| Obama attacks McCain on health care (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:30 AM CDT  AP - Barack Obama launched a multifaceted attack on presidential rival John McCain's health care proposal Saturday, elevating an issue that has been on the back burner in the White House race but remains a top concern for voters.
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| Alaska Supreme Court takes up 'Troopergate' case (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT  AP - The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether to block the findings of an abuse-of-power investigation due to be released next week that could be potentially damaging to Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy.
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| GOP, Democrats battle in Pa. over voter dress code (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:42 AM CDT  AP - Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.
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| Palin questions McCain's concession of Michigan (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 11:35 PM CDT  AP - Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers.
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| Dems praise Obama on bailout, GOP says little (Politico) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:54 PM CDT Politico - GLENSIDE, Pa. – John McCain and Barack Obama appeared relieved Friday to move beyond the dramatic two-week scramble to rescue the American financial system – but not before they sought to take some credit for ushering the $700 billion bailout into law. |
| Obama, McCain joust over economy as jobs plunge (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:53 PM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama used word of the nation's worst monthly job loss in over five years Friday to argue the policies of his Republican opponents "are killing jobs in America every single day." Republican John McCain retorted that Obama's tax and spending plans won't solve the problem.
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| 6 seek to unseat scandal-plagued La. congressman (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:06 AM CDT  AP - Voters heading to the polls Saturday in Louisiana will decide whether a corruption scandal has done irreparable harm to the reputation of indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson.
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| Biden sends son, Delaware troops off for Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:17 PM CDT  AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told his son and other Delaware National Guard troops on Friday that his heart was "full of love and pride" as they prepared to leave for an assignment in Iraq.
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| Palin tax returns for 2006 and 2007 released (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:55 PM CDT  AP - Sarah Palin is the breadwinner and husband Todd is, well he takes a lot of deductions for his fishing and snowmachine racing careers, according to 2007 and 2006 federal tax returns released Friday.
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| Palin won't be able to donate tainted money (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 11:09 PM CDT  AP - Gov. Sarah Palin promised last week to give $2,100 in tainted donations to charity, but that will only happen this year if she and John McCain win the Nov. 4 election.
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| Palin-Biden debate sets TV ratings record (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT  Reuters - Sarah Palin's televised showdown with Joe Biden drew nearly 70 million U.S. viewers, far surpassing last week's John McCain-Barack Obama face-off and ranking as the most watched vice presidential debate ever.
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| Struggling in polls, McCain regroups in Arizona (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT  AFP - With poll numbers slipping, Republican John McCain on Saturday struggled to inject fresh energy into his White House campaign a little over four weeks before the US presidential elections.
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| Record audience tunes in for Palin-Biden debate (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 12:51 AM CDT  AFP - A record US television audience tuned in for the one-off vice-presidential debate between Republican pick Sarah Palin and Democratic foe Joseph Biden, final figures showed Friday.
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| Illinois must notify voters of misleading ballot (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 11:22 PM CDT AP - Every Illinois voter must be notified at the polls next month of misleading language on the ballot, a judge ruled Friday. |
| McCain: Bailout just temporary bandage (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:59 PM CDT  AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the $700 billion government bailout that Congress passed is just a temporary fix and the nation's economy is hurting badly.
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| What a pirouette - 58 House members flip to 'yes' (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:31 PM CDT  AP - The bill got better for some lawmakers. And back home, folks got scared after Monday's stock market plunge. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain stepped up the pressure, as did Capitol Hill bosses like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:05 AM CDT  AP - Republican lawmakers appeal to Alaska Supreme Court to block Palin Troopergate investigation ... Bush pivots quickly from bailout to fundraising for GOP candidates ... TV audience for Biden-Palin debate bests ratings for all but Carter-Reagan showdown
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| What the Bailout-Bill Crisis Has Wrought (Time.com) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT Time.com - A four-page proposal grew to 400 to achieve passage as Obama won Democratic accolades while Republicans grumbled about McCain |
| Bush pivots quickly from bailout to fundraising (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:23 PM CDT  AP - It took President Bush just 28 minutes to pivot from the nation's economic mess to making up for lost time on the political fundraising circuit.
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| Palin has plenty in the bank: financial records (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:12 PM CDT  AFP - Sarah Palin, who regularly tells voters she knows what it is like to struggle to pay the bills, earns nearly 200,000 and has substantial savings, according to records released by the Republican vice presidential hopeful's campaign Friday.
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