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McCain makes new pitch on experience — and baseball
With polls showing him losing ground, Republican John McCain on Tuesday raised the specter of nuclear war to cast doubt on Democrat Barack Obama's readiness to be president. | 10/21/08 17:11:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
McCain, Obama jab each other from swing state tours
John McCain's campaign ramped up efforts Monday to portray Barack Obama as dangerously untested on foreign affairs, while Obama attacked McCain's mortgage-rescue plan as a risky scheme that rewards Wall Street. | 10/20/08 16:17:00 By - William Douglas and Margaret Talev
Obama heads into final 2 weeks with key endorsement, cash
Democrat Barack Obama saw his campaign bolstered on two fronts Sunday — a key endorsement from a nationally known Republican and the announcement of a record month for fundraising — as forces seemed to be aligning in his favor for the final two weeks of the presidential campaign. Republican rival John McCain left no doubt he intends to spend the next two weeks pressing home his argument that Obama's economic policies amount to "socialism." | 10/19/08 18:36:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
Colin Powell, former secretary of state, endorses Obama
Colin Powell, a Republican once thought likely to be the first African-American president, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday, delivering a blistering critique of John McCain's campaign, his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, and the Republican Party. Analysts said the endorsement was one of the few likely to sway independents. | 10/19/08 19:07:34 By - Margaret Talev, William Douglas and Nancy A. Youssef
Huge Obama crowds: 100,000 in St. Louis, 75,000 in K.C.
It was the largest U.S. crowd to date for an Obama rally in a critical battleground state just 17 days ahead of the election. McCain campaigned in two other hotly contested states — North Carolina and Virginia — where the crowds were smaller, but the rhetoric was heated. | 10/18/08 15:32:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
Obama and McCain bring health-care fight to red states
Democrat Barack Obama on Friday sought to undercut Republican John McCain's support among older voters, warning that McCain wants to cut Medicare to pay for other plans. McCain, whose aides said Obama was distorting facts to scare seniors, called Obama's tax plans "welfare" and argued that policies the Democrat is promoting as middle-class are more akin to socialism. | 10/17/08 16:55:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
Back on trail, McCain drops Ayers in favor of 'Joe'
John McCain returned to the campaign trail Thursday more focused on his economic message and less on attacking Barack Obama. McCain didn't mention 60s radical William Ayers. Instead, he was in full populist pitch, stressing that he, not Obama, better understands what voters are going through and that he's the candidate with better solutions to their problems. | 10/16/08 18:20:00 By - William Douglas and Margaret Talev
Cheney goes to hospital for irregular heartbeat
Vice President Dick Cheney went to the hospital Wednesday after experiencing an abnormal heartbeat and was scheduled to have an outpatient procedure to "restore his normal rhythm," his office said. | 10/15/08 14:33:00 By - William Douglas
Cheney in hospital for abnormal heartbeat
Vice President Dick Cheney went to the hospital Wednesday after experiencing an abnormal heartbeat and is scheduled to have an outpatient procedure to "restore his normal rhythm," his office said. | 10/15/08 14:01:06 By - William Douglas
McCain rolls out new $52 billion economic-relief plan
Republican John McCain on Tuesday unveiled $52.5 billion worth of proposals targeting seniors, workers and the unemployed in a bid to get a handle on an economy that's hurting him in the polls. | 10/14/08 14:20:00 By - William Douglas and Margaret Talev
McCain's gentler campaign: Obama's a pro-abortion radical
A day after John McCain tried to soften the rhetoric of his angry supporters toward Barack Obama, running-mate Sarah Palin described Obama as a pro-abortion radical, saying it's not negative or mean-spirited to talk about his record. | 10/11/08 17:16:00 By - William Douglas
McCain gets boos at GOP rally for defending Obama
John McCain on Friday moved to calm rising anger among his supporters at rival Barack Obama, calling him a decent man and at one point taking the microphone away from a woman who'd called Obama an Arab. Their anger apparently still at flash point, McCain's supporters then booed him for his conciliatory words about Obama. | 10/10/08 20:56:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
Bring it on: Obama dares McCain to keep up attacks
Barack Obama on Friday defended his character against mounting attacks from John McCain, daring his Republican opponent to run as negatively as he wants in the final weeks of the race while predicting that, in light of the financial crisis, "it will not work." | 10/10/08 16:59:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
Obama slams McCain's mortgage relief plan
Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday slammed Republican John McCain's new mortgage rescue plan in a television ad and on the stump in Ohio, calling it a "risky idea" that would take advantage of taxpayers, adding that it's an example of his opponent's "erratic behavior." McCain, campaigning in Wisconsin, defended his mortgage plan. | 10/09/08 16:56:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
McCain's mortgage plan draws fire from Obama, economists
McCain called for the federal government to become directly involved in the housing crisis by using the $700 billion bailout package recently passed by Congress to buy troubled mortgage loans to help families stave off foreclosure. Economists saw problems with the idea. | 10/08/08 19:36:13 By - William Douglas, Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
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