Posts from — July 2007

As a former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, McCain is extremely well-informed and well-versed in a wide range of complex technology policies such as spectrum allocation, etc.

ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign announced today that the Arizona Senator will participate in the Univision Network Presidential Forum to be held Sunday, September 16 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The first of its kind forum will be broadcast on the Univision Network in Spanish.

McCain Tops List of Candidates Voters have Confidence in Regarding National Defense.

Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today unveiled the national advisory committee on agriculture that will be working to engage and enlist voters across the country in support of the Arizona Senator. This influential leadership team will continue to build on Senator McCain’s volunteer grassroots organization.

“[O]ne candidate has turned his face to the fire. John McCain says the United States can’t just leave Iraq to its own resources. Not yet. He contends that halting progress is being made there, and he insists that the recent U.S. military escalation be given a chance to work.” — Keene [NH] Sentinel Editorial

John McCain has been campaigning in New Hampshire for months, but when he took the stage last week at a town-hall meeting in Keene, it felt like a reunion tour. Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” pumped on the sound system, and when the onetime GOP presidential front runner arrived, many of the 200 people packed in the room leapt to their feet, cheering. McCain railed against partisanship in Washington and attacked the free-spending ways of his own party. “It’s getting harder to do the work of the Lord in the city of Satan,” he said, prompting laugher and applause. A few feet away, a handmade campaign sign hung on the wall: THE MAC IS BACK!

And so the McCain for President reclamation project begins early the morning of July 25 in the lobby of a law firm here. He’s back home at the site of his greatest political triumph — his win over George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary seven years ago. It was here where Mr. Straight Talk Express shook hands with everyone and won over the press. It was here where he was happy.

It was an upbeat John McCain, in a Greenville Drive forest green jersey adorned with what he hopes will be his magic number ó ‘08 ó talking about a Republican presidential campaign that for his part, has had a rocky history of late.



Sitting outside the owner’s box while the Drive enjoyed a fleeting lead Friday night, McCain downplayed recent troubles and spoke in terms of a candidacy that has hit a speed bump or two, not a roadblock.

John McCain had an action-packed week filled with endorsements, a policy speech and stops in three crucial early voting states. Sen. McCain started the week in Louisiana picking up the endorsement of Former Governor Buddy Roemer before stopping in the first caucus state, Iowa, for a leadership meeting. He then traveled to Michigan to address the Southwest Michigan Economic Club on economic policy before moving on to New Hampshire for a “Meet The Candidates” forum and town halls with voters in that early primary state. John McCain continues his swing through the early states this weekend when he visits South Carolina to catch the Greenville Drive take on the Charleston Riverdogs in a Minor League Baseball game. He’ll also visit voters in Greenville, Spartanburg and Aiken.

Following the weekend in South Carolina, John McCain will be in Washington for an event with Young Professionals for McCain before heading to Palo Alto, California for a “New Captains of Innovation” Fireside Chat at Stanford University. For more information, log on to www.JohnMcCain.com and please be sure to forward this newsletter on to family, friends, and fellow John McCain supporters.

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Presidential hopeful John McCain said on Wednesday the United States will face the threat of terrorism for the rest of this century, warning against perverted forms of Islam that inspire hatred and fear.

If McCain Is History, So Is the Republican Party. That’s the line inside the Republican Party about its former frontrunner for the presidential nomination, John McCain. No name, not even Ron Paul, elicits the snort of contempt you get when you utter that of the senator from Arizona to a Republican operative.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that former Michigan State Senator Glenn Steil endorsed the Arizona Senator’s presidential candidacy.

Republican John McCain says that if elected president, he would repeal the alternative minimum tax and keep government spending in check using vetoes and line-item-veto authority.

Making his first visit to Michigan since his presidential campaign’s overhaul, John McCain called Monday night for repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax and institution of a line-item presidential veto, saying he would “leave a budget that stays balanced after I’m gone” if he’s elected.

John McCain addresses the Economic Club of Southwest MI:
Thank you for inviting me to talk with you about that great engine of opportunity and prosperity — the American economy. Two words summarize my remarks about the American Economy: Freedom works. Freedom works for everyone, and only through freedom has America achieved what was once thought impossible — a system in which ordinary people with ordinary abilities can create for themselves extraordinary lives. We have showed the world that power and wealth are the product of freedom and free market principles and not the other way around — the freedom to pursue your aspirations, to seize your opportunities, to rise as far as your own industry and imagination will take you, to make a better life for your children than you inherited, and to build together a civilization for the ages, in which all people share in the promise and responsibilities of liberty.

U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that former Louisiana Governor and U.S. Congressman Charles “Buddy” Roemer, III supports the Arizona Senator’s presidential candidacy

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is pledging to repeal the alternative minimum tax and hold down government spending with vetoes and line-item-veto authority.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that the Arizona Senator will hold a press conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, July 21st.

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Early this week, John McCain kept up his campaign momentum with a swing through New Hampshire for a series of Town Hall meetings with primary voters. He then flew cross-country to California to address a business forum in Silicon Valley before hopping a plane back to Washington where he participated in the Senate slumber party. Giving a rousing speech in support of our servicemen and women at 3:45 in the morning, John remarked, “I have one responsibility that outweighs all the others - and that is to do everything in my power, to use whatever meager talents I possess, and every resource God has granted me to protect the security of this great and good nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. And that I intend to do.”

Next week, look for John to address the Southwest Michigan Economic Club, where he will deliver his message of fiscal responsibility and government reform. He’ll then head to New Hampshire to participate in a “Meet The Candidates” forum with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. For more information, log on to www.JohnMcCain.com and please be sure to forward this newsletter on to family, friends, and fellow John McCain supporters.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) made the following statement on the Senate floor about the Levin-Reed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2008 at 3:45am on July 18, 2007.

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addressed the national convention of Christians United for Israel in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 17th. The remarks as prepared for delivery are below.

I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve been a bit childish over the years in expressing my disdain for Senator John McCain. I’ve ridiculed countless times his signature legislative accomplishment in regulating campaign freedom. I’ve made spiteful comments about his priorities and goals. I’ve even (and most recently) had fun at his expense as his Presidential campaign goes off the rails.

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