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Feel That? It's the Race Shifting: Noonan
Feel That? It's the Race Shifting: Noonan
opinion
Aug 8, 2008 10:09 AM CDT

Feel That? It's the Race Shifting: Noonan

Obama's weakened image is costing him among voters

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory once seemed inevitable—but in the past month, a glimmer of real hope has emerged for John McCain, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. McCain's creeping up in the polls—even on YouTube—while Obama’s squeaky-clean image in the press has been somewhat...

Report: Bill Will Speak at Convention

(Newser) - Bill Clinton has accepted an offer from the Barack Obama campaign to speak at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Clinton reportedly will speak in a prime spot—on Wednesday evening just ahead of the vice-presidential candidate. The Obama camp rushed the offer into place to soothe tensions over the latest...

Policy Veterans Provide Steadying Hand for Obama

Supplementing outsiders with seasoned policy players good move so far

(Newser) - Supplementing a team of outsiders with some key veterans on domestic policy appears to have been a shrewd move by Barack Obama’s campaign, Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic. A case in point is Jason Furman, a star of the later (righter) stages of the Clinton administration who...

Counterpunch Too Weak for Strategists

Strategists urging Obama to bring tougher attacks on McCain

(Newser) - After weeks of enduring blistering attacks from John McCain, Barack Obama is launching a counter-attack. His new “Maverick” ad is his sharpest yet, calling McCain out on his similarities to George Bush. But Democratic strategists still don’t think Obama is hitting hard enough, the Washington Post reports. “...

Clinton Hint at Denver Antics Sends Dems Into Spin Cycle

Email with Obama underlines unity after she urges convention delegates 'be heard'

(Newser) - Reps for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are underlining their message of Democratic unity, the Chicago Tribune reports, after the emergence of video footage in which Clinton said she thought some gesture by her delegates to the party convention—perhaps even the placing of her name in nomination—could be...

Fla. Man Held in Obama Death Threat

(Newser) - Federal authorities today arrested a Florida man on charges of threatening to assassinate Barack Obama. Raymond Hunter Geisel was ordered held without bail today at a brief court hearing. The Secret Service says Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July.

Obama's Right to Go Negative
 Obama's Right to Go Negative
OPINION
Aug 7, 2008 2:24 PM CDT

Obama's Right to Go Negative

Obama stayed cool during primaries, but this is whole new ball game

(Newser) - Barack Obama is going negative on John McCain, something he never did in the primary race against Hillary Clinton. But that doesn’t mean he’s abandoning a winning strategy. The current race is worlds apart from his tête-à-tête with Clinton, Noam Scheiber writes in the New ...

Obama's Accepting Outlook Forged in Diverse Hawaii

Island state's tolerant spirit helped shape candidate's worldview

(Newser) - Barack Obama spent his formative years in Hawaii and islanders say the unique and diverse nature of the 50th state helped shape the candidate's outlook on life, the AP reports. Obama's racial identity was forged in the state where everybody belongs to a minority group, and the accomodating nature of...

Abortion Swells Obama's Woes With Catholics

Winning back once-loyal bloc seen as a struggle for Dem

(Newser) - Democrats are making a major push for Catholic voters, a demographic that decisively chose George W. Bush over the Catholic John Kerry in 2004. To win back a once-reliable constituency, Democrats may offer a convention speaking slot to Bob Casey, the Pennsylvania senator who opposes abortion rights. Even so, the...

Obama, Bayh Yield Few VP Clues
 Obama, Bayh
 Yield Few VP Clues
Aug 7, 2008 8:45 AM CDT

Obama, Bayh Yield Few VP Clues

Senators insist they didn't talk about running mate possibility

(Newser) - Barack Obama held a town hall meeting in Indiana yesterday, but the star of the show was the man who introduced him: Evan Bayh, the arch-Clintonite senator rumored to be sitting atop Obama's VP shortlist. But, as the New York Times reports, neither Obama nor Bayh could be drawn on...

Candidates Keen to Quit Bickering
Candidates Keen to Quit Bickering
OPINION
Aug 7, 2008 5:45 AM CDT

Candidates Keen to Quit Bickering

McCain, Obama each blame the other for negative campaign

(Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama would prefer to steer the White House race out of the gutter and back onto the high road, writes David Broder in the Washington Post reports. In separate interviews, both candidates expressed frustration with the tone and direction of the campaign over the last two...

Obama Takes Campaign to Gas Pumps

Spot to air at Florida filling stations links McCain to high prices

(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign will run an energy-themed ad on TVs on Florida gas pumps starting today, the Palm Beach Post reports. The commercial highlights alternative-energy research and tax cuts as parts of Obama's plan to "break the grip of foreign oil," while presenting John McCain as more of...

Why the Rift Isn't Healing
 Why the Rift Isn't Healing
OPINION
Aug 6, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

Why the Rift Isn't Healing

Issues remain over Hill's campaign debt, role at convention

(Newser) - A little more than a month after the joint rally in Unity, NH, the Obama-Clinton relationship is still chilly, writes Howard Fineman, who faults both sides for letting their continuing squabble turn what should be a slam-dunk election year for the Democrats into a squeaker. For someone who’s running...

Pawlenty Prods GOP to Act Like Obama

McCain's would-be VP touts Dem's 'hopeful, positive' message

(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty, the Republican governor of Minnesota often mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain, urged GOP candidates to act more like Democrat Barack Obama. "Say what you will about Barack Obama," Pawlenty said today, "people gravitate when you have something positive to say. …...

For Bayh, Third Time May Be the Charm for No. 2 Slot

(Newser) - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh’s currency with the Obama campaign may be on the rise, perhaps giving the perennial Democratic veep candidate a shot at the Naval Observatory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many think Bayh’s foreign policy experience would bolster Obama’s perceived lack of experience, and his...

Obama Network of Big Donors Rivals Bush's

Bundlers chip in large portion of Obama's record haul

(Newser) - Barack Obama likes to point to the avalanche of small-money donations that account for a full half of his record $340 million haul. But he has also been carefully cultivating a network of big-money bundlers since his earliest days in the Senate, the New York Times reports. As a result,...

Johansson Regrets Obama Email Flap

Actress was just admiring his commitment, denounces media 'nonstory'

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson might laugh about it now, but she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "email relationship" with Barack Obama. "I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment to his campaign…and how wonderful and refreshing that is. And it was manipulated...

Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly
 Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly
Opinion
Aug 6, 2008 10:31 AM CDT

Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly

Promises get bigger, and policy gets dumber

(Newser) - It might as well be a mathematical formula: High gas prices + oncoming election = stupid policy, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. John McCain, once the possessor of a sensible energy plan, now screeches incessantly about outer-continental shelf drilling, as though this would instantly solve the energy crisis....

Top 5 Flip-Flops (So Far)
 Top 5 Flip-Flops 
 (So Far)
Aug 6, 2008 8:43 AM CDT

Top 5 Flip-Flops (So Far)

(Newser) - As both presidential candidates hurl accusations of backtracking and hypocrisy at each other, Politico and PolitiFact team up to explain the five most important flip-flops of the race so far.
  • PolitiFact rates Obama’s stance on tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve a “full flop,” citing strong prior opposition.
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McCain Goes Green ... With Envy
 McCain Goes
 Green ... With Envy
OPINION
Aug 6, 2008 7:52 AM CDT

McCain Goes Green ... With Envy

Jealousy of Obama drives Mac's gutter campaign: Dowd

(Newser) - Why is John McCain, "a man who prides himself on honor," taking the low road in his campaign against Barack Obama? For Maureen Dowd, the reason is clear: the Arizona senator is "pea-green with envy." Even more than Bill Clinton or Jesse Jackson, McCain can't stand...

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