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Allies of Phoenix mayor fight recall effort
AP - Friday, July 25, 2008 1:20 a.m.
PHOENIX (AP) -- It\'s a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn\'t soliciting votes and the politician\'s name isn\'t scheduled to appear on the November ballot....
Analysis: GOP stroked base in housing vote
AP - Friday, July 25, 2008 12:57 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush pulled the rug out from under Republicans this week when he abruptly dropped his opposition to a massive housing rescue. Their reaction? Good riddance....
Obama beats McCain in Europe donations
AP - Friday, July 25, 2008 12:53 a.m.
LONDON (AP) -- Barack Obama\'s campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee....
AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:31 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency\'s campaign security job....
Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:25 p.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago....
Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed feelings about Obama
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:24 p.m.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from Barack Obama\'s visit to the Holy Land with the feeling he would do more for Mideast peace than President Bush has. But neither side seemed fully convinced that Obama would have their interests at heart....
Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:23 p.m.
PERTH, Australia (AP) -- If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is worried that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is complicating the Bush administration\'s foreign policy with freelance campaign diplomacy, she isn\'t showing it....
McCain visits German restaurant _ in Ohio
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:57 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday - at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation\'s heartland....
Voters greet Obama trip with praise, skepticism
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:13 p.m.
Calculated political ploy. Timely foreign outreach. A dash of each? Ask voters across the country about Barack Obama\'s image-packed week of foreign travel and you\'ll get a mix of admiration, suspicion, even a couple of bored shrugs....
McCain-Obama Race Grabs Attention, Headlines Across Europe
NewsHour - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:30 p.m.
Some 200,000 people are estimated to have attended Sen. Barack Obama\'s speech in Berlin Thursday, a sign of the increased interest abroad in this year\'s U.S. election. A panel of European journalists offer insight.
Obama scraps visit to wounded US troops in Germany
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:20 p.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama scrapped plans to visit wounded members of the armed forces in Germany as part of his overseas trip, a decision his campaign said was made because the Democratic presidential candidate thought it would be inappropriate on a campaign-funded journey....
Obama to Push Building U.S.-Europe Relations in Berlin Address
NewsHour - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:15 p.m.
As Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama continues his overseas tour with a stop in Berlin Thursday, tens of thousands in the German city are reportedly anxious to hear his address at the Tiergarten\'s Victory Column, one of the city\'s most famous monuments.
Hagel chides candidates on Iraq
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:21 p.m.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war\'s future and stop arguing over the success of last year\'s troop surge....
Poll: Split on New Yorker cover
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:47 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Add one more item to the long list of disagreements between Democrats and Republicans: Whether it was appropriate for The New Yorker magazine to publish a cover satirizing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife as fist-bumping radicals....
Wanted: 2 million poll workers for November
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:25 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal commission is working to recruit 2 million poll workers for the November election to help handle what could be a record turnout for the presidential election....
McCain to meet with Dalai Lama
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:13 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to meet with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, on Friday in Colorado....
U.S. Approach To 'Axis Of Evil' Shifts
NPR - Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:57 a.m.
The Bush administration is now talking to governments it once shunned. The secretary of state met with the North Korean foreign minister this week; the undersecretary participated in talks with Iran\'s nuclear negotiator last weekend. The new approach has angered critics, but it doesn\'t extend to all "problem countries."
Poll: Latinos favor Obama by big margin
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday....
Police call communication key to convention peace
AP - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:58 a.m.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer\'s Republican National Convention by exchanging cell phone numbers and offering other olive branches to demonstrators....
Obama tells Israel he's committed to its security
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:18 p.m.
SDEROT, Israel (AP) -- From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether the threat comes from terrorists, Iran or elsewhere....
Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:11 p.m.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis\' Buchenwald concentration camp....
Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:10 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The rules in the Obama household for Malia and Sasha are clear-cut:...
Veterans group hits McCain on troop pullout
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:09 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A veterans group critical of the war in Iraq accuses John McCain of wanting to occupy Iraq indefinitely, against the wishes of the country\'s leaders, in an ad that will air later this week....
Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:05 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is going for the gold....
Obama visits Western Wall
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:01 p.m.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall....
Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:53 p.m.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall....
Obama Stands by Israel, Calls Iranian Nuclear Threat 'Grave'
NewsHour - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:37 p.m.
As his Mideast tour continues, Sen. Barack Obama reiterated his support for Israel as an ally of the United States Wednesday and focused on his commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Obama, McCain and their uneven gifts of gab
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:22 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already....
Obama In Iraq, Media Bias and the Veepstakes
NPR - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:18 p.m.
In this week\'s edition of The Political Junkie, guests discuss Barack Obama\'s visit to Iraq and John McCain\'s insistence that he was right to support the troop surge. Also: charges of pro-Obama media bias, and the latest word on top candidates for VP.
McCain has Berlin moment too _ in little Berlins
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:51 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain can be a Berliner, too....
Poll: Economy top issue; energy worries grow most
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:45 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What\'s rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans\' worries about them....
Bush Drops Opposition To Housing Rescue Bill
NPR - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:24 a.m.
President Bush reversed his stance on a congressional plan to help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weather the mortgage crisis and to provide struggling homeowners with more affordable loans. White House press secretary Dana Perino said the president had decided it was not the time for a veto fight.
Obama in his own words
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:13 a.m.
Quotes from Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting....
McCain in his own words
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:12 a.m.
Quotes from John McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting....
Legislation On Oil Speculation Advances In Senate
NPR - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6 a.m.
Some legislators say oil speculation is driving up energy prices. But a report released Tuesday concludes that the spike in oil prices may have more to do with supply and demand.
Obama's West Bank trip raises hope, skepticism
AP - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:15 a.m.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Barack Obama\'s trip to the West Bank on Wednesday appeared to generate some goodwill among Palestinians, though deep skepticism about U.S. policy remains....
Obama campaign: McCain flubs on Iraq timeline
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:39 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Democrat Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war....
Bid To Curb Oil Speculation Survives Senate Vote
NPR - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:39 p.m.
A plan by Democrats to curb speculation in oil markets is moving ahead. The Senate has voted to clear a procedural hurdle for the legislation. Democrats blame speculation for the spike in oil prices. Republicans say the move will have little effect.
Obama: Iraq now needs a political solution
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:10 p.m.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama declined Tuesday to rate the Bush administration\'s troop surge in Iraq a success despite a reduction in violence, and expressed understanding of Gen. David Petraeus\' opposition to a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops....
Obama Outlines Mideast Policy Views as Overseas Tour Continues
NewsHour - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:59 p.m.
After his first visit to Iraq as the likely Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday in Amman, Jordan, that security in Iraq has improved and the U.S. should focus attention on aiding its political progress while turning more military attention to the worsening situation in Afghanistan.
Speculation Stirs Over Possible Unveiling of McCain VP Pick
NewsHour - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:37 p.m.
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain could reveal his choice for a running mate as early as this week, sources close to the Arizona senator have said, according to CNN and Robert Novak\'s Evans-Novak Political Report.
Ron Paul's political event moves to larger venue
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:09 p.m.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Supporters of maverick Rep. Ron Paul who are organizing a rally as an alternative to the Republican National Convention are moving their crosstown event to a larger venue....
McCain, Obama Trade More Jabs Over Foreign Policy
NewsHour - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:07 p.m.
Sen. Barack Obama, on tour in the Middle East, and Sen. John McCain, on the campaign trail in New England, continue to spar over each other\'s Iraq policies and understanding of the situation in Afghanistan.
Bush raises money for GOP House challenger
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:49 p.m.
ATLANTA (AP) -- President Bush is hoping that this will be the year his party ousts Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall from Congress and he came to Georgia on Tuesday to pump money into the campaign of Marshall\'s challenger....
Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:57 p.m.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to work for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations "starting from the minute I\'m sworn into office."...
Analysis: Obama pledges engagement in Mideast
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:26 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?...
Chasing Obama across Iraqi, Afghan war zones
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:46 p.m.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- It was long past sunrise and still no clue: Where\'s Barack Obama?...
McCain adviser paid by controversial businessman
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:15 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain\'s campaign on Tuesday distanced its foreign policy adviser from a longtime Republican fundraiser who paid the adviser $130,000 when he was a lobbyist....
Obama meets Obamamania in Europe eager for change
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:06 p.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Barack Obama comes face to face this week with a constituency truly eager for change after eight years of George W. Bush: Europeans....
Jordan's king urges evenhanded US Mideast policy
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:22 a.m.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan\'s king has told Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama that an evenhanded U.S. policy would bolster America\'s credibility in the Middle East....
Analysis: Foreign tour is media bonanza for Obama
AP - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:21 a.m.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan, Israel and Germany aren\'t normally known as swing states in a White House campaign. But Barack Obama\'s off to a fast start in his attempt to change that with an election-season tour designed to show him as a potential commander in chief, equally comfortable sitting down - presidential style - with kings and other foreign leaders....
Vote On Housing Rescue Bill Looms In Congress
NPR - Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:33 a.m.
This week, Congress votes on a bill that would help homeowners facing foreclosure. The measure may also include a Bush administration plan to help mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. How might the proposed measure help homeowners?
Rice told embassies to limit aid for Obama, McCain
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 10:50 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Democrat Barack Obama began an overseas tour, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told employees at U.S. embassies to provide only minimal help to visiting presidential candidates....
Obama spends less in June, saves resources
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 7:56 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama\'s army of small-dollar donors gave his presidential campaign its biggest boost in June, contributing more than $30 million in individual sums of $200 or less....
SC senator criticized for blog posting about Obama
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 7:26 p.m.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A Republican state senator is being criticized for a post on his blog that shows photos of Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden wearing similar clothing, along with a line that says the difference between them is "a little B.S."...
New York Times defends not running McCain op-ed
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 4:27 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The New York Times defended its decision not to publish an op-ed article as submitted by Republican John McCain about the Iraq war on grounds it customarily reviews such pieces with the author....
Obama's Trip Puts Focus on Candidates' Iraq, Afghan Plans
NewsHour - Monday, July 21, 2008 3:09 p.m.
Sen. Barack Obama is working on his foreign policy credentials by meeting with leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan this week. Policy advisers discuss how Obama and GOP Sen. John McCain are approaching the conflicts.
Obama Meets with al-Maliki in Baghdad
NewsHour - Monday, July 21, 2008 3:08 p.m.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Monday on the latest stop of his high-profile overseas tour as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
McCain Hits Morning Shows as Networks Follow Obama Abroad
NewsHour - Monday, July 21, 2008 2:36 p.m.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain appeared on all three network morning shows Monday arguing that his Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama was wrong on the surge strategy in Iraq. He also reiterated his criticism that Obama did not hold meetings about Afghanistan while chairman of a relevant Senate subcommittee.
Adwatch: McCain ad blames Obama for gas price hike
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 11:22 a.m.
TITLE: "Pump."...
Cutting Energy Costs: Little Consensus In Congress
NPR - Monday, July 21, 2008 10:44 a.m.
Congress members say they\'re determined to do something about fuel prices before leaving for their August recess. But there\'s little consensus on energy issues. Will Democrats and Republicans be able to agree on any proposals to lower fuel prices?
McCain ad blames Obama for rising gas prices
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 8:11 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is launching a new television ad that blames Democratic rival Barack Obama for rising gasoline prices....
League of Conservation Voters to endorse Obama
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 7:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election all about change, environmental groups are doing the usual - endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate....
Republicans hoping for a grand old party in Minn.
AP - Monday, July 21, 2008 7:26 a.m.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Republicans are counting on a glitch-free convention to help lift the party\'s sagging morale and boost John McCain\'s presidential prospects when they assemble in this picturesque city on the Mississippi River in six weeks....
Barack Obama meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:26 p.m.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said....
Details of June presidential fundraising
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:53 p.m.
Fundraising figures for June as released by the presidential candidates....
McCain to speak at Sept. 11 forum on volunteerism
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:07 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will speak about the need for public service at a national forum on that topic being held in New York on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks....
Dobson shifts positions, may endorse McCain
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:07 p.m.
Conservative Christian leader James Dobson has softened his stance against Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, saying he could reverse his position and endorse the Arizona senator despite serious misgivings....
Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:53 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani....
Analysis: Iraq playing US politics for best deal
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:03 p.m.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The Iraqi prime minister\'s seeming endorsement of Barack Obama\'s troop withdrawal plan is part of Baghdad\'s strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal possible over America\'s military mission....
Obama: Step up effort against Taliban, al-Qaida
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:02 p.m.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to combat the Taliban and al-Qaida, and he urged stronger steps to prod Pakistan into eliminating cross-border terrorist training camps....
Rice: Obama's success is great gain for blacks
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:38 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Condoleezza Rice says it\'s a remarkable accomplishment that a black politician is on track for his party\'s presidential nomination....
Obama to speak near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:22 a.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Barack Obama\'s campaign said Sunday he will give a speech on the future of trans-Atlantic relations in front of a Prussian war monument in downtown Berlin - in view of the historic Brandenburg Gate....
From shipping lobbyist to McCain adviser
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:07 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Playing a dual role as shipping lobbyist and member of a federal advisory panel, John McCain\'s campaign policy coordinator helped shape a controversial homeland security initiative that has taken the government 5 1/2 years to develop....
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:48 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help....
Gore: Clinton campaign changed perception of women
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:44 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al Gore said Sunday that Hillary Rodham Clinton\'s campaign for the White House helped change society\'s perception of women....
Iraqi leader: US should leave as soon as possible
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:40 a.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report, and he called presidential candidate Barack Obama\'s suggestion of 16 months "the right timeframe for a withdrawal."...
McCain paying down primary funds in advance of cap
AP - Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:39 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Faced with a spending cap for his fall campaign, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is aggressively spending more money than he is raising during summer months and methodically reducing his cash reserves....
Gore pushes environment with activist bloggers
AP - Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:34 p.m.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Last year it was about the candidates. This year it\'s the climate....
At the Democrats' party, a Pentecostal minister
AP - Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:13 a.m.
DENVER (AP) -- The request befuddled Leah Daughtry. The experienced political hand in charge of planning next month\'s Democratic National Convention - a self-described "black chick from Brooklyn" and ordained Pentecostal minister who keeps a Bible in her purse - didn\'t know what to tell the atheists....
The Evolving Role Of The Vice President
NPR - Saturday, July 19, 2008 8 a.m.
Scott Simon talks with vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein about why and how the role of the vice president has changed.
For better or worse, McCain wedded to town halls
AP - Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:30 a.m.
DENVER (AP) -- John McCain was in his favorite campaign setting, a town hall meeting, when he spotted a promising target. "I\'d love to recognize you first, sir," the Republican presidential candidate said to a man in a Vietnam War veteran\'s hat....
McCain, Conan agree: Age jokes getting old
AP - Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:36 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting old. So at a taping Friday night of NBC\'s "Late Night with Conan O\'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential candidate for some new material....
Foes no more, McCain, Romney warm to each other
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 10:35 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just as Republican John McCain was unloading on his Democratic presidential rival Friday, he was offering warm, effusive words for once bitter foe Mitt Romney. And Romney, the mega-millionaire former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was pledging to help McCain\'s presidential campaign financially - and in any other way....
McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 10:33 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain\'s campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a "mental recession."...
McCain pledges to help auto industry rebuild
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 6:07 p.m.
WARREN, Mich. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy....
McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 5:10 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, is resigning from the role as campaign co-chairman after his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" who constantly complain about the state of the economy....
McCain, Obama hedge on costly new Marine One
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 4:26 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain and Barack Obama vow to reform the nation\'s defense procurement if elected president, yet each is unwilling to take a firm stand against the skyrocketing cost of a plum White House perk: the new Marine One helicopter....
Obama Trip Attracting Media Circus, Criticism from McCain Camp
NewsHour - Friday, July 18, 2008 4:20 p.m.
Sen. Barack Obama\'s first overseas trip as a presidential candidate is shaping up to be a mob-scene of press coverage. Obama will be traveling with a plane full of journalists, and at least 200 have applied to come on the trip, though only about 40 will be able to go.
Political Influence-Peddling Gains Finesse
NPR - Friday, July 18, 2008 4:15 p.m.
These days, influence peddling in politics rarely takes the form of outright bribery. Instead, through political action committees and other means, the identity of donors and recipients of campaign funds are often disguised.
Obama to meet with leaders in Mideast, Europe
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 3:11 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to sit down with European leaders as well as King Abdullah of Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of a campaign-season trip that aides described Friday as substantive rather than political....
Analysis: Accord may blur disputes over Iraq war
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 2:48 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new U.S.-Iraqi agreement raising the possibility of a withdrawal timeline threatens to complicate the war policies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain....
Lawmakers' Rent Payments Raise Ethics Questions
NPR - Friday, July 18, 2008 10:16 a.m.
While Congress is struggling to address plummeting home values and mortgage meltdowns, some members of Congress are facing another kind of housing crisis: Questions have been raised recently about the fairness of what they pay for their own digs.
Sen. Shelby: Oversight Key In Fannie-Freddie Plan
NPR - Friday, July 18, 2008 8:34 a.m.
The Bush administration is pressing Congress to sign off on a rescue plan for the mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Some lawmakers are critical of the effort. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, says the situation is "a financial powder keg, and we do not want to light the fuse."
Poll: McCain backers' excitement lags Obama voters
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 7:38 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain is facing an excitement deficit....
Obama to meet with German leader Merkel
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 3:32 a.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s spokesman says the German leader will welcome U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama to her office in Berlin next Thursday....
Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage
AP - Friday, July 18, 2008 1:21 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama \'s trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-season audition of sorts for a presidential hopeful pledging a new era in diplomacy and an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq....
Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace
AP - Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:56 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though he\'s raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama\'s decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace - a tall order that will tax his time, test his Internet support and require the help of Democratic donors who once wished for his defeat....
DNC sets up independent operation to help Obama
AP - Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:29 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic National Committee plans to target Republican John McCain and help Democrat Barack Obama with an independent ad campaign run by veteran Democratic strategist Jonathan Prince, Democrats familiar with the decision said Thursday....
