Archive for October 18th, 2008
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China wants stable ties with US after election (AFP)
AFP – China is watching the US presidential election closely, and whether the winner is Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, the priority for Beijing is to maintain stable ties with Washington. -
Obama’s lead slips to 3 points (Reuters)
Reuters – Democrat Barack Obama’s lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race has dropped to 3 points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday. -
75,000 more for Obama in Kansas City (Politico)
Politico – Benefiting from nice weather and venues with unlimited capacity, Obama turned out some of his biggest crowds of the campaign Saturday. After drawing 100,000 people to a St. Louis rally, he addressed an estimated 75,000 people in Kansas City against the city skyline at Liberty Memorial.
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McCain draws bipartisan criticism for ‘robo calls’ (AP)
AP – Senators in opposing political parties asked Republican presidential candidate John McCain to stop the automated phone calls that link Democratic candidate Barack Obama to a 1960s radical. -
If Elected … How would a President Obama govern? (AP)
AP – For all Barack Obama’s talk about change, there are signs that in style if not substance a new White House under Democrat Obama would operate much like the current one under President Bush. -
If Elected … How would President McCain govern? (AP)
AP – A rabble-rouser from his earliest days, John McCain has never been one who likes to be told “no.” There’s no reason to think a President McCain would be any different. -
McCain, Obama spar over tax cuts
John McCain and Barack Obama swapped sharply worded charges over tax cuts on Saturday, each accusing the other of shortchanging middle-income Americans. -
Abortion ban returns to ballot in South Dakota (AP)
AP – Two years after South Dakotans rejected a nearly total ban on abortion, voters on Nov. 4 will decide another sweeping but less restrictive ballot measure that would probably send a legal challenge of Roe v. Wade to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Obama puts electoral squeeze on McCain (AFP)
AFP – Barack Obama’s cash-rich trawl for votes in Republican strongholds is opening up multiple routes to the White House and narrowing down the map for John McCain as election day looms. -
McCain aide says he’s strong in ‘real’ Virginia (AP)
AP – A top aide to John McCain said Saturday the Republican presidential nominee still has a strong chance of winning the state because of his support in “real Virginia,” the downstate areas far removed in distance and political philosophy from the more liberal northern part of the state.
