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Election 2008 stories: 1902 news summaries

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(Newser) - Todd Palin says the $150,000 spending spree that outfitted his wife during last fall’s campaign was “out of our control,” the AP reports. “You come into a campaign late,” he told Men’s Journal. “You put all your trust into the team.”... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • RNC • clothes • campaign trail • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin

GOP Vows to Fight WWIII
if Dems Try to Seat Franken

Months after vote, legal course murky

Mar 30, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Minnesota court ruling on the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman just days away, GOP honchos are warning that if they lose this round, they plan to go all the way to the highest court, even if it leaves the state's voters without a senator for... More »

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Senate • John Cornyn • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Election 2008

Supreme Court Will Rule
on Hillary Documentary

Anti-Clinton flick deemed campaign ad

Mar 21, 09 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court judges will go the movies next week when they hear arguments about a feature-length film on Hillary Clinton, the AP reports. Screened in eight theaters during the presidential campaign, Hillary: the Movie fizzled after federal courts said the scathing documentary and its commercials amounted to campaign ads.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • film • campaign finance • political advertising • US Supreme Court • Election 2008 • documentary film • Citizens United

analysis

Obama's Lobbyist Ban Haunting Him

He's losing good people for hard-to-fill administration spots

Mar 13, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s campaign pledge to run a lobbyist-free White House is coming back to haunt him, writes Jonathan Martin in Politico. The problem is that there’s an army of Democratic specialists in hard-to-master policy areas who worked as lobbyists during the Bush administration—and they're all off-limits. “... More »

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Barack Obama • lobbyist • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • Washington lobbyists • Obama administration

(Newser) - Most also-ran candidates slip off quietly once the presidential campaign is over, and yet the media is still interested in what John McCain has to say. The attention is undeserved, Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s signature issue, earmarks, is “as substantively empty as could be,... More »

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Congress • John McCain • media • Senate • earmarks • journalist • presidential candidates • Election 2008

 Franken 
 Moves to 
 Dismiss 
 Coleman 
 Lawsuit 

Coleman hasn't met his burden of proof, he says

Mar 5, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Franken asked judges today to dismiss a lawsuit that has bogged down Minnesota’s US Senate vote recount, saying Republican opponent Norm Coleman didn’t prove his claim that 2000 absentee ballots were improperly rejected. Since resting their case, Coleman’s lawyers have focused on using Franken’s witnesses... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

 Coleman Team: 
 'Set Aside' This 
 Election 

GOP defense rests most of case; now it's Franken's turn

Mar 3, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for Norm Coleman suggested the election should be "set aside" in a letter to the court reviewing Minnesota’s US Senate election results, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “Some courts have held that when the number of illegal votes exceeds the margin between the candidates—and it... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

(Newser) - The 2008 election marked the death knell of post-Watergate public financing, Mark Schmitt writes for the American Prospect, but the raft of small donations that killed the system heralds a hopeful future. The public financing system was designed—and failed—to limit the influence of special interests: “Since... More »

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Internet • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • netroots • public financing • political donors • Election 2008 • Mark Schmitt

Obama and McCain Back at It, Over Stimulus

'Season of cooperation' short-lived as Mac rips 'comical' spending bill

Feb 4, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - How to spend hundreds of billions of dollars has a way of opening up old rivalries, the Washington Times reports, with John McCain—who recently pledged to cooperate with President Obama—spearheading the Senate effort to rewrite the stimulus package. “I cannot and do not support the package on... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • Election 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama

(AP) - Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, has agreed to a 7-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory will be published by Viking next fall. Two publishing executives said that bidding for the... More »

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politics • Viking • Obama 2008 • memoir • David Plouffe • campaign manager • Election 2008 • President Obama • book deal

 The Real Michelle Obama 

Michelle Obama Says It's All In The Family

Feb 1, 09 7:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama's journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House has been avidly documented, but Carol Felsenthal of Chicago magazine highlights the consistency of her role, driven by a burning desire to do good, but also to achieve security for her family. She resisted her husband's political... More »

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Barack Obama • Jesse Jackson • Michelle Obama • White House • Election 2008 • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Marian Robinson

analysis

Obama Sneaks Power Back
Into the Mix

Adviser who called Clinton 'monster' lands national security role

Jan 30, 09 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s national security team seems to consist entirely of people known for speaking their minds, observes Ben Smith of Politico, and none moreso than new NSC staff member Samantha Power, best known for calling Hillary Clinton “a monster.” She was booted for the incident, but that... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign adviser • Rwanda • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Samantha Power • Susan Rice • National Security Council

analysis

 Blue States Dominate, 
 and Purple Gains Ground 

Dramatic shift in electorate favors liberals: poll

Jan 29, 09 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Blue states are far bluer than red states are red, says a new Gallup poll. Party registrations favor Democrats—they lead by 10 or more percentage points in 29 states and the DC, compared to four states where Republicans dominate—suggesting that Dems can expand on ther gains they made... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • partisanship • Utah • Rhode Island • electorate • red state • blue states • Election 2008 • Gallup poll • swing states • party politics

 Stork Sneaks Up on Hasselbeck 


Jan 29, 09 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck is expecting her third child in August, and the pregnancy came as a surprise, People reports. “I didn't even know for 2 months,” the co-host told her friends on The View today, noting that she and her husband “were thoroughly happy with the... More »

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television • pregnancy • The View • daytime talk show • celebrity pregnancy • Election 2008 • Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Ohio Vote Fraud Probe Uncovers Single Case

Allegations of widespread Cincinatti-area fraud prove unfounded

Jan 29, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - An investigation into allegations of widespread voter fraud in Ohio's Hamilton County last fall found just one case, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. A county prosecutor—and local chairman of John McCain's campaign—had demanded 600 votes be examined. The only fraudulent vote was cast by a Connecticut man who turned... More »

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voter fraud • Ohio • Cincinnati • election fraud • voting irregularities • Election 2008

 Former Rivals Cozy 
 Up on Inaugural Eve 

Obama hails McCain as 'national hero'

Jan 20, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain buried the hatchet last night at a dinner honoring the Arizona senator, whom Obama called an "American hero." The president-elect praised McCain's bipartisan record and added, "John is not known to bite his tongue and if I'm screwing up, he's going... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • inauguration • bipartisanship • Election 2008 • President Obama

 Thank Portrait for 
 Obama's Success: 
 Hope Artist 

LA graphic designer says image boosted power of art

Jan 18, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The iconic Hope image of Barack Obama helped get the Illinois senator elected president, says the graphic designer who created the image. “It has exceeded my expectations almost from the get-go,” Shepard Fairey told Smithsonian magazine, adding that Obama’s “unique” look was an inspiration for him... More »

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Barack Obama • politics • presidential campaign • art • Election 2008 • posters • hope • Shepard Fairey

Palin Off List for Bipartisan McCain Fete

Possible snub could be inaugural team's doing—or bad blood

Jan 16, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama inaugural committee is throwing a dinner honoring John McCain as an advocate of bipartisanship, but there's a gap in the guest list. Notably absent is running mate Sarah Palin, Daniel Schulman blogs for Mother Jones. “I don’t know if she was invited,” says a Palin... More »

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John McCain • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Presidential Inaugural Committee

ANALYSIS

 Nate Silver: 
 Win the Cities, 
 Win America 

Fast-growing urban demographic handed Obama election victory

Jan 15, 09 8:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's strength in cities won him the election, meaning he "might be America's first urban" president, statistics whiz Nate Silver writes in Esquire. Obama's "pragmatic, superior, hip, stubborn, multicultural" ways make him unmistakably urban, Silver writes, and America's changing demographics mean that urban voters matter now more... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • demographics • cities • Election 2008 • demographic trends • President Obama

 Burris Sworn in
 as Senator 


Jan 15, 09 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris was sworn in and seated in the Senate today as the junior senator from Illinois. Democrats had been loath to accept an appointee of Rod Blagojevich's, but the continued hubbub around the former Illinois AG was seen as a distraction. And Burris’ heroic attempts to get his credentials... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Election 2008 • President Obama • Roland Burris

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