Obama to Hit McCain on Keating Five
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... Politico reports that Obama will launch a multimedia campaign Monday to draw attention to the involvement of McCain “in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer.” ...

EMPTY THE SHELVES!!
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five. Another tough, pre-emptive move by the Democrats. Politico reports that Obama will launch a multimedia campaign Monday to draw attention to the involvement of McCain “in the ‘Keating Five’ savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer.” Read the McCain campaign response here.        ...

They're gonna regret making Palin do that 'terrorists' thing.
Blah3 Feed — ... not want to play guilt by association or this thing could blow up in his face." Other potential negative associations for McCain are his long-time South Carolina consultant, Richard Quinn, a publisher of a Southern heritage magazine, and John Hagee, a pastor whose endorsement McCain solicited and later rejected. They're really going to regret going there. It could destroy what's left of McCain's 'maverick' myth. Shoulda known better... Update: Here's more. The Obama campaign has clearly been ready for this to ...

Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating scandal
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... comes after McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, spent two days telling voters, donors and reporters that Obama showed poor judgment in his relationship with the former radical William Ayers. McCain’s campaign has vowed to make a major issue of Obama’s Chicago relationships in coming days, with a senior McCain official telling Politico that they are “the vehicle that allows us to question Obama’s truthfulness about his past and his plans for the future.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14302.html Palin didn't back off in Nebraska tonight so I ...

McCain's "Keating 5" Scandal Involvement To Be Highlighted By Obama Campaign
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The Obama campaign, in an effort to combat increasingly negative attacks by the McCain camp, is launching an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to highlight McCain's involvement in the "Keating 5" savings-and-loan scandal: ...

McCain's "Keating 5" Scandal Involvement To Be Highlight By Obama Campaign
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The Obama campaign, in an effort to combat increasingly negative attacks by the McCain camp, is launching an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to highlight McCain's involvement in the "Keating 5" savings-and-loan scandal: ...

Obama Plays the Keating Card
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sen. Barack Obama "will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain in the 'Keating Five' savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain's public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer," according to Mike Allen. ...

+5.9 in the RCP polling average, and Obama wants to bring up the Keating Five.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — :pause: Huh? I'm sure that there's a great strategy here. Or tactics. Hey, if Obama doesn't feel the need to know the difference, why should I? Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Retaliating for what it calls McCain's ...

Links for 2008-10-05 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... be worth noting just how much money Obama received from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac employees and PACs, no? $126,349, more than anyone except Chris Dodd? Don't you think a comment like this — well into the subprime crisis — is worth bringing up during all of this? Shouldn't those comments - say, if you could get the audio on YouTube or something — belong in an RNC ad? +++++++ Of course and Team McCain needs to get its ass in gear r they will lose this election. Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five - Mike Allen - Politico.com Responding to ...

Obama To Hit McCain On Seventeen-Year-Old “Keating Five” Scandal
Say Anything — Yeah.  That’ll work. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Retaliating for what it calls McCain’s “guilt-by-association” tactics, the Obama campaign is e-mailing millions of supporters a link to a website, KeatingEconomics.com, which will have a 13-minute ...

Obama Hitting McCain on 'Keating Five'
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Pivoting from his customary "distraction" protestations, Obama is now going after McCain's connection to the Keating Five scandal of 1989. ...

People Who Live In Seven Glass Houses...
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Politico: "Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Pushing back against what it calls McCain's “guilt-by-association” tactics, the Obama campaign is e-mailing millions of supporters a link to a website, KeatingEconomics.com, which will have a 13-minute documentary on the ...

People Who Live In Seven Glass Houses...
Political Animal — People Who Live In Seven Glass Houses... Politico : "Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Pushing back against what it calls McCain's “guilt-by-association” tactics, the Obama campaign is e-mailing millions of supporters a link to a website, ...

links for 2008-10-06
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five - Mike Allen - Politico.com Responding to the Keating blast from the past, a Republican official said the Obama team seemed "frantic" at "the mere mention of the word 'Ayers.'" “The fact ...

Obama to Go After McCain on “Keating Five”
PoliGazette — ... Senator Obama will launch a multimedia campaign on Monday, Politico reported, in order to draw attention to Senator John McCain’s involvement in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91. This scandal did, indeed, happen 17 years ago. Not only did it happen 17 years ago, however, McCain actually learned from it and became a self styled maverick reformer after it. ...

I'll See Your Ayers and Raise You a Keating 5
Politics Daily — ... Mike Allen from Politico reported Sunday that Barack Obama will not sit idly by while Sarah Barracuda is unleashed on the public with a series of October surprises meant to smear Obama and shift American's focus away from real issues during the campaign. ...

OK, Senator McCain, you want to fight on this turf, you get your wish
Brilliant at Breakfast — If the McCain camp wants to play guilt-by-association, then Barack Obama is ready: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Retaliating for what it calls McCain's “guilt-by-association” tactics, the Obama campaign is e-mailing millions of supporters a link to a website, KeatingEconomics.com, which will have ...

Helping Obama Echo the Keating Five Message
Open Left - Front Page — ... pointing out that John McCain's formative economic experience was intimidating federal regulators on behalf of banking executive Charles Keating, during the eponymous Keating Five scandal. Many others have been doing the same and now - finally - the Obama campaign is following suit: ...

Why I Will Vote Third Party
PoliGazette — It’s amazing how things can change in a matter of hours, isn’t it?  Mere hours ago, I was pondering my options for the future, given John McCain and Barack Obama’s contempt for their critics. Yesterday, Sarah Palin brought up the Obama-William Ayers connection , saying Obama was “palling around with terrorists.”  Then hours ago, Politico had a report about Obama’s return volley in the form of the Keating 5 scandal, which McCain was embroiled in some years ago.  Our own Michael ver der Galien discussed this ...

EMPTY THE SHELVES!!
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — ... Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five. Another tough, pre-emptive move by the Democrats. Politico reports that Obama will launch a multimedia campaign Monday to draw attention to the involvement of McCain “in the ‘Keating Five’ savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer.” Read the McCain campaign response here.        ...

McCain & Keating, Obama & Ayers
Patterico's Pontifications — [Posted by Karl] The Politico’s Mark Allen reports: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. This attack is ostensibly in retaliation for McCain’s “guilt-by-association” tactics, presumably Sarah Palin reminding voters of Obama’s longtime association with unrepentant ...

Early Morning Swim: Chicago Way Edition
Firedoglake — ... Over the weekend, McPalin debuted their new strategy. You knew this was coming. They pull a knife, you pull a gun. Sarah Palin can see Afghanistan from her window. Top Gun? Not so much. Obama hits all-time high at 538. Wingnut ideas fail in free market. Palin's in FL; McSame's in NM.

Obama a Terrorist! McCain a Crook!
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... and the leader responds in kind . In the closing days of 1992, President George H.W. Bush, ordinarily among the most decent, genteel fellows you’d ever meet, was running around calling Bill Clinton and Al Gore “bozos.” He simply couldn’t believe that he, a war hero, seasoned public servant, and recent winner of the Gulf War, was losing to a draft dodging, dope smoking hick from Arkansas. It appears that John McCain has reached that point. During the primaries, he merely shook his head and noted that “Life’s not fair” when guys like Mitt Romney and even Mike Huckabee were ...

LA Times Trashes McCain's Military Record
JammieWearingFool — ... , but won't release it. But they'll trash a patriot like John McCain. Media bias? What media bias? Speaking of the distant past, Obama plans to dredge up the Keating Five scandal from the early 1980's. No doubt the media will be happy to cooperate with that line of attack. McCain-Palin spokesman Brian Rogers said: "The difference here is clear. John McCain has been open and honest about the Keating matter, and even the Democratic special counsel in charge recommended that Senator McCain be completely exonerated. By contrast, Barack Obama has been fundamentally dishonest ...

McCain’s Cronies: Charles Keating And McCain’s Failure To Learn Deregulation Lessons
Firedoglake — ...  a good Senator to game over the years: “The Keating Five involved all the things that have brought the modern crisis. Senator McCain has not learned the lesson, and has continued to follow policies that are going to produce a disaster.” ...

The Morning Report
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... " (Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times ) - One day after John McCain's running mate escalated the vitriol of the presidential campaign by invoking a 1960s radical, Barack Obama accused Republicans of trying to distract voters from the sagging economy with "smears" " Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five " (Mike Allen, The Politico ) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday is launching a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the "Keating Five" savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain's ...

Rememberance of Things Past
The Opinionator — Past is quickly becoming prologue in the presidential campaign, as each campaign is digging into the other candidate’s closet. “Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday is launching a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the ‘Keating Five’ savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer,” reports the Politico’s Mike Allen . ...

Predictable: Team Obama launches “Keating Five” offensive against McCain
Sister Toldjah — ... Continuing to prove that they’re hell bent on holding the “most dishonest campaign in modern history” title, Team Obama has launched a 13 minute web-vid on McCain’s “role” in the Keating Five scandal. The Politico reports: ...

McCain, Obama Campaigns Now Moving Into Full Attack Mode
The Moderate Voice — ... That’s essentially the response of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign to several news stories in which GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s campaign virtually telegraphed its intention to go intensely negative and try to turn Obama’s past associations into an issue. Then, over the weekend, GOP Vice Presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin started doing exactly that. So now the Obama campaign says it will take off its gloves, too: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday is launching a ...

It Ain’t Over Yet
Balloon Juice — ... and the leader responds in kind. In the closing days of 1992, President George H.W. Bush, ordinarily among the most decent, genteel fellows you’d ever meet, was running around calling Bill Clinton and Al Gore “bozos.” He simply couldn’t believe that he, a war hero, seasoned public servant, and recent winner of the Gulf War, was losing to a draft dodging, dope smoking hick from Arkansas. ...

Naval Strategy
Jules Crittenden — ... campaign down than lift this country up,” he told several thousand supporters at a rally here Sunday. “That’s what you do when you’re out of touch, out of ideas and running out of time.” Obie decries “Swift-boating.” I bet Nelson would like Swift boats. Small, manueverable, deadly … as long as you don’t abandon your crew mid-command, like at least one Swift boat commander I could name. As usual, it’s do as I say, not as I do. In a new sign of desperation, Obama reportedly plans to trot out the Keating Five thing . Let the battle be joined! We have met the enemy, and he is ...

Read These Now as Fatty Foods Offer Comfort
Shakesville — ... Obama debuts a website, Keating Economics, about McCain's involvement with the collapse of banks in the late 80s, early 90s and its significance now. ...

Obama’s Keating moment: Glenn stumps for Team O
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The Barack Obama campaign has decided to attack John McCain over his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal of the 1980s, but they have already demonstrated a rather peculiar way of doing it.  Team O deduces that a rehash of the 20-year-old scandal may resonate with the current financial crisis, which may be true.  If so, perhaps they should ...

Here Come the Keating Five
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — After watching Governor Palin and a number of McCain surrogates1 launch a new strategy over the last few days of trying to accentuate Obama’s associations with William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and Tony Rezko, I figured that a Keating Five counter-punch was coming soon. And the Politico reports: Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday is launching a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, ...

Going For Keating
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — It must be October. Just as you can feel a sudden chill in the air, so has the presidential campaign taken a decidedly sharper turn. This weekend Sarah Palin began attacking Obama for his past association with terrorist Bill Ayers, and the Obama campaign is responding this morning with its own aggressive push to revisit the Keating Five. Is the Keating issue legitimate? You bet. Will it resonate with voters, especially Independents and undecideds? That's another story. One of the big differences between Obama and McCain is not just experience, but public knowledge. People know ...

Bleating Blive
Clareified — ... I’ve been out of the politics loop for the past few days — absorbed as I’ve been in tournaments and losing battles with subcontractors. I was heartened when Karol told me that today is the first time she felt like Obama could win because Mccain’s Ayers attacks smell desperate. I feel further heartened that the Obama campaign is countering “guilt by association” with McCain’s actual guilt. ...

Politico: “Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five”
protein wisdom — From Mike Allen : Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday is launching a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer. Pushing back against what it calls McCain’s “guilt-by-association” tactics, the Obama campaign overnight began e-mailing millions of supporters a link to a website, KeatingEconomics.com, which will have a 13-minute documentary on the scandal beginning at noon Eastern time on ...

Turning the page
The Reaction — ... So far the Obama campaign has been remarkably quick to counter-punch the attacks from the McCain campaign, and doing it in a way that goes beyond the standard "outraged" statement from the press office. It seems that they have had their armory of responses ready for these anticipated attacks, and if necessary is ready to respond in kind or even preemptively: yesterday the Obama campaign fired a warning shot in the form of a ...

Today on Doing Time - Monday October 6th
The Latest on Air America — ... will help us examine the new nasty side of the Presidential campaign. KEATING FIVE Obama’s rapid response to the Ayers attack was impressive by any standard. Not only did his campaign have its own decades-old scandal at the ready to drudge up about McCain, but this one, the Keating Five S&L scandal , actually has to do with the economic woes of voters. Check out this ...

What John McCain Is About To Learn About His Opponent
Comments from Left Field — ... As was made clear over the weekend, the Obama accepted the fact that the McCain campaign was going to attempt to turn the last few weeks of the election into a game of character assassination, and signaled that he was ready to launch into a policy of mutually assured destruction.  If McCain wanted to bring up the guilt by association argument, Obama would bring up Charles Keating. ...

Obama fathered two black children!!1!!
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... After McCain’s running mate spent two days telling voters, donors and reporters that Sen. Barack Obama showed poor judgment in his relationship with former radical William Ayers, Obama on Monday launched a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of John McCain in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91. ...

Going Through the Record
Neptunus Lex — ... Now we jump ahead to the “Keating Five” scandal. The one in which McCain was included as a lone Republican to balance a ticket of four more or less corrupt Democratic senators. Joining one of them at the end of the process as a person who was acknowledged to have committed no improprieties. But who had exercised “ ...

William Ayers, "Former" Radical
Weekly Standard Blog — Stories at Politico and ABC refer to William Ayers as a "former radical," but wouldn't Ayers need to disavow his Sixties extremism to be a "former" radical? He infamously told the New York Times in a story published on September 11, 2001, that he regretted not setting more bombs. As late as April 2008, he publicly railed against "terrorism" being committed by the U.S. military and called for a "revolution" against capitalism. Andrew Ferguson wrote in his TWS cover story on Hyde Park ("Mr. Obama's Neighborhood," June ...