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Obama fundraising drops as McCain's cash dwindles (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:20 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama and John McCain enter the final days of the presidential campaign amid dwindling reserves, with Obama hindered by a sudden drop in fundraising and McCain restrained by spending limits.

GOP open seats boost Democrats House chances (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:39 AM CDT AP - A rush of Republican retirements has positioned Democrats to pick up 20 or more seats in the House and transform what might otherwise be a march to modest gains on Election Day into a wave to a lopsided majority.

Florida voting back in spotlight this Election Day (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:44 AM CDT AP - Let us count the ways things could go wrong on Election Day in Florida:

Palin denies accepting $150K in designer clothes (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:19 AM CDT AP - Sarah Palin is blaming gender bias for the controversy over $150,000 worth of designer clothes, hairstyling and accessories the Republican Party provided for her, a newspaper reported Thursday.

McCain kicks off 'Joe the Plumber' tour (Politico) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:22 PM CDT Politico - SARASOTA, Fla. – John McCain stopped at a series of small businesses along central Florida’s I-4 corridor on Thursday, hoping to win-over economically-anxious voters with a bus tour through one of the Sunshine State’s most buffeted and hotly contested regions.

After term-limit win, NYC mayor faces new fight (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces a new fight now that he has won a major victory by convincing the City Council to back his plan to extend term-limits, clearing the way for him to run for another term.

San Francisco weighs takeover of electrical system (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:24 AM CDT AP - San Francisco voters have rejected ballot measures to support a takeover of the city's privately run electrical system nearly a dozen times over the past century.

Black turnout is strong in early voting in South (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:46 PM CDT AP - Blacks are already surging to the polls in parts of the South, according to initial figures from states that encourage early voting — a striking though still preliminary sign of how strongly they will turn out nationwide for Barack Obama in his campaign to become the first African-American president.

Obama visits grandmother, perhaps for last time (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:45 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama left the campaign trail Thursday to visit his ailing grandmother, perhaps for the last time.

McCain might skip his own election-night party (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:50 PM CDT AP - Republican John McCain is not going to make his election night remarks in the traditional style — at a podium standing in front of a sea of campaign workers jammed into a hotel ballroom. Oh, the throng of supporters will hold the usual election night party at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4.

Palin insists she is 'frugal' spender (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT AFP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin insisted she is a "frugal" spender as she denied she had a 150,000 dollar Republican Party clothes budget for her and her family for the White House campaign.

GOP open seats fertile ground for House Democrats (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT AP - House Republicans are defending 29 so-called open seats being vacated by incumbents, while Democrats have just six. These up-for-grabs contests alone give Democrats a hefty edge in their push to expand their majority:

Obama arrives in Hawaii to visit sick grandmother (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT AFP - Barack Obama rushed to the side of his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, leaving the White House trail behind in a highly unusual move just 11 days before the election.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:07 AM CDT AP - Palin blames 'double standard' for flap over her designer clothes ... Grandmother ailing, Obama returns to Hawaii for what might be their final visit ... McCain soldiers on in Colorado despite cutting ad spending and trailing Obama in polls ...

Obama holds 10-pt lead on McCain in U.S. race (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:14 AM CDT Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 10-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.

Presidential candidates prefer local interviews (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:33 PM CDT AP - Barack Obama, John McCain and their running mates are granting the overwhelming majority of their media interviews to local television stations in hotly contested battleground states where they can stick to their own message.

Palin guarantees win at western Pennsylvania rally (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:28 PM CDT AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin set aside Joe the Plumber for Joe the Quarterback — as in Joe Namath — and told supporters at a rally near where Namath grew up that she and John McCain are still in the game and they're going to win.

The latest newspaper endorsements in 2008 race (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:21 PM CDT AP - Excerpts from recent newspaper endorsements of presidential candidates John McCain, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a Democrat.

Polls apart: Why polls vary on presidential race (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:10 PM CDT AP - Barack Obama is galloping away with the presidential race. Or maybe he has a modest lead. Or maybe he and John McCain are neck and neck.

McCain volunteer claims attacker cut 'B' into face (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:04 PM CDT AP - A campaign volunteer for John McCain told police she was robbed at knifepoint at an ATM and knocked down by a man who then carved a "B" in her face after noticing a sticker for the presidential candidate on her car.

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