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Aug 1, 2008 11:14 AM CDT

Perennial Swing State Ohio Looks Blue

Rejuvenated local Dems bode well for Obama campaign

(Newser) - Ohio is the ultimate swing state: Since 1960 no president has been elected without winning its electoral votes, and in 2004, by the narrowest of margins, it delivered George W. Bush a second term. But this time around, Democrats are confident of their chances, the Economist reports. The state party...

McCain Ad Angers Hollywood

Aug 1, 2008 10:05 AM CDT

McCain Ad Angers Hollywood

"Celebrity" ad offends linguists, stars, Paris Hilton's parents

(Newser) - Tinseltown is ticked over John McCain’s recent ad likening Barack Obama to Britney Spears—and to Paris Hilton, whose parents have donated the maximum to the senator's campaign. The problem isn't just looking ungrateful, reports the LA Times, but the fine distinction between a mere “celebrity” and a...

Let's Keep Britney,
OJ Out of Campaign

OPINION

Aug 1, 2008 5:04 AM CDT

Let's Keep Britney, OJ Out of Campaign

McCain campaign beginning to conjure up racially loaded images of the past

(Newser) - John McCain's lurch into negative campaigning is beginning to echo loaded racial issues of the past, according to the New York Times editorial board. The "celebrity" attack ad against Barack Obama featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton recalls a Republican ad—from workers now on the McCain team—that...

Neither Side
Has Played
Race Card

OPINION

Aug 1, 2008 2:56 AM CDT

Neither Side Has Played Race Card

Accusations aside, Obama or McCain aren't guilty—yet

(Newser) - Accusations of "playing the race card" are flying back and forth between the John McCain and Barack Obama camps, but neither is truly guilty, Joan Walsh writes in Salon. McCain has run an "appalling low-road campaign" of late, but not a racist one, while Obama's comment about not...

When Music, Politics Collide, It's Usually Cringe-Worthy

Jul 31, 2008 7:49 PM CDT

When Music, Politics Collide, It's Usually Cringe-Worthy

Rowdy rockers make strange bedfellows for pols

(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares for an appearance at Lollapalooza this weekend, Radar revisits odd moments when music invaded the political arena. Sometimes scary, sometimes silly, but always strange, here are some highlights:

Elvis and Nixon: The King visited the White House and offered to help in the fight against drugged-out

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McCain Was Going to Pounce On Obama
Either Way

analysis

Jul 31, 2008 6:25 PM CDT

McCain Was Going to Pounce On Obama Either Way

His staff had two ads ready after Europe trip

(Newser) - It's common knowledge by now that a John McCain campaign ad took Barack Obama to task for not visiting wounded US troops in Germany. But David Kiley in BusinessWeek reports that the McCain camp had another ad ready, this one if Obama had visited the troops. It would have charged...

Obama Should
Be Attacking
This Guy

Opinion

Jul 31, 2008 3:50 PM CDT

Obama Should Be Attacking This Guy

He needs to repeatedly link McCain to Bush

(Newser) - John McCain is still keeping things close in the polls, for one simple reason: Barack Obama won’t attack him. Obama seems content to make the entire election about himself, Jonathan Chait writes in the LA Times, trying to make himself an acceptable alternative to the already unpopular Republicans. If...

McCain Camp: Obama Playing 'Race Card'

Jul 31, 2008 2:29 PM CDT

McCain Camp: Obama Playing 'Race Card'

Calls Dem's comment that he doesn't look like other prezs 'shameful'

(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign adviser accused Barack Obama today of having “played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck,” reports the New York Daily News. The Dem had yesterday described how opponents would use fear against him, saying, “You know,...

McCain, Aides Often
Part Ways on Policy

ANALYSIS

Jul 31, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

McCain, Aides Often Part Ways on Policy

Politico documents the differences

(Newser) - Much has been made recently of John McCain’s difficulty in driving a message from his “eclectic and occasionally politically inconvenient hodgepodge of policy positions,” Politico says, but little has been said about how often the candidate’s top aides disagree with him. And while fewer public disagreements...

McCain Strays Off Message, But Which Message?

analysis

Jul 31, 2008 1:38 PM CDT

McCain Strays Off Message, But Which Message?

Candidate ad libs as staffers attempt to strategize

(Newser) - John McCain relishes interacting with voters and sparring with the press, a style that's helped earn him his "maverick" reputation even as it ties his advisers and staff in knots. The campaign as a whole is turning to Karl Rove-style tactics, but the candidate's unpredictable behavior is making it...

Pundits Pile on Stumbling Mac

OPINION

Jul 31, 2008 12:10 PM CDT

Pundits Pile on Stumbling Mac

As candidate flails, labels range from dishonorable to 'stupid,' and 'losing it'

(Newser) - A rare level of pundit fury is flying at John McCain, as some erstwhile defenders lose patience with the Republican. Daniel Henninger asks point blank in the Wall Street Journal, “Is John McCain stupid? Is John McCain losing it?” The venerable rightie documents lazy and repeated stumbles on social...

Polls Show No Bump From Obama Trip

Jul 31, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

Polls Show No Bump From Obama Trip

He still holds 5% edge; McCain attacks don't stick either

(Newser) - Neither Barack Obama’s foreign tour nor John McCain’s harsh attacks of it have made a dent in the polls, CNN reports. In the first poll conducted entirely after the trip, Obama holds a 51-44% lead, a mincing step up from last month’s 50-45% edge. His numbers on...

5 Things We Learned
From Obama's Trip

OPINION

Jul 31, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

5 Things We Learned From Obama's Trip

Among them: Obama is a bit like Bush, and he needs to strike back harder at Mac

(Newser) - Here are five things we learned in the wake of Barack Obama’s overseas trip, via John Heilemann in New York:

Obama's got guts: The trip was “risky business, fraught with peril”—but we know now that he's willing to gamble if the potential payout is right.
His

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Mac 'Celebrity' Attack Ad Signals New Battle Stage

Jul 31, 2008 4:57 AM CDT

Mac 'Celebrity' Attack Ad Signals New Battle Stage

Tactics echo Bush re-election strategy

(Newser) - John McCain's latest attack on Barack Obama as a self-absorbed "celebrity" candidate out of touch with ordinary Americans marks a new aggressive stage of his campaign, reports the New York Times. The "star power" offensive against Obama, sharper than earlier efforts, comes as key players in President Bush's...

Ex-McCain Adviser Slams Britney Ad as 'Childish'

Jul 30, 2008 7:00 PM CDT

Ex-McCain Adviser Slams Britney Ad as 'Childish'

Weaver breaks silence after leaving campaign last year

(Newser) - Former John McCain strategist and “Straight Talk Express" architect John Weaver blasted McCain's latest ad as "childish" today, the Atlantic reports. Breaking his silence about the campaign, Weaver said that the attack ad likening Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton “diminishes” and “reduces McCain...

Journal Wonders Why McCain Is Waffling on Taxes

OPINION

Jul 30, 2008 5:49 PM CDT

Journal Wonders Why McCain Is Waffling on Taxes

He's giving away a must-win fight on the economy

(Newser) - Taxes should be an easy issue for John McCain, as he’s running against a Democrat “who says matter-of-factly that he wants to raise” them. So the Wall Street Journal wonders why he appears to be giving away his advantage. Given a chance to voice his support for private...

New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris

Jul 30, 2008 4:30 PM CDT

New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris

He's a celebrity but unqualified to lead, it says

(Newser) - A new ad from the McCain campaign deems Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world” while flashing images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Time reports. While mocking his rock-star status with other images from his trip to Europe, it asks, "But is he ready to lead?" The...

McCain's Run Jeopardizes Ariz. Solar Plant

Jul 30, 2008 2:50 PM CDT

McCain's Run Jeopardizes Ariz. Solar Plant

Voting absences, political conflict may stall huge Solana plan

(Newser) - A plan to construct the world’s largest solar plant in Arizona could be in jeopardy due in part to voting absences and political reluctance by John McCain, Politico reports. The fate of the nearly 2,000-acre plant hinges on energy tax credits that are due to expire—credits funded...

AP Bureau Chief Considered Job With McCain

Jul 30, 2008 1:58 PM CDT

AP Bureau Chief Considered Job With McCain

It's the 2nd accusation of cozying up to right wing for Fournier

(Newser) - Ron Fournier’s objectivity is being questioned yet again, as Politico reports that the AP’s Washington bureau chief was offered a senior position in the McCain campaign before returning to the wire service in March 2007. Fournier’s political leanings have been a hot topic lately, since a 2004...

McCain's Rip on Obama's Soldier Visit Lacks Facts

ANALYSIS

Jul 30, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

McCain's Rip on Obama's Soldier Visit Lacks Facts

But Mac insists that his rival skipped over media coverage

(Newser) - John McCain is standing by his accusation that Barack Obama skipped a military hospital trip in Germany because he couldn't bring the press—even though the facts don't support it, the Washington Post reports. Firsthand accounts agree that Obama never intended to take reporters to the hospital. McCain's charge, running...