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Obama still favored in Wis. but race is tighter (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:01 AM CDT AP - John McCain has worked himself back into a tight race with Barack Obama in Wisconsin, a state that Democrats had hoped would be a stronghold for the Illinois senator.

Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 01:03 AM CDT AP - Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.

Obama buys 2-minute commercial on economy (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:12 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama sought to put a personal stamp on his economic policies in troubled times, appearing Wednesday in a two-minute television commercial to outline his plans and caution it won't be easy to fix the nation's worsening financial problems.

McCain campaign clamps down on questions in Alaska (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:11 AM CDT AP - GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is effectively turning over questions about her record as Alaska's governor to John McCain's political campaign, part of an ambitious Republican strategy to limit any embarrassing disclosures and carefully shape her image for voters in the rest of the country.

Rangel safe for now, but trouble looms (Politico) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:44 AM CDT Politico - Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) has persuaded House leaders to let him stay on as chairman of the powerhouse Ways and Means Committee — but he faces a new challenge from a Democratic Senate candidate who is rejecting a $10,000 Rangel contribution as tainted money.

McCain has 2 faces: Washington in- and outsider (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:08 AM CDT AP - John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 01:26 AM CDT AP - Obama raises about $9 million in Hollywood with Barbra Streisand's help ... Economic crisis suddenly dominates presidential campaign, leaving pigs, lipstick behind ... Sarah Palin to speak to Katie Couric of CBS News

McCain, Obama trade heated jabs over the economy (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 12:58 AM CDT AP - John McCain and Barack Obama traded increasingly barbed insults along with prescriptions for the ailing economy Tuesday as financial fears shoved aside lipstick on pigs and every other political issue in a blink with just weeks left in the long presidential campaign.

Fellow critic hits Ebert during film festival (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:45 PM CDT AP - Film critic Roger Ebert on Thursday confirmed that a fellow critic yelled at him and whacked him on the knee with a program during a movie screening at the Toronto Film Festival last weekend, but said the incident was "blown out of proportion."

Analysis: Are economy's fundamentals actually OK? (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:57 PM CDT AP - Unemployment is at a five-year high. Financial firms that withstood the Great Depression are failing. Congress and a lame-duck president are gridlocked. So when John McCain declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," it drew ridicule from Democrat Barack Obama.

Palin imitators flood YouTube with mocking videos (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:58 AM CDT AFP - YouTube is being flooded with mocking videos by Sarah Palin imitators, attracting millions of viewers and triggering stormy online debate between the aspiring vice president's fans and critics.

McCain raps Obama over Hollywood 'friends' (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2008 01:40 AM CDT AFP - John McCain Tuesday accused White House foe Barack Obama of siding with 'A-list' stars at a dollar-soaked Hollywood fundraiser instead of with hard-hit voters trapped by the economic malaise.

McCain, Obama Seek Political Foothold With Wall Street Battered (Bloomberg) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:20 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain and Barack Obama are both calling for tougher financial regulations as Wall Street faces its deepest crisis since the Depression. Yet Obama's record in this area is thin, and McCain has spent most of his quarter- century in Congress advocating deregulation.

McCain, Obama Campaign Promises Imperiled by Wall Street Rescue (Bloomberg) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The casualties of continuing tumult on Wall Street will include campaign promises of the next U.S. president, whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama.

Bush's Calendar Empty as McCain, Republican Lawmakers Avoid Him (Bloomberg) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- There is an invisible man in the 2008 election: the president of the United States.

John Kerry bests 1st primary opponent in 24 years (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 10:49 PM CDT AP - Sen. John Kerry fended off his first Democratic challenger in nearly a quarter century, handily defeating political newcomer Ed O'Reilly in Tuesday's primary.

Clinton blindsided by scheduled event with Palin (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 10:16 PM CDT AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally next week after organizers blindsided her by inviting Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, aides to the senator said Tuesday.

Palin says she would lead energy efforts as VP (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:56 PM CDT Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain has outlined running mate Sarah Palin's job description if they win the White House -- and energy tops the list, just like it did for Dick Cheney in the Bush administration.

Sebelius: 'Code language' hindering Obama campaign (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:27 PM CDT AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a belief among some voters that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them is hindering his campaign for president.

Obama, McCain duel over market turmoil (Politico) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT Politico - GOLDEN, Colo. — The presidential nominees escalated their fight Tuesday to gain an edge in light of the economic downturn, as John McCain called for the creation of a commission to probe the financial market crisis and Barack Obama rejected the proposal as an attempt to “pass the buck.”

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