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July 2008
- Governator Open to Obama Energy Czar Job
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 13, 08 1:30 PM CDT
  
  A foreign-born citizen, Arnold Schwarzenegger can't be US president—but though he's endorsed John McCain, he's open to serving as energy czar in a Barack Obama administration. Asked about it on today on This Week , the California governor called the idea "hypothetical" but showed enthusiasm for green issues. His name would give Obama extra celebrity power and provide a useful across-the-aisle appointment, Politico reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Obama, Stop Acting Like a Child
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 13, 08 12:04 PM CDT
  
  Caught up in a Fourth of July celebration, Barack Obama agreed to let his daughters be interviewed on "Access Hollywood," a turnaround from his position on his family's privacy and a big slip-up, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. But Obama compounded the error by expressing morning-after regret so vehemently that it just looked like the latest in a series of flip-flops. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • family • interview • Access Hollywood • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama
- Hillary Still in Veepstakes, Obama Says
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 12, 08 6:26 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama told a donor this week that he may still invite Hillary Clinton on the ticket, but worries husband Bill might crowd the White House. "He said once you're a president, even if you're a former president, you're always a president," the donor told the Los Angeles Times . She said she pressed Obama because she believes the media and the Democratic Party have treated Clinton unfairly. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president
- Bernie Mac's Act Too Salty for Obama
  
  newser | Chicago Sun Times | Jul 12, 08 4:12 PM CDT
  
  Bernie Mac landed in hot water for making off-color jokes about women while introducing Barack Obama at a Chicago fundraiser yesterday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . His last quip—which had the word "ho's" in it—drew complaints from a heckler. When Obama came on, he chided the comedian playfully. “Bernie, you got to clean up your act. This is a family affair," the candidate said, adding, "I'm just messing with you, man.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • comedy • fundraiser • comedian
- Holdout Hillraisers Are Acting Like Spoiled Rich
  
  newser | Time | Jul 12, 08 6:09 AM CDT
  
  To Hillary supporters continuing to nurse their wounds and vowing to vote for John McCain, Michael Kinsley has this to say in Time: "Now is the time to just get over it." Their complaints of sexism in the campaign are misdirected—"there is no easy way these folks can vent their anger at Chris Matthews. So they are taking their revenge on people without health care, women who need abortions, and others who they (if they supported Hillary) must think will be harmed by a Republican victory in the fall. That'll show 'em." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • election 2008 • Democrats • Obama 2008 • Barack Obama supporters • Hillary Clinton supporters • party unity
- Obama Campaign Will Sponsor NASCAR Entry
  
  newser | Sports Illustrated | Jul 11, 08 3:09 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama appears set to sponsor a NASCAR racecar in the Aug. 3 Pocono event, the first presidential candidate to try such a stunt. Trying to sell a political left-hand turn on what’s traditionally Republican turf, the Democratic car will likely be part of a broader get-out-the-vote effort, Sports Illustrated reports. Donors may be able to get their name on the vehicle for $100. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • NASCAR • Pocono 500 • Sprint Cup Series
- GOP's Hagel Will Travel to Iraq With Obama
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 11, 08 2:39 PM CDT
  
  GOP national-security stalwart and longtime McCain friend Chuck Hagel will join Barack Obama on his upcoming trip to Iraq, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The retiring Nebraskan senator has been a vocal critic of the war and the Bush administration. Despite his Republican credentials, he has been floated as a potential Cabinet member and as a long-shot VP choice for Obama. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • Vietnam War • Chuck Hagel • Joe Lieberman
- Poll: McCain Trails by 3 in Arizona
  
  newser | Washington Independent | Jul 11, 08 12:36 PM CDT
  
  A new online poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain 42%-39% in the Republican’s home state of Arizona. Libertarian hopeful Bob Barr is playing a sizable spoiler role, the Washington Independent reports, with 7% of Arizona voters giving him their backing—including 16% who call themselves very conservative. (Independent Ralph Nader claims 2%, and 5% are undecided.) More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Internet • Arizona • Bob Barr • opinion polls • conservative vote
- Obama Raises $30M in June, Below Expecations
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 11, 08 11:45 AM CDT
  
  Insiders say that Barack Obama raised about $30 million in June, which, by the campaign's own lofty standards, is a bit lackluster, reports the Wall Street Journal . Obama hopes to have raised $300 million by mid-October, with an additional $180 million for the DNC, bringing his record budget to nearly $500 million. McCain's camp, meanwhile, raised $22 million in June and plans to spend about $400 million when factoring in party and public funds. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign fundraising • DNC • lefties
- Unpopular Mich. Governor Could Hurt Obama
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 11, 08 10:15 AM CDT
  
  Michigan has gone blue in every presidential election since 1988, and it should have been an easy state for Barack Obama to win in November. But the presumptive nominee has an albatross around his neck: Jennifer Granholm, the intensely unpopular Democratic governor. Frustration with Granholm is just one of the factors imperiling Obama's campaign there, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Detroit • Michigan • Kwame Kilpatrick • swing states • Jennifer Granholm
- Did Jackson Vent for Many?
  
  newser | Guardian | Jul 11, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  Jesse Jackson is catching plenty of flak for his "cutting" remarks about Barack Obama, but he is unlikely to be the only one feeling some frustration with the candidate, writes Suzanne Goldenberg in the Guardian. Many supporters are angry Obama appears to be shifting to the right as he prepares for the election—and racial issues, now revived once again, are causing further friction. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • African Americans • Jesse Jackson • black community
- What Jackson Problem? Waning Clout Signals Shift
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 11, 08 7:48 AM CDT
  
  Once, Democrats worried about “the Jesse Jackson problem,” the fear that rebuke from Jackson would cost them black voters. But now, some Democrats are saying that Jackson’s latest criticisms of Barack Obama may actually help the Illinois senator, the New York Times reports, both with white voters still worried that Obama’s too extreme, and black voters who think Jackson’s an outmoded figure. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • race relations • Jesse Jackson • black culture • black voters
- Old World Thinks He's the Messiah
  
  newser | Financial Times (UK) | Jul 11, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama's trip to Europe this month might not do much for his electoral chances at home. But the Old World doesn't care, writes Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens; when the candidate arrives he "can expect to be greeted as a messiah." Europeans have been starstruck by Obama, and they seem to think that this November's election is little more than a formality. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • election 2008 • Europe • diplomacy • foreign policy
- McCain's $22M June Is Best Month to Date
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 5:13 PM CDT
  
  June was John McCain's best fundraising month yet, the AP reports, with the Republican bringing in $22 million; the perennially poorer candidate now has $27 million on hand. The Republican National Committee also had a good month, bringing in $26 million; the two camps together have $95 million in the bank. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign fundraising • political advertising • RNC
- Gramm in Doghouse After 'Nation of Whiners' Crack
  
  newser | Time | Jul 10, 08 4:05 PM CDT
  
  After Phil Gramm, a ranking economic adviser to John McCain, described America as a “nation of whiners” suffering from a “mental recession,” the campaign trail is lit up over the topic, Time reports: From McCain himself, “Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me.” Asked about the Texan’s future job prospects, “I think Sen. Gramm would be in serious consideration for Ambassador to Belarus.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • recession • Dr Phil • Phil Gramm • Belarus
- Abortion Activists Split Over Obama Comment
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 10, 08 3:07 PM CDT
  
  A brief budge from a purely pro-choice position by Barack Obama last week drew a heavy round of responses from the reproductive-rights crowd, Politico notes. The blowback came after Obama said to a Christian magazine that health exceptions to a late-term abortion ban shouldn’t extend to women merely “feeling blue.” NOW’s president criticized Obama for playing into the "wingnut argument"—that women have abortions for frivolous reasons. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • abortion • flip flop • reproductive rights • NARAL • NOW
- Rove: Obama Copying My Strategy, With Nod to Nixon
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 10, 08 11:53 AM CDT
  
  For all Barack Obama's shots at the Bush Administration, the Democrat's campaign "has cribbed an awful lot from the Bush-Cheney playbooks," their author writes in the Wall Street Journal . Karl Rove sees his own winning strategies at work, from Obama's “army of persuasion,” to Internet efforts, to electoral “microtargeting,” to attempts to bring red states back into play. But there's a problem, Rove hints. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Karl Rove • flip flop • Richard Nixon
- No Flip-Flop: Swooning Fans Missed Message
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT
  
  As early as his convention speech 4 years ago, Barack Obama has made reconciliation and a "new consensus" his hallmarks. So why, asks Gail Collins, are his most ardent supporters so dismayed that he's shifted to the center? Almost all of the issues for which Obama has taken heat this summer were predictable, writes the New York Times columnist, and "it’s not his fault that we missed the message." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • election 2008 • campaign finance • Barack Obama supporters • flip flop • consensus
- Jesse Jr. Scolds Dad for 'Ugly Rhetoric'
  
  newser | Washington Post/The Trail | Jul 9, 08 6:45 PM CDT
  
  Jesse Jackson is taking heat for his admittedly "crude and hurtful" comments about Barack Obama, and his own son is leading the charge. "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed," said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. Jackson called his father's remarks—in which he said he wanted to cut Obama's "n*** out" for "talking down to black people"—"divisive and demeaning" and said they undercut the elder Jackson's long fight for civil rights, the Washington Post reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • apology • Jesse Jackson • black culture • Jesse Jackson Jr.
- Obama Advisers Rip Mac Plan to Expel Russia From G-8
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT
  
  John McCain is off-base in his suggestion Russia should be booted from the Group of 8, two former Clinton cabinet officials—and current Obama advisers—write in the Los Angeles Times . Sure, Moscow has departed from democracy, Madeline Albright and William Perry allow, but the US stands a better chance of changing the nation's ways if it's not hung up on “symbolism and protocol.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Russia • terrorism • Madeleine Albright • G-8

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