October 17, 2008 11:36 PM UTC
US NEWS and World Report: "Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?"
26 Comments- by: NEWSMAN
When the main stream media starts to these kinds of questions about the Democratic nominee, there can be no doubt that a major gaff just occurred with the so far “always on message” Obama campaign.
Just when Obama started to look like he was pulling away in the polls, he lets a hint of who he really is show. Not a good political idea for Obama. We are not yet a socialist nation.
NEWSMAN
Did Barack “Spread the Wealth” Obama Just Blow the Election?
by:James Pethokoukis
October 16, 2008
No. Really. You’re kidding me. Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to “spread the wealth around.” What, did Obama just get done reading the Wikipedia entry on Huey “Share the Wealth” Long or something? Was he somehow channeling that left-wing populist from the Depression?
Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists.
A while back I chatted with a University of Chicago professor who was a frequent lunch companion of Obama’s.
This professor said that Obama was as close to a full-out Marxist as anyone who has ever run for president of the United States.
Now, I tend to quickly dismiss that kind of talk as way over the top. My working assumption is that Obama is firmly within the mainstream of Democratic politics.
But if he is as free with that sort of redistributive philosophy in private as he was on the campaign trail this week, I have no doubt that U of C professor really does figure him as a radical.
And after last night’s debate, a few more Americans might think that way, too. McCain’s best line: “Now, of all times in America, we need to cut people’s taxes.
We need to encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around.”
And by the way, I just noticed that the IBD/TIPP poll, the most accurate in 2004, has McCain down by just 3 points. If the contest is perceived by the voters as a contest between a wealth redistributor and a wealth creator, then it could be a long night come Nov. 4. This is still a center-right country, gang. Note this Gallup poll from June:
When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today’s consumer, Americans overwhelmingly-by 84% to 13%-prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.
There you go.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/ca…
Since the rules have obviously changes about long posts, I thought I would post what John McCain had to say about Joe the Plumber.
“It’s great to be here in Miami. Florida is a must-win state on November 4th, and with your help, we’re going to win Florida, and bring change to Washington, DC. We had a good debate this week. You may have noticed– there was a lot of talk about Senator Obama’s tax increases and Joe the Plumber. Last weekend, Senator Obama showed up in Joe’s driveway to ask for his vote, and Joe asked Senator Obama a tough question. I’m glad he did; I think Senator Obama could use a few more tough questions.
The response from Senator Obama and his campaign yesterday was to attack Joe. People are digging through his personal life and he has TV crews camped out in front of his house. He didn’t ask for Senator Obama to come to his house. He wasn’t recruited or prompted by our campaign. He just asked a question. And Americans ought to be able to ask Senator Obama tough questions without being smeared and targeted with political attacks.
The question Joe asked about our economy is important, because Senator Obama’s plan would raise taxes on small businesses that employ 16 million Americans. Senator Obama’s plan will kill those jobs at just the time when we need to be creating more jobs. My plan will create jobs, and that’s what America needs.
Senator Obama says that he wanted to spread your wealth around. When politicians talk about taking your money and spreading it around, you’d better hold onto your wallet. Senator Obama claims that wants to give a tax break to the middle class, but not only did he vote for higher taxes on the middle class in the Senate, his plan gives away your tax dollars to those who don’t pay taxes.
That’s not a tax cut, that’s welfare. America didn’t become the greatest nation on earth by redistributing wealth; we became the greatest nation by creating new wealth.
This is the choice that we face. These are hard times. Our economy is in crisis. Americans are fighting in two wars. We face many enemies in this dangerous world, and many challenges here at home.
The next President won’t have time to get used to the office. He won’t have the luxury of studying up on the issues before he acts. He will have to act immediately. And to do that, he will need experience, courage, judgment and a bold plan of action to take this country in a new direction. We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. We have to act immediately. I said it at the last debate: I’m not George Bush; if Senator Obama wants to run against George Bush, he should have run for President 4 years ago. We need a new direction now. We have to fight for it. I’ve been fighting for this country since I was seventeen years old, and I have the scars to prove it. If I’m elected President, I will fight to take America in a new direction from my first day in office until my last. I’m not afraid of the fight, I’m ready for it.
I’m not going to spend $700 billion dollars of your money just bailing out the Wall Street bankers and brokers who got us into this mess. I’m going to make sure we take care of the people who were devastated by the excesses of Wall Street and Washington. I’m going to spend a lot of that money to bring relief to you, and I’m not going to wait sixty days to start doing it.
I have a plan to protect the value of your home and get it rising again by buying up bad mortgages and refinancing them so if your neighbor defaults he doesn’t bring down the value of your house with him.
I have a plan to let retirees and people nearing retirement keep their money in their retirement accounts longer so they can rebuild their savings. I will protect Social Security so that retirees get the benefits they have earned, and I will bring both parties together to fix Social Security so that it is there for future generations.
I have a plan to hold the line on taxes and cut them to make America more competitive and create jobs here at home.
Raising taxes makes a bad economy much worse. Keeping taxes low creates jobs, keeps money in your hands and strengthens our economy.
The explosion of government spending over the last eight years has put us deeper in debt to foreign countries that don’t have our best interests at heart. It weakened the dollar and made everything you buy more expensive.
If I’m elected President, I won’t spend nearly a trillion dollars more of your money, on top of the $700 billion we just gave the Treasury Secretary, as Senator Obama proposes. Because he can’t do that without raising your taxes or digging us further into debt. I’m going to make government live on a budget just like you do.
I will freeze government spending on all but the most important programs like defense, veterans care, Social Security and health care until we scrub every single government program and get rid of the ones that aren’t working for the American people. And I will veto every single pork barrel bill Congresses passes.
If I’m elected President, I won’t fine small businesses and families with children, as Senator Obama proposes, to force them into a new huge government run health care program, while he keeps the cost of the fine a secret until he hits you with it. I will bring down the skyrocketing cost of health care with competition and choice to lower your premiums, and make it more available to more Americans. I’ll make sure you can keep the same health plan if you change jobs or leave a job to stay home.
I will provide every single American family with a $5000 refundable tax credit to help them purchase insurance. Workers who already have health care insurance from their employers will keep it and have more money to cover costs. Workers who don’t have health insurance can use it to find a policy anywhere in this country to meet their basic needs.
If I’m elected President, I won’t raise taxes on small businesses, as Senator Obama proposes, and force them to cut jobs. I will keep small business taxes where they are, help them keep their costs low, and let them spend their earnings to create more jobs.
If I’m elected President, I won’t meet unconditionally with the Castro brothers, while they keep political prisoners in jail, stifle free media and block free elections in Cuba. When I am President, we are going to pressure the Cuban government to free their people. The day is coming when Cuba will be free. I will open new markets to goods made in America and make sure our trade is free and fair. And I’ll make sure we help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back find a new one that won’t go away.
If I’m elected President, I won’t make it harder to sell our goods overseas and kill more jobs as Senator Obama proposes. I will open new markets to goods made in America and make sure our trade is free and fair. And I’ll make sure we help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back find a new one that won’t go away.
The last President to raise taxes and restrict trade in a bad economy as Senator Obama proposes was Herbert Hoover. That turned a recession into a depression. They say those who don’t learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Well, my friends, I know my history lessons, and I sure won’t make the mistakes Senator Obama will.
If I’m elected President, we’re going to stop sending $700 billion to countries that don’t like us very much. I won’t argue to delay drilling for more oil and gas and building new nuclear power plants in America, as Senator Obama does. We will start new drilling now. We will invest in all energy alternativesÊ– nuclear, wind, solar, and tide. We will encourage the manufacture of hybrid, flex fuel and electric automobiles. We will invest in clean coal technology. We will lower the cost of energy within months, and we will create millions of new jobs.
Let me give you the state of the race today. We have 18 days to go. We’re 6 points down. The national media has written us off. Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.
What America needs in this hour is a fighter; someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people. I come from a long line of McCains who believed that to love America is to fight for her. I have fought for you most of my life. There are other ways to love this country, but I’ve never been the kind to do it from the sidelines.
I know you’re worried. America is a great country, but we are at a moment of national crisis that will determine our future. Will we continue to lead the world’s economies or will we be overtaken? Will the world become safer or more dangerous? Will our military remain the strongest in the world? Will our children and grandchildren’s future be brighter than ours?
My answer to you is yes. Yes, we will lead. Yes, we will prosper. Yes, we will be safer. Yes, we will pass on to our children a stronger, better country. But we must be prepared to act swiftly, boldly, with courage and wisdom.
I know what fear feels like. It’s a thief in the night who robs your strength. I know what hopelessness feels like. It’s an enemy who defeats your will. I felt those things once before. I will never let them in again. I’m an American. And I choose to fight.
Don’t give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight.
Fight for a new direction for our country. Fight for what’s right for America. Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and selfishness in Washington.
Fight to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead.
Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.
Fight for our children’s future.
Fight for justice and opportunity for all.
Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.
Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.
Now, let’s go win this election and get this country moving again.” John McCain
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Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)[169]
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Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)[171]
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Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) (non-voting Delegate)[173]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) (non-voting Delegate)[174]
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Fmr. Rep. Don Bonker (D-WA)[citation needed]
Fmr. Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense[178]
Fmr. Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)[179]
Fmr. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group[180][181]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Hechler (D-WV), former West Virginia Secretary of State[182]
Fmr. Rep. Andrew Jacobs (D-IN)[183]
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Fmr. Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY)[185]
Fmr. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli (D-KY)[186]
Fmr. Rep. Pete McCloskey (D-CA) (R-CA while in office) [187]
Fmr. Rep. Abner J. Mikva (D-IL), former White House Counsel under President Clinton; Chief Judge, DC Court of Appeals[188]
Fmr. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)[189]
Fmr. Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Member of the 9/11 Commission[190]
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Gov. John Baldacci (D-ME)
Gov. Steve Beshear (D-KY)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) [194]
Gov. Chet Culver (D-IA) [195][196]
Gov. Jim Doyle (D-WI) [197]
Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC)
Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D-WY) [198]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI)
Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA) [199]
Gov. Brad Henry (D-OK) [200][201]
Gov. John de Jongh (D-VI) [202]
Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) [203]
Gov. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) [204]
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) [205]
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) [206]
Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO)[95]
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) [207]
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Fmr. Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID) [208]
Fmr. Gov. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Fmr. Gov. David Boren (D-OK)[28]
Fmr. Gov. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY) [209]
Fmr. Gov. Richard Codey (D-NJ) [210]
Fmr. Gov. John J. Gilligan (D-OH) [211]
Fmr. Gov. Bob Graham (D-FL)[35]
Fmr. Gov. Walter Joseph Hickel (I-AK) [212]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) [213]
Fmr. Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D-VT) [214]
Fmr. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) [215]
Fmr. Gov. Tony Knowles (D-AK) [216]
Fmr. Gov. Ray Mabus (D-MS), former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia[217]
Fmr. Gov. Barbara Roberts (D-OR) [215]
Fmr. Gov. Roy Romer (D-CO)[218]
Fmr. Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT while in office) [41]
Fmr. Gov. Mark White (D-TX) [219]
Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA), Former 2008 candidate
Fmr. Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) [220]
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor [221]
Greg Craig, former Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Planning, State Department[188]
William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce [222]
Bob Gee, former United States Assistant Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [223]
Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General [188]
Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and co-chairman of Romney’s Committee for the Courts and the Constitution[224][225][226][227]
Noel Koch, former Special Assistant to President Nixon; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[188]
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense[188]
Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor under Bill Clinton[188]
Robert Litt, former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; US Attorney[188]
Jan Lodal, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense[188]
Angela E. Oh, former member, of the President’s Initiative on Race[228]
Federico PeГ±a, former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [229]
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton[230][231]
Susan E. Rice, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs [222]
David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues [188]
Sarah Sewell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense[188]
Gayle Smith, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[188]
Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy’s top advisor and speechwriter [232]
Tara Sonenshine, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[188]
David Wilhelm, President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign chairman[233]
[edit] Military
John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [234]
Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army[188]
Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho[235]
Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[56]
Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[188]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy[188]
Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[236]
Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[236]
Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[188][236]
Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[188]
John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy[237]
Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[188]
Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force[188]
David ‘Dave’ McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[236]
Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [236][238][239]
John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations[188][236]
F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force[188]
Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[236]
James Smith, Brigadier General (USAF-Ret), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[188][236]
Robert ‘Willie’ Williamson Rear Admiral (USN-Ret), served as military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and Director, Office of Program Appraisal.
Ralph Wooten Major General (Ret), former Commanding General of the Army’s Chemical Arsenal, currently the Executive Vice President of Management Systems, Inc.[236]
[edit] National political figures
Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State [240]
Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1999-2001[241]
Jeffrey Bader, former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia and Fmr. Assistant US Trade Representative for Asia[188]
Henri Barkey, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning and Professor of Lehigh University[188]
David Birenbaum, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for Management and Reform[188]
Esther Brimmer, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning[188]
Art Brown, former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and Chief of CIA’s East Asian Operations Division[188]
Mark Brzezinski, former Director of European Affairs of National Security Council[188]
James Burns, former Chief Judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals[242]
Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress[188]
Bonnie Cohen, former Undersecretary of State for Management[188]
Ivo H. Daalder, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[188]
Alice Dear, former U.S. Executive Director of African Development Bank[188]
William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by George W. Bush[243]
Michael Froman, Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury and National Security Council Staff Member[188]
Tony Gambino, former Mission Director, USAID, Democratic Republic of the Congo[188]
Tobi Gati, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council[188]
Robert S. Gelbard, former Presidential Envoy for the Balkans; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Ambassador to Indonesia; and Ambassador to Bolivia[188]
John J. Gibbons, former federal appeals court judge[244]
Matthew Goodman, former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council[188]
Philip Gordon, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[188]
Scott Gould, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Management[188]
Scott Gration, former Director for Strategy, Policy and Planning, U.S. European Command[188]
Gabriel Guerra-MondragГіn, former United States Ambassador to Chile[245]
John Holum, former Director of ACDA and Undersecretary State for Arms Control and International Security[188]
Vicki Huddleston, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Chief of Mission to Cuba and Ethiopia[188]
Paul Igasaki, fmr. Vice Chair and Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[228]
Paul G. Kirk, Jr., former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1985-1988[246]
Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Bill Clinton[243]
David Lipton, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs[188]
Frank Loy, former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs[188]
Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 2001-2005[247]
Donald McHenry, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[188]
Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. (D-CA), mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce[179]
Newton N. Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission[248]
Alfred H. Moses, former United States Ambassador to Romania[188]
Nick Rey, former United States Ambassador to Poland[188]
David Ruder, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Ronald Reagan[243]
Witney Schneidman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[188]
Dan Shapiro, former Director, National Security Council[188]
Mona Sutphen, former Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor[188]
Jim Vermillion, former Mission Director, USAID, Nicaragua[188]
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve[249][243]
Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[250]
[edit] Mayors
Ahoskie, North Carolina Mayor Linda Blackburn (D-NC)[251]
Anderson, South Carolina Mayor Terence Roberts (D-SC)[252]
Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Terry Bellamy (D-NC)[253]
Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D-GA) [254]
Angola, Indiana Mayor Dick Hickman (D-IN)[255]
Austin, Texas Mayor Will Wynn (D-TX)[256]
Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Sheila Dixon (D-MD)[257]
Batesville, Indiana Mayor Richard Fledderman (D-IN)[255]
Beckley, West Virginia Mayor Emmett Pugh (D-WV)[258]
Bloomington, Indiana Mayor Mark Kruzan (D-IN)[255]
Bluffton, Indiana Mayor Ted Ellis (D-IN)[255]
Boise, Idaho Mayor David H. Bieter (D-ID)[259]
Bolton, North Carolina Mayor Frank Wilson (D-NC)[251]
Boone, North Carolina Mayor Loretta Clawson (D-NC)[253]
Brownsville, Texas Mayor Pat Ahumada (D-TX)[260]
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Mayor Lou Thieblemont (D-PA), (formerly R-PA)[261]
Carrboro, North Carolina Mayor Mark H. Chilton (D-NC)[253]
Cary, North Carolina Mayor Harold Weinbrecht (D-NC)[253]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mayor Kevin Foy (D-NC)[253]
Chicago, Illinois Mayor Richard M. Daley (D-IL)[262]
Cincinnati, Ohio Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D-OH)[263]
Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D-OH)[264]
Clinton, Indiana Mayor Jerry Hawkins (D-IN)[255]
Columbia City, Indiana Mayor Jim Fleck (D-IN)[255]
Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D-OH)[265]
Conetoe, North Carolina Mayor Linda Ingram (D-NC)[251]
Creedmoor, North Carolina Mayor Darryl Moss (D-NC)[251]
Cumberland, Rhode Island Mayor Daniel McKee (D-RI)[266]
Dayton, Ohio Mayor Rhine McLin (D-OH)[267]
Des Moines, Iowa Mayor Frank Cownie (D-IA)[268]
Dover, North Carolina Mayor Malcolm Johnson (D-NC)[251]
Dunn, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem N. Carnell Robinson (D-NC)[251]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Bill Bell (D-NC)[269]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Cora McFadden (D-NC)[251]
East Arcadia, North Carolina Mayor Perry Blanks (D-NC)[251]
Edinburg, Texas Mayor Joe Ochoa (D-TX)[260]
Edison, New Jersey Mayor Jun Choi (D-NJ)[270]
Enfield, North Carolina Mayor Warnie Bishop (D-NC)[251]
Evansville, Indiana Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D-IN)[271]
Garrett, Indiana Mayor David Wiant (D-IN)[255]
Garysburg, North Carolina Mayor Roy Bell (D-NC)[251]
Goshen, Indiana Mayor Allan Kauffman (D-IN)[255]
Greendale, Indiana Mayor Doug Hedrick (D-IN)[255]
Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Yvonne Johnson (D-NC)[272]
Greenville, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Mildred Council (D-NC)[251]
Hertford, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Horace Reid (D-NC)[251]
Honolulu, Hawaii Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D-HI)[273]
Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D-NJ)[270]
Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor Chris Beutler (D-NE)[274]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mayor Rick Gray (D-PA)[275]
Las Cruces, New Mexico Mayor Ken Miyagishima[276]
Laurinburg, North Carolina Mayor Matthew Block (D-NC)[251]
Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina Mayor Carl Lee Sr. (D-NC)[251]
Long Beach, California Mayor Bob Foster (D-CA)[277]
Madisonville, Kentucky Mayor Will Cox (D-KY)[185]
Mansfield, Ohio Mayor Donald Culliver (D-OH)[278]
Michigan City, Indiana Mayor Chuck Oberlie (D-IN)[255]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Tom Barrett (D-WI)[279]
Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor RT Rybak (D-MN)[280]
Missoula, Montana Mayor John Engen (D-MT)[281]
Monroe, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bazemore (D-NC)[251]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Eulis Willis (D-NC)[251]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Merrick (D-NC)[251]
New Haven, Connecticut Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. (D-CT)[282][283]
New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Ray Nagin (D-LA)[284]
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D-NJ)[285]
Northwest, North Carolina Mayor James Knox (D-NC)[251]
North Vernon, Indiana Mayor Harold Campbell (D-IN)[255]
Omaha, Nebraska Mayor Mike Fahey (D-NE)[286]
Pittsboro, North Carolina Mayor Randolph Voller (D-NC)[251]
Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Charles Meeker (D-NC)[253]
Reading, Pennsylvania Mayor Tom McMahon (D-PA)[287]
Roper, North Carolina Mayor Estelle Sanders (D-NC)[251]
Sandyfield, North Carolina Mayor Perry Dixon (D-NC)[251]
San Francisco, California Mayor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)[288]
Scotland Neck, North Carolina Mayor James Mill Sr. (D-NC)[251]
Seaboard, North Carolina Mayor Melvin Broadnax (D-NC)[251]
Seattle, Washington Mayor Greg Nickels (D-WA)[289]
Sedalia, North Carolina Mayor Howard Morgan (D-NC)[251]
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Steve Luecke (D-IN)[290]
Southfield, Michigan Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI)[291]
Speed, North Carolina Mayor Wilbert Harrison (D-NC)[251]
Spring Lake, North Carolina Mayor Ethel Clark (D-NC)[251]
Snow Hill, North Carolina Mayor Donald Davis (D-NC)[251]
Sullivan, Indiana Mayor Scott Biddle (D-IN)[255]
Tampa, Florida Mayor Pam Iorio (D-FL)[292]
Wagram, North Carolina Mayor Betty Gholston (D-NC)[251]
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D-DC)[293]
Weldon, North Carolina Mayor George Draper Jr. (D-NC)[251]
West Hollywood, California Mayor John Duran (D-CA)[148]
Windsor, North Carolina Mayor Robert Spivey (D-NC)[251]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Vivian Burke (D-NC)[251]
York, Pennsylvania Mayor John S. Brenner (D-PA)[275]
Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Jay Williams (D-OH)[294]
Fmr. Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Leni Sinick (D-NC)[251]
Fmr. Austin, Texas Mayor Kirk Watson (D-TX)[295]
Fmr. Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Fernandez (D-IN)[255]
Fmr. Bowling Green, Kentucky Mayor Patsy Sloan (D-KY)[185]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Ygnacio “Nacho” Garza (D-TX)[260]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Blanca Sanchez Vela (D-TX)[260]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Eddie TreviГ±o Jr. (D-TX)[260]
Fmr. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Michael R. White (D-OH)[296]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Harvey Gantt (D-NC)[297]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Richard Gusler (D-NC)[298]
Fmr. Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk (D-TX)[299][109]
Fmr. Denver, Colorado Mayor and Secretary of Energy Federico PeГ±a (D-CO)[229]
Fmr. Detroit, Michigan Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D-MI)[112]
Fmr. Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Graham Richard (D-IN)[255]
Fmr. Goshen, Indiana Mayor Mike Puro (D-IN)[255]
Fmr. Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Keith Holiday (D-NC)[251]
Fmr. Harlingen, Texas Mayor Randy Whittington (D-TX)[300]
Fmr. Lexington, Kentucky Mayor Pam Miller (D-KY)[185]
Fmr. Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Lewis Brown (D-NC)[251]
Fmr. New York City Mayor Ed Koch (D-NY)[301]
Fmr. Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem James West (D-NC)[251]
Fmr. Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D-DC)[302]
Fmr. West Lafayette, Indiana Mayor Sonya Margerum (D-IN)[255]
[edit] State, local and territory officials
See: List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials
[edit] Newspaper endorsements
See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008 and Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008
These newspapers have endorsed Barack Obama’s general election run:
The Chicago Tribune newspaper in Chicago, Illinois
The Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper in Asheville, North Carolina[303]
The Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[303]
The Boston Globe newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[304]
The Contra Costa Times newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[303]
Dayton Daily News newspaper in Dayton, Ohio[303]
Esquire magazine [305]
The Fresno Bee newspaper in Fresno, California[303]
Los Angeles Times newspaper in Los Angeles, California[306]
The Monterey County Herald newspaper in Monterey, California[303]
The New Bedford Standard-Times newspaper in Massachusetts[303]
The New Yorker magazine in New York City, New York[307]
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[303]
The Record newspaper in Stockton, California[308]
Rolling Stone magazine
The Sacramento Bee newspaper in Sacramento, California[303]
San Bernardino County Sun newspaper in San Bernardino, California[303]
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Times newspaper in Seattle, Washington[309]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri[303]
The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee[303]
VIBE magazine [310]
The Washington Post newspaper in Washington, DC[311]
The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper in Wisconsin[303]
[edit] Writers
Paul Auster[312]
Rekha Basu, columnist for Des Moines Register[313]
Judy Blume[314], popular children’s and young adult writer, author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Superfudge, and others.
Christopher Buckley, conservative writer and satirist, son of William F. Buckley[315]
Michael Chabon[316]
Daniel Clowes[317]
Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Juno[318]
Dave Eggers[316]
Barbara Ehrenreich[319]
Jonathan Safran Foer[320]
Christopher Golden
Daniel Handler, better known under the pen name Lemony Snicket[316]
Jeffrey Hart, conservative columnist, former long-time editor at National Review[321]
Bob Herbert, columnist for The New York Times[322]
Christopher Hitchens, journalist, critic and author[323]
John Hodgman, author of “The Areas of My Expertise” as well as an upcoming book along the same vein, though perhaps best known for his contribution to The Daily Show and role as a an anthropomorphised PC in the Get A Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc.[324]
Khaled Hosseini, Novelist and physician[325]
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[326]
Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer[327]
Miranda July, Author of “No One Belongs Here More Than You” and director of “Me And You And Everyone We Know” [328]
Brian Katulis, Author and Middle East expert[188]
Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award-winning author and radio personality [329]
Stephen King[330]
Norman Mailer[331]
John McWhorter, Author of “Losing the Race” [332]
Maxine Hong Kingston[326]
Jeff Mariotte, novelist who also wrote the Barack Obama one-shot comic book for IDW Publishing
David Mixner, writer and civil rights activist[333]
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient[334][335]
Randall Munroe, author of xkcd[336]
Ann Patchett[337]
Katha Pollitt[327][338]
Philip Roth[339]
Ayelet Waldman[316]
Alice Walker[340][341]
Chris Ware[342]
Roger Wilkins, civil rights leader and journalist[343]
Tobias Wolff[316]
Sherman Yellen, playwright[344]
[edit] Foreign Writers
Mark Millar, comic book writer, known for his works Wanted and The Ultimates.[345]
J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter series[346][347]
Eva Schloss, Author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank[348]
Andrew Sullivan, political commentator[349]
[edit] Academics
[edit] Economists
Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute labor economist [350]
J. Bradford DeLong, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley; macroeconomist[351][352]
Ray Fair, Professor at Yale School of Management; macroeconomist[353]
Jason Furman[354]
Daniel McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate[355]
Laurence H. Meyer, Federal Reserve Governor 1996-2002[356]
Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate[357]
Robert Solow, 1987 Nobel laureate [358]
Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate[357]
[edit] Scientists
Peter Agre, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Chemistry 2003)[359][360]
Don Lamb, University of Chicago astrophysicist and former NASA scientist [361]
Sharon Long, former dean of Stanford University’s School of Humanities & Science [362]
Gilbert Omenn, Professor of internal medicine, human genetics and public health at the University of Michigan [363]
Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google) [364]
Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Medicine 1989) [360]
Alexei Abrikosov (Nobel Laureate Physics 2003)[360]
Roger Guillemin (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1977)[360]
John L. Hall (Nobel Laureate Physics 2005)[360]
Sidney Altman(Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1989)[360]
Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2001)[360]
Philip W. Anderson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1977)[360]
Dudley Herschbach (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1986)[360]
Richard Axel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)[360]
Roald Hoffmann (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1981)[360]
David Baltimore (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1975)[360]
H. Robert Horvitz (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2002)[360]
Baruj Benacerraf (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1980)[360]
Louis Ignarro (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1998)[360]
Paul Berg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)[360]
Eric R. Kandel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)[360]
J. Michael Bishop (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1989)[360]
Walter Kohn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1998)[360]
Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate Physics 1981)[360]
Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2006)[360]
Michael S. Brown (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)[360]
Leon M. Lederman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1988)[360]
Linda B. Buck (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)[360]
Craig C. Mello (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2006)[360]
Mario R. Capecchi (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)[360]
Marshall Nirenberg (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1968)[360]
Stanley Cohen (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1986)[360]
Douglas D. Osheroff (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)[360]
Leon Cooper (Nobel Laureate Physics 1972)[360]
Stanley B. Prusiner (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1997)[360]
James W. Cronin (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)[360]
Norman F. Ramsey (Nobel Laureate Physics 1989)[360]
Robert F. Curl (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1996)[360]
Robert Richardson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)[360]
Johann Deisenhofer (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1988)[360]
Burton Richter (Nobel Laureate Physics 1976)[360]
John B. Fenn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2002)[360]
Sherwood Rowland (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1995)[360]
Edmond H. Fischer (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1992)[360]
Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)[360]
Val Fitch (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)[360]
Richard Schrock (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)[360]
Jerome I. Friedman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1990)[360]
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. (Nobel Laureate Physics 1993)[360]
Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel Laureate Physics 2002)[360]
E. Donnall Thomas (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1990)[360]
Walter Gilbert (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)[360]
Charles H. Townes (Nobel Laureate Physics 1964)[360]
Alfred G. Gilman (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1994)[360]
Daniel C. Tsui (Nobel Laureate Physics 1998)[360]
Donald A. Glaser (Nobel Laureate Physics 1960)[360]
Sheldon Glashow (Nobel Laureate Physics 1979)[360]
James D. Watson(Nobel Laureate Medicine1962)[360]
Joseph Goldstein(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)[360]
Eric Wieschaus(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1995)[360]
Paul Greengard(Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)[360]
Frank Wilczek(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)[360]
David Gross(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)[360]
Robert W. Wilson(Nobel Laureate Physics 1978)[360]
Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)[360]
Martin Chalfie (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2008)[365]
[edit] Other academics
Stephen B. Burbank, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania[366]
Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School [327]
Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Law and Political Philosophy at New York University[367]
Michael Eric Dyson, Professor at Georgetown University [368]
John Hope Franklin, Past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.[369]
Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University [327]
William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University [370]
Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan[371]
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Stanford Law School [372]
Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School [373]
Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University [374]
Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University [188]
Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley [188]
Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago[375]
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University [188]
Frances Fox Piven, Professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York [327]
Samantha Power, Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner [188]
Anita Ramasastry, Professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law[228]
Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University [188]
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University [188]
Laurence Tribe, Professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School [376]
Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Yale University[377]
David Victor, Professor at Stanford Law School [188]
Celeste Wallender, Professor at Georgetown University [188]
Barbara Weinstein, President of the American Historical Association [327]
Joseph B. White, President, University of Illinois [378]
Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University [379]
[edit] Businesspeople
Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape[380]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[381]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[382][383]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s[384][385]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent[386]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[333]
Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray’s Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[387]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[388][389]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[390][391]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[392]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation[393]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[394]
Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, company notable for creating Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[395]
Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[396]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[397]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[245]
Hugh McColl, former CEO, Bank of America
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[398]
Ken Mok, President of 10 x 10 Entertainment[228]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[399]
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo [400]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[401]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[402]
Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO [403]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[404]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[405]
Leigh Steinberg, sports agent[406]
John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec[407]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[398] [408]
David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[409]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[410]
I can’t believe it!! I WON’T belive it!!
It’s curtains now for McCain.
Barack Obama gets Fidel Castro’s support
God forbid we take a couple of baby steps to inject capitalism and democracy into Cuba. Our unilateral embargo has served us so well over the years and only appears to be getting more effective as China, Venezuela, and Russia move in.
Our entire Cuba policy has been dictated by a bunch of rich ex-pats in Florida who have been able to influence the presidential election, not by any kind of rational approach whether it’s conservative, liberal, or otherwise.
Maybe Castro is saying the opposite.
🙂
I agree with you for the most part, and I look forward to going to a Cuban casino within 15 years and sitting on the beach with a fine cigar.
I didn’t see Joe the Plumber on that list. Oh yeah, working Americans are voting for McCain.
I have a real life “Jim the Plumber” who does plumbing work for me. He has a McCain Palin sticker on his truck.
doesn’t exist you moron. That guy’s name is sam and he’s a contractor who admitted on national TV that he do better financial under Obama than McCain.
but if you want to continue ignoring reality for your imaginary friends, go right ahead.
Are you talking about Samuel Joesph Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber.
He is very real. Just ask
B. Huesain Obama, aka Barry Obama.
Just because someone chooses to use a middle name they like better than their first given name does not make them “unreal” or unreliable.
I’m a working American and I’m voting for Obama.
I felt we should be fare and look at John McCain supporters also:
U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents
President George W. Bush[1]
Former President George H. W. Bush[1]
Vice President Dick Cheney[citation needed]
Former Vice President Dan Quayle
[edit] U.S. Senators
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)[2]
Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS),[3] former 2008 Presidential Candidate
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)[4]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)[5]
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)[6]
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)[7]
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)[8]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME),[9] Ranking Member of Senate Homeland Security Committee
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)[9]
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) [8]
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)[5]
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ),[9] Senate Minority Whip
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT),[10] Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee and 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)[11]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)[12]
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR),[9] Ranking Member of Senate Aging Committee
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME),[9] Ranking Member of Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)[9]
Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)[13]
Sen. John Warner (R-VA),[9] former Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee
Fmr. Sen. George Allen (R-VA)[14]
Fmr. Sen. Howard Baker (R-TN), former Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader[1]
Fmr. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)[15]
Fmr. Sen. Al D’Amato (R-NY)[1]
Fmr. Sen. John Danforth (R-MO) also served as Ambassador to the United Nations[1]
Fmr. Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Daniel J. Evans (R-WA), also served as Governor of Washington[1]
Fmr. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Bob Kasten (R-WI)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R-KS)[16]
Fmr. Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), former Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Whip[9]
Fmr. Sen. Mack Mattingly (R-GA)[1]
Fmr. Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK)[17]
Fmr. Sen. Warren Rudman (R-NH)[9]
Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN), former 2008 Presidential Candidate[18]
[edit] U.S. Representatives
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)[9]
Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)[9]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)[9]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)[9]
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)[19]
Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA) [9]
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)[9]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) [10]
Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL)[9]
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL)[9]
Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)[9]
Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)[9]
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA)[9]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)[20]
Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)[9]
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)[21]
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)[9]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL),[9] Ranking Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ)[9]
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)[9]
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)[9]
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)[9]
Fmr. Rep. Steve Bartlett (R-TX)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH)[22]
Fmr. Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA)[23]
Fmr. Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Joseph J. DioGuardi (R-NY)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Charles Douglas III (R-NH)[1]
Fmr. Rep. and Ambassador Fred J. Eckert (R-NY)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Louis Frey, Jr. (R-FL)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Greg Ganske (R-IA)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Van Hilleary (R-TN)[24]
Fmr. Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY)[25]
Fmr. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Steven Kuykendall (R-CA)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Tom Loeffler (R-TX)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY)[26]
Fmr. Rep. Mark Neumann (R-WI)[27]
Fmr. Rep. Frank Riggs (R-CA)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-MI)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT)[1]
Fmr. Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-NJ)[1]
[edit] Governors
Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS)
Gov. Matt Blunt (R-MO)[28]
Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL)[29]
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN)[9]
Gov. Jim Douglas (R-VT)[9]
Gov. John Hoeven (R-ND)[30]
Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R-UT)[9]
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) [9]
Gov. Linda Lingle (R-HI) [9]
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN),[9] Chairman of the National Governors Association, National co-Chair of “McCain for President”
Gov. Sonny Perdue (R-GA)[31]
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)[32]
Gov. Bob Riley (R-AL)[33]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA)[34]
Fmr. Gov. Donald DiFrancesco (R-NJ)[35]
Fmr. Gov. Winfield Dunn (R-TN)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Don Sundquist (R-TN)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Bill Owens (R-CO)[1]
Fmr. Gov. William Milliken (R-MI)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL),[1] brother to President George W. Bush, and son to former President George H.W. Bush
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), former 2008 presidential candidate [36]
Fmr. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich (R-MD) [37]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA) Former 2008 Presidential candidate[1]
Fmr. Gov. Frank Keating (R-OK)[9]
Fmr. Gov. Bill Clements (R-TX)[9]
Fmr. Gov. John McKernan (R-ME)[9]
Fmr. Gov. Thomas Kean (R-NJ), 9/11 Commission Co-Chair[38]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Edgar (R-IL)[1]
Fmr. Gov. James R. Thompson (R-IL)[1]
Fmr. Gov. George Deukmejian (R-CA)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Tom Ridge (R-PA),[9] first Secretary of Homeland Security
Fmr. Acting Gov. Jane Swift (R-MA)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Buddy Roemer (R-LA)[1]
Fmr. Gov. Paul Cellucci (R-MA),[39] former U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Fmr. Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-WI)[1] former 2008 Presidential Candidate
Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), former 2008 Presidential Candidate[1]
[edit] Military
Senator McCain has been endorsed by over 100 generals and admirals from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps[40], among them:
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Central Command
Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF (Ret.) – former Chief of the National Guard Bureau
General James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.) – former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (NATO)
Colonel George “Bud” Day, USAF (Ret.) – Medal of Honor recipient
Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, USN (Ret.) – Navy Cross recipient
Admiral S. Robert Foley, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Admiral Ronald J. Hays, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, USN (Ret.) – former Director of the NSA
Admiral Jerome L. Johnson, USN (Ret.) – former Vice Chief of Naval Operations
General P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.) – former Commandant of the Marine Corps
Admiral Robert J. “Barney” Kelly, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Admiral Frank Kelso, USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral George “Gus” Kinnear, USN (Ret.) – former Commander of Air Force, Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Charles R. “Chuck” Larson, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Admiral Joseph Lopez, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
Captain Jim Lovell, USN (Ret.) – former NASA astronaut, commander of Apollo 13
Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Admiral Paul David Miller, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Montoya, USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Civil Engineer Corps
General Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC (Ret.) – former Commandant of the Marine Corps
Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, USN (Ret.) – former Superintendent of the Naval Academy
Colonel Leo K. Thorsness, USAF (Ret.) – Medal of Honor recipient
Lieutenant General James A. Williams, USA (Ret.) – former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
[edit] Mayors
Irondale, Alabama Mayor Tommy Joe Alexander[1]
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez[1]
Indianapolis, Indiana Mayor Greg Ballard
Orange County, Florida Mayor Rich Crotty[41]
Alan Autry of Fresno, California[1]
Richard J. Gerbounka of Linden, New Jersey (I-NJ) [11]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former 2008 Presidential Candidate[1]
[edit] Other political figures
George Argyros, former United States Ambassador to Spain, billionaire, and former Major League Baseball owner[42]
Debra Bartoshevich (D), Fmr. Hillary Clinton Delegate [43]
Karl Rove, former political advisor to President Bush[44]
Nancy Reagan, wife of the late President Ronald Reagan and former First Lady of the United States[45][46]
Ann McLaughlin Korologos former Secretary of Labor, DC [47]
Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush[1]
Alexander Haig, former Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan[1]
Henry Kissinger,[9] former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford.
George Shultz, former Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan[1]
John Rusling Block, former Secretary of Agriculture[1]
Otis R. Bowen, former Secretary of Health and Human Services[1] and former Indiana Governor
James H. Burnley IV, former Secretary of Transportation[1]
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., former Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford[1]
Barbara Hackman Franklin, former Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush[citation needed]
Fmr. Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher[48]
Fmr. Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson [49]
Anthony Principi, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs[citation needed]
James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford[citation needed]
R. James Woolsey, Jr., former CIA Director under President Bill Clinton.[50]
John R. Bolton, former Ambassador to the UN under President George W. Bush[51]
Fmr. Ambassador Chuck Cobb[citation needed]
Fmr. Ambassador Sue Cobb[citation needed]
[edit] National figures
Francis J. Beckwith, director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and an associate professor of Church-State studies at Baylor University[52]
Robert Gleason,[53] Chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania
John C. Hagee, founder and senior pastor of the evangelical mega-church Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas[54]
Fmr. Treasurer of the United States Rosario Marin (CA)[citation needed]
Rod Parsley, televangelist and senior pastor of World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio[citation needed]
[edit] Newspapers
See also: Newspaper_endorsements_in_the_United_States_presidential_primaries,_2008
These newspapers have endorsed John McCain’s general election run:
The New York Post”[55]
The San Francisco Examiner”[56]
The Johnson County Sun”[57]
[edit] Business People
John T. Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems[citation needed]
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard[58]
Steve Forbes,[59] magazine publisher, former GOP Presidential Candidate (1996, 2000)
Charles R. Schwab, investor and founder of brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corporation[citation needed]
Frederick W. Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx Corporation[citation needed]
Donald Trump, Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization[citation needed][60]
Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay [61]
[edit] Entertainers
Burt Bacharach, composer[62]
Stephen Baldwin, actor[63]
Pat Boone, singer[64]
Wilford Brimley, actor[65]
Jerry Bruckheimer, producer[64]
James Caan, actor[64]
Dean Cain, actor[64]
Lacey Chabert, actress[64]
Jon Cryer, actor[64]
Daddy Yankee (Ramon Ayala), Latin recording artist[66]
Robert Davi, actor [67]
Robert Duvall, actor[64]
Clint Eastwood, actor and director[68]
Erik Estrada, actor [12]
Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter[69]
Lou Ferrigno, actor and bodybuilder[70]
Kelsey Grammer, actor[citation needed]
Angie Harmon, actress[71]
Elizabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of The View
Patricia Heaton, actress[64]
Lorenzo Lamas, actor[64]
Gerald McRaney, actor[64]
Dennis Miller, comedian[citation needed]
Heidi Montag, hollywood figure[72]
Craig T. Nelson, actor[64]
Gail O’Grady, actress[73]
John Ondrasik, singer[74]
John Rich, musician[75]
Shauna Sand, actress[76]
Joan Rivers, Comedienne
Tom Selleck, actor[77]
Gary Sinise, actor[73]
Kevin Sorbo, actor[64]
Sylvester Stallone, actor[78]
Connie Stevens, actress[citation needed]
Janine Turner, actress and author[79]
Rip Torn, actor[77]
Dick Van Patten, actor[80]
Jon Voight, actor [81]
James Woods, actor[82]
[edit] Foreign Entertainment Celebrities
Norm MacDonald, comedian [83]
[edit] Athletes and Sportspeople
Mario Andretti, Former Race Car Driver
Bill Davidson, owner of the Detroit Pistons[84]
John Elway, Hall of Fame Denver Broncos quarterback
Joe Gibbs, former Washington Redskins head coach
Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner
Ken Kennedy, WWE Wrestler
Don King, boxing promoter
Robert Kraft, New England Patriots Owner
Chuck Liddell, MMA Fighter
Arnold Palmer, Former PGA player
Richard Petty, 7 Time NASCAR Champion
Brady Quinn, Cleveland Browns Backup Quarterback
Rhino TNA Wrestler
Nolan Ryan, Hall of Fame pitcher
Curt Schilling, Boston Red Sox pitcher[85]
Jason Sehorn, retired New York Giants cornerback[86]
Roger Staubach, Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys quarterback[87]
Joe Thomas, Left Tackle for the Cleveland Browns
Troy Aikman, Fmr. Dallas Cowboys Quarterback
[edit] Organizations
National Rifle Association [88]
[edit] Other people
Michael Savage, radio host[89]
Tran Trong Duyet, the man who ran the Hanoi Hilton [13]
Esperanza Aguirre, the conservative president of Madrid (equivalent to mayor)
[edit] See also
Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election
Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008
List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements
List of Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign endorsements
McCain Democrat
[edit] References
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Is that the Colorado Legend John Elway endorsing John McCain?
George “Macaca” Allen! There’s a shocker!
Lorenzo Lamas and Kevin Sorbo! The 1990s called, they want their studs back.
Lou Ferrigno’s ripped jean shorts may bring in some votes. McCain SMASH! Don’t make Sen. McCain angry, you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
The DONALD! “McCain’s Presidency would be the classiest, most luxurious Presidency in the world.”
to banks while they are still paying dividends to rich people is the GOP style of spreading the wealth.
THEY WON’T GIVE US JOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!
the lord and master, our grand saviour Obama becomes leader, and raises taxes on everyone making over 250K a year (my money says ALL of our taxes will go up. He knows it, you all know it.), and then goes after businesses, who do you think will actually pay?
Do you really think all those nasty greedy rich people will dig into their pockets deeper?
Do you really think those despicable uncaring businesses will absorb BHO’s massive tax hikes?
Uh, no. They will pass them right along to us. To the poor working stiff. EVERYTHING we buy from now on will cost more. Lot’s more. EVERYTHING.
This nobody from Illinois, this junior politician is simply trying and succeeding in BUYING votes. Anybody with an ounce of sense can see that our cost of living is going to skyrocket.
How is this plan going to help the poor of this nation? How is his bullshit plan going to help the middle class? Do you really think by him not directly raising our income taxes but by raising taxes on big business, he is somehow going to help the working stiff?
If by taking money from those that work for a living and giving to those that don’t is your idea of a great cause, you guys must be in love with this f**ker.
Spreading the wealth is socialism plain and simple.
What a bunch of bs.
“HE” won’t raise our taxes. “HE” won’t have to.
The Democrat controlled House and Senate will just let the Bush Tax cuts expire, and THAT will raise our taxes without Obama lifting a finger.
Is that not spreading the wealth?
they think they found a nut.
So of course it’s OK to espouse socialism when you’re John McCain.
as the senile 72-year-old candidate at the top of your ticket.
You do know “joe the plummer” is a figment of McCain and yours imagination right?
is a Marxist, what’s that make McCain a Fascist? He favors selling our country out to corporations and invading foreign countries for power…
I do declare that we should know what we are talking about before using words that you do not know what they mean.
Way to show the taxpayer what you really think of their money.
http://voices.washingtonpost.c…
Intersting, isn’t it? Your tax dollars at work!