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McCain Pushes Lower Auto Emissions

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June 23, 6:04 AM

by Dan Spencer, Right Side Politics Examiner

Senator John McCain proposes incentives to move American vehicles away from oil.

McCain's proposals include a $300 million prize to encourage the development of an automobile battery that delivers power at 30 percent of current costs and has "the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars."

McCain also proposes stiffer fines for automakers who skirt existing fuel-efficiency standards, as well as incentives to increase use of domestic and foreign alcohol-based fuels such as ethanol:

According to excerpts of his speech obtained by Reuters, the Republican presidential candidate will call for auto manufacturers to speed the process of making engines that can use alcohol-based fuels.

[. . .]

"For every automaker who can sell a zero-emissions car, we will commit a $5,000 tax credit for each and every customer who buys that car," he will say. "For other vehicles, whatever type they may be, the lower the carbon emissions, the higher the tax credit."

Car makers have argued in the past that consumers do not always favor fuel-efficient cars and that government incentives would help encourage people to buy them.

All good ideas. With gas prices passing $4 per gallon, consumers will favor fuel-efficient cars now.
Topics: John McCain , 2008 Election , Emissions , Incentives

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CNN's Lou Dobbs blames financial crisis on The Democrats and ACORN

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October 10, 4:16 PM

Like I do, Lou Dobbs blames the Demmocrats and their community organizer allies at ACORN: Dobbs failed to share the blame with Obama, the Democrats' community organizer in chief, who says pushing mortgages on folks who couldn't afford the loans was... Read More
Topics: Economy , Market

Battleground, Gallup and Rasmussen tracking poll update - 10/10

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October 10, 2:24 PM

Rasmussen: McCain - 44% Obama - 52% The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of likely voters for October 10, 2008 finds Obama leads McCain 52% to 44%. Gallup: McCain - 41% Obama - 51% The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of registered... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign

State polling update 10/10

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October 10, 10:05 AM

The U.S. News Political Bulletin has rounded up the following state polls since my last state polling update: Florida - Obama Leads A Strategic Vision poll of likely Florida voters taken October 6-8 shows Obama leading McCain 52%-44%. A Rasmussen... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Judge orders verification of Ohio's newly registered voters

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October 10, 9:07 AM

If ACORN and the Democrats still want to steal Ohio, now at least they will have to be a little more subtle about it. A federal judge in Columbus ordered Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to perform the voter verification required by the federal... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Battleground, Gallup and Rasmussen tracking poll update - 10/08

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October 9, 6:58 AM

Rasmussen: McCain - 45% Obama - 51% The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of likely voters for October 8, 2008 finds Obama leads McCain 52% to 44%. Gallup: McCain - 41% Obama - 52% The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of registered... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

State polling update 10/8

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October 8, 10:33 AM

The U.S. News Political Bulletin has rounded up the following state polls since my last state polling update:Colorado - Obama LeadsAn Insider Advantage /Poll Position survey of likely Colorado voters taken October 6 shows Obama leading McCain 51%-45%.Florida... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008

Why Obama's winning

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October 8, 9:53 AM

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports Obama is outspending McCain at nearly a three-to-one clip on television:"From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, Obama spent more than $20 million on television ads in 17 states including more than $3 million in Pennsylvania... Read More
Topics: ELECTIONS 2008

Sunday show video roundup (October 5, 2008)

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October 8, 7:46 AM

The following video roundup of clips from the Sunday talking head shows sums up recent developments in the presidential campaign. This week it was all about Obama's connections with the unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers: For more info: ... Read More
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'Obama - he promised better, he lied'

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October 8, 5:32 AM

Yesterday, the McCain campaign released a television ad, entitled "Hypo." The ad highlights Obama's hypocritical practice of calling every question about Obama's record a lie while Obama employs false and misleading attacks against McCain:... Read More
Topics: 2008 Presidential Campaign , ELECTIONS 2008