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Obama Raising Big Money in McCain's Home State Sen. Barack Obama "quietly raised more money in Arizona last month for his presidential campaign than" Sen. John McCain did, according to analysis by the Arizona Republic. Obama reported $432,000 in donations from Arizonans in June, compared with McCain's $313,000... Since last year, M Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Why Obama Wants Clinton in Cabinet First Read: "The best reason for Obama to be looking for a place in his cabinet for Clinton is simple: to get her out of the Senate. Just ask George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter what it was like to have a once or future presidential rival in the Senate serving as a one-person Roman tr Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Why Obama may back an H-1B increase even in a recession Does Obama support the H-1B visa program? Obama supports the temporary visa program but also wants it reformed. It needs reform. A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service report released in October said as many as one-in-five visa applications are either fraudulent o Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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McCain, Palin criticize Obama on earmarks
(AP) AP - John McCain and Sarah Palin criticized Democrat Barack Obama over the amount of money he has requested for his home state of Illinois, even though Alaska under Palin's leadership has asked Washington for 10 times more money per citizen for pet projects. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama Leads McCain by Eight but Doubts Loom, Raising Stakes - ABC News ABC NewsObama Leads McCain by Eight but Doubts Loom, Raising StakesABC News - 1 hour agoHoles in Barack Obama's foreign affairs resume are spurring doubt about his readiness for a crisis -- raising the stakes on his upcoming trip overseas and posing potential opportunit Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Early Reactions to Obama's Pick Just as news broke early this morning of Sen. Barack Obama's choice of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, Sen. John McCain's campaign sent out a prepared attack ad using a quote from Biden saying that Obama was not "ready" to be president. It was predictable given that the two men were primary oppo Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Quinnipiac: Obama Maintains Lead in Swing States The latest Quinnipiac Swing State Polls show the presidential race tightening somewhat in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, though Sen. Barack Obama still leads Sen. John McCain in all three states. Florida: Obama 47%, McCain 45% Ohio: Obama 51%, McCain 42% Penns Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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McCain, Palin rip Obama over taxes in NH, Ohio - The Associated Press The Associated PressMcCain, Palin rip Obama over taxes in NH, OhioThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoGREEN, Ohio (AP) - John McCain struck an anti-tax chord Wednesday in the state that launched him toward the Republican presidential nomination and in the home state of the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Globe Poll: Obama Crushing McCain in New Hampshire Sen. Barack Obama has jumped to a 15-point lead over Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire, according to a new Boston Globe poll, "a significant gap in a state that McCain considers his second political home and has long been a swing state in the race for the White House."Key finding: "Fi Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Quinnipiac: Obama Leads In Key Swing States The final Quinnipiac Swing State polls show Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states. Florida: Obama 47%, McCain 45% Ohio: Obama 50% Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Gets New Wave of Endorsements "Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up," the Wall Street Journal reports. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) "is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, a Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Clinton and Obama Mend Fences by Raising Funds - New York Times Boston GlobeClinton and Obama Mend Fences by Raising FundsNew York Times - 3 hours agoSenators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama at a fund-raising breakfast at the New York Hilton and Towers Thursday morning. By JOHN M. BRODER It was not quite a screwball comedy a Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Closes In On McCain in Arizona According to two new polls, Sen. Barack Obama is actually closing the gap with Sen. John McCain in his home state of Arizona.Zimmerman: McCain 44%, Obama 42%Rasmussen: McCain 51%, Obama 46% Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Money Machine Grows "Many of Sen. Barack Obama's small-dollar donors turn out to have big pockets, and data suggest he will have little trouble raising the minimum $200 million political analysts say he will need to fund a general-election campaign in the fall," the Wall Street Journal reports.Meanwhile, th Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Heads to Georgia Two months ago, we raised the question of whether Sen. Barack Obama could actually win Georgia even though George W. Bush won the state by 12 points in 2000 and 17 points in 2004.Today, the Macon Telegraph notes Obama is campaigning in Georgia. "The Obama camp has said that Georgia will Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama rips McCain for $5 million "rich" definition - Reuters Times OnlineObama rips McCain for $5 million "rich" definitionReuters - 3 hours agoALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - How much money makes a person rich? That's the latest question dividing Democrats and Republicans in the US presidential race.A Socratic Dialogue A Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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IL: Obama, McCain Out Front in Land of Lincoln - Washington Post Ledger IndependentIL: Obama, McCain Out Front in Land of LincolnWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Elizabeth Williamson There's a chance of light rain on primary day in Illinois, but little chance of advertising. Neither of the Democratic front-runners has plans to buy adv Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Claims Even More January Money The Obama campaign told NBC News "that their January money total was actually $4 million more than they had previously claimed -- due to more money coming in at the end of the month than they'd anticipated. A spokesman says the actual total was $36 million -- not $32 million -- which in itself was a Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama to Highlight McCain's Houses Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, "moving rapidly to exploit what they see as a major opportunity, is deploying high-profile surrogates in 16 states across the country today to highlight John McCain's uncertainty yesterday about how many houses he owns," according to Politico."Governors, mem Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Todd: Virginia, Colorado Lean to Obama Chuck Todd on NBC Nightly News: "We're going to be, this weekend, moving Virginia and Colorado - two tossup states - into the 'lean Obama' category. That moves his total to 286. ... If Nevada, which is a state that's also trending in Obama's direction, went in his column at 291, that means he could Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |