Abstracts of reports, editorials
and opinion articles published in Asian and American English
press including The New York Times, Washington Post,
International Herald Tribune, The Indian Express, The Hindu
and The Times of India.
The New York Times,
12 May 2008
Already, Obama and McCain Map Fall Strategies
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups ' including independent voters and Latinos ' and about a dozen states where they think the contest is likely to be decided this fall, campaign aides said.Mr. McCain, of Arizona, will spend the next week delivering a series of speeches on global warming, evidence of his intention to battle Mr. Obama for independent voters, a group the two men have laid claim to. Those voters tend to recoil from hard-edged partisan politics, and presumably would be receptive to the kind of bipartisan forum that Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama seemed open to on Saturday. ...
The New York Times,
12 May 2008
Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million Debt
With her campaign falling ever deeper into debt, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a rainy Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary here, turning a deaf ear to calls for her to leave a Democratic presidential contest she has little hope of winning.Clinton aides continued to insist that she will remain in the race even while confirming that she is $20 million in debt. "The voters are going to decide this," senior adviser Howard Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday," acknowledging the $20 million figure.Obama is likely to win in Oregon, also a May 20 primary state. Clinton has campaigned hard in West Virginia, and her aides said Sunday that she will hold a victory celebration at the Charleston Civic Center on Tuesday night. ...
The New York Times,
10 May 2008
Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates
Senator Barack Obama surged ahead of his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the count of superdelegates on Friday, the first time since the outset of the race that Mrs. Clinton has lost the lead in one of her few remaining trump cards.Mr. Obama racked up seven endorsements in the last 24 hours from superdelegates, the Democratic Party insiders who are granted autonomy to support whomever they wish at the convention in August. One, a New Jersey congressman, switched his allegiance away from Mrs. Clinton, allowing the Illinois senator to pull ahead of his opponent, according to the latest New York Times count.Mr. Obama's gains came as other senior members of his party appeared to be closing ranks around him. ...
The Washington Post,
9 May 2008
McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican became a key figure in pushing the deal through Congress after the rancher and his partners hired lobbyists that included McCain's 1992 Senate campaign manager, two of his former Senate staff members, and an Arizona insider who was a major McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.McCain also has been critical of government's "revolving door," which allows former government officials to position themselves as influential lobbyists. ...
