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NEWS ABOUT: campaign rally

campaign rally stories: 16 news summaries
NY-23 circus

 Limbaugh 
 'Handpicked' 
 Hoffman: Biden 

Limbaugh: VP should 'reacquaint himself' with Constitution

Nov 2, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe Biden took aim at a variety of GOP and conservative opponents today at a rally for New York congressional candidate Bill Owens. The VP said Conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman was “handpicked” by Rush Limbaugh, adding that Hoffman is in line with conservatives like Sarah Palin who “will... More »

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Joe Biden • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • campaign rally • special election • Sarah Palin • New York state • congressional district • Doug Hoffman • Dede Scozzafava • Bill Owens • Election 09 • election day November 2009

 Dems Plan Rallies to 
 Counteract Ugly Town Halls 

Health care reform advocates look 
 to Obama '08 playbook

Aug 31, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Obama supporters will try to recapture the energy of his presidential campaign with a two-week health care reform push featuring a bus tour, rallies, and more than 2,000 house parties. Organizing for America, the network of Obama supporters now run by the Democratic National Committee, aims to show lawmakers... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • rally • health care reform • town hall meeting • campaign rally

Campaigns Make Florida Election-Eve Battleground

Obama reprises out-of-touch criticism of McCain, who hits back on economics

Nov 3, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Both presidential candidates were on the trail today in Florida, trading jabs from opposite ends of the state, the Miami Herald reports. Barack Obama spoke about the economy in Jacksonville, in the north, the same city where John McCain said the “fundamentals of the economy are strong.” McCain... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign • Election 2008 • campaign rally • economy • political demonstrations

McCain Ditches Town Halls for Larger Crowds

Fractious Q&As and need for 'volume' forces shift to big rallies

Nov 1, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain hasn’t held one of his trademark town hall meetings since early October, and it’s not only because they started turning nasty, Politico reports. Though the question-and-answer format revealed some distressing misconceptions in the McCain faithful, town halls also are much smaller than more spectacular rallies. “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • town hall meeting • Election 2008 • campaign rally • question and answer • supporters

 New Video Hit: 
 'Where Are You, Joe?' 

McCain's guest nowhere to be found during first Ohio rally

Oct 31, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The image of John McCain looking for a nowhere-to-be-found Joe the Plumber has surfaced on YouTube and is being forwarded by gleeful Democrats, notes MSNBC's First Read blog. “Joe’s with us here," McCain said at an Ohio rally yesterday. "Joe, where are you?," he asked,... More »

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John McCain • Ohio • gaffe • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber

Two Distinct Americas Emerge on Campaign Trail

Party faithful split on politics but united in distrust

Oct 30, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vastly different crowds appear at the rallies of the candidates who started their campaigns calling for bipartisan unity, a roving New York Times reporter finds. Republican rallygoers shout to a country-pop soundtrack; the Democratic faithful dance to folk and Motown. Flag pins, pompoms, and patriotic songs define GOP gatherings, while... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democrats • Republican • partisanship • campaign trail • rallies • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin

 Joe Six-Packs Drink to Palin 

VP candidate's rallies are dude-dominated

Oct 19, 08 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may have been picked in part to appeal to women, but her rallies are dominated by enthusiastic dudes, the New York Times reports. The vocal guys in the Joe Six-Pack crowd—bikers, high schoolers, bearded veterans—admire her for being “real” and “like us,” they... More »

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men • campaign rally • Sarah Palin • Joe Sixpack

Joe the Journo Attacked at
Palin Event

Reporter kicked after angering supporter by talking to the opposition

Oct 17, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fiery rhetoric at a Republican rally turned physical yesterday when one supporter kicked a journalist in the leg, the News & Record reports. Joe Killian, who works for the paper, was covering a clash between supporters of Barack Obama and John McCain after a Sarah Palin rally in North... More »

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North Carolina • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin • liberal media

OPINION

Obama's the Only One
Playing the Race Card

McCain's scrupulous eschewing of racial issue hasn't halted accusations

Oct 17, 08 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign has been unjustly accusing John McCain of appealing to racial prejudice, Charles Krauthammer argues in the Washington Post. McCain is taking the flak for what a few "agitated yahoos" shout at his rallies, he writes—a guilt by association that Obama seems to have escaped despite... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race relations • Election 2008 • campaign rally • the race card

OPINION

Out-of-Touch Dems Distort
Myth of Crazed Mobs


Oct 14, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's been hard to miss the spate of reports about ugly anti-Obama incidents at McCain/Palin events—a crowd member calling him a “terrorist,” for instance. The media is now playing a game of "find a freak" at GOP rallies and grossly distorting the notion of genuine harm... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • violence • Republican candidate • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers

McCain Paints Ugly Picture, Touts His Experience as Fix

GOP candidate compares Obama to Herbert Hoover on economy

Oct 13, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain painted a dismal picture of the economy today at a rally in Virginia, comparing Barack Obama’s solutions to Herbert Hoover’s while declaring himself the right candidate to fix the mess, the Virginian-Pilot reports. McCain also raised the specter of his flailing campaign in an effort to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • credit crisis • Election 2008 • campaign rally • economy • Sarah Palin • financial crisis • Virginia Beach

McCain Booed for Defending Obama

Candidate praises,
then slams rival
at ugly GOP rally

Oct 11, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A raucous Republican rally didn't take kindly to John McCain's defense of Barack Obama yesterday, the New York Times reports. The crowd jeered when McCain said his rival was not someone "to be scared of as president" in response to concerns expressed by a member of his audience. But... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican • Election 2008 • campaign rally

Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

Pair not allowed to sit behind candidate over headscarves; campaign apologizes

Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama during a rally Monday, with campaign volunteers concerned about headscarves appearing on TV and in pictures, Politico reports. One woman was told the "political climate" made her presence problematic; another was told headwear of any kind was off-limits in... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • American Muslims • headscarves • Muslim women • campaign rally • hijabs

 Gore: 'We Need Change' 

Ex-veep, Mich. governor endorse Obama in crucial Detroit

Jun 17, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president at a Detroit rally last night, saying the 2008 election “matters more than ever before,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “After 8 years of lost jobs, we need change,” the former Democratic nominee said. “After 8 years of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Detroit • Jennifer Granholm • endorsement • campaign rally

 Obama Rallies 75K in Portland 

Decemberists play, but candidate is big draw 

May 19, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama drew an estimated 75,000 people to the Portland waterfront yesterday, in the largest political rally Oregon has ever seen. The gates were filled to capacity at 60,000, another 12,000 crowded outside the gates, and some even gathered on boats in the Willamette River and on... More »

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Barack Obama • Oregon • Obama 2008 • Portland, Oregon • campaign rally • Oregon primary

Officer Dies Escorting Clinton

Hillary 'devastated' by motorcade crash

Feb 22, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A Dallas police officer escorting Hillary Clinton's motorcade to a rally died today when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a viaduct pillar, the Dallas Morning News reports. The officer, whose name was not being released, was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterward. More »

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Hillary Clinton • police • Dallas • motorcycle crash • campaign rally • motorcade

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