McCain Has Plan to Help House Republicans

Two senior aides to Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign met this afternoon with the House Republican Whip team, telling the assembled members that McCain is committed to helping the party win House seats in November.

Today's meeting in the Capitol basement -- which was attended by more than 20 GOP lawmakers, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and John Green, McCain's chief Hill liaison -- follows a similar gathering with Republican chiefs of staff Friday and with a handful of conservative members Monday, and is part of a coordinated effort by McCain to boost his outreach to Capitol Hill.

A source who attended the meeting said that Davis pledged to help House Republicans pick up seats by campaigning for House members in parts of the country where the national committees will not be as active. Davis reportedly said that the nomination of Barack Obama would put one set of House seats in play, while the nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a separate set of House seats competitive. The McCain team, therefore, is working on two different congressional campaign strategies -- one based on a Clinton win, one based on an Obama win. Davis also argued that the continuing bitter Democratic primary fight has given the McCain campaign a chance to focus on fundraising and on building field organizations throughout the country that could pay dividends for congressional candidates down the line.

Following on McCain's economic speech in Pittsburgh this morning, Davis said the campaign would continue to hammer at the theme of high gas prices in the coming weeks, a strategy that dovetails with the Hill GOP's own increased emphasis on the issue in recent days. The Republican lawmakers present asked questions on a variety of topics, including gas prices, the importance of McCain reaching out to women voters and whether his campaign can really compete in California.

By Ben Pershing |  April 15, 2008; 6:19 PM ET 2008 Campaign , GOP Leaders
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Rudy should have been the nominee. Maybe VP for now. This video says it all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRODJcPq_Js

Posted by: Mike | April 16, 2008 11:34 AM


FROM : ALL AMERICANS


HELP!!!

PEOPLE - - BEGIN TO RESEARCH and PROBE THIS ! ! ! !

SPECIAL "CLOSED SESSION" OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Word has begun leaking from last nights special,
Closed-door session of the United States House of Representatives.
Not only did members discuss new surveillance provisions as was the publicly stated
Reason for the closed door session, they also discussed :

1. The Imminent Collapse of the U.S. economy to occur by September 2008
2. The imminent collapse of US federal government finances by February 2009
3. The possibility of Civil War inside the USA as a result of the collapse
4. Advance round-ups of "insurgent U.S. citizens" likely to move against the Government
5. The Detention of those rounded-up at "REX 84" camps constructed throughout the USA,
6. The possibility of retaliation against members of Congress for the collapses
7. The Location of "safe facilities" for members of Congress and their families
To reside during expected massive civil unrest
8. The necessary and unavoidable merger of the United States with Canada
(for its natural resources) and with Mexico (for its cheap labor pool)
9. The issuance of a new currency - THE AMERO -
For all three nations as the proposed solution to the coming economic armageddon.

Members of Congress Have Been FORBIDDEN to reveal what was discussed
Several are so furious and concerned about the future of the country,
they have begun leaking info.
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
Has Already Received His PERSONAL BAIL-OUT

Under Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's .. Former leadership at
Goldman Sachs, the company has been instrumental to its penetration of Western
capital and other markets. - - Henry Paulson was vastly effective in Communist
China's .. Interests and enabling their access to Western economic assistance
and high technology

In late January 2006, Goldman Sachs purchased a stake in the Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China's biggest bank, for $2.58 billion
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson''''s .. Personal stake .. In this transaction
was $25 million

A PERSONAL BAIL OUT for : Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and His
Criminal Friends

(Mar 27, 2008 (ruters.com) BBC) ... White House Resists Pleas for .. Mortgage Bailout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As clamor rises for federal help for homeowners
who face losing their homes .. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson .. Seems
to be digging in heels against the effort.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson sounded a tougher note than ever against any
possibility of bailout for individual mortgage holders, singling out the growing number
going "under water" as their loans exceed the diminishing value of their properties.

please this is a simple thing to fix, why are you bending over for all of the wallstreet scum.
you have the right to do what this paulson/ben did for wallstreet,saying they had to to save america. so you can say the same thing, but this time you would be saveing america, and not wallstreet.
you must come out and stop the forcloseing of all these millions of homes, now,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MANDATE THAT ALL MORTGAGES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT FROM 2000 TO 2007 BY ALL AMERICANS TO BE RE-FI A.S.A.P. NO EXCEPTIONS,


NO MATTER WHAT THE CREDIT IS, THEY WILL RE-FI EVERYONE AT JUST OVER PRIME, AND AT A RATE OF 40% OF WHAT IS OWED ON THE PROPERTY( PERSONAL HOMES ONLY)!!
WHY, BECAUSE MOST HOST ARE SELLING AT FORCLOSER FOR 20 TO 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, SO AS TO WHAT PAULSON SAID TO BEARSTEARN 2 DOLLARS IS BETTER THAN NO DOLLARS SO TAKE THE DEAL..NOW REMEMBER ALL OF YOU, IF THIS COMPANY IN 6 MONTHS LOST 98% OF THEIR VALUE FROM 700 BILLION TO WHAT IS IT NOW. AND FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND BUY IT FOR NOTHING, WHAT IS THE REAL VALUE OF ALL THESE HOMES???NOBODY KNOWS, SO WHY NOT JUST START OVER??? AND STOP THE BLEEDING FOR ALL AMERICANS.

FOR-AMERICA@HOTMAIL.COM
DAVID A BELANGER
FOR COMMON SENSE THIS IS SO EASY TO FIX DONT MAKE IT HARDER THAN IT IS PEOPLE.

AND LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS NEWS, THE GREAT POTATOHEAD PAULSON,AND BEN ARE IN TALKS WITH ANOTHER WALLSTREET FIRM GOING DOWN. MERRILL LYNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT MORE BAILOUTS FOR WALLSTREET COMING.

Posted by: AMERICANS | April 17, 2008 10:27 AM

McCain shouldn't be president of our country Barack should

Posted by: Barack rules! | May 2, 2008 10:21 AM

Brack rules not Mccain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 2, 2008 10:23 AM

Barack baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 2, 2008 10:26 AM

i think that barack should win because he has a fine argument to fight and i beleive in what he has to say

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 2, 2008 10:28 AM

Barack is the Best "change is what we need"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 2, 2008 10:30 AM

Barack needs to win the election if he doesn't win everyone would be so dissapointed no one would want hilary or
mccain for pesident only Barack

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 6, 2008 10:18 AM

this is my last comment so i really think that mcCain has a great chance of becoming president of the United States but i still thinks that Barack should win

Posted by: Barack Rules! | May 12, 2008 10:09 AM

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