The New York Times Reports That Democrats "Mischaracterize And Distort" Sen. McCain's "100 Years" Comment.
"But the timetables, flippantly tossed out, have been condensed into sound bites by his Democratic opponents, turned into fund-raising appeals and mashed into YouTube parodies. Many of the sound bites mischaracterize and distort what was said in Mr. McCain's six-minute exchange on Jan. 3..." (Kate Phillips, "McCain Said ‘100'; Opponents Latch On," The New York Times, 3/27/08)

From The Washington Post

By Alec MacGillis

[A]s Obama heads into the final presidential primaries, Sen. John McCain and other Republicans have already started to brand im a standard-order left-winger, "a down-the-line liberal," as McCain strategist Charles R. Black Jr. put it, in a long line of Democratic White House hopefuls.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has also started slapping the L-word on Obama, warning that his appeal among moderate voters will diminish as they become more aware of liberal positions he took in the past, such as calling for singlepayer health care and an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba. ...

The double-barreled attack has presented Democratic voters with some persistent questions about Obama: Just how liberal is he? ...

MEMO

To: Interested Parties
From: McCain Campaign
Subject: Facts on John McCain and the tanker deal
Date: 3/12/2008

Over the past few days, there have been a number of political attacks launched by John McCain's political opponents attempting to blame him for the Boeing Company not being awarded the USAF tanker contract. Incredibly, several news organizations have parroted the attack. In an attempt to help interested parties report factual information regarding John McCain's involvement with respect to this issue, we offer the following:

The Facts:

"House leaders blocked a good piece of legislation that would give our intelligence community the tools they need to protect America from a terrorist attack. ... [B]y blocking this piece of legislation our country is more in danger of an attack. ... [T]he House leaders must understand that the decision they made to block good legislation has made it harder for us to protect you, the American people, and we expect them to get a good bill to my desk - which is the Senate bill - as soon as possible."

IL State Sen. Radogno: “I don't remember Barack leading the charge on any issue… He wasn't here and engaged long enough to develop the relationships, the knowledge of all the constituencies and nuances for all of that to happen.” (Richard Wolffe and Karen Springen, “The Incremental Revolutionary,” Newsweek, 1/12/08)

Sen. Clinton Claims She Supported The Iraq War Resolution In Part Because It Was Drafted By Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE):

Democrats said they could win in Ohio's 5th Congressional District. But Weirauch still lost.

Toledo Blade: Pointing to [Sherrod] Brown's victory last year over U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) in the traditionally Republican district, Mrs. Weirauch said it can happen again. "Can this district be won by a Democrat? He's living proof that a Democrat can get elected in this district, and, of course our governor as well," she said to a group of about 25 supporters gathered at the Norwalk law office of State Rep. Matthew Barrett (D., Amherst). (Toledo Blade, 12/10/07)

The Plain Dealer: Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, got 55 percent of the district's vote in 2006. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won by a narrower margin. (The Plain Dealer, 12/09/07)

TO: Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan
FROM: Bill Steiner, Director of Strategy
DATE: November 7, 2007
RE: Republican Results In The 2007 Elections

In 2005, the Democrat Congressional leadership claimed that the off-year fall elections were pivotal in gaining momentum heading into the following year's Congressional elections. If Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel were correct in 2005, then the results of this fall bode well for Republicans heading into 2008.

Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett issued the following statement tonight regarding the 2007 municipal elections:

8.31 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003 In Longest Continuous Months Of Job Growth On Record