Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
MarketWatch’s Robert Schroeder speaks with Douglas Holtz-Eakin , Sen. John McCain ’s top economic policy advisor, about the candidate’s economic proposals and Hurricane Gustav’s impact on the Republican convention.
ataxingmatter (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the Obama tax plan does not raise taxes . TIME's Michael Sherer wrote , back in July: "Here is Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's chief economic policy adviser. 'I used to say that Barack Obama raises taxes and John McCain cuts them, and I was convinced,' he told me in a phone interview this week. 'I stand corrected [about Obama's plans].'" " (emphasis added) See " McCain Campaign...
Angry Bear (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Newsweek ( blog ), via TBogg : Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the former chief economist at the Council of Economic Advisers who has been serving as top economics guru for the McCain campaign, has moved over to serve as Palin’s chief domestic-policy adviser. A while back, a commenter who'd worked in his shop remarked on Holtz-Eakin's great sense of humor. Looks like he'll need...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
"Welcome to my life." -- Douglas Holtz-Eakin , McCain foreign policy adviser, on the unpredictability of the Palin pick as evidence of how the AZ senator works
US News (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
So you want details? Well we've got some on just what Sen. John McCain would do in his first year of office: Seek approval of his drill and conservation energy plan and right Social Security. However, said his policy director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain is not looking to make a "grand deal" with Democrats like former President Bush did to reduce the deficit by raising taxes. "What...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior economic policy adviser to the McCain campaign, spoke at a Monitor lunch in St. Paul, Minn., Monday. (Mary Knox Merrill/Staff)Palin (and news of pregnant daughter) steals GOP convention spotlightBy | Staff writer / September 1, 2008 editionSt. Paul, Minn. – Douglas Holtz-Eakin is a serious person. He’s John McCain’s top economic adviser, and before that he was chief economist...
butner blogspot (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... McCain, the wife of her running mate, but didn’t provide any other details. She also met with Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who handles domestic policy for the McCain campaign, and Randy Scheunemann, who directs foreign policy. According to WSJ, beginning next week, Gov. Palin will travel to battleground states, starting with Florida, a McCain aide said, and including a heavy dose of...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... image is in need of repair. "I think the Republican brand suffers from a number of things," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior economic adviser to the McCain campaign. "On the policy front, it suffers from spending money hand over fist, and the perception a lot of that was just lining the pockets of folks who had close political connections. And that's fraud. That's a bad problem."...
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... regulatory overhaul in 70 years. "He's going to arrive with a very aggressive agenda on energy," Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Mr McCain's top policy adviser said, adding that Democrats and Republicans agree on the need to break the country's oil addiction, if not the method. "At least there is some commonality (between the parties) and we can build on that," he said at a Republican...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... for far more vigorous efforts to reduce dependence on Middle East oil, his senior policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, said Tuesday, an area "where I think you'll see some overlap between our position and the Democrats'."In describing himself and McCain as like-minded on Iraq, Bush was rewriting a good deal of modern history.McCain's "early and consistent call," which began...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... more vigorous efforts to reduce American dependence on Middle East oil, his senior policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, said Tuesday, an area “where I think you’ll see some overlap between our position and the Democrats’.”In describing himself and Mr. McCain as like-minded on Iraq, Mr. Bush was rewriting a good deal of modern history.Mr. McCain’s “early and consistent call,”...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... senior Bush White House communications aide, is serving as senior counselor to Palin’s operation.Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the former chief economist at the Council of Economic Advisers who has been serving as top economics guru for the McCain campaign, has moved over to serve as Palin’s chief domestic-policy adviser.The proliferation of former Bush White House aides in the Palin...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... for driving up the price of corn and making it more expensive for farmers to feed their livestock.Douglas Holtz-Eakin, economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, said the campaign did not ask the platform committee to include that provision, but McCain had long supported eliminating the ethanol mandates."This is a great piece of support for his principles,"...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
It did not appear to be a comfortable moment for Douglas Holtz-Eakin when he was asked at a lunch meeting whether the campaign had been aware of the young woman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy when her mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was selected as McCain's running mate.
