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Candidates Go Head to Head in Message War
Candidates Go Head to Head in Message War
ANALYSIS
Aug 13, 2008 2:48 PM CDT

Candidates Go Head to Head in Message War

Obama offers policy details, McCain a 'maverick' record

(Newser) - Neither presidential hopeful can boast a significant lead three months before the election, leading both sides to ramp up their political ad machines. While McCain paints Obama as a "pop star" spouting empty rhetoric, Obama frames McCain as another Bush lackey. Salon asked a leading political analyst to assess...

Clooney: I'm Not Part of Obama's Brain Trust

Refutes story, says he's 'spent more time with Sen. McCain'

(Newser) - George Clooney supports Barack Obama, but unlike Scarlett Johansson he's not claiming to be a campaign consultant or in regular contact. The actor today refuted an LA Times story saying he “frequently text messages” the candidate, People reports. “I have never texted or emailed Sen. Obama,” Clooney...

Polls Indicate Landslide Election Unlikely

Obama lacking the late-summer numbers for a blowout

(Newser) - Despite a persistent surge of enthusiasm from supporters, current polls indicate that Barack Obama's numbers lack the telltale signs of a November landslide, Politico reports. In five out of the six postwar landslides—a victory of 10% or more—the winner was ahead by at least 10% at the end...

Dem Platform Reaches Out to Pro-Lifers
Dem Platform Reaches Out
to Pro-Lifers
ANALYSIS
Aug 13, 2008 12:53 PM CDT

Dem Platform Reaches Out to Pro-Lifers

Obama approves language that finds 'common ground'

(Newser) - The Obama campaign is reaching out to Catholics, evangelicals, and other anti-abortion swing voters by adjusting the language of the official Democratic platform on the controversial issue, Alec MacGillis writes in the Washington Post. The new party plank moves "closer to the middle ground where most Americans reside—not...

Hillary's Crashing Obama's Party
 Hillary's
 Crashing
 Obama's
 Party
OPINION
Aug 13, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

Hillary's Crashing Obama's Party

(Newser) - Despite losing the nomination months ago, Hillary Clinton is taking her fight to the convention, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The New York senator’s continued machinations show she "feels no guilt about encouraging her supporters to mess up Obama’s big moment, thus undermining his...

Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice
Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice
OPINION
Aug 13, 2008 11:14 AM CDT

Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice

Campaign builds huge database for Election Day, writes webmaster

(Newser) - Barack Obama's decision to announce his running mate by text-messaging supporters makes him seem "just like the cool kid in study hall," writes Garrett M. Graff in the New York Times. But there's more to the text blast than just embracing new technology. The move will give Obama...

Va.'s Warner to Keynote Denver
 Va.'s Warner to
 Keynote Denver
Aug 13, 2008 9:45 AM CDT

Va.'s Warner to Keynote Denver

Former Va. governor could give Obama boost in the state

(Newser) - Mark Warner, Virginia's former governor and current Democratic Senate candidate, has been named the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, a plum spot that springboarded Barack Obama himself to national prominence. Warner's selection ends speculation that Hillary Clinton, who will also speak that night, would land the position.

Swift Boat Author Aims to Sink Obama

Attack book portrays candidate as having secret radical agenda

(Newser) - The author who helped torpedo John Kerry's White House bid is aiming to make it two for two, the New York Times reports. Jerome Corsi's Unfit for Command launched the Swift Boat controversy. His new book, Obama Nation, portrays Barack Obama as a radical liberal with strong ties to Islam,...

Obama Courts GOP Defectors
 Obama Courts GOP Defectors 
Aug 12, 2008 4:32 PM CDT

Obama Courts GOP Defectors

New initiative targets traditional Republican voters

(Newser) - The Obama campaign is reaching out to traditional GOP voters with a “Republicans for Obama” initiative launched today, CBS News reports. Touting support from Iowa Congressman Jim Leach and ex-Bush adviser Rita Hauser, the Obama camp said it will launch a new website aimed at persuading Republicans to switch...

How Infighting Doomed Clinton
 How Infighting Doomed Clinton 
Analysis
Aug 12, 2008 2:19 PM CDT

How Infighting Doomed Clinton

Long awaited post-mortem details stunningly disfunctional campaign

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid failed for many reasons, the most prominent her campaign team's stunning dysfunction, writes Joshua Green in a much-anticipated Atlantic Monthly feature. Green uncovered a trove of memos, finding a team overwhelmed by “anger and toxic obsessions.” Clinton acted nothing like a chief executive,...

War Support Makes Bayh a Risky VP Choice

2002 push to invade Iraq flies in face of Obama's stance

(Newser) - During the Senate debate on the Iraq war, Evan Bayh was among the leading proponents for invasion, claiming there was “no other credible alternative to protect the safety and well-being of the American people.” But that hawkish push is haunting him, reports the New York Times, now that...

Dems, GOP Battle Over New Voters

Issue becomes focus as huge turnout expected

(Newser) - Voter registration has become a hot-button election issue in a year that’s seen millions of new voters, the Wall Street Journal reports. In line with party trends, Democrats are working to register as many people as possible and deploying vote-protection legal experts, while Republicans keep a wary eye on...

Clinton Backers Push for Convention Nomination

Supporters say symbolic roll-call vote will recognize 18 million Hillary voters

(Newser) - A group of Hillary Clinton's delegates are working to make sure their candidate's name is put up for nomination at the Democratic convention, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Clinton backers say the symbolic move will serve as recognition for the 18 million voters who chose Hillary in the primaries, and...

Oldsters Not Diggin' Whippersnapper Obama
 Oldsters Not Diggin'
 Whippersnapper Obama
analysis
Aug 12, 2008 6:11 AM CDT

Oldsters Not Diggin' Whippersnapper Obama

Seniors see their worldview in McCain

(Newser) - Barack Obama is facing an unusually pronounced generation gap among voters: though normally apathetic young people are supporting him in droves, those over 65 are leaning heavily toward John McCain—a fact that’s keeping the race tight, the Washington Post reports. And seniors have a loud voice on Election...

7 Things Obama Should Be Worried About

Realization dawns on Democrats: McCain could win this thing

(Newser) - Democrats are getting worried. “It’s not that people think McCain will win,” one pollster said. “It’s that they are realizing that McCain could win.” Politico lists the things Obama has to worry about:
  1. Race: May yet prove a wild card.
  2. Virginia: At best a
...

Running Mate 'Bounce' Doesn't Climb Very High
Running Mate 'Bounce' Doesn't Climb Very High
analysis
Aug 11, 2008 7:53 PM CDT

Running Mate 'Bounce' Doesn't Climb Very High

Poll surge noticeable but brief: Gallup

(Newser) - Much ink has been spilled over Barack Obama and John McCain’s upcoming VP selections, but a running mate is not a game-changing choice, the Chicago Tribune reports. History suggests the effect on opinion polls will be noticeable but not huge: Gallup shows recent candidates getting an average 5% bump...

McCain, VP Hopeful Ridge Campaign in Pa.

Indepedent/Dem mayor expected to endorse Mac today

(Newser) - Republican vice presidential hopeful Tom Ridge is campaigning with John McCain in Pennsylvania today, CNN reports. McCain and ex-Pennsylvania governor Ridge started the day meeting with employees at a GE plant. Asked what he would do on first taking office, McCain replied, “Call Tom Ridge to Washington from whatever...

Mac's Preferred Contest: Obama as Incumbent
Mac's Preferred Contest: Obama as Incumbent
OPINION
Aug 11, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

Mac's Preferred Contest: Obama as Incumbent

Republican can't win if debate is about him or Bush: Dionne

(Newser) - John McCain is doing perhaps the only thing he can to win this race—casting Barack Obama as the incumbent and attacking him, writes E.J. Dionne Jr. in the Washington Post. It makes sense: People are tiring of the heavy coverage of Obama, it seems, and McCain knows that...

Edwards Lie Cost Hillary the Nomination, Aide Says

...and hence the nomination

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s former communications director is convinced that had the media outed John Edwards last year, Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. “We would have won Iowa,” Howard Wolfson tells ABC. “Our voters and Edwards’ voters were the same people. They were older, pro-union.” Obama...

Obama Policy Book Debuts Sept. 9

New volume will outline candidate's positions, include speeches

(Newser) - He's written million-selling books about his early years and the meaning of public life. Now, Barack Obama has another side to share with readers: policy wonk. Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise, which hits shelves Sept. 9, will offer a foreward by Obama and...

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