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ANALYSIS

 Dems Win Registration Wars 

New swing-state voters look like Obama backers; independents add numbers, too

Oct 6, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - With voter registration closing in many states today, it appears Barack Obama has largely succeeded in his attempt to make over the electorate, the Washington Post reports. Some 4 million new voters have registered across a dozen battleground states, with new Democrats greatly outnumbering new Republicans. In Florida, Obama has... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican voters • Democratic voters • Obama 2008 • Bruce Springsteen • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • young voters • battleground states • new voters

Hillary Raises Big Money
for Obama

Clinton draws $8M for former rival, despite own campaign debts

Oct 6, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has raised more than $8 million since July for Barack Obama, USA Today reports, and has hit 40 Obama campaign events in the past 2 months. She’ll headline two more Obama fundraisers this month, plus 11 events for other Democratic candidates. But while she’s raising money... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • campaign fundraising • Election 2008 • campaign debt

 Young Voters 
 Favor Obama 2-1 

Obama's influence may last a lifetime

Oct 6, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama faces an easy victory—at least among voters under 30. That's the finding of a poll of young voters, who overwhelmingly prefer Obama to John McCain, 61% to 32%, reports USA Today. It's the most dramatic margin within an age group in any presidential election in modern... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • young voters • Sarah Palin

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Pundits Zero In 
 on McCain's Slide 

GOP candidate once sat on board of far-right group linked to "anti-Semites"

Oct 5, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the election campaign in its last month, the Sunday talk shows turned to John McCain’s substantial slide in the polls, Politico reports. The highlights:
  • Vice-presidential debate moderator and soon-to-be author Gwen Ifill suggested on Meet the Press that hype over her alleged pro-Obama bias came from a
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • Jennifer Granholm • Meet the Press • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Gwen Ifill

 Court Is King in 
 Obama Campaign 

Basketball is essential outlet when things get tense

Oct 4, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Barack Obama, shooting hoops is an essential element of any tense day. In frequent sessions usually closed to reporters, the senator faces off with friends from the campaign and elsewhere, even flying in Chicago buddies to hit the court, the Los Angeles Times reports. But his aides make sure... More »

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Barack Obama • basketball • Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008 • Iowa caucuses

OPINION

'Bradley Effect' Is Overblown, But Obama Can't Ignore It

Racism will play a factor, but might not boil down to simple dishonesty

Oct 2, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of the so-called Bradley effect in this year's election—the propensity of white voters to tell pollsters they've got no problem voting for a black candidate but to change their tune in the privacy of the voting booth. Patt Morrison cautions in the Los Angeles Times... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • Los Angeles • racism • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • Tom Bradley

'I Need You,' Obama Writes to Vibe Readers

Music mag endorses Dem, who calls for voter registration

Oct 2, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama has a message for the readers of Vibe: "I need you." In a letter to be published in the November issue of the urban music monthly, Obama urges them to register to vote, saying, "We are at a defining moment in our history." The... More »

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Barack Obama • media • Obama 2008 • Barack Obama supporters • political endorsement • Election 2008 • Vibe

Clintons Cool
to Obama After Hillary Snub

Insiders say he wouldn't promise her a Supreme Court seat

Oct 2, 08 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing little to help elect Barack Obama because the Democratic nominee “balked” at promising Hillary a Supreme Court judgeship, insiders tell the New York Post. “Hillary wants an assurance that if she shows loyalty and goes out there like a good soldier, she... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • David Letterman • Chris Rock • US Supreme Court • political endorsement • Election 2008 • campaign etiquette

Oregon Students Confess
to Hanging Obama Effigy

Christian school suspends culprits, apologizes to Democrat

Oct 1, 08 6:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small Christian school in Oregon has suspended four students who confessed to hanging a cardboard Barack Obama effigy from a tree on campus, ABC News reports. Few students saw the cutout, which was hastily removed after a faculty member found it last week. It was an "abhorrent act"... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • Oregon • Obama 2008 • effigy • Election 2008 • George Fox University

ANALYSIS

Debate Boosts Obama in Swing States: Poll

'The Wall Street meltdown has been a dagger to McCain's political heart'

Oct 1, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s debate performance won over many voters in the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac polls found. A margin of 13% to 17% of voters in each state said Obama did a better job in the debate, and many have shifted their support. Over the... More »

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Florida • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • poll numbers • swing states

Dems Cringe as Gaffe Express Rolls Onward

VP candidate Biden largely drowned out
by Palin, economy

Sep 30, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden’s freewheeling style makes him a big hit on campaign stops, and he usually draws front-page headlines in the towns he visits. But often, those stories carry word of the VP hopeful’s latest slip-up. Biden has lived up to his reputation as a gaffe machine, contradicting his... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Obama 2008 • gaffe • Election 2008 • vice presidential candidate

(Newser) - John McCain blamed Barack Obama and the Democrats for injecting partisan rancor into a House vote that killed the $700 bailout plan today, Reuters reports. They "infused unnecessary partisanship into the process," McCain said in Iowa. A McCain advisor went further, saying Obama had "failed to lead,... More »

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Obama 2008 • credit crisis • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • bailout • financial crisis

Soldier's Mom Loved Obama's Bracelet Nod

Wisc. woman asked him to keep mum, but calls criticism 'garbage'

Sep 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tracy Jopek says she was “ecstatic” when Barack Obama mentioned her late son in Friday’s debate, even though she’d once asked him not to. But she’s enraged at online critics who accused Obama of exploiting the bracelet she gave him. “I don’t understand how... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential debate • debate • Obama 2008 • Election 2008

 Obama Wins 
 Debate Bump 

Poll: Democrat more presidential, honest

Sep 29, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama slightly increased his lead over John McCain after last week’s debate and bad economic news, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. The Democratic candidate is up 49% to McCain's 44%, a 1% gain from last week. The results indicated less confidence among Americans that... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential debate • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

OPINION

 'Laura Bush'
 Novelist Falls
 for Michelle 

Candidate's 'believable' wife 'lives in the same world we do'

Sep 28, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The divide between the chattering classes and the average voter comes into sharp focus when spending time with Michelle Obama, novelist Curtis Sittenfeld writes for Time. Sittenfeld's recently released American Wife is about a character clearly based on Laura Bush, who "inspires my affection and sympathy," but Obama... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Candidates 
 Spar Over 
 Bailout Credit 

Obama strategist calls claim "little bit of fiction"

Sep 28, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both Barack Obama and John McCain claimed credit on the Sunday talk shows for ushering through the bipartisan bailout plan, Politico reports. The highlights:
  • “What Senator McCain was able to do was to help bring all the parties to the table, including the House Republicans,” GOP strategist
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Bill Clinton • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • bailout • financial crisis

Young Jews Lobby Vital Fla. Voters: Nana and Bubbeh

Silverman urges 'Great Schlep' for Obama 

Sep 26, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 election is so important that some Jewish kids may actually visit their grandparents voluntarily. That's the theory behind “The Great Schlep,” an initiative urging young Jews to fly to Florida over Columbus Day weekend and lobby their relatives for Barack Obama. The sponsor is a pro-Obama... More »

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Florida • Jews • Obama 2008 • the Jewish vote • senior citizens • swing states • the senior vote • Bill Maher Grid

 Late-Night Stars Go Undercover 

Stewart and Colbert recreate the controversial cartoon for EW cover

Sep 25, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking their spoofing of TV into print, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart grace the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly in imitation of the Obamas-as-terrorists New Yorker cover that set media of all kinds afire in July. The stunt surely threatens to obscure the question-and-answer session it’s intended... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • New Yorker magazine • Obama 2008 • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Entertainment Weekly

McCain Wants SEC Chief Out; Obama Says It's Not Enough

Candidates at odds over blame for market meltdown; Dem faults all Bush cronies

Sep 18, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain said today he would fire the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission and blasted federal regulators for being “asleep at the switch,” Bloomberg reports. McCain, who's lost ground in the polls during the recent economic turmoil, said the SEC “kept in place trading rules... More »

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John McCain • SEC • Obama 2008 • Christopher Cox • credit crisis • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

 Campaign Skirts 
 Obama Lobbyist Ban 

Spouses, colleagues of lobbyists contributing to Democrat

Sep 18, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has built his campaign on being a Washington outsider, and won’t accept contributions from registered federal lobbyists. But Obama’s candidacy is far from untouched by special-interest cash, Matthew Cooper writes in Portfolio. The wives of more than 20 Washington lobbyists have donated to the Democrat, who... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • lobbying • Washington lobbyists

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