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submitted by agabriel 33 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
President Obama took the stage at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night and said he was going to “speak off the cuff” — as two teleprompters loudly whirred into place. “I’m Barack Obama,” he said. “Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me.” More
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submitted by rodeox 39 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
From now on it will be the weekly “Democratic Radio Address” in name only. President-elect Barack Obama, capitalizing on his successful use of multimedia technologies during the campaign, delivered his message on Saturday using video as well as audio. It may seem like a political no-brainer in... More
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submitted by riverdrops 40 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Has Senator John McCain fallen too far behind, too late in the presidential campaign, to overtake Senator Barack Obama? That is the question facing strategists in both parties three weeks before Election Day. History suggests that the answer is probably so. More
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submitted by chiasma 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Al Gore, the former vice president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is nothing if not passionate on the issue of global warming. But his usual fired-up remarks on the subject took a step into the Gandhian realm on Wednesday when he told an audience at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in... More
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submitted by eooties 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Senator Barack Obama said the first presidential debate should proceed as scheduled on Friday, saying it was “more important than ever” for voters to hear from both candidates during the economic crisis facing the nation. “It’s my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need... More
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submitted by bafficio 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Senator John McCain took in more than $9 million in the last three days of August after he named Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, giving him a last-minute surge of cash that helped him to his best fund-raising month yet, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission. More
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submitted by chiasma 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Computer hackers broke into the private Yahoo e-mail account of Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, and posted some of her messages and a long-list of contacts on the Internet. The Web site Wikileaks posted screen shots of Ms. Palin’s inbox displaying her username... More
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submitted by trippie48 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Hours after Senator John McCain said “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” Senator Barack Obama seized upon the remark on Monday and offered a blistering critique of the Republican Party’s stewardship of the economy. “We just woke up to news of financial disaster and this morning and he... More
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submitted by eooties 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Representative Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning congressman from Texas who attracted a devoted following in his bid for the Republican nomination, is once again trying to shake up the presidential race. At a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Mr. Paul plans to urge voters to... More
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submitted by blueheat 41 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
The Democrats are not letting Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin anoint themselves "mavericks" -- at least not without fighting back. More
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submitted by eooties 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
Senator Barack Obama seems to be warming to the task of “contrasting” himself with Senator John McCain. At a town-hall meeting here Thursday, he challenged him on his foreign policy expertise, assailed him for doubting Mr. Obama’s patriotism and ridiculed him as out of touch on the economy. More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
The McCain campaign raised $27 million in July. It was their best fund-raising month ever and is the fifth month in a row that McCain's donations exceeded those from the previous month. More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
"The liars are back," Senator John Kerry wrote in the subject line of an e-mail. "Time to finish them off." The e-mail message, sent this afternoon to supporters, announced that Mr. Kerry, the Massachusetts senator, has started a Web site devoted to tracking smears against Democrats. More
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submitted by bafficio 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
House Democrats are not just hearing about offshore drilling from Republicans who have taken over the House floor for a recess revolt; the conservative advocacy group Freedom's Watch is going up with radio and TV advertisements against Democratic candidates in a dozen races around the country. More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
He has a television ad likening Senator Barack Obama’s celebrity status to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, and a Web video juxtaposing footage of Mr. Obama with a clip of Charlton Heston, as Moses, parting the Red Sea. But Senator John McCain said Friday that he is running a respectful campaign... More
