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5 Fibs About the 'Oprah Effect'
 5 Fibs About the 'Oprah Effect' 
opinion
Sep 13, 2008 2:30 PM CDT

5 Fibs About the 'Oprah Effect'

Has she helped him? And is this hurting her?

(Newser) - Is the mighty Oprah endorsement helping Barack Obama… or Oprah Winfrey? Kathleen Rooney, author of a book on Oprah’s Book Club, unveils five myths about the Oprah effect in the Washington Post:
  1. Oprah’s viewers will do whatever she tells them. In fact Oprah’s flock is selective. They
...

Obama Set for Return Engagement on SNL

Democrat will appear in sketch during tomorrow night's season premiere

(Newser) - Barack Obama will make his second appearance on Saturday Night Live tomorrow night, the AP reports. The Democratic presidential nominee first appeared on the NBC show in November, playing himself in a skit set at a Halloween party thrown by his then-rival and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Michael Phelps will...

GOP Sees Smoother Ride on Palin's Coattails

VP candidate has some in Congress worrying less about ugly November

(Newser) - Congressional Republicans nervous about their own election chances are encouraged by the thought of a Sarah Palin-fueled boost to the GOP’s overall image, Real Clear Politics reports. Polls conducted since she was picked as John McCain’s running mate show a generic Republican congressional candidate trailing a generic Democrat...

Obama Has Lost Control of the Election
Obama Has
Lost Control
of the Election
OPINION
Sep 12, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

Obama Has Lost Control of the Election

He must skip the Palin sniping, remind voters what's at stake

(Newser) - Talk about change: John McCain is hosting celebrity rallies of his own while all the excitement has fizzled out of the Barack Obama campaign, EJ Dionne observes in the Washington Post. "It's clear that Obama has lost control of this campaign." His task, then, is "to remind...

After 9/11 Truce, Name-Calling Back On

McCain 'out of touch,' Obama ad charges; Dem 'disrespectful' to Palin, Mac counters

(Newser) - Hours after making a joint appearance at a memorial ceremony for the Sept. 11 attacks, John McCain and Barack Obama unleashed harsh new attacks of their own, reports the Chicago Tribune. With the McCain camp blasting Obama as desperate and “disrespectful” to Sarah Palin, the Obama campaign made a...

Palin Attacks Have Damaged Dems, but It's Not Over

And Obama can't make the media look dumb on this one, or it'll get really bad

(Newser) - The only way to contain the new power that is Sarah Palin (the power conferred by Democratic attacks) is to start ignoring her and return to the basics, Peggy Noonan advises in the Wall Street Journal. To overcome the "catastrophe" of the last two weeks, Barack Obama needs to...

What Bill Told Barack: How to Win the Race
What Bill Told Barack: How to Win the Race
ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2008 11:51 AM CDT

What Bill Told Barack: How to Win the Race

It's not hard to guess the advice Clinton may have given Obama

(Newser) - Reporters weren't allowed at Bill Clinton's meeting with Barack Obama yesterday in Harlem, but John F. Harris, in Politico, thinks he has a pretty good idea of some talking points:
  • Obama can be himself, but the election shouldn't about him—it's about the voters.
  • Less rhetoric, more catchy policy proposals.
...

Obama Steps Up Assault on McCain

Candidate to go on the attack as party frets about Palin

(Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign kicks off its leaner, meaner approach today, reports the New York Times, going on the offensive with a New Hampshire speech and new ads in an attempt to wrest momentum back from the GOP. The candidate's strategists say it has long been the plan to get...

This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig
This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig
ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

Contrary to Obama aide, phrase is new twist on prettying porky

(Newser) - Whether Barack Obama was taking a rouge-colored swipe at Sarah Palin is debatable, but a staffer’s claim that "lipstick on a pig" is a phrase “older than my grandfather’s grandfather” should raise eyebrows, Ben Zimmer explains on Slate. The phrase has probably only been around since...

Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can
Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can
OPINION
Sep 11, 2008 11:58 AM CDT

Lying Corrupts Campaigns Just as Money Can

Maybe it's time for finance reformer to swear off fabrications

(Newser) - We all know John McCain wasn’t really offended by Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment—the one he pretended to think was a reference to Sarah Palin. “The whole controversy is ginned up, a fraud, a lie,” writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post....

7 Years Later, US Remembers 9/11

Obama, McCain to visit Ground Zero

(Newser) - Americans marked the seventh anniversary of 9/11 with a heartfelt ceremony at Ground Zero and other solemn remembrances nationwide. Relatives of victims gathered in Lower Manhattan for readings from dignitaries and a recitation of the names of the dead. Later today, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were due...

'Fighting Barack' Takes the Stage

Democrats get louder while McCain pulls back

(Newser) - In Denver, Ed Rendell told everyone to expect “a new, fighting Barack.” Now, with his lead in the polls evaporating, Obama has become just that, replacing eloquent stump speeches with loud indignant ones, the LA Times reports. His message: McCain and Palin represent not change, but a threat...

Attention Obamaniacs: Remain Calm!
 Attention 
 Obamaniacs: 
 Remain Calm! 
OPINION
Sep 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT

Attention Obamaniacs: Remain Calm!

With 2 months to go, Dems are going nuts, writes Collins

(Newser) - In the space of just 10 days, many Democrats have decided that Barack Obama's once sure-fire candidacy is now doomed. Gail Collins has some advice for them: stop hyperventilating. If Team Obama seems as cool as always, says the New York Times columnist, it's because "they don’t care...

Kenyan Robbers Raid Grandma Obama's Home

They fail to remove solar panel on house in African village

(Newser) - A band of thieves broke into the Kenyan home of Barack Obama's 85-year-old step grandmother yesterday, Reuters reports. "These are just people who think that Obama has been sending me a lot of money," said Sarah Obama. Nothing was stolen from the home in tiny Kogelo village. The...

Letterman, Obama Sort Out Pig Logic

(Newser) - Barack Obama chalked up the lipstick-on-a-pig kerfuffle to "silly season in politics" during a taped appearance on David Letterman's show tonight, ABC News reports. He reiterated that he meant it as a swipe against John McCain's policies, not his running mate. When Letterman asked if he'd ever actually tried...

Paul Un dorses McCain, Obama
 Paul Undorses McCain, Obama 
Sep 10, 2008 4:48 PM CDT

Paul Undorses McCain, Obama

Texan calls for strong third-party protest vote

(Newser) - Ron Paul wants you to vote for a third-party candidate, CNN reports. The failed Republican presidential wannabe doesn’t particularly care whether you back Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, or Chuck Baldwin—all of whom are declared candidates—but he had no kind words for John McCain or Barack...

PTA Mom: Gotta Love Palin for Public Schooling Kids

Advocate (and Dem) Tsing Loh disturbed to see candidates' offspring in private education

(Newser) - Sandra Tsing Loh likes Barack and Michelle Obama’s politics, but, as a proud PTA mom, wonders why they couldn’t send their kids to a public school in their native Chicago, she writes in the New York Times. The inclusion of middle-class or affluent children, especially from families who...

Obama Blasts Mac's 'Phony Outrage' in Lipstick Flap

GOP distracting from issues with 'Swift Boat politics,' Dem charges

(Newser) - Barack Obama fired back today at a McCain campaign ad claiming he smeared Sarah Palin, calling the tactic "phony outrage and Swift Boat politics," the Washington Post reports. Obama used the phrase "lipstick on a pig" to describe John McCain's policies during a campaign stop yesterday, which...

Palin Bounce Flusters Dems
 Palin Bounce Flusters Dems 
Sep 10, 2008 2:56 PM CDT

Palin Bounce Flusters Dems

Surprising popularity defies conventional wisdom, logic

(Newser) - Democrats have been caught off-guard by Sarah Palin’s appeal, which has helped vault John McCain ahead of Barack Obama in some polls, the LA Times reports. Obama has begun attacking Palin more forcefully, which some Democrats worry will backfire, turning Palin into a “working class heroine,” in...

Reject Obama and World Will Revolt
 Reject Obama 
 and World Will Revolt 
OPINION
Sep 10, 2008 1:48 PM CDT

Reject Obama and World Will Revolt

A McCain victory would be a clear message to the globe

(Newser) - Electing John McCain would be a little like giving the rest of the world the finger, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland. Judging from international polls, “if the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama,” he writes. And if the US rejects a once-in-a-generation leader,...

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