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Palin says Obama 'palling around' with terrorists - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, a harsh attack on his character that...

Sen. Clinton calls McCain 'mimic' of Bush - Added 6 weeks ago

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday called Republican presidential candidate John McCain not a maverick but a "mimic" of President Bush. Clinton made the remarks at a Human Rights Campaign dinner, where she was...

Todd Palin plans interview in Troopergate probe - Added 6 weeks ago

Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is planning to speak to an investigator looking into abuse-of-power allegations against the governor, Todd Palin's lawyer said Saturday. He previously refused to testify under subpoena in a...

Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails - Added 6 weeks ago

A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts. Andree McLeod, a former state worker, filed the lawsuit against Palin, the...

Back home, Palin lives model life in Last Frontier - Added 6 weeks ago

To people in this hard-scrabble region tucked between two soaring mountain ranges, Gov. Sarah Palin is a working-class heroine. As the Republican vice presidential candidate's star rises nationally, she's increasingly...

Obama assails McCain over health care proposal - Added 6 weeks ago

Democrat Barack Obama sharply criticized Republican John McCain's health care proposals Saturday, saying they could force millions of Americans to struggle to buy medical insurance. Turning to an issue that has faded...

Springsteen rocks Obama rally in Philly - Added 6 weeks ago

Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency "a disaster" and said many Americans have "justifiably lost faith" in the American dream. The legendary rocker interrupted a seven-song acoustic set at a voter-registration...

Palin plays some battleground state football - Added 6 weeks ago

Uh-oh. That prediction should just stay in Colorado. Sarah Palin likes to find connections with the states and locales she's visiting. It's as if, because she's the governor of far-off Alaska, some folks might perceive...

Political Play of the Day: McCain's Big Mac attack - Added 6 weeks ago

What happens when a presidential candidate has a Big Mac attack? Usually a traffic jam, even in a quiet resort town like Sedona. Republican John McCain's 10-vehicle motorcade was headed back to his family retreat...

Push to register felons to vote could aid Obama - Added 6 weeks ago

Undaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia's bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons _ each a potential voter who might cast the decisive ballot in this hotly contested...

McCain preps for debate at resort hotel in Ariz. - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is spending Saturday at a resort hotel in Sedona, Ariz., preparing for his second debate with Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The Arizona senator plans to stay for the...

Back home, Palin lives model life in Last Frontier - Added 6 weeks ago

To people in this hard-scrabble region tucked between two soaring mountain ranges, Gov. Sarah Palin is a working-class heroine. As the Republican vice presidential candidate's star rises nationally, she's increasingly...

GOP, Democrats battle in Pa. over voter dress code - Added 6 weeks ago

Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring. But it was no laughing matter to the poll workers-turned-fashion...

Alaska Supreme Court takes up 'Troopergate' case - Added 6 weeks ago

The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether to block the findings of an abuse-of-power investigation due to be released next week that could be potentially damaging to Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy. ...

6 seek to unseat scandal-plagued La. congressman - Added 6 weeks ago

Voters heading to the polls Saturday in Louisiana will decide whether a corruption scandal has done irreparable harm to the reputation of indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. Jefferson faces six challengers in a...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 6 weeks ago

IN THE HEADLINES Republican lawmakers appeal to Alaska Supreme Court to block Palin Troopergate investigation ... Bush pivots quickly from bailout to fundraising for GOP candidates ... TV audience for Biden-Palin...

Palin questions McCain's concession of Michigan - Added 6 weeks ago

Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers. In an...

Illinois must notify voters of misleading ballot - Added 6 weeks ago

Every Illinois voter must be notified at the polls next month of misleading language on the ballot, a judge ruled Friday. Cook County Circuit Judge Nathaniel Howse Jr. ordered state election officials to print notices...

McCain: Bailout just temporary bandage - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the $700 billion government bailout that Congress passed is just a temporary fix and the nation's economy is hurting badly. McCain spoke after Congress approved the...

Palin tax returns for 2006 and 2007 released - Added 6 weeks ago

Sarah Palin is the breadwinner and husband Todd is, well _ he takes a lot of deductions for his fishing and snowmachine racing careers, according to 2007 and 2006 federal tax returns released Friday. Sarah Palin makes...

Obama, McCain joust over economy as jobs plunge - Added 6 weeks ago

!!-- hobj:200 -->!!-- hobj:201 -->!!-- hobj:202 -->!!-- hobj:105 -->!!-- hobj:106 -->!!-- hobj:107 -->!!-- AUDIO:200,201,202,105,106,107 -->Democrat Barack Obama used word of the nation's worst monthly job loss in over...

Palin won't be able to donate tainted money - Added 6 weeks ago

Gov. Sarah Palin promised last week to give $2,100 in tainted donations to charity, but that will only happen this year if she and John McCain win the Nov. 4 election. Otherwise, the donation will wait until after the...

Biden sends son, Delaware troops off for Iraq - Added 6 weeks ago

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told his son and other Delaware National Guard troops on Friday that his heart was "full of love and pride" as they prepared to leave for an assignment in Iraq. "We take...

Bush pivots quickly from bailout to fundraising - Added 6 weeks ago

It took President Bush just 28 minutes to pivot from the nation's economic mess to making up for lost time on the political fundraising circuit. Bush signed a $700 billion bill 2:48 p.m. EDT on Friday that was aimed at...

Obama, McCain help House pass financial bill - Added 6 weeks ago

Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain helped House leaders round up votes for Friday's passage of a $700 billion financial rescue plan, and Obama's role seemed particularly energetic, Democrats said. ...

Medical allegations stir up north Ala. House race - Added 6 weeks ago

Retired doctor Parker Griffith's campaign to keep a north Alabama congressional seat held by Democrats for generations was going smoothly until his opponent released 20-year-old documents that accuse him of manipulating...

Obama combines love and politics - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama combined love and politics Friday, buying his wife a dozen white roses for their 16th wedding anniversary at a flower shop conveniently located in a swing district in suburban Philadelphia. Dozens of...

Palin says debate went well as polls favor Biden - Added 6 weeks ago

Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday played up her debate performance as polls showed voters judging her Democratic rival, Joe Biden, to be the winner of the only vice presidential face-off of the campaign....

Officer in Palin motorcade injured - Added 6 weeks ago

A St. Louis police officer in the motorcade escorting Sarah Palin to the airport has been injured in an accident. The incident occurred Friday morning near the airport. The officer's name was not released. Police say...

6 seek to unseat scandal-plagued La. congressman - Added 6 weeks ago

Facing the most important election of his life, indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana is trying to keep the focus on his influence in Washington, hoping voters would ignore the corruption scandal that has...

Costly debates bring attention to their hosts - Added 6 weeks ago

Alcoholic drinks have been forbidden on Belmont University's campus since at least 1951. The small Christian school in Nashville has decided to make an exception to the rule when it hosts a presidential debate Tuesday. ...

In statements, McCain and Obama decry job losses - Added 6 weeks ago

Statements by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on Friday's jobs report from the Labor Department. In a sign that the economy is hurtling toward a deep recession, employers slashed payrolls by 159,000 in...

Campaign Comedy: Thursday's late-night TV wrap-up - Added 6 weeks ago

The vice presidential debate was the toast _ make that roast _ of late-night television, and that was before the event was held. Shows produced earlier than the match between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe...

Analysis: Palin eases the hurt in McCain-land - Added 6 weeks ago

John McCain's campaign aches needed a tonic. On a day when he abandoned the fight with rival Barack Obama in one battleground state and national polls showed him trailing overall, running mate Sarah Palin put on a...

Some facts adrift in veep debate - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican Sarah Palin criticized a version of a Barack Obama health care plan that doesn't exist and Democrat Joe Biden clung to a misleading charge about Republicans and big oil when the two clashed in the vice...

Palin Troopergate probe goes on after suit tossed - Added 6 weeks ago

An investigator hired by Alaskan lawmakers to probe abuse-of-power allegations against Gov. Sarah Palin was free to finish his work by a deadline set for a week from Friday after a state judge dismissed a lawsuit...

McCain struggles to explain support for bailout - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who insists he would veto any pork barrel bills to come across his desk as president, is struggling to explain his vote for the revised financial bailout plan that...

Folksy Palin, disciplined Biden get the job done - Added 6 weeks ago

Even before she reached the podium, the first words out of Sarah Palin's mouth set the tone for her debate night: "Hey, can I call ya Joe?" It was an unabashedly, one might even say relentlessly folksy and down-home...

Palin exceeded expectations, but by enough? - Added 6 weeks ago

From a bowling alley called the Lucky Strike in Miami Beach to a smoky barroom in Wasilla, Alaska, many Americans watching the vice presidential candidates' debate agreed that Gov. Sarah Palin's performance exceeded...

TV pundits: Palin, Biden debate no game-changer - Added 6 weeks ago

No one ever remembers when the trains run on time, but they never forget the breakdowns. In Thursday's vice presidential debate, the trains ran on time. "The operatives in these campaigns will be watching with their...

Vice presidential debate quotes from Biden, Palin - Added 6 weeks ago

Quotes from Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska during their vice presidential debate Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis: ___ On the Iraq war: BIDEN: "Barack...

McCain campaign writes off Michigan - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain conceded battleground Michigan to Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday, a major retreat as he struggles to regain his footing in a campaign increasingly dominated by economic...

Palin daughter, fiance consider summer wedding - Added 6 weeks ago

The teenage pregnant daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her boyfriend are considering a summer wedding. Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, haven't set a wedding date yet, his...

Report: UK diplomat warns of Obama's inexperience - Added 6 weeks ago

Britain's ambassador to the United States described Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as intelligent but untested in a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a newspaper reported Thursday. The Daily...

Poll shows Obama leading McCain in NH - Added 6 weeks ago

THE POLL: Saint Anselm College Institute of Politics poll conducted by SRBI Research in New York of 832 likely voters in New Hampshire. THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 49 percent, John McCain 37 percent. OF INTEREST: Other...

Obama says McCain out of touch on jobs - Added 6 weeks ago

!!-- hobj:183 -->!!-- hobj:184 -->!!-- hobj:185 -->!!-- hobj:186 -->!!-- AUDIO:183,184,185,186 -->Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that his rival John McCain is out of touch with the...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 6 weeks ago

IN THE HEADLINES McCain giving up on Michigan, Democratic-leaning battleground state GOP had hoped to capture ... Obama hammers McCain on economic record as job numbers expected to continue their decline ... Senior...

Obama campaign looks to connect with iPhone users - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama's campaign is reaching out to iPhone users through a new application that will make it easier for them to call their friends in battleground states and encourage them to vote for the Democratic presidential...

NYC mayor: City challenges inspired 3rd-term push - Added 6 weeks ago

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he's pushing for changes that would allow him to seek a third term leading the nation's largest city, saying he wants to handle unfinished business including the...

Mason-Dixon poll: Close race in Va. - Added 6 weeks ago

THE POLL: Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc., survey of 625 registered voters in Virginia. (13 electoral votes.) THE NUMBERS: John McCain 48 percent, Barack Obama 45 percent. OF INTEREST: The margin is unchanged...