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  • September 2008

    • Paglia Loves Palin's 'Annie Oakley' Feminism

      Salon  |  Sep 10, 08 1:35 PM CDT

      Paglia Loves Palin's 'Annie Oakley' Feminism

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin represents “an explosion of a brand-new style of muscular American feminism,” writes Camille Paglia on Salon. After Barack Obama’s convention speech, Paglia assumed the election was over. "Hoary, barnacle-encrusted“ McCain seemed unthinkable as president. Then came the Palin pick, and "the biggest step forward in feminism since Madonna channeled Marlene Dietrich." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Sarah Palin  • abortion  • feminism

    • Obama Needs Gut-Level Connection

      New York Times  |  Sep 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Obama Needs Gut-Level Connection

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has lost his “gut connection” with the American people, and he’ll need a change we can believe in if he wants to get it back, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times . “If you as a politician connect with voters on a gut level, they will follow you anywhere and not fret about the details.” But Obama, who's gone from "cool to cold," isn’t “making the sale.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Thomas Friedman  • change election

    • Pentagon Delays $35B Tanker Deal for Next President

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 10, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Pentagon Delays $35B Tanker Deal for Next President

      (Newser) - The Pentagon has put a $35 billion contract for new Air Force refueling tankers on hold, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today, reasoning that the White House didn’t have enough time left to “complete a competition that would be viewed as fair.” The contract was awarded to a European-American partnership, but US-based Boeing successfully contested that decision, in part thanks to public outcry. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Robert Gates  • Boeing  • Northrop Grumman  • tanker aircraft  • government contracts  • 767 Tanker

    • Mac Misleads in Obama Sex-Ed Ad

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Sep 10, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Mac Misleads in Obama Sex-Ed Ad

      (Newser) - John McCain’s new campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of voting to teach kindergarten kids the explicit details of sex, is “deliberately misleading,” Margaret Talev notes for McClatchy. While in the Illinois legislature, Obama voted in favor “age-appropriate” sex ed—which for young kids would primarily consist of being able to recognize inappropriate adult affection. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • negative campaigning  • Illinois  • campaign advertising

    • 'Wal-Mart Mom' Voters Swing, Will Be Crucial

      Time  |  Sep 10, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      'Wal-Mart Mom' Voters Swing, Will Be Crucial

      (Newser) - Polls clearly show the white women's vote swinging away from Barack Obama and it's a particular group the candidate needs to worry about most, Karen Tumulty writes in Time . Soccer moms comprised the key swing group in 1996, and "security moms" did last election, Tumulty notes. This time, it's the "Wal-Mart moms"—or grandmas—who could win it, she adds. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Sarah Palin  • female voters  • swing states  • demographics  • swing voters  • white women  • the female vote  • hockey mom

    • World: It's Obama in a Landslide

      BBC  |  Sep 10, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      World: It's Obama in a Landslide

      (Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama are running neck-and-neck Stateside, but if planet Earth were casting votes for US president, Obama would be collecting his key to the White House. The BBC polled more than 22,000 people in 22 countries, who picked Obama over McCain by a margin of 4 to 1. People in Kenya, birthplace of Obama's father, favored the Democrat the most —by a margin of 82%. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • opinion polls

    • McCain, Obama Both Have Ties to Loan Giants

      New York Times  |  Sep 10, 08 7:01 AM CDT

      McCain, Obama Both Have Ties to Loan Giants

      (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are both railing against the excesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the campaign trail, and promising to end the lobbyist culture in Washington that led to their fall. But both candidates and their parties have multiple ties to Fannie and Freddie, the New York Times reports, and both have taken campaign contributions from their leaders. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • mortgage crisis  • Fannie Mae  • Freddie Mac  • political donations

    • Obama's 'Lipstick on a Pig' Jab Draws GOP Squeals

      New York Post  |  Sep 10, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      Obama's 'Lipstick on a Pig' Jab Draws GOP Squeals

      (Newser) - John McCain's campaign has accused Barack Obama of bringing politics down to barnyard level after he compared its talk of change to "putting lipstick on a pig," the New York Post reports. McCain representatives charged that the line was a thinly veiled personal attack on Sarah Palin, and demanded the candidate apologize. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Sarah Palin  • gaffe  • campaigning

    • 'Palin Factor' Levels Race

      NBC  |  Sep 10, 08 3:10 AM CDT

      'Palin Factor' Levels Race

      (Newser) - John McCain has erased Barack Obama's lead, transforming the presidential race to a statistical dead heat, according to the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll. Obama's lead among women dropped from 10 to 4 points since August, which is largely attributed to Sarah Palin's popularity, reports MSNBC. More »

    • Palin 'Scary,' Koch Says in Endorsing Obama

      Politico  |  Sep 9, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Palin 'Scary,' Koch Says in Endorsing Obama

      (Newser) - Ed Koch, the former Democratic New York mayor who has skipped among political parties for 15 years, today endorsed Barack Obama for president. Why, Ben Smith asked him for Politico? “The designation of (Sarah) Palin to be vice president. She's scary.” Koch says foreign attacks aren’t all the US should be worried about, and Obama is better suited to protect civil liberties. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • political endorsement  • Ed Koch

    • Federal Budget Deficit More Than Doubles, to $407B

      Washington Post  |  Sep 9, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Federal Budget Deficit More Than Doubles, to $407B

      (Newser) - The federal deficit will swell to $407 billion in the fiscal year that ends this month, the Washington Pos t reports, a fi