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  • June 2008

    • Mac Rests Up on Weekends

      Politico  |  Jun 26, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Mac Rests Up on Weekends

      (Newser) - John McCain has held only one public weekend event since becoming the presumptive nominee in February, Politico reports. The downtime—used to rest, meet privately with donors, and bone up on policy—is frustrating to those who think the Republican hasn't done enough to take advantage of his early victory. Advisers rebut that during most of that stretch, the Democratic primary was robbing all the headlines anyway. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • campaign  • age

    • Candidates Duel Over Gun Ruling

      Talking Points Memo  |  Jun 26, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Candidates Duel Over Gun Ruling

      (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain were firing away even before the Supreme Court's Second Amendment salvo today, Talking Points Memo notes. The Democrat backed away from a year-old comment (by an aide) that he thought Washington’s handgun ban was constitutional; the Republican smacked his opponent for flip-flopping—even using a reference to Obama's much-publicized remarks about "bitter" Americans and guns. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • gun  • Antonin Scalia

    • Justices Nix 'Millionaire's Amendment' for Campaigns

      Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Justices Nix 'Millionaire's Amendment' for Campaigns

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today voided the “millionaire’s amendment,” ruling by 5-4 that the law—which raised donation limits for candidates who face wealthy, self-financed opponents—violates the First Amendment, the AP reports. The majority said it would have been a different story if all candidates saw their limits raised. Notably, Barack Obama (in his Senate primary) may be the biggest beneficiary of the 2002 law to date. More »

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      Barack Obama  • US Supreme Court  • campaign finance

    • Barack Rocks Stevie, Dylan on iPod

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 26, 08 3:06 PM CDT

      Barack Rocks Stevie, Dylan on iPod

      (Newser) - Ever wonder what Barack's bumpin' when he's not stumpin'? In a sit-down with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner, Obama reveals the artists on his iPod, including supporters like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Jay-Z. Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" drowns out the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but Stevie Wonder gets props as the candidate's "one musical hero." More »

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      Barack Obama  • music  • iPod  • Jay-Z  • Rolling Stone  • Bruce Springsteen  • Bob Dylan  • Stevie Wonder

    • McCain Camp 'Winces,' Waits for Powell Defection

      Washington Post  |  Jun 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT

      McCain Camp 'Winces,' Waits for Powell Defection

      (Newser) - John McCain’s team is holding its breath for the “expected” endorsement of Barack Obama by the ever-popular Colin Powell, Robert Novak writes in a Washington Post tour of the “Obamacon” movement. Such Republicans-turned-blue are less energized by Obama's candidacy than they are in agreement with one of their number who called the GOP “a dead rotting carcass with a few decrepit old leaders.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • Republican Party  • Chuck Hagel  • Colin Powell

    • Obama Meets With Top Automakers Amid Tension

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 26, 08 1:07 PM CDT

      Obama Meets With Top Automakers Amid Tension

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is meeting with two of the Big Three in encounters the Wall Street Journal says “could thaw festering tension” between the Dem and America’s automakers. A year after Obama criticized the companies for fighting fuel-economy standards and rewarding “failure with lucrative bonuses for CEOs,” he met with Ford’s chief yesterday in a summit the businessman called “productive.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • General Motors  • Ford  • Michigan  • fuel efficiency

    • Delicately, Team Clinton Gets Behind Obama

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Delicately, Team Clinton Gets Behind Obama

      (Newser) - Under the eye of one of Washington's most powerful lawyers, Barack Obama is negotiating with Hillary Clinton over a tangle of issues, from how to retire her campaign debt to what role she will play in this summer's convention. The Democratic party is slowly recovering from its bruising primary fight with the aid of Robert Barnett, who brokered book deals for Obama and both Clintons, the New York Times reports. More »

    • Obama Backs Death Penalty for Child Rapists

      Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      Obama Backs Death Penalty for Child Rapists

      (Newser) - Barack Obama joined rival John McCain yesterday in supporting the death penalty for child rapists, the AP reports. The Democratic candidate spoke after the Supreme Court ruled against a Louisiana law allowing capital punishment for child rape, saying it violates the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The verdict negates similar laws in five other states. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • Louisiana  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • child rape

    • Contrast in Defense Chiefs: Blunt Vet vs. Rhodes Scholar

      NPR  |  Jun 25, 08 6:13 PM CDT

      Contrast in Defense Chiefs: Blunt Vet vs. Rhodes Scholar

      (Newser) - How would a McCain Pentagon differ from Obama's? NPR sits own with two potential defense chiefs and finds common ground in their praise of Robert Gates' reforms but big differences in their approach to Iraq and in their own styles. Richard Armitage is an earthy McCain adviser and Vietnam vet who appreciates the value of "an infantryman with a bayonet." Obama adviser Richard Danzig is a Rhodes Scholar who wants soldiers to learn foreign languages. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq  • Pentagon  • Richard Armitage

    • Obama 'Wants to Talk White': Nader

      Rocky Mountain News  |  Jun 25, 08 4:02 PM CDT

      Obama 'Wants to Talk White': Nader

      (Newser) - Ralph Nader says Barack Obama "wants to talk white" and "appeal to white guilt" while ignoring poverty, the third-party presidential candidate told the Rocky Mountain News yesterday. The consumer advocate said the only thing that separated Obama from past Democrats is that he’s “half African-American," charging Obama was betraying his background by not prioritizing the defense of the poor. More »

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      Barack Obama  • race  • poverty  • Ralph Nader  • white guilt

    • Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 9:14 AM CDT

      Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

      (Newser) - The Republicans have been unrelenting in their attempts to paint Barack Obama as an elitist—pretty rich stuff, writes Times columnist Maureen Dowd, coming from a party led by a Connecticut-born "Richie Rich" whose daddy has bailed out his snide self time and again. The cosseted conservatives' "hypocritical comedy" might have worked in the past, but not this time, Dowd warns. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Karl Rove  • Republican Party  • elitism

    • Roosevelt. Reagan. Obama?

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 7:26 AM CDT

      Roosevelt. Reagan. Obama?

      (Newser) - The novelty of minorities seeking the White House has occluded the more profound historical importance of this year's contest, Gary Hart says. The 2008 election is a hinge moment that could usher in a new era in American life, writes the former senator in the New York Times , and a victorious Barack Obama would have a chance to define "the next cycle in American history." More »

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