| Old events fuel new presidential campaign attacks (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT  AP - The gloves are off, the heels are on, and the presidential race is dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
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| Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 11:55 PM CDT  AP - And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.
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| Campaigns woo new Hispanic citizens as key bloc (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:18 AM CDT  AP - On a muggy afternoon, more than 3,000 immigrants, most of them Hispanic, wave flags, cheer and weep as they swear to protect and defend the United States of America as its newest citizens.
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| 7 Palin aides to testify in abuse-of-power probe (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 07:53 PM CDT  AP - Seven aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.
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| 30 days out, McCain still taking weekends off (Politico) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 07:11 PM CDT Politico - SEDONA, Ariz.— Just a month out from election day, neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has undertaken the sort of grinding public schedule that until now had been the standard for the homestretch of a presidential campaign — and the Republican's routine has been especially lax. |
| Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 08:25 PM CDT  AP - Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about."
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| GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 08:35 PM CDT  AP - The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners.
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| Biden cancels events after mother-in-law's death (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 04:48 PM CDT  AP - Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden has canceled his campaign appearances Monday and Tuesday after the death of his mother-in-law Sunday.
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| Bruce Springsteen rocks for Obama at Ohio State (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 06:57 PM CDT  AP - For the second day in a row, rock star Bruce Springsteen sang a few songs and urged thousands of potential voters in a battleground state to register and support Democrat Barack Obama.
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| Obama ad links McCain to Keating scandal (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:36 PM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama, reacting to Republican charges about his links to a 1960s radical, fired back late Sunday with a Web video about John McCain's role in the Keating Five scandal from the early 1990s.
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| Obama's role in Ill. ethics bill was complicated (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:51 AM CDT  AP - Barack Obama likes to give himself star billing for his role in enacting ethics reforms in Illinois a decade ago, but he didn't act alone.
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| Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 03:16 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT  AP - Obama ad links McCain to Keating scandal as presidential campaigns step up personal attacks ... GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama, asking for audit of campaign funds ... Bruce Springsteen slams Bush, Cheney, praises Obama at Ohio State voter registration event ...
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| White House contenders go nuclear a month from election day (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 12:17 AM CDT  AFP - Democrat Barack Obama, responding to his portrayal by John McCain's campaign as a crony of "terrorists," fought fire with fire Monday by highlighting the Republican's embroilment in a devastating 1980s financial scandal.
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| In financial firestorm, lobbyists are in demand (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:37 PM CDT  AFP - Barack Obama and John McCain both have declared war on lobbyists, but with tighter regulation of the financial sector ahead, the dark arts of the profession are in demand, experts say.
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| Exclusive: Obama to hit McCain on Keating Five (Politico) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:09 PM CDT  Politico - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his course as a self-styled reformer.
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| Minnesota Senate debate showcases race's intensity (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 09:42 PM CDT AP - Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken exchanged barbs in their first Senate debate Sunday night over the ailing economy and the war in Iraq, while a third-party challenger seat kept both on their toes. |
| Fierce battles seen for US Congress (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 06:06 PM CDT  AFP - Although all eyes are on the White House race, hundreds of other elections will be taking place around the country on November 4 as US lawmakers battle to hang onto their seats in the Congress.
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| McCain rolls the dice to stop election slipping away (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2008 06:04 PM CDT  AFP - With a month to go before the US election, John McCain is going for broke with an all-out offensive to portray his White House rival Barack Obama as a wild liberal who is friends with "terrorists."
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