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July 2008
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »

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McCain's Long-Shot Status Slips Into No-Shot Territory

Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters

Jews Like Obama Far Better Than Lieberman, McCain

Obama Meets With Jordan King

In Jordan, Obama Urges Iraq-to-Afghanistan Shift

Obama Beefs Up Foreign Policy Cred in Iraq