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Obama and McCain have big economic differences (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:28 AM CDT

AP - Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.

McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT

AP - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.

McCain campaign hits Albuquerque restaurant (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:42 PM CDT

AP - After a week of getting Republicans fired up about their campaign, presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin stocked up on some of the hot stuff.

Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 01:53 PM CDT

AP - Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.

MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring (Politico)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:31 PM CDT

Politico - Less than two weeks ago, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was still defending the network's anchor team to Politico, despite reports of turmoil behind-the-scenes and on-air squabbles. At the time, a high-ranking MSNBC journalist told me the network was "about to blow up."

Obama says he was too flip on abortion question (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 02:51 PM CDT

AP - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.

ABC News' Gibson lands first Palin interview (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 05:16 PM CDT

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has agreed to sit down with ABC's Charles Gibson later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.

Obama plans extended meeting with Bill Clinton (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:14 PM CDT

AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to lunch with former President Clinton this week in what will be their first extended face-to-face meeting since the bitter primary season.

Obama's stump speech plays to fears, hopes (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 12:20 PM CDT

AP - As Barack Obama paces before 15,000 people with a hand-held microphone, it's easy to assume his 30-minute talk is more or less a free-associating string of talking points and applause lines.

Biden says he looks forward to debate with Palin (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:57 PM CDT

AP - Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues.

US campaign sharpens as McCain takes poll lead (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 04:04 AM CDT

AFP - The US presidential election moved into high gear Monday as two new opinion polls showed Republican John McCain taking the lead over Democratic rival Barack Obama.

7 things to watch as the fall race kicks off (Politico)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:34 AM CDT

Politico - As Barack Obama and John McCain go barreling neck-and-neck into the homestretch, advisers for both men know one thing for certain: Nothing is.

Palin raises hope for parents of disabled kids (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

AP - Polishing off his strawberry-banana yogurt, Jacob Moore races to his keyboard with a whoop, picks his way through "Pop Goes the Weasel" and gives his mom a high five. This is the average stuff of childhood, and it has not come easily to the 8-year-old with Down syndrome.

McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:51 PM CDT

Reuters - Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.

Poll: McCain takes lead from Obama (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:41 PM CDT

AP - THE RACE: The presidential race nationally.

Palin to give first interview since being picked McCain's VP (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 10:02 PM CDT

AFP - Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin will give her first substantive interview to ABC News later this week in Alaska, a campaign official said.

McCain Is `Tied or Behind' in Swing States He Needs for Victory (Bloomberg)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:10 PM CDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- For John McCain and Barack Obama, the race for the White House is a battle of the old and the new -- and it has little to do with age.

McCain 'excited' by response to Palin: advisor (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

AFP - Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin may be drawing bigger cheers than her running mate, but John McCain isn't bothered in the least, a senior advisor said Sunday.

Palin to meet media in a "few days" says McCain (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

Reuters - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has not faced the U.S. media since her surprise pick to run for vice president 10 days ago, will begin giving interviews in a "few days," Republican presidential nominee John McCain said in remarks aired on Sunday.