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Low-profile headquarters for high-profile Obama (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 02:24 AM CDT AP - On the outside, it looks like just another metal and glass high-rise. Inside, just steps off Michigan Avenue's busy shopping thoroughfare, beats the heart of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Race, economy lead Mich. voters to waver on Obama (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 02:22 AM CDT AP - Michigan's history of racial tensions is tugging against its Democratic tendencies, giving Barack Obama fits in a state where almost everything else — a soaring unemployment rate, a shrinking auto industry and a depressed housing market — potentially benefits Democrats.

Republicans fault both campaigns for negative ads (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:03 AM CDT AP - Leading Republicans on Sunday faulted both presidential campaigns for the increasingly negative tone of their advertising, suggesting the bitter attacks undermine John McCain and Barack Obama's credibility with voters and could backfire.

Obama camp says it raised $66 million in August (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:41 PM CDT AP - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $66 million in August, a record for a presidential candidate that illustrated his continuing appeal to donors and his robust outreach to new contributors.

Biden speech to take hard hit at McCain (Politico) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 09:48 PM CDT Politico - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Biden will deliver a high-profile address intended as the first attack in a sustained anti-McCain offensive in a speech called "Bush 44" he'll deliver Monday in the key battleground state of Michigan.

Palin touches familiar territory in first stops (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:07 PM CDT AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has left the wilds of Alaska, but she hasn't quite left the mountains.

Younger evangelicals split over Palin choice as VP (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 11:50 AM CDT AP - When Jessica Stollings learned on Facebook that John McCain had named Sarah Palin as his running mate, the 26-year-old from Bristol, Tenn., took the day off and picked up some campaign yard signs. Just like that, she went from "just a voter" to a McCain evangelist.

McCain, Obama call for closer US-China cooperation (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:11 PM CDT AP - John McCain and Barack Obama call for closer U.S.-Chinese cooperation on trade, the environment and nuclear proliferation in the upcoming issue of an American business group's magazine in an unusual effort to court voters abroad.

GOP looking to limit Democratic gains in House (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 11:01 AM CDT AP - Democrats have the money and reach to add substantially to their House majority in November, but public sentiment is moving in Republicans' direction, according to a poll that suggests the GOP could limit those gains.

Presidential hopefuls spell out China policy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:26 AM CDT Reuters - Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama both vowed to press China on trade and to work with it on climate change if elected, and Obama said he would make shifting Beijing's currency policies a priority.

Luke Russert gets into the family business (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT AP - The reporter who sat across from John McCain and Barack Obama for separate interviews that aired on NBC's "Today" show Friday was only 23.

Republicans accuse Obama of 'ageism' (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 10:17 PM CDT AFP - Republicans Sunday accused Barack Obama's camp of stooping to "ageism" against John McCain, hitting back after Democrats complained their White House challenger had been smeared by "disgusting lies."

Obama Raised $66 Million in August, a Record for Single Month (Bloomberg) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 07:11 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $66 million in August for his campaign against Republican John McCain, a one-month record.

Despite record month, Obama needs more cash (Politico) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT Politico - Barack Obama's $66 million haul in August donations may set records but it's only a down payment on the huge sums the Democratic presidential nominee must continue to collect in order to compete through the Nov. 4 election.

Bushes' `New World Order' Is Yielding to `Post-American' Era (Bloomberg) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama wants to take American foreign policy back to the 1990s. For John McCain, the model is the 1950s.

Hillary Clinton tells Ohio supporters: 'No Palin' (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT AP - Campaigning for Barack Obama in battleground Ohio, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton targeted Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Sunday by using a slightly revised applause-line delivered at last month's Democratic convention.

Obama raises record 66 million dollars in August (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 04:02 PM CDT AFP - Barack Obama's campaign announced Sunday a record fundraising haul of 66 million dollars in August, amassing a big advantage over John McCain in the closing stretch of the White House race.

Union attacks McCain with TV ad on economy (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:19 PM CDT AP - A powerful service workers union backing Democrat Barack Obama started a $2.1 million ad campaign Sunday that attacks Republican John McCain on the economy.

Obama fundraising rolls on with new record (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:31 PM CDT Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's fundraising machine rolls on with a record $66 million in August and 500,000 new donors added to the ranks, a campaign spokesman said on Sunday.

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