Elections
- Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:07:26
AP - John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn’t seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama.
- Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:58:23
AP - Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.
- Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:04:27
AP - Now that they’re allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week.
- Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:58:33
AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn’t exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn’t mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.
- Previous July 4 polls promising for Obama
(Politico)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:00
Politico - It’s an axiom in presidential politics to ignore the early polls. Perhaps that’s one piece of conventional wisdom that’s better ignored.
- Analysis: Obama’s centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:45:13
AP - Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?
- Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:54:34
AP - It was a family Fourth of July for Democrat Barack Obama as his wife, daughters, sister and other relatives helped him make an Independence Day play for this reliably conservative state.
- Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist proposes to girlfriend
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:51:48
AP - Gov. Charlie Crist won’t be sleeping alone in the governor’s mansion much longer he is engaged to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart.
- Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:45
AP - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.
- Today on the presidential campaign trail
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:57
AP - Obama, family spend Fourth of July in red-state Montana, celebrate daughter’s 10th birthday … Florida Gov. Crist, possible running mate for John McCain, engaged to marry … Obama woos Montana and its 3 electoral votes despite state’s history of voting Republican …
- Presidential candidates’ housing plans at a glance
(AP)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:43:38
AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama envision the Federal Housing Administration backing new, cheaper mortgages for distressed homeowners who otherwise would have difficulty refinancing into more secure government-insured loans with lower monthly payments. - Obama’s Media `Body Watch’ Get Scoop on His Haircuts, Workouts
(Bloomberg)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:00
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama’s ascension to presumed Democratic presidential nominee means the press can now get more information on the nation’s next potential commander in chief, including such critical items as when he last got a haircut. - Obama visits traditionally-Republican Montana
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:16
AP - Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana, attending a parade and picnic. It’s a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican. Only two Democrats have carried Montana since 1948. Republicans typically take it for granted and Democrats usually write if off. But this year, Obama is spending a sizeable amount of time and money to try to win it.
- McCain: Staff shake-up part of ‘natural evolution’
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:43:17
AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a “natural evolution” as the organization becomes more national in scope.
- Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:42:12
AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.
- Obama says Jones mailer is not an endorsement
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:37:54
AP - Barack Obama’s presidential campaign distanced itself Thursday from a mailer by Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Vernon Jones that shows them together under Obama’s signature slogan: “Yes we can.”
- Obama may accept nomination at Invesco Field
(AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:34:33
AP - Barack Obama’s campaign is considering having him accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High instead of the Pepsi Center, the chosen site for the Democratic National Convention, two people with knowledge of convention planning said Thursday.
- Obama wades into controversy with Iraq comments
(Reuters)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:14:56
Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over
his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first
saying he might “refine” his views but later declaring his
stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.
- McCain woos Catholic, Latino voters on Mexican visit
(AFP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:35:44
AFP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, home to Mexico’s most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States.
- Obama: Mental distress can’t justify late abortion
(AP)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:59
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says “mental distress” should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights.
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