AP - Democrat Barack Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, says John McCain and his Republican allies will try to scare them by saying Obama “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”
AP - THE RACE: The presidential race in Florida
AP - Despite some star power and big donations from the state Democratic Party, Gov. Chris Gregoire only edged her Republican challenger by about $200,000 in midsummer fundraising, state campaign finance reports show.
AP - John McCain wants the presidential campaign to be about Barack Obama that’s why he talks about him so much.
AP - Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention.
AP - Newest McCain ad compares Obama to Britney Spears, Paris Hilton; Obama camp says ‘baloney’ … Obama camp says rapper Ludacris’ new rhyme ‘outrageously offensive’ to Clinton, McCain, Bush … Effort to get Obama to pick Clinton as his No. 2 ends with conclusion she won’t be picked
AP - John McCain’s presidential campaign on Wednesday released a withering television ad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, suggesting the Democratic contender is little more than a vapid but widely recognized media concoction.
Bloomberg - July 31 (Bloomberg) — Judy Rose was the first person sacked
for violating the unwritten rules and tender sensibilities of the
2008 presidential race.
AP - An effort to urge Barack Obama to pick former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate is shutting down under the assumption she is not a contender for the No. 2 spot.
AP - Those 75,000 Democrats who will pack a football stadium for Barack Obama’s convention speech won’t be there just to whoop and holler on television. They’ll form the world’s largest phone bank to boost voter registration fired-up supporters using computer targeting the campaign has spent months putting together.