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  • May 2008

    • Obama to Fans: Don't Protest Rules Meeting

      The Hill  |  May 28, 08 12:28 PM CDT

      Obama to Fans: Don't Protest Rules Meeting

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is urging supporters not to demonstrate at Saturday’s meeting of the Democrats' rules committee, hoping to keep the event from becoming a cable-news circus, the Hill reports. Clinton supporters have pledged to gather outside the meeting, where party bigs will decide whether, and how many Florida and Michigan delegates are seated at the convention in August. More »

    • 'Wingnutty' Webb Can't Be Obama VP

      Atlantic Monthly  |  May 28, 08 8:01 AM CDT

      'Wingnutty' Webb Can't Be Obama VP

      (Newser) - Many liberals are pining for James Webb to be added to a Barack Obama ticket, but the Virginia senator is “completely unacceptable”—severely lacking on affirmative action (which he has called “state-sponsored racism”), on women’s issues (he’s said females in the military “poison” the environment for men) and on temperament, Kathy G. writes in the Atlantic .  More »

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      Barack Obama  • vice president  • vice presidential sweepstakes  • women's rights  • affirmative action  • James Webb  • temper

    • Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      Reuters  |  May 28, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has admitted he got his concentration camps mixed up when speaking to a Memorial Day audience, Reuters reports. The candidate spoke of how his great-uncle helped liberate Auschwitz when, as Republicans were quick to point out, that couldn't have happened unless his relative was in the Soviet Red Army. Obama's great-uncle was actually among the American troops who liberated the prisoners at Buchenwald. More »

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      Barack Obama  • World War II  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Auschwitz

    • Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 27, 08 6:43 PM CDT

      Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      (Newser) - John McCain called for a new nuclear arms pact with Russia and said the US should show more "broad-minded internationalism" to reduce weapons around the world. McCain seemed to distance himself from President Bush's policies, and he took a veiled swipe at Barack Obama for the notion that sitting down with "hostile governments" is all that's necessary to rein in nuclear programs, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iran  • North Korea  • nuclear arsenal

    • Obama Woos Key Western Swing States

      Politico  |  May 27, 08 12:15 PM CDT

      Obama Woos Key Western Swing States

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is touring the Mountain West, Politico reports, territory advisers believe could be crucial in the general election. At stake are Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada, states George Bush won by small margins in 2004—and in which the GOP has since lost popularity, especially on immigration and among Hispanics. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • immigration  • Nevada  • Colorado  • Denver  • New Mexico  • the Hispanic vote

    • Obama's Campaign Manager Denies Being a Lobbyist

      Newsweek  |  May 27, 08 11:47 AM CDT

      Obama's Campaign Manager Denies Being a Lobbyist

      (Newser) - As John McCain struggles to purge his campaign staff of lobbyists, Barack Obama’s campaign manager is denying he fits the bill, too. "I've never lobbied anybody in my life," says David Axelrod, who is the senior partner at a consulting firm that has done what Newsweek calls "creative lobbying," in the form of ad campaigns for companies seeking to influence legislative decisions. More »

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      Barack Obama  • New York  • Illinois  • lobbyists  • David Axelrod

    • Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

      Politico  |  May 27, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

      (Newser) - In a year of gaffe-rich campaign speeches, Republicans in particular are worried that some errant phrase will seem racist or sexist to general-election voters. Politico helpfully catalogs the mines the candidates have already stepped on. Some phrases to avoid: “Sweetie”: Barack Obama used the endearment to address a female reporter. “Hard-working Americans, White Americans”: Hillary Clinton drew criticism for the phrase. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Mitt Romney  • Joe Biden  • race  • gaffe

    • Meet Obama's Shadow

      New York Times  |  May 27, 08 8:34 AM CDT

      Meet Obama's Shadow

      (Newser) - Reggie Love is rarely more than a body length away from Barack Obama, but the ever-present aide isn’t a body guard or a strategist—heck, the 26-year-old doesn’t even have a job description. “It was just like, ‘You just go out there and… Take. Care. Of. Stuff,’” Love tells the New York Times. Love is a “body man,” charged with meeting the senator’s every personal need. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Duke University  • aide

    • McCain: Obama Should Tour Iraq

      Associated Press  |  May 27, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      McCain: Obama Should Tour Iraq

      (Newser) - John McCain hammered at Barack Obama's Iraq credentials yesterday, knocking the Democrat in an AP interview for not having set foot in the country since 2006—and proposing a joint trip so that he could "educate Senator Obama." Obama hasn't witnessed firsthand the benefits of the troop surge, McCain noted, and “has no experience or knowledge or judgment about Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq  • troop withdrawal  • troop surge

    • Mac, Obama Clash at Memorial Day Rallies

      Bloomberg  |  May 26, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      Mac, Obama Clash at Memorial Day Rallies

      (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain dueled at Memorial Day rallies in New Mexico today, Bloomberg reports. Obama restated his support for a new veterans bill, while McCain said an alternate plan would better reward those who reenlist. "Our bill has a sliding scale," he said, that "increases benefits according to the veteran's length of service." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • veterans  • veterans' benefits

    • Bush v. Gore 's Lessons for 2008

      New Yorker  |  May 26, 08 3:30 PM CDT

      Bush v. Gore 's Lessons for 2008

      (Newser) - Memorial Day dates from the Civil War, but this week, thanks to HBO’s Recount, a different internecine conflict will be in the air: the 2000 election. The generally factual portrayal of the Florida snafu gets Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker thinking about another hairsplitting debate over vote counting. Perhaps inevitably, he zeros in on Hillary Clinton and her claims that she's winning the popular vote over Barack Obama. More »

    • Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

      Editor & Publisher  |  May 26, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

      (Newser) - A Fox News analyst yesterday laughingly suggested on the air that Barack Obama be "knocked off." Commenting on Hillary Clinton's recent remarks about RFK's assassination, Liz Trotta referred to "what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama, uh Obama—well, both, if we could." She apologized today for her "lame attempt at humor." More »

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