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AP Political NewsBrief at 1:35 a.m. EDT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarksNEW YORK (AP) _ Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a "mental recession." Gramm, a past presidential candidate, made the remarks more than a week ago. McCain immediately distanced himself from the comments, but they brought a steady stream of criticism just as McCain is trying to show he can help steer the country past its current financial troubles.
Foes no more, McCain, Romney warm to each otherWASHINGTON (AP) _ Just as Republican John McCain was unloading on his Democratic presidential rival Friday, he was offering warm, effusive words for once bitter foe Mitt Romney. And Romney, the mega-millionaire former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was pledging to help McCain's presidential campaign financially _ and in any other way. To underscore the point, Romney has decided not to spend time raising money to pay back the $44.6 million he lent his failed presidential campaign.
McCain raises more than $21 million in JuneWASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $21 million in June and spent nearly $26 million, the campaign reported Friday night. According to filings with the Federal Election Commission, McCain spent more than $16 million on advertising during the month. That was five times more than he spent in May, when the Democratic presidential primary was still being contested by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama clinched the Democratic nomination on June 3.
Obama to meet with leaders in Mideast, EuropeWASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to sit down with European leaders as well as King Abdullah of Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of a campaign-season trip that aides described Friday as substantive rather than political. The Illinois senator also is slated to meet with opposition leaders in Israel and Britain.
McCain, Conan agree: Age jokes getting oldNEW YORK (AP) _ How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting old. So at a taping Friday night of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential candidate for some new material.
Analysis: Accord may blur disputes over Iraq warWASHINGTON (AP) _ A new U.S.-Iraqi agreement raising the possibility of a withdrawal timeline threatens to complicate the war policies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. It bolsters Obama's call for a quick exit but also could undercut one of the Democrat's signature issues _ opposition to the war _ as he prepares for a high-stakes trip to the region. It leaves McCain caught between his objections to any timetable and the evolving wishes the Republican president he hopes to succeed.
McCain pledges to help auto industry rebuildWARREN, Mich. (AP) _ Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy.
On the day McCain visited one of the areas hardest hit by the economic downturn and rising gas prices, one of his top advisers, former Sen. Phil Gramm gave up his campaign position a week after saying the country was a "nation of whiners" facing merely a "mental recession."%mlink( %)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican John McCain launched a new television ad Friday that accuses presidential rival Barack Obama of switching positions on Iraq "to help himself become president" just as the Democratic candidate prepared to make a high profile trip to Baghdad. McCain's sharply worded criticism was not limited to the ad. He said Friday that Obama would be facing a far less secure Iraq "if we had done what he wanted to do."%mlink( %)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ John McCain and Barack Obama vow to reform the nation's defense procurement if elected president, yet each is unwilling to take a firm stand against the skyrocketing cost of a plum White House perk: the new Marine One helicopter. Originally carrying a hefty price tag at $6.1 billion, the fleet of 28 helicopters being built to fly the next president is now projected to cost $11.2 billion.%mlink( %)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ John McCain is facing an excitement deficit. While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday. In addition, individual groups backing Obama _ African-Americans, Democrats and liberals _ are more enthusiastic than whites, Republicans and conservatives, who are more aligned with McCain, the GOP senator from Arizona.
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