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Round 2: Economic Turmoil Sets Stage for High-Stakes McCain, Obama Face-Off

In town-hall setting, will candidates rise above sniping to address financial woes facing Americans? »

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  • June 2008

    • Obama Opens 12-Point Lead

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 24, 08 7:22 PM CDT

      Obama Opens 12-Point Lead

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has a 12-point lead (49%-37%) over John McCain in a new Los Angeles Times/ Bloomberg poll. With Bob Barr and Ralph Nader in the mix, the margin grows to 15 points (48% to 33%). The poll suggests that both Democrats and independents think Obama will do the best job of fixing the economy, the top issue among voters. The candidates are tied among white voters with 39% each. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Indiana  • the religious vote

    • Swing States Loom Large

      Salon  |  Jun 24, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      Swing States Loom Large

      (Newser) - Forget the old swing-state conventional wisdom. Salon rounds up some experts and asks where the electoral map might flip in November: The eastern Rust belt (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan) is John McCain’s best hope. Ohio is traditionally weakest for Democrats, but the Michigan primary remains a problem, and aging Pennsylvanians are GOP-friendly. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Ohio  • Michigan  • Nevada  • Virginia  • swing states  • New Mexico

    • Obama Needs to Work on 'Big Idea'

      New Yorker  |  Jun 24, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Obama Needs to Work on 'Big Idea'

      (Newser) - Despite Barack Obama’s remarkable policy consistency, he "remains a puzzle to many voters," writes Dorothy Wickenden in the New Yorker . It's time to articulate a governing philosophy, she argues: “He has proved his steadiness of purpose without clearly defining his priorities.What, above all, does he intend to accomplish if he is elected President?" More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Ronald Reagan  • values

    • In Oil Switch, McCain Drilling for Swing-State Votes

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 24, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      In Oil Switch, McCain Drilling for Swing-State Votes

      (Newser) - Negative Californian reaction to John McCain’s offshore drilling flip-flop makes it appear the Republican has lost his strategic marbles, the Los Angeles Times notes—but McCain is gambling that efforts to lower gas prices will trump environmental concerns for voters in states like Michigan and Ohio. He’s “essentially conceding” California, said one consultant, in order to boost his standing elsewhere. More »

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      John McCain  • California  • Ohio  • Michigan  • offshore oil  • independent voters

    • Fall Gitmo Trials Could Present Campaign Landmine

      Politico  |  Jun 24, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Fall Gitmo Trials Could Present Campaign Landmine

      (Newser) - If everything goes right, the trial of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks could begin within days of their seventh anniversary—and just as the presidential campaign begins its most heated stretch, Politico reports. Such a development would usually be a gift to Republicans, but this year it could help—or devastate—either candidate. More »

    • Muslims Disappointed as Obama Keeps Distance

      New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Muslims Disappointed as Obama Keeps Distance

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign, welcomed by Muslim Americans as a harbinger of religious tolerance and a more diplomatic foreign policy, has been reluctant to return their enthusiasm, the New York Times reports, leaving some leaders disappointed and angry. The candidate has appeared at churches and synagogues, but no mosques; aides asked the country's first Muslim congressman not to campaign for him; and campaign volunteers barred Muslim women wearing headscarves from standing behind Obama at a rally. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • American Muslims

    • McCain Rips Aide's Remarks on 'Helpful' Terror Attack

      Washington Post  |  Jun 24, 08 2:44 AM CDT

      McCain Rips Aide's Remarks on 'Helpful' Terror Attack

      (Newser) - John McCain has denounced comments from one of his most senior political advisers that a terrorist attack would be "a big advantage" to the Republican candidate politically, the Washington Post reports. Aide Charlie Black also said in an interview in Fortune that Benazir Bhutto's assassination, while "unfortunate," helped McCain win primaries because it helped focus national attention on security. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • terrorism  • McCain 2008  • Charlie Black

    • Women Scarce on the Trail

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 23, 08 5:26 PM CDT

      Women Scarce on the Trail

      (Newser) - John McCain's press corps boasted but a single woman today among its two dozen men: Elizabeth Holmes, who blogs about it in the Wall Street Journal . More women were in evidence  when Hillary Clinton was stumping, because she employed several herself, Holmes writes, but now few females are left to either report on hopefuls or advise them. This year's contest "seems to be the old-style male-dominated game." More »

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      John McCain  • Hillary Clinton  • campaign press corps

    • GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

      Politico  |  Jun 23, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

      (Newser) - In a post-Hillary age, a female candidate comes as less of a surprise on the national stage. Here are three women who could stand for John McCain’s vice-presidential slot, per Politico: Carly Fiorina: The former Hewlett-Packard exec is already a trusted adviser and constant McCain surrogate, but she’s no social conservative and has no foreign-policy expertise. CEOs aren’t too popular during recessions, either. More »

    • McCain Offers $300M Prize in Assault on Car Batteries

      The Hill  |  Jun 23, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      McCain Offers $300M Prize in Assault on Car Batteries

      (Newser) - John McCain today offered a $300 million reward to the American who builds “a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.” He said government had wasted energy money on special interests and failed to punish manufacturers who ignore or abuse fuel efficiency standards, the Hill reports. More »

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      John McCain  • fuel efficiency  • electric cars  • automaker  • vehicle emissions  • prize

    • Vietnam Stays With McCain

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT

      Vietnam Stays With McCain

      (Newser) - After 5 years as a POW, John McCain returned to Vietnam in 1974 and 1985, trips that inextricably linked him with the war in American minds. They also helped color the way he thinks about foreign policy and helped him learn to make amends with onetime enemies when it meant closure on MIAs. The Boston Globe looks at the candidate's evolution through the prism of that experience. More »

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      John McCain  • foreign policy  • Vietnam  • POW  • MIA  • POW/MIA  • Walter Cronkite

    • TV Sees Big Bucks in Campaign

      USA Today  |  Jun 23, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      TV Sees Big Bucks in Campaign