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August 2007
- 'Daily Show' Reroutes 2008 Trail
  
  Associated Press | Aug 5, 07 9:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jon Stewart’s roll call of presidential hopefuls is filling the coffers at Comedy Central as big-name advertisers sign on for “Indecision 2008,” billed as “Something Approximating Election News With Something Approximating Honesty.” High-profile advertisers are flocking to “The Daily Show” and its offshoot, “The Colbert Report,” the AP reports. More »
- GOP Candidates Play Nice in Iowa Debate
  
  Washington Post | Aug 5, 07 3:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Republican presidential candidates were mostly civil to each other in today's debate in Iowa, but they hammered Democrats on foreign policy and taxes. The tensest exchange occurred early, the Washington Post reports, when Sam Brownback accused Mitt Romney’s wife of working for Planned Parenthood. Romney called the charge “desperate.” More »
- Candidates Face Liberal Bloggers
  
  Associated Press | Aug 4, 07 5:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Political campaigning took another step into the blogosphere today as Democratic presidential hopefuls vied for the support of the netroots community at the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago. Seven of the eight candidates answered sometimes-testy questions from what the AP called "powerful and polarizing liberal bloggers." More »
- Clinton, Obama in Nuke War
  
  ABC News | Aug 2, 07 6:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a Cold War of words over how their putative administrations would handle the US nuclear arsenal. Clinton launched a scathing attack on Obama's apparent reluctance to deploy nukes against al-Qaeda, calling "blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons" unpresidential. More »
- Hillary Widens Lead Over Barack
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 1, 07 7:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton continues to stretch out her lead in the race for the Democratic nomination; she now beats Obama 43% to 22%, according to a new WSJ/NBC News poll taken after the last contentious candidate debate. A month ago she had a 14-point lead. Clinton has steadily increased her standing by performances which signaled experience and competence, the Wall Street Journal concludes. More »
- Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan
  
  Associated Press | Aug 1, 07 2:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama said in a speech today he’d be tougher than Bush on Pakistan, and that he'd like to see the US troops that ought to be withdrawn from Iraq redeployed in Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan—with or without an invitation, the AP reports. The freshman senator said the US wimped out when it bowed to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf on strikes on al-Qaeda targets. More »
July 2007
- How Obama Can Trump the Experience Card
  
  Slate | Jul 30, 07 5:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The root of last week's Obama/Clinton spat, writes John Dickerson in Slate, is the Achilles heel of the Obama campaign: She trounces him in experience. Standing next to her seems to make hiim look callow, and she used the opportunity to rub it in. Only 30% of Americans think his experience qualifies him to be president, versus more than 70% for her. More »
- GOP Must Break Mold to Beat Hill
  
  New York Times | Jul 27, 07 5:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary is such a surprise campaign juggernaut that her Republican rivals don't stand a chance, says New York Times’ resident conservative David Brooks, unless they muster weapons nobody's seen yet. The senator’s display of experience and confidence has been extraordinary, he writes, and her falling negatives bode well for converting undecideds. More »
- Fake Obama Group Keeps Donations
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Jul 25, 07 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Californians for Obama" has raised thousands of dollars, but the candidate hasn't seen any of it. In fact, the group isn't affiliated with Obama, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, and most of the dough has gone to founder Emmett Cash. Because the group's website doesn't claim an official tie to Obama, it's all legal. More »
- Obama Team Tries Walk In Reagan’s Shoes
  
  Politico | Jul 25, 07 2:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s not just GOP hopefuls who are looking to Reagan’s electoral model: A Barack Obama pollster admits it’s “heresy,” but his campaign wants to ride charisma and good feeling to the presidency—just like the Gipper. Politico says Obama can win if his hopeful message shines; his advisers admit that if the debate centers on finding strong leadership, Hillary Clinton will benefit. More »
- Who Wants to Meet With a Dictator?
  
  Reuters | Jul 25, 07 4:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The gloves came off in the Democratic presidential race yesterday as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tangled over an issue that arose in Monday's debate. The frontrunners released statements that revealed tensions in the more or less united effort to reclaim the White House, Reuters reports, with Clinton's camp emphasizing her experience and Obama's accusing his fellow senator of flip-flopping. More »
- YouTube Asks, Dems Respond
  
  CNN | Jul 24, 07 6:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Voters put questions directly to the Democratic presidential candidates last night, thanks to 3,000 citizens who submitted questions to YouTube. CNN selected and played 39 of the homemade videos, in which regular Americans—including a lesbian couple, a singer, and a snowman—created an unprecedented debate format. The candidates stayed on message, CNN reports, as the voters stole the show. More »
- Democrats Winning Money Race
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 23, 07 6:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democrats are trouncing Republicans in the fundraising race leading up to 2008, raking in $100 million more in contributions for their presidential and congressional campaigns, the Journal reports. The trend puts the Democrats on track to outspend the GOP in a general election for the first time since records were kept 30 years ago. More »
- Obama Is No JFK (Or MLK Either)
  
  Der Spiegel | Jul 20, 07 11:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - On TV, the Barack Obama show works seamlessly. But " unplugged," the candidate is unexciting, even disingenuous, Der Spiegel ’s Gabor Steingart argues. In a tough assessment, the political correspondent finds the ambitious marketing of Obama as the Democratic savior is undercut by the candidate's lackluster performance in person. More »
- Stars Collide as Oprah Backs Obama
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 18, 07 5:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a first-ever move for Oprah Winfrey, the multimedia powerhouse will throw her impressive public muscle behind a presidential candidate—Barack Obama. She's opening her Southern California mansion for a megabucks fundraiser for her fellow Chicagoan on September 8. Tickets start at $2,300, the LA Times reports, and dinner goes for $50,00. More »
- GOP Voters Undecided, Unhappy
  
  Associated Press | Jul 17, 07 4:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani has the support of 21% of Republicans in a new poll—down from 27% in June, which is bad enough, and second to the most popular option: none of the above. John McCain stands fourth, a notch below undeclared candidate Fred Thompson, in the most recent AP-Ipsos poll, out today, and Hillary Clinton continues to dominate the Democrats. More »
- Private-Equity $$ Flow to GOP
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 17, 07 3:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As Democrats push higher taxes for private-equity firms, the firms are reciprocating by funneling more money to the other side of the aisle, the Wall Street Journal reports. Figures for 2008 presidential campaign giving show GOP contenders receiving 53% of donations made by private-equity funds. In 2000 and 2004, Democrats received the majority of donations. More »
- Stars Shine on Presidential Candidates
  
  CNN | Jul 17, 07 10:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - This just in: Hollywood loves Democrats, a "Baywatch" babe likes Dennis Kucinich, and Paulie Walnuts is with Rudy Giuliani. CNN scrutinized FEC records with some degree of thoroughness—the results are improbably light on Republicans—to generate a list of celebrity donations to the presidential candidates, and the results hold a few surprises. More »
- Obama, Clinton Collect Biggest War Chests
  
  Associated Press | Jul 16, 07 5:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck —and both way ahead of the pack— in campaign fundraising, according to their latest filings with the Federal Election Commission. Obama has about $34 million in primary cash on hand, Clinton has $33 million and John Edwards is a distant third with $12 million. More »
- Dems Raise Big Bucks Online
  
  New York Times | Jul 13, 07 4:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The three leading Democrats in the presidential race have raised more than twice as much money online as the three leading Republicans, the Times reports. For the first 6 months of the year, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards combined to top $28 million, against $14 million for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. More »