| Candidates' Social Security plans lack details (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT  AP - Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income workers to ease Social Security's looming cash crunch. John McCain favors voluntary private accounts for younger workers, saying they can't count on the same government benefits as today's retirees.
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| Obama's claim of benefit cuts suspect (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:52 AM CDT AP - Medicare has become a new focal point in the presidential campaign, with Democratic nominee Barack Obama accusing Republican John McCain of seeking "cuts in benefits, eligibility, or both." |
| Analysis: McCain jumps around in bid to stop Obama (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT  AP - The misadventures of Joe the Plumber were just the latest stumble for Republican John McCain as he veers from one idea to another in a thus-far elusive quest to slow Barack Obama's momentum.
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| Stevens to get final chance to explain gifts (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT  AP - Sen. Ted Stevens will get one final chance next week to explain the expensive gifts and thousands of dollars in free work on his Alaska chalet, as the Republican lawmaker's corruption trial comes to a close just days before he faces re-election.
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| Obama leads among white independents (Politico) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:33 PM CDT  Politico - Barack Obama has taken a slight lead with white independent voters for the first time in the presidential race, positioning him to capture a key demographic group that has eluded recent Democratic nominees, according to a Politico analysis of independent voting patterns.
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| McCain criticizes Obama's promise of tax cuts (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:03 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain told crowds in this battleground state Friday to "hold onto your wallet" because his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama, has talked of spreading the wealth around.
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| Rep. Mahoney admits affairs, says he broke no laws (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:02 AM CDT  AP - U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and will not resign.
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| Biden says robo calls 'scurrilous,' mocks Palin (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:25 AM CDT  AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden accused Republicans of employing "scurrilous" campaign tactics and urged supporters not to be distracted from the economic issues affecting their lives.
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| Live from NY, it's the real Sarah Palin on 'SNL' (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:11 AM CDT  AP - Forget the debates, this is the political moment millions have been waiting for.
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| Obama's transition team meets, candidate pushes on (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 05:19 PM CDT  AP - Barack Obama's transition team recently held a large organizational meeting as part of an accelerated effort to plan for a possible new administration, Democratic officials said Friday, as the nominee embarked on a late-campaign tour of traditional Republican states with a fresh attack on John McCain.
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| Obama, McCain camps trade barbs in voter fraud spat (AFP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT  AFP - Barack Obama's presidential campaign accused rival John McCain of using a false crusade against voter fraud to suppress legitimate votes in a growing spat over ballots ahead of the November 4 poll.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:06 AM CDT AP - Maine Sen. Collins, facing tough re-election fight, condemns McCain's anti-Obama `robo calls' ... Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times endorse Democrat Barack Obama ... McCain questions Obama pledge to cut middle-class taxes; seeks to reverse slide in Fla, NC, Va |
| Cat championship include Obama, McCain the cats (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama and John McCain will attend a New York cat show this weekend Obama the Bombay cat and McCain the American Shorthair, that is. |
| Chicago Says There Is Too Much Ado About Bill Ayers (Time.com) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:25 AM CDT Time.com - While the McCain campaign goes after Obama's "terrorist" ties, the Windy City bewails the scrutiny inflicted on a radical turned educator |
| Obama has 4-point lead on McCain (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:03 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 4-point lead over Republican John McCain, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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| Cindy McCain releases 2007 tax return (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 11:04 PM CDT  AFP - Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and heiress of a multimillion dollar company, released her belated personal tax filings for 2007, showing she had an income of more than four million dollars.
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| McCain's Maine co-chair criticizes `robo calls' (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:05 PM CDT  AP - Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, facing a tough re-election fight, urged GOP presidential contender John McCain on Friday to stop making automated calls into her state that link Democratic nominee Barack Obama to a 1960s radical.
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| McCain says Democrats smearing Joe the Plumber (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:52 PM CDT  Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John McCain said on Friday an Ohio man dubbed "Joe the Plumber," who raised questions about Democrat Barack Obama's tax plan, was being smeared by Democratic attacks.
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| Cindy McCain reports $4.2 million in 2007 income (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:08 PM CDT  AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's wife, Cindy, reported $4.2 million in income for 2007, nearly $2 million less than she reported the previous year, according to tax returns released by the McCain campaign Friday. Mrs. McCain, who files her taxes separately from her husband, paid $1.1 million in taxes, a tax rate of about 26 percent. She reported nearly $530,000 in itemized deductions.
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| McCain, Obama swap accusations of voter fraud (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:56 PM CDT  AFP - John McCain and Barack Obama's campaigns swapped accusations of rampant and widespread voter fraud Friday as legal battles over who ought be allowed to cast a ballot ensnared the race to the White House.
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