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'Redneck' Lawmaker Gives Obama Unlikely Boost

Webb helps Dem's credibility on national defense

(Newser) - Jim Webb, Virginia’s firebrand junior senator, is becoming Barack Obama’s wing man for courting pro-military and national defense voters. A respected war veteran and best-selling novelist, he is also among the more colorful candidates for Barack Obama's VP slot. But the politician who calls himself a "redneck"...

McCain, Obama Raise $21M Each
McCain, Obama Raise $21M Each
Jun 21, 2008 12:11 PM CDT

McCain, Obama Raise $21M Each

Dem suffers slowest fundraising month of the year, campaigns with Clinton next week

(Newser) - John McCain nearly matched Barack Obama’s fundraising intake last month, granting the presumptive Republican presidential nominee “a level of parity that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago,” MSNBC says. McCain scored $21.5 million while Obama, whose fundraising slumped to its lowest levels of...

Obama Grabs 15-Point Lead Over McCain: Poll

Youth vote gives hopeful long-awaited bump

(Newser) - Breaking out of a tight race, Barack Obama registered a 51% to 36% lead over John McCain in the newest Newsweek nationwide poll, released today. Obama's bounce, expected after Hillary Clinton conceded him the Democratic nomination, comes courtesy of younger voters, who prefer him by 66% to 27%. Among registered...

McCain Misfires by Targeting Prosecutions
 McCain Misfires by
 Targeting Prosecutions 
OPINION
Jun 20, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

McCain Misfires by Targeting Prosecutions

Instead of trying to paint Obama as wimpy negotiator, McCain should stick to Iraq

(Newser) - Terrorism may be the one issue on which John McCain out-polls his presidential rival, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic, yet he has faltered by slamming Obama's call to prosecute terrorists. None other than 9/11 hawk Rudy Giuliani wanted prosecutions too—and other options, like guns and bombs, don't...

MoveOn Axes Big-Money Fundraising Arm

MoveOn folds 527 group to match Obama's pledge

(Newser) - One day after Barack Obama became the first candidate since Watergate to reject general election public financing, a prominent liberal grassroots group has disbanded its 527 operation. "We, like Senator Obama, believe that this election can be won by ordinary Americans giving small donations,” MoveOn said in a...

'Swift Boating' Fears for Obama May Be Premature

Third-party groups aren't appearing on the horizon

(Newser) - Democrats fretting over a reprise of the swift boating that marked the 2004 campaign may be hearing false alarms, Politico reports. Third-party organizations, aka 527 groups, have thus far been unable to drum up enough opposition to Barack Obama to fund an offensive. It's early yet, but antagonists like T....

Forget the Small-Donor Myth: Big Money Still Rules

Big money men still Obama and McCain's bread and butter

(Newser) - Barack Obama often talks about how much money he’s raised from small donors, even describing it as “a parallel public financing system.” But while Obama has indeed raised record sums from little guys, big donors have kept pace, writes Jay Mandle of the Washington Post, predicting that...

McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints
McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints
OPINION
Jun 20, 2008 8:30 AM CDT

McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints

His oil plan is economically daft and politically naive

(Newser) - It's nothing new for the Bush administration to blame environmentalists for energy shortages, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. As early as 2001, Dick Cheney blamed green laws rather than rapacious energy companies for the California electricity shortage. But it's disappointing that John McCain has joined the bandwagon—...

How Obama Could Get Gored
 How Obama Could Get Gored 
analysis
Jun 19, 2008 3:04 PM CDT

How Obama Could Get Gored

As in 2000, Dem could win popular vote, lose Electoral College to Republican

(Newser) - Observers are speculating about a split decision in November, with John McCain winning the presidency while Barack Obama takes the popular vote—and Harry Siegel, in Politico, says the chances might not be that slim. Obama looks likely to build massive margins in coastal states (already safely Democratic) while making...

McCain Blasts Obama for Declining Funds

But Dem blames Mac for having to opt out of public financing

(Newser) - Following fast on Barack Obama’s decision to abandon public financing, a McCain rep said the Dem has failed “the true test of a candidate”—whether he'll stick to his word, Time reports. But Politico notes that an Obama rep blamed McCain: “Our campaign counsels met, and...

When Good Pandering Goes Bad
When Good Pandering
Goes Bad
OPINION
Jun 19, 2008 7:32 AM CDT

When Good Pandering Goes Bad

Bush goes and ruins McCain's opportunism on oil, writes Collins

(Newser) - The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times—wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for...

McCain Calls For 45 New Nuke Plants by 2030

It's time for US to reinvest in nuclear energy, candidate argues

(Newser) - John McCain continued his energy campaign theme last night by calling for 45 nuclear power plants to be built by 2030, Reuters reports. He said he would eventually like to see 100 new plants to combat global warming and make the US energy independent. The nation's 104 reactors provide about...

Obama Up in Swing States, Making Red Inroads
Obama Up in Swing States, Making Red Inroads
analysis
Jun 18, 2008 7:06 PM CDT

Obama Up in Swing States, Making Red Inroads

Taking Virginia could be huge; Electoral College edge pronounced

(Newser) - Barack Obama holds a 2-point edge over John McCain in recently red Virginia, a poll margin Eric Kleefeld, on Talking Points Memo, sees allowing Obama to make “the map of competitive states really ... much broader than usual this year.” Blogger Nate at FiveThirtyEight.com reads in the numbers...

Deja Vu: Joe for Veep?
 Deja Vu: Joe for Veep?  
column
Jun 18, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Deja Vu: Joe for Veep?

Party-swapping, hawkish Lieberman would push McCain to the center

(Newser) - John McCain's best choice for running mate may be a familiar face in the vice presidential slot—Joe Lieberman. The independent Connecticut senator would be the "first Jewish, party-crossing, second-time-around VP nominee in American history," and could push McCain toward the center just enough to attract valuable conservative...

Offshore Drilling Issue May Backfire on McCain

He could make key enemies of Florida and California

(Newser) - John McCain is making a risky bet with his call to end a ban on offshore drilling, Charles Mahtesian and David Mark write in Politico. Polls show a clear majority of Americans are in favor of lifting the ban—but the candidate risks tapping a geyser of resentment in California...

Obama, McCain Camps Trade Fire on Foreign Policy

Democrats blasts GOP strategy on Iraq; McCain aides says he's naive

(Newser) - A defiant Barack Obama said today he would take no lectures from Republicans on which candidate would keep the US safer, a sharp rebuke to John McCain's aides who said the Democrat had a naive, "September 10th mindset" toward terrorism. Obama said Osama bin Laden is still at large...

Why Isn't Obama Further Ahead?
Why Isn't Obama Further Ahead?
ANALYSIS
Jun 17, 2008 5:33 PM CDT

Why Isn't Obama Further Ahead?

Breakdown of poll numbers shows no post-Clinton surge

(Newser) - Barack Obama has less of a lead over John McCain than would be suggested by his advantages in party affiliation and by President Bush's disapproval numbers, writes Gary Langer of ABC News. Among other things, data from a new poll show Obama has not received a major boost from Hillary...

Candidates Spar Over Origins of 9/11 Attacks

Charges of delusion, distortion fly on the trail

(Newser) - A top aide to John McCain aide today called Barack Obama “naïve,” “delusional,” and the “perfect manifestation of a Sept. 10 mindset,” ABC News reports. The sniping came in response to Obama’s comment that the US acted correctly in trying the terrorists...

Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'
Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'
OPINION
Jun 17, 2008 1:29 PM CDT

Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'

Shame on candidate for playing politics on habeas corpus

(Newser) - John McCain's painting of last week's Guantanamo Bay ruling as one of the Supreme Court’s “worst decisions" has George Will scoffing in the Washington Post. Various segregation rulings could hold that title, he notes, but more important to McCain should be the justices' affirmation of habeas corpus, "...

Obama Opens 11-Point Ohio Lead

Up nationally by 6 points over McCain

(Newser) - Barack Obama now holds an 11-point margin over his rival in the state that decided the 2004 election. As recently as March, John McCain led in Ohio 49% to 41%; three months later, a significant shift finds Obama winning 50% to 39%. Talking Points Memo notes that polling organization PPP...

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