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Obama slams McCain for not mentioning middle class (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:59 AM CDT AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to score a quick post-debate advantage Saturday by traveling to two Republican-leaning states and accusing GOP rival John McCain of being out of touch with middle-class Americans.

McCain calls gov't officials handling bailout deal (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2008 02:00 AM CDT AP - Republican John McCain placed phone calls to President Bush and Republican congressional leaders Saturday to help steer a bailout of failed financial institutions. His campaign and that of rival Barack Obama also sought to steer perception of the first presidential debate.

2 quick polls give Obama edge in debate (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT AP - A pair of one-night polls gave Barack Obama a clear edge over John McCain in their first presidential debate.

Ex-governor to GOP: Fight Schwarzenegger recall (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:40 AM CDT AP - Former Gov. Pete Wilson urged his fellow Republicans on Saturday not to make light of a recall drive against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Marathon becomes brawl (Politico) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 03:46 PM CDT Politico - The rules of sports metaphors in politics are as follows: primary campaigns are marathons, general election campaigns are horse-races, the final weeks leading up to Election Day are sprints—but debates are boxing matches.

Housing giant dropped meeting with McCain adviser (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 11:53 AM CDT AP - Last March, a consultant to Freddie Mac arranged a meeting between the top economist in John McCain's campaign and Hollis S. McLoughlin, a prominent Republican and top executive at the failing housing giant that is central to the nation's credit crisis.

Analysis: Debate contrasts styles of leadership (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 10:21 AM CDT AP - John McCain and Barack Obama put their contrasting leadership styles on display as they staged what amounted to an audition for president during the great financial bailout debate of 2008.

VP: A second banana in a country of firsts (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 11:00 PM CDT AP - Beside a mighty river, tucked away in the shadow of a towering ribbon of asphalt that leads drivers into the Lincoln Tunnel and Manhattan beyond, sits a plot of land notable because of a two-century-old event that, for most Americans, is largely forgotten.

Town shows economic woes weighing on election (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 11:43 AM CDT AP - In this corner of America known as the RV capital of the world, Todd Brink once made a good living producing the gleaming behemoths that cruised the nation's open roads. He was prospering. So, too, was the industry.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:07 AM CDT AP - In post-debate rallies, Obama pounds McCain as out of touch for not mentioning middle class ... McCain spends day after debate working phones as govt. officials consider bailout deal ... Report: Areas in Ohio where John Kerry won in 2004 now seeing greatest increase in new voters

Obama to move campaign to Midwest as rows with McCain flare (AFP) Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:23 AM CDT AFP - Barack Obama was to move his campaign to the industrial Midwest Sunday as the Democratic nominee and his Republican rival, John McCain, tore into one another over the reeling US economy.

McCain, Obama resume campaign fight (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 08:22 PM CDT Reuters - White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain accused each other of playing politics with the financial crisis on Saturday, stepping up their attacks one day after their first presidential debate ended in a virtual tie.

Obama Calls McCain `Out of Touch' After First Debate (Bloomberg) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 07:59 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain, fresh from their first presidential debate, resumed campaigning today, with Obama calling his rival ``out of touch,'' as congressional leaders continued talks on a $700 billion bank-bailout plan.

Candidates' travels show it's all about Ohio (Politico) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 06:31 PM CDT Politico - GREENSBORO, N.C. – With only five weeks until Election Day, Barack Obama spent Saturday in two Republican states that Democrat John Kerry never seriously contested in 2004: North Carolina and Virginia.

Many new Ohio voters are in areas that Kerry won (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 04:16 PM CDT AP - Newly registered voters in Ohio, an important swing state in the last presidential election, are overwhelmingly in areas that Democratic nominee John Kerry handily won four years ago, a newspaper reported Saturday.

In Search of Sarah Palin (Time.com) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 02:30 PM CDT Time.com - The McCain campaign has squirreled Sarah Palin away from the press - a clear vote of no-confidence that does no service to the candidate, to women or to voters

Obama Showed Leadership, McCain Proved Experience (Bloomberg) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 01:00 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama proved he was fit to be commander-in-chief and John McCain showed he has a deeper knowledge of international affairs, two of their senior foreign- policy advisers said after the first presidential debate.

Indicted Louisiana congressman seeks 10th term (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2008 12:42 PM CDT AP - Despite a looming federal corruption trial, more campaign debt than cash and relatives who have tarnished the family name, Louisiana congressman William Jefferson is seeking a 10th term.

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