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Obama to meet economic advisers to offer new plans (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:30 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama turned to a team of advisers that shaped America's economy in happier days to fashion fresh ideas for calming the stomach-churning financial crisis that has thundered from Wall Street to Main Street.

Campaigns target each other's advisers (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:46 AM CDT AP - John McCain and Barack Obama are targeting each other's economic advisers in a new pair of dueling campaign ads.

Campaign cash cows are put out to pasture (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:11 AM CDT AP - This fall, many members of Congress will see a major source of campaign contributions disappear, possibly never to return.

Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:51 AM CDT AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband has refused to testify in the investigation of his wife's alleged abuse of power, and key lawmakers said Thursday that uncooperative witnesses are effectively sidetracking the probe until after Election Day.

Is President Bush AWOL? (Politico) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:32 PM CDT Politico - Where’s George? The president, I mean.

McCain says he would fire SEC chairman (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:44 PM CDT AP - Republican John McCain, buffeted by criticism about his response to Wall Street's financial problems, said Thursday he would fire the SEC chairman and create a special trust to help strengthen weak institutions.

Analysis: Obama regains momentum in tight race (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:22 PM CDT AP - The party conventions and the Sarah Palin surge behind them, Barack Obama and John McCain are neck and neck again in their race for the White House — with the momentum and the political environment tilting toward the Democrats.

In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:27 AM CDT AP - Republican Roy Brown has promised a more aggressive energy policy for Montana if elected governor — with expanded coal mining, a new power plant and fewer barriers to oil and gas exploration.

Vermont candidate to prosecute Bush if she wins (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT AP - Lots of political candidates make campaign promises. But not like Charlotte Dennett's.

Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:56 AM CDT AFP - Democratic White House contender Barack Obama has reversed a Republican surge in national polls for the presidential election swayed by the financial crisis and signs that Sarah Palin's star may be dimming.

Will Ivy League embrace R.O.T.C again? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT The Christian Science Monitor - Even if presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama succeed in influencing Ivy League schools to accept military recruiting programs, few believe it would yield more than a handful of new officers.

Palin's husband refuses to testify in 'Troopergate': lawyer (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:39 AM CDT AFP - The husband of the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is refusing to comply with a subpoena issued in an abuse-of-power probe of his wife, the family's lawyer said.

Obama Gains in Polls as Financial Crisis Shifts Focus (Bloomberg) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:18 AM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- As global investors lost more than $3 trillion in market value this week, Barack Obama saw his own stock gaining among American voters.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:14 AM CDT AP - Palin's husband joins witnesses stonewalling probe of charges GOP VP nominee abused power ... First Clinton, now Palin out of NYC rally; organizers say no American politicians coming ... Barack Obama on the ballot in Brazil; Is the Democrat keeping his options open after November? ...

Colorado 'ground zero' for Obama campaign (Rocky Mountain News) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:05 AM CDT Rocky Mountain News - Colorado remains critical for Barack Obama, and the candidate's campaign chief painted a scenario Thursday that showed the state being the tipping point foran Electoral College victory.

McCain Effort to Tie Obama to Fannie Mae Woes Sets off Political Brawl (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:10 PM CDT CQPolitics.com - Republican presidential nominee John McCain sparked a furious exchange of campaign attacks Thursday night with the release of a television ad linking Democratic nominee Barack Obama to a former Fannie Mae chief who was forced out by an accounting scandal.

Obama Uses `Rove's Playbook' to Counter McCain Ohio Ground Game (Bloomberg) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- There was Betty Kitchen, her home without electricity after a storm, a maple tree resting on her roof, working with friends to plow through a phone list of 290 neighbors in South Charleston, Ohio, trying to win her state for John McCain.

McCain salutes sacrifice of fallen soldier (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 10:55 PM CDT AP - Republican John McCain on Thursday held up the dog tags of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, saying they served as a reminder of what matters in the presidential race.

First Clinton, now Palin out of NYC rally (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 10:47 PM CDT AP - Organizers of an anti-Iran rally next week have dropped Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin from the event, days after Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled out.

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