: Hillary Clinton , Democrats , Ron Paul , 2008 President , Humor , Bill Clinton Don’t know how I missed this one. Two weeks after Election Day, Duval County, Fla, released its write-in voting results. Hillary Clinton was the clear winner. From News4Jax.com :Some voters expecting to vote for Barack Obama or John McCain two weeks ago were surprised to see 11 other names on the ballot. But 736 voters in Duval County weren’t happy with any of the choices and wrote i... more
MOSCOW: A certain sense of humor was called for when the
billionaire Aleksandr Lebedev looked out at the banquet hall,
glowing with candelabra and bare shoulders, where he had convened
Moscow’s elite to raise support for a major new theater project.
But he seemed well prepared.
"If there’s somebody in this hall who still has any money
left to support the Chekhov foundation," began Lebedev, who was
wearing patent leather sneakers with his tuxedo. Laughter began to
spread a... more
Antes de llegar a costas venezolanas, el crucero nuclear ruso y los
buques que lo acompañan realizarán escalas en Libia y otros países del
Mediterráneo. Foto: AP/Archivo
Mientras tanto, Putin asigna 2.200 millones de euros para el
rearme del Ejército y el despliegue de tropas en el exterior y Medvédev
anuncia maniobras militares rusas en Venezuela.
Los barcos militares rusos que se dirigen a Venezuela
realizarán escalas en Libia y otros países del Mediterráneo, anunció ... more
8:30 a.m. Anti-Bush rally and protest at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, outside the U.N., 47th Street and First Avenue.
9 a.m. Tibetan supporters protest the arrival of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Ave.
9:30 a.m. Joel Klein attends opening of the new Harlem D.N.A. laboratory at John S. Roberts Education Complex, 2351 First Ave.
10 a.m. Council Member Larry Seabrook holds a hearing on the lack of diversity in the advertising industry. At City Hall, in the ... more
There is no bailout agreement yet , and stocks are down.
New state polls show Barack Obama and John McCain are nearly tied in Nevada and Virginia , and Obama leads 53-42 in New Mexico .
The McCain campaign produced three examples to confirm that Obama supporters attacked Sarah Palin’s family ; two of them were bloggers not officially associated with the campaign.
Palin will meet with seven world leaders at the U.N. this week , and also Henry Kissinger and Bono.
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Paterson lambasts progress at Ground Zero. [City Room]
The best real estate deal of all time? [Curbed]
Floorplans to Herzog & de Meuron’s Jenga-crazy 56 Leonard. [Curbed]
Brighton Beach condo’s downfall reveals the dangers of a tight housing market. [TRD]
Brooklyn’s own “living fossils.” [McBrooklyn via City Room]
If Dems take power in Albany this November, the state’s eminent domain laws could be changed. [NY Sun via Queens Crap]
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Steve Schmidt, a senior advisor for John McCain, attacked The New York Times today. He said, among other things, that the Times is “an organization that is completely, totally 150 percent in the tank for the Democratic candidate, which is their prerogative to be.” And that “whatever the New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization.”
All rather typical stuff from Camp McCain. Michael Calderone reached out to Bill Keller, and, in a sober r... more
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