| McCain targets `Joe the Plumber' across Florida (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:13 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain is trying to keep Florida from swinging to the Democrats with a cross-state bus tour and a series of "Joe the Plumber" events aimed at blue-collar workers.
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| Obama to campaign in red-state Indiana (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama is showing some concern about his Republican rival's constant criticism that his tax plan would redistribute wealth, and is devoting more of his standard campaign speech to a point-by-point rebuttal of those arguments.
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| Mississippi Dem in Senate unlikely but possible (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT  AP - Even in an election year that hardly could be worse for Republicans, nobody expected they would be at risk of losing a Senate seat in Mississippi.
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| Errors, mischief could lead to long election night (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:09 AM CDT  AP - As Election Day nears, memories of the 2000 contest remind Americans that polling-place foul-ups and close races in key states can send them to bed not knowing who their next president will be.
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| Missing papers: 2008 presidential edition (Politico) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:34 AM CDT Politico - In the past week, Cindy McCain released two pages of her 2007 tax return, and Joe Biden let reporters review — but not copy — 49 pages of his medical records. |
| Get real! Virtual campaign draws followers (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:04 AM CDT  AP - It's not just Earthbound voters who are intensely following the U.S. presidential campaign: The race also is a hot topic in the virtual world of Second Life.
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| Michigan minister runs for Congress from prison (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT  AP - The Rev. Edward Pinkney's congressional campaign has many obstacles to overcome, not the least of which is that he's currently behind bars.
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| NYC council to vote on term-limits law change (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:04 AM CDT  AP - Just weeks after Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared he wanted four more years in City Hall, the City Council is poised to vote on his proposal to change city law so he can run for a third consecutive term.
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| AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:05 AM CDT  AP - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.
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| Palin's aides back charging state for kid's travel (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:07 AM CDT  AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is allowed to charge taxpayers for her children's commercial airline tickets because they represent the state wherever they go with her, the governor's aides said Wednesday.
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| Obama, living "American dream," well ahead in China poll (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:46 AM CDT  Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama enjoys a support rate as high as 75 percent among the Chinese, state media reported on Thursday, with an analyst saying he personified the American dream.
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| White House rivals bicker over experience, national security (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:37 AM CDT  AFP - White House rivals squared off over experience as Barack Obama played up his foreign policy chops and struggling John McCain highlighted national security in a bid to pick up lost ground.
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| Sarah Palin becomes a burden to Republican ticket (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT  AFP - The embarrassing price tag of her campaign wardrobe and her blooper about the job description of US vice president confirm what recent polls say: Sarah Palin is a burden to the Republican presidential ticket.
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| Obama lead on McCain grows to 12 points (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:11 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain has grown to 12 points in the U.S. presidential race, with crucial independent and women voters increasingly moving to his side, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:50 AM CDT  AP - McCain to traverse Florida with `Joe the Plumber' as the focus of his anti-tax pitch ... Obama to campaign in red-state Indiana before flying to visit ill grandmother in Hawaii ... Biden lashes out at corporate executives who make millions while their employees lose pensions
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| Undecided Asian voters play key role in US election (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:59 AM CDT  AFP - Minority Asians may be the biggest group of undecided voters in the upcoming US presidential and congressional elections and will play a key role in the outcome of the ballot, officials say.
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| Black vote could help swing key states to Obama (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT  Reuters - Black Americans could vote in record numbers for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, potentially giving him an edge in some states that are tightly contested with Republican rival John McCain.
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| House GOP leader asks Bush to cut off ACORN funds (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:09 AM CDT  AP - House Republican leader John Boehner on Wednesday urged President Bush to block all federal funds to a grass-roots community group that has been accused of voter registration fraud.
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| Obama's lead widens in California (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:00 AM CDT  AP - THE POLL: Public Policy Institute of California; national presidential race among likely voters in California (55 electoral votes).
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| Obama, McCain in close race in Virginia (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:18 PM CDT  AP - THE POLL: Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., for NBC News and several Virginia newspapers; national presidential race among likely voters in Virginia (13 electoral votes).
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