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Big Spending Not Paying Off for McCain in Key States

But Obama's facing similar problem elsewhere

Aug 19, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is outspending Barack Obama by a wide margin in traditional battleground states such as Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa, Talking Points Memo reports. The good news for Obama is that McCain has little to show for it in the polls in those states. But the Democrat has troubles of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • campaign advertising • campaign tactics • swing states

ANALYSIS

Candidates Go Head to Head in Message War

Obama offers policy details, McCain a 'maverick' record

Aug 13, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neither presidential hopeful can boast a significant lead three months before the election, leading both sides to ramp up their political ad machines. While McCain paints Obama as a "pop star" spouting empty rhetoric, Obama frames McCain as another Bush lackey. Salon asked a leading political analyst to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • media • Obama 2008 • campaign advertising • McCain 2008 • campaign tactics

opinion

Feel That? It's the Race Shifting: Noonan

Obama's weakened image is costing him among voters

Aug 8, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory once seemed inevitable—but in the past month, a glimmer of real hope has emerged for John McCain, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. McCain's creeping up in the polls—even on YouTube—while Obama’s squeaky-clean image in the press has been somewhat... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Peggy Noonan • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

OPINION

 'Wooden'
 McCain
 Could Win 
 By Default

Campaign wunderkind Obama should be doing better

Jul 28, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is a “wooden” candidate running a poor campaign, while Barack Obama is “the most spectacular campaigner of his generation”—so why can’t Obama climb over the 50% mark in polls?  It’s a matter of the white working men Obama hasn’t convinced, writes... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaigning • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

OPINION

 Ben Stein:
 Time for
 Mac to
 Call Rove

Candidate running 'absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen'

Jul 28, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative stalwart Ben Stein thought Bob Dole's quest for the White House set the bar low, but says John McCain is “running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life.” But there’s an answer ("Anyone? Anyone?")—talk to Karl Rove,... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Ben Stein • campaign staff • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

McCain Ad Slams Obama
for Skipping Troop Meeting

But 'he had time to go to the gym,' snipes spot

Jul 27, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new John McCain ad goes on the offensive, attacking Barack Obama for canceling a meeting with wounded troops, Politico reports. The clip, which aired in Denver during Saturday Night Live last night, criticizes Obama over his track record with members of the military, sniping: “He made time to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • US military • US troops • campaign advertising • campaign tactics

 'Sgt.' Schmidt Hones
 McCain's Pitch 

Strategist hammers good about McCain, bad about Obama

Jul 23, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fiery Republican strategist Steve Schmidt argues that above all, a campaign needs something good to say about its own candidate, and something bad to say about the opponent. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how 'Sgt. Schmidt', newly given the reins to John McCain's campaign, is methodically and... More »

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John McCain • Republican strategy • campaign tactics • Steve Schmidt • political strategy

 Obama as Manager:
 Crisp, Even, Big-Picture Guy 

Senator lets top advisers take control on many issues

Jun 16, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's not a micromanager, he's not an obsessor, and he's not a blamer, the New York Times notes in a piece on the Democratic candidate's developing style as commander in chief of his campaign. After losing the Pennsylvania primary, he took a firmer grip on the wheel of his... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign staff • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

 Obama Gets 
 Personal With Voters 

Senator aims to shed pure-rhetoric image

Jun 15, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to shake criticism that he’s nothing more than a talented orator, Barack Obama has spent the week meeting voters face-to-face, the New York Times reports. His massive primary-campaign rallies were energizing, but also “isolating,” said his chief strategist. So instead the presumptive Democratic nominee has hosted... More »

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Barack Obama • voters • speech • rhetoric • campaign tactics

 'Campaign of People' 
  Buoys Obama 

Candidate, message, technology all combined to take campaign viral

May 25, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s grassroots campaigning is what brought the underdog to the top of the heap, the Chicago Tribune says. His camp’s goal from the start was to dodge the Democratic party’s political machine and address voters directly. “You could see in the first few hours that... More »

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Barack Obama • grassroots • campaign tactics

GOP May Have Big Say
in Dems' Indiana Primary

Clinton, Obama reaching out to Republican voters, too

May 2, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the red state of Indiana, the GOP could have a major say in the fortunes of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Tuesday's primary, the Wall Street Journal reports. Republicans could account for up to 15% of voters in the Democratic race because of the state's open-primary system.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Indiana • Republican voters • campaign trail • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

 Obama Shifts
 Blue-Collar Strategy 

Visits church, b-ball court amid town-hall stumping

Apr 28, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moving to beef up his appeal to blue-collar voters in Indiana, Barack Obama is changing the tone of his campaign there, trading big rallies for more intimate town-hall sessions; the weekend included stops at a Methodist church and a basketball court, the New York Times reports. “I’ve got... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign trail • town hall meeting • blue-collar vote • working-class vote • campaign tactics

Bill Resumes Central Role
in Hillary's Campaign

Despite his critics, he seems to helping her regain momentum

Apr 26, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite controversial remarks on more than one occasion, Bill Clinton has moved to the forefront of his wife’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. In what some insiders call the “Billification” of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, the ex-President is pushing for sharper attacks on Barack Obama amid... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • campaign trail • campaign staff • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • campaign tactics • North Carolina primary

Clyburn Blasts Bill's 'Bizarre'
Obama Attacks

Blacks 'incensed' by former president's conduct in campaign

Apr 25, 08 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn slammed Bill Clinton’s “bizarre” campaign-trail conduct in an interview yesterday with the New York Times, saying that “black people are incensed” over Clinton’s remarks about Barack Obama. Clinton earlier compared Obama’s win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson’s 1988... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Election 2008 • campaign tactics • James Clyburn

 Pressed in Pa.,
 Obama Steps 
 Up Attacks 

Her lead shrinking, Clinton notes his departure from positivity

Apr 21, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lagging a day before the high-stakes Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama has intensified his attacks on Hillary Clinton, painting her as a typical Washington insider, the New York Times reports. Clinton fired back, accusing Obama of dropping his hopeful message in favor of old-style politics himself. Clinton holds a 5- or... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

 John McCain: the Brand 

Campaign uses decade-old image to sell GOP hopeful

Apr 12, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is more than a candidate, he's a brand—and a successful one at that, the Washington Post reports. His image of independence, experience, and, of course, straight talk endures in the public eye and explains why he keeps rising in national polls despite his support for an unpopular... More »

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John McCain • marketing • branding • campaign tactics

 GOP Sees Pastor as 
 Route to Nov. Win 

'It’s not the Obama you thought,' strategist says of tie to vocal Wright

Mar 19, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - After scrounging for ways to combat Barack Obama's appeal, Republican strategists now believe Rev. Jeremiah Wright is the perfect play to drag the Democrat through the mud in the general election. Said one of the inflammatory Wright clips making the rounds, “You start getting some sense of who he... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • race relations • Jeremiah Wright • Swift Boating • campaign tactics

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