Posts with the tag Ethics - March 2008
On Saturday, JD posted a nice piece on John McCain's first national, general election tv commercial, 7 months out from the November election. The Center for American Progress (CAP) also noted that McCain was in our neighboring state to the north this past Thursday, accepting a ton of campaign cash from the oil and gas industry at Denver's Petroleum Club (link).
As CAP reported, McCain's tax cut proposal provides $3.8 billion to Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Valero Energy and Marathon. To put that tax cut into perspective, it's a billion dollars more than the state of New Mexico spends on our entire public school system each year.
It's striking how McCain's Colorado fundraiser captures the fundamental outlines of the emerging presidential election contest.
First, the Southwest, and New Mexico in particular, are the nation's ground zero for the Presidential contest.
Second, the battle lines are being drawn, already framed in the Southwest: McCain the war hero versus McCain the corporate shill.
And third, this question over who the real John McCain is has parallels in New Mexico, as many Democratic and Republican candidates will soon struggle to reconcile their stated policy independence from their record of industry contributions. Read More »
As CAP reported, McCain's tax cut proposal provides $3.8 billion to Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Valero Energy and Marathon. To put that tax cut into perspective, it's a billion dollars more than the state of New Mexico spends on our entire public school system each year.
It's striking how McCain's Colorado fundraiser captures the fundamental outlines of the emerging presidential election contest.
First, the Southwest, and New Mexico in particular, are the nation's ground zero for the Presidential contest.
Second, the battle lines are being drawn, already framed in the Southwest: McCain the war hero versus McCain the corporate shill.
And third, this question over who the real John McCain is has parallels in New Mexico, as many Democratic and Republican candidates will soon struggle to reconcile their stated policy independence from their record of industry contributions. Read More »
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