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Akron Buckeye Poll: Ohio is a Dead Heat more similar news »
The new Akron Buckeye Poll in Ohio finds Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain tied at 40% each with another 20% still undecided.
Key findings:
Obama's supporters are more satisfied with the candidates and enthusiastic about the campaign than McCain's supporters. Only 45 percent of Clinton primary voters were supporting Obama. McCain's age may be a bigger factor than Obama's race among Ohio voters.A majority of registered voters say Obama will win Ohio in 2008, despite the fact that the candidates are tied in the level of support.
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Stratego: Democrats vs. Republicans more similar news »
The item of choice for many Democratic convention attendees to bring home to their children is the new version of the classic Stratego board game. Instead of soldiers on a battlefield, it pits Democrats and Republicans against each other in their campaign for the White House.
It's a must have for any family of political junkies.
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Novak: Lieberman Warns McCain Against Picking Him more similar news »
Robert Novak, who retired after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, is back writing occasional columns throughout the election season.
"Reports of strong support within John McCain's presidential campaign
for Independent Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the Republican
candidate for vice president are not a fairy tale. Influential McCain
backers, plus McCain himself, would pick the pro-choice liberal from
Connecticut if they thought they could get away with it."
"But they can't get away with it -- and this has been made clear to McCain by none other than Joe Lieberman himself."
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Clinton Expected to Make Case for Obama more similar news »
While most Democrats felt Sen. Hillary Clinton gave an outstanding speech last night in support of Sen. Barack Obama, one criticism is that she didn't make the case for why Obama is ready to be president. It's been the main Republican talking point for several weeks.
This morning, Obama campaign officials we've spoken to are unconcerned since they believe that Bill Clinton is better positioned as a former president to make that point in his speech tonight.
CNN quotes Clinton adviser Paul Begala: "I think things are actually progressing better than maybe some of us
might have thought in terms of the relationship between the two of them."
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Biden's Night more similar news »
Walter Shapiro raises expectations for Sen. Joe Biden's speech tonight.
"For all of Barack Obama's eloquence, for all of the quiet confidence of
Michelle Obama, it may well be Biden's own star turn on Wednesday night
that provides the mile-high lift to the Democratic prospects in
November."
The main reason: "Biden is the only big-name speaker whose primary mission
is to pin the tail on John McCain... All signs, including guidance from the Obama and Biden camps, suggest
that the six-term Delaware senator will not back away from combat in
the erroneous zone, portraying McCain as a good man who has fallen into
bad company with conservative Republicans."
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Young Hanging On in Close Alaska Primary, Stevens Wins more similar news »
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) -- "whose three and a half decade hold on Alaska's sole House seat was imperiled by political ethics controversies -- trailed Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in a protracted vote count in Tuesday's primary that appeared headed for a cliffhanger finale," CQ Politics reports.
The Anchorage Daily News has the latest vote tally.
Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) "easily fended off challengers in his Tuesday contest even though he faces more immediate legal problems than Young."
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Obama Losing Conservative Democrats more similar news »
The latest Gallup tracking poll finds Sen. John McCain inching into the lead for the first time this year. The key reason is that Sen. Barack Obama "has been struggling to maintain his Democratic base thus far in August" and "the problem seems to be with conservative Democrats."
"The 63% of conservative Democrats supporting Obama over McCain in Aug. 18-24 polling is the lowest Obama has earned since he clinched the Democratic nomination in June. At the same time, there have been no similar drops in support for Obama in the preferences of liberal or moderate Democrats."
In addition, Obama "has mainly seen his support eroding among moderate and liberal Republicans, from 19% to 13% during August."
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McCain Plans Veep Rollout This Weekend more similar news »
Sen. John McCain "is planning to rollout his vice-presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri," according to Politico.
"The GOP nominee-in-waiting will move to immediately change the campaign conversation from Barack Obama's football stadium acceptance speech Thursday to the new Republican ticket, to be revealed at a noontime Friday rally in a Dayton, Ohio, basketball arena."
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Reactions to Clinton's Speech more similar news »
Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention put to rest the idea that her party is not unified in support of Sen. Barack Obama for president. While disunity has been a constant theme of the cable news channels, it's barely noticeable among delegates. Clinton nailed her speech and put Democrats in the mood to enthusiastically nominate Obama on Thursday night.
Other reactions:
Ben Smith: "Hillary's speech -- a success in the hall -- was a study in the virtue of low expectations."
Nick Gillespie: "I'd say that Sen. Clinton has had the best performance so far, by a wide
margin, both in terms of attacking John McCain and the Republicans
head-on and defining a nauseatingly comprehensive set of plans for
raising taxes, getting mad at companies for 'shipping job overseas,'
and pushing universal health care (or more accurately, even more
expensive and less effective health care)."
Andrew Sullivan: "She started out a little dull and a little self-obsessed. But then she
rallied -- a little. 'No Way. No How. No McCain' was a good line. And
the Twin Cities analogy was a great little riff on Bush and McCain. But
I have to say her speaking style, although much improved over even a
year ago, is still a little flat. When she's passionate, she has little
inflection. When she's quieter, she's a little drony. The 'keep going'
theme, moreover, was a little unnerving. A thinly veiled threat?"
Craig Crawford: "Stunning. Hillary Rodham Clinton's convention speech on Tuesday was so NOT what Barack Obama needed."
Mark Halperin: "She gracefully marked her place as one of America's premiere
politicians with a firm, commanding, gracious argument on behalf of
Barack Obama."
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Warner's Keynote Bombed more similar news »
There have been some great keynote addresses at previous Democratic conventions -- Mario Cuomo in 1984, Ann Richards in 1988 and Barack Obama in 2004 -- but tonight's address by former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner was not one of them. Delegates gave polite applause during the speech but by the end you could hear the buzz of many talking to each other rather than listening to the man at the podium.
As Mark Halperin noted, "His efforts at bi-partisanship were confusing, his specifics irritatingly vague, his style bland, and his speech meandering."
The speech that should have been billed as the keynote was that of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer. He was funny, whipped up delegates into a frenzy and was very well received.
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McCain's Hillary-Themed Ads Not Run more similar news »
According to a group that monitors political advertising across the country, only one of the three Hillary Clinton-themed ads attacking Sen. Barack Obama has been broadcast so far --- and that ad, featuring a Clinton delegate who now endorses McCain is only airing in Toledo, Ohio, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The monitoring firm says they are "basically video press releases."
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McCain Considers Thursday Announcement more similar news »
"Perhaps hoping to turn a fresh page from the Democratic convention,
advisers to Sen. John McCain are considering a Thursday night vice
presidential announcement," according to Marc Ambinder, "although the
unofficial word from campaign headquarters is that Friday is still more
likely."
Thursday, of course, is the night Sen. Barack Obama formally accepts the Democratic presidential nomination.
If McCain is seriously considering this unprecedented interruption into Obama's night, he's clearly taking advice from the same person Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez used when he announced his free agency during last year's World Series.
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