| McCain, Obama trade barbs in town hall debate (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:30 AM CDT  AP - John McCain dismissively called rival Barack Obama "that one," Obama mocked McCain's "Straight Talk Express," and both left the debate stage to return to the campaign trail Wednesday.
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| Analysis: Obama, McCain defy stereotypes in debate (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain tried to rectify perceived shortcomings and played against type at key moments in Tuesday's presidential debate, but neither seemed to change a campaign dynamic that favors Obama for now.
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| Fact check: Obama, McCain twist records (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:13 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain expressed incredulity in the presidential debate Tuesday that Democrat Barack Obama would tip off the enemy by saying publicly that he'd attack al-Qaida in Pakistan under certain conditions. "Remarkable," McCain said during the presidential debate, meaning remarkably irresponsible.
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| Body language: confident Obama, combative McCain (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 12:05 AM CDT  AP - The McCains and the Obamas moved about the stage separately for a little while after their debate, greeting people on the stage, but not each other. Then John McCain tapped Barack Obama's back briefly and Obama turned and reached his hand out. Rather than shaking it, McCain directed him to his wife, Cindy.
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| McCain loses by not winning (Politico) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 11:41 PM CDT  Politico - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Watching John McCain and Barack Obama at their second presidential debate was like watching two fighters circling each other, throwing a jab here, landing a blow there, but neither one ever delivering a knockout punch.
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| Town hall debate keeps Brokaw busy (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 11:40 PM CDT  AP - After Gwen Ifill seemed frustrated at losing control of last week's vice presidential debate, Tom Brokaw seemed determined not to let that happen Tuesday with John McCain and Barack Obama.
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| McCain would buy bad homeowner mortgages (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:20 AM CDT  AP - John McCain's proposal to buy up bad home mortgages would use nearly half the $700 billion from the recent Wall Street bailout package to assist Americans directly, instead of indirectly by rescuing the nation's financial markets.
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| State reviewing per diem payments to Palin (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:27 PM CDT  AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's practice of charging the state when she stays in her home must be reviewed to determine if she should pay taxes on the payments, state Finance Director Kim Garnero said Tuesday.
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| McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 10:20 PM CDT  AP - Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s.
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| Obama money from abroad could total $3.3 million (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 08:13 PM CDT AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has raised about $3.3 million from contributors who did not list a home state or who designated their state with an abbreviation that did not match one of the 50 states or U.S. territories, according to records provided by the Federal Election Commission. |
| White House rivals trade barbs in second debate (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:13 AM CDT  AFP - John McCain hammered away at unruffled front-runner Barack Obama in Tuesday's second presidential debate but failed to land the cutting blow likely to revive his sliding poll numbers.
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| US House race in NM pits oilman against rancher (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 03:48 AM CDT  AP - Small details matter to rancher Ed Tinsley, the Republican nominee in the 2nd Congressional District race.
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| Grading the Second Presidential Debate (Time.com) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 03:15 AM CDT  Time.com - John McCain went on the offensive and Barack Obama played it safe. But nothing happened to shake up a race that is trending more and more in the Democrat's favor
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| Obama, McCain battle in tense debate (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 03:04 AM CDT  Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled over the best way to help struggling U.S. workers on Tuesday in a sometimes tense presidential debate that highlighted a wide gap in their economic approaches.
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| Wis. judicial panel: Punish new judge for false ad (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:51 AM CDT AP - State regulators say a Willie Horton-style campaign ad that suggested the first black member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court freed a child molester played so loose with the truth that the court's newest member should be disciplined for it. |
| W.Va. ag chief running for 11th 4-year term (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:19 AM CDT  AP - The longest serving state agriculture commissioner in the nation is running for another four years. His opponent says 40 years in office is long enough.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:08 AM CDT AP - Obama, McCain clash over causes, cures of financial crisis ... Palin takes questions from reporters after weeks of limited contact with the news media ... Gore holds post-debate fundraiser for Obama at his Tennessee home |
| Asia's longest-serving leader faces first democratic test (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 01:06 AM CDT  AFP - The Maldives voted Wednesday in its first democratic presidential elections that could see Asia's longest-serving president ousted by a former political prisoner.
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| Angrier McCain fails to rattle Obama (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 01:03 AM CDT  AFP - Jabbing his finger and spitting out "that one" instead of naming Barack Obama, John McCain showed an angry side at Tuesday's presidential debate but analysts said it may be too little, too late for the Republican.
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| Voting starts in historic Maldives elections (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 12:29 AM CDT AFP - Voting started Wednesday in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election, which sees the Indian Ocean archipelago choosing whether to replace Asia's longest-serving leader. |
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