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08.12.2008 9:47 am

Conservatives warn McCain on veep choice

WASHINGTON _ So much for all those experts who said we’d see vice-presidential selections before the Olympics.

That gives candidates more time to be tactical and interest groups like an Ohio alliance, Social Conservatives against Romney, to lobby John McCain – or…

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08.11.2008 5:11 pm

Alone on a conference call — is it an exclusive?

WASHINGTON — Sign of the dog days of August, or of the media ignoring the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain?

Who knows, but here are the facts.

The e-mail from the Republican National Committee was sent at 10:11 a.m. Sunday, alerting reporters that…

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08.11.2008 4:45 pm

Will McCain’s free-trade ideals fly in the Midwest?

WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama thinks maybe not, judging by another ad released today, this one a radio spot in Wisconsin – home of Harley-Davidson – reminding voters that John McCain opposed efforts to require the government to buy U.S.-made motorcycles rather than…

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08.07.2008 4:42 pm

Views from Lake Wobegon: Don’t email McCain

WASHINGTON _ If you’re looking for clear contrasts this presidential election, you could compare BlackBerry-addicted Barack Obama with computer dunce John McCain.

Folks teetering under a crunch of worthless emails might admire McCain’s intransigence and envy that freedom.

Garrison Keillor, he of public radio’s A…

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08.06.2008 11:39 am

Nader: Disappointed in Obama’s “blurring”

WASHINGTON _ Ralph Nader says he knows he’s an object of ridicule among those who view him as a potential spoiler.

But that doesn’t bother him, he said, because neither major party candidate for president is talking about vital issues like…

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08.05.2008 9:20 pm

Paris to McCain: Buzz off “white-haired dude.”

WASHINGTON–Note to presidential candidates: Be careful who you put in your ads. They might have something to say about being used as a pawn in your political strategy.

Yes, that even applies to the bubble-headed signer-actress Paris Hilton, famously featured in…

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08.05.2008 5:57 pm

Should prez candidates square off in Katrina Land?

WASHINGTON _ That’s what some of the rockin’est, funkiest musicians going, including R.E.M., Dr. John, Indigo Girls, Pear Jam and Aaron Neville, want to happen.

They are among an array of Louisiana musicians who are asking John McCain and Barack Obama to debate issues related…

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07.31.2008 3:33 pm

Is McCain at the wheel of the “Low Road Express”?

WASHINGTON _ That’s how the Barack Obama campaign is putting it in a new web site put up a few minutes ago posting criticisms and fact-checking of John McCain’s recent ads.

You can read about some of them on a post below,…

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07.30.2008 5:57 pm

Obama, arugula and John McCain’s newest attacks

WASHINGTON _ Does Barack Obama really fret the price of arugula?

That’s what John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis contended this afternoon, also likening Obama to divas like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in a continuation of efforts designed to raise questions about the Illinois senator’s…

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