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August 2008
- McCain Policies Oddly Short on Specifics
  
  Politico | Aug 1, 08 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s policy cupboards are unusually bare for a presidential candidate, while his rival’s are unusually well stocked, Politico reports. McCain, for example, describes Social Security as "an absolute disgrace" but offers scant details for reforming it. "He has not offered very much in specifics that I have seen," said a budget analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation. More »
- Neither Side Has Played Race Card
  
  Salon | Aug 1, 08 2:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Accusations of "playing the race card" are flying back and forth between the John McCain and Barack Obama camps, but neither is truly guilty, Joan Walsh writes in Salon. McCain has run an "appalling low-road campaign" of late, but not a racist one, while Obama's comment about not looking like other presidents was about more than just his skin color, she argues. More »
July 2008
- Campaign Scolds Ludacris for Obama Rap
  
  Washington Post | Jul 31, 08 10:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ludacris may have lost his most famous fan. Yesterday the rapper released “Politics as Usual,” a track from his upcoming CD that sings Barack Obama’s praises. But an Obama spokesman says Luda should be “ashamed” of the tune, which, among its other meditations, calls Hillary Clinton an “irrelevant bitch” and says John McCain “shouldn’t be in any chair unless he’s paralyzed.” More »
- The Southern Drawl's Double Standard
  
  Columbia Journalism Review | Jul 30, 08 4:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stumped in Arkansas, each tried on a Southern drawl, and both were roundly mocked as pandering Yankees. Even John Edwards, a native Southerner, was accused of “carefully maintaining” his accent for political effect. Yet Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were allowed to drawl with impunity, writes Jane Hammons of the Columbia Journalism Review , thanks to a stereotypical double standard. More »
- Va. Gov. Kaine Rises to Top of Obama VP Pool
  
  Washington Post | Jul 29, 08 11:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is in “very serious” talks about a spot on the Democratic ticket, sources tell the Washington Post . The 50-year-old has joined Sens. Evan Bayh, Joe Biden and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Barack Obama’s shortlist, bringing outsider credentials though no experience in foreign affairs, which is perceived as an Obama weakness. More »
- 'Dream Ticket' Odds Fading
  
  New York Times | Jul 29, 08 7:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Obama-Clinton ticket is looking less and less likely, based on the public and private comments of both senators, the New York Times reports. Obama hasn’t asked Hillary Clinton for background check documents, and his recent statement that he’s looking for a Washington outsider suggests he won’t. Clinton has privately told associates that she doesn’t expect the nod and considers any statements to the contrary a courtesy only. More »
- Babs: Obama's Like Buttah
  
  Politico | Jul 28, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton may have been her first choice, but Barbra Streisand’s switch to Barack Obama after he wrapped up the nomination was “immediate”—and she's not too keen on Clinton-backers considering crossing the aisle. In an interview with Politico, she lays into John McCain on women’s rights, veterans’ benefits, and Iraq, says Obama should take a good look at Clinton's health care plan, and warns that racism will be a factor this fall. More »
- Obama and Sarkozy Rendezvous in Paris
  
  AFP | Jul 25, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama received an enthusiastic Paris reception today from President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said, “The French have been following him with passion”—and that the Democrat’s “adventure … rings true in the hearts in minds” of his country. The two men discussed cooperation on climate change, Iran and Afghanistan, AFP reports, before holding a jovial joint press conference. More »
- Obama Hits Paris
  
  Associated Press | Jul 25, 08 5:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has arrived in Paris, where the candidate is holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a joint news conference. Sarkozy rushed back from a summit in the southwest of France to meet Obama at the presidential palace, reports AP. The two first met in 2006 when Sarkozy was running for president and visited Washington. More »
- McCain Video Mocks Media Coverage of Obama
  
  ABC News | Jul 22, 08 7:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The McCain campaign debuted an Internet video today it says documents the press corps’ one-sided swoon over Barack Obama, ABC News reports. Set to music, the video features on-air personalities—MSNBC's Chris Matthews is among those featured prominently—offering adoring sentiments about Obama. It also airs Democratic-primary complaints from top Hillary Clinton backers who charged a similar bias. More »
- Obama, in Israel, Vows to Work for Peace as President
  
  Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 5:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama touched down in Israel late today, promising work on peace negotiations “starting from the minute I’m sworn into office.” He said that while the “historic and special relationship” between the US and Israel “is not going to change,” an American president could be more concerned with “the legitimate difficulties that the Palestinian people are experiencing,” the AP reports. More »
- One Day, the World Will Hate Him
  
  Times (UK) | Jul 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Should he win the White House, the rest of the world will one day see Barack Obama as a villain, David Aaronovitch writes in the London Times. The spectacle of empire and popularity drives the country's allies to both anger and envy, he argues, and every American president has come to be depicted “as a cowboy astride a phallic missile.” More »
- McCain's Long-Shot Status Slips Into No-Shot Territory
  
  Time | Jul 22, 08 3:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The presidential race has broken so hard in Barack Obama’s direction that Michael Grunwald asks “the question the horse-race-loving media are never supposed to ask” in Time : “Is McCain a no-shot?” The Republican is in dire straits, having lost advantage on Iran (Bush is moving toward negotiation), the economy (voters want federal intervention) and now Iraq (Maliki is with Obama on withdrawal). More »
- Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters
  
  St. Petersburg Times (Russia) | Jul 22, 08 2:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hispanics could swing the presidential election in November, especially in crucial Florida, but the presumptive nominees aren’t reaching them, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Hispanics tend to vote on issues rather than along strictly party lines, but the media and candidates are pushing immigration reform though polls show the economy and education atop their list of concerns—with immigration reform 10th. More »
- Next, Thicket of Arab-Israeli Conflict Awaits Obama
  
  New York Times | Jul 22, 08 1:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With the war leg of his foreign tour behind him, Barack Obama must next navigate the Middle East peace process. He’ll meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders tomorrow, the New York Times reports, and will visit the rocket-bombarded town of Sderot. US Jewish voters will be particularly attentive after the Democrat’s recent slip over the status of Jerusalem. More »
- Jews Like Obama Far Better Than Lieberman, McCain
  
  Huffington Post | Jul 22, 08 1:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite Barack Obama’s much debated Jewish problems—and Joe Lieberman’s place of pride as unofficial Jewish spokesman—the Dem is viewed favorably by 60% of American Jews and unfavorably by only 34%, while the Independent scores 37% and 48% (McCain comes in at 34% and 57%). The numbers are part of a poll by new progressive Jewish group J Street—which also notes that the demographic prefers liberal MoveOn to right-leaning AIPAC. More »
- Move Over Jesse, This Is Obama's House
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 08 1:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If threats of castration are any indication, Barack Obama has gotten under Jesse Jackson's skin, writes Shelby Steele in the Wall Street Journal . The Illinois senator has eclipsed the reverend by effectively becoming the anti-Jackson—rather than playing off moral leverage created out of white guilt, Obama "became the first viable black presidential candidate precisely by giving up his moral leverage over whites." More »
- Obama Meets With Jordan King
  
  USA Today | Jul 22, 08 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama sat down tonight for a meeting and dinner with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a leader much like the Democratic candidate (both are 46) in being seen as crossing age and societal gaps, USA Today reports. Abdullah’s Jordan is the most Western-friendly of Arab countries, but is in perhaps the tightest geographical spot—sandwiched between Israel, Palestine, and Iraq. More »
- In Jordan, Obama Urges Iraq-to-Afghanistan Shift
  
  Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Barack Obama said today that, with improved security in Iraq, the US should turn its attention to Afghanistan. “There is security progress, but now we need a political solution” in Iraq, Obama said in Amman, Jordan—in his first news conference abroad, the AP reports. Afghanistan, the “central front in the war against terrorism,” is in “a deteriorating situation." More »
- Obama Beefs Up Foreign Policy Cred in Iraq
  
  New York Times | Jul 22, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama's weeklong tour of seven countries has so far been fruitful, politically agile, and especially lucky, reports the New York Times . The Illinois senator's withdrawal plan received a timely endorsement from Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, coinciding with President Bush's embrace of a "time horizon" for pulling troops out of the war-torn country. More »