2008

August

• McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav

• McCain orders convention changes because of storm

• Long-Standing Feud in Alaska Embroils Palin

• Pennsylvania, Michigan crucial to fall election

• McCain hopes to reclaim reformist mantel

• McCain, Palin in Pa.; GOP convention eyes Gustav

• Obam Acceptance Spech and Transcript

• Bush’s Mideast peace timeline looking unattainable

• Source: Petraeus submitted report on troop cuts

• McCain makes history with choice of running mate

• Avoiding the V Word As he prepares to depart Iraq

• Palin Ethics Investigation

• FAA outage reveals odd computing practices

• Source: Petraeus submitted preliminary Iraq report

• McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate

• Gore invokes spirits of 2000 election

• Obama uses speech for high-tech outreach

• More than 84,000 attend Obama speech

• Obama says he’ll ‘fix broken politics’

• Remarks of Sen Barack Obama-“The American Promise”- DemocraticConvention

• Obama’s Response Ad Reflects Lessons of 2004

• Economy rebounds, mostly spurred by exports

• Obama seeks a personal touch within a huge stadium

• Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Bill Clinton Rally Party

• Obama set to woo nation with historic speech

• Barack Obama officially becomes the Democrats’ presidential nominee

• Obama to tour battleground states after nomination

• Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record

• Clinton tells Democrats to unite behind Obama

• The Battle Within

• FAA says communication breakdown delaying flights

• Soldier Who Deserted to Canada Draws 15-Month Term

• Klobuchar tells of Obama’s work on ethics

• Michelle Obama shows her husband’s personal side

• Kennedy to appear; Democrats craft roll call deal

• Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute poll. (MPR):

• Biden got Obama call during wife’s root canal

• Transcript: Biden’s Speech In Springfield, Ill.

• Transcript: Obama On Biden As His VP Choice

• Officials: Inmate charged with sending McCain threatening letter

• Liberal Positions Gaining Popularity

• American Corn Growers Association Endorses Obama

• Jumping Ship

• Obama selects Biden as running mate

• Poll: US Senate (8-18-08)

• White House Missing as Many as 225 Days of E-Mail

• Feds scrap immigrant self-deportation program

• At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice

• Congressional committee wants investigation into alleged mismanagement of terror database

• Officials: Threat sent to McCain Colorado office

• Reid: ‘I can’t stand McCain’

• Obama: I’ve decided

• FEC allows McCain to withdraw from primary matching funds program

• Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses

• Obama in VA on McCain Houses (Verbatim)

• Politico: McCain unsure how many houses owns

• Auditors Question Blackwater Contracts

• Biden’s emergence in VP race crystalizes concerns

• US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

• Traveling by bus in Virginia, Obama pushes for more union jobs

• Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention

• Obama under fire over his votes against ‘born alive’ legislation in Illinois

• VP news expected as early as today

• Obama, VP choice to campaign together Saturday

• Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland

• Make That Twice: Americans to Hear from Senator Amy Klobuchar Two Days in a Row

• Senator Amy Klobuchar to Address Democratic National Convention

• $30,000 ‘Redux’ Bonus: Bad Deal Only Gets Worse

• Obama to visit Ill. capital where campaign began

• States throw out costly electronic voting machines

• McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event

• Obama takes McCain to task on withdrawal timetable

• Obama veep announcement expected in coming days

• No more hugs as Obama tears into McCain

• Blackwater guards near charges

• With $51 million in July, Obama’s fundraising puts him in a strong position for fall campaign

• House speaker signals willingness to OK more drilling offshore, if linked to other proposals

• GOP, Democrats edge toward center on emotional abortion debate with overtures to other side

• Analysis: Bush administration wants to make Russia pay, but not so much that it hurts

• Texas ranch is backdrop for Bush, national security team meeting on Russia-Georgia crisis

• McCain has no comment on anti-Obama book, as Democrats fire back

• Feds: Stevens got favors, contractor got key ally and direct line to Washington power

• Former McCain adviser who called US a ‘nation of whiners’ back in candidate’s good graces

• McCain, RNC report $96 million to spend this month as they compete with Obama, Democrats

• McCain, Obama heat up their battle for Minnesota

• Obama’s July fundraising bodes well for fall race

• Obama Campaign Releases New Video Fact-Check on McCain Tax Lies

• McCain and Obama face questions about their faith

• Is John Edwards’ former aide covering for him?

• Polls - MN US Senate& President (8-14-08)

• Prosecutors: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens helped oil contractor who remodeled his home

• Senators want investigation of government report on oil prices, saying information was flawed

• Bush signs bill banning lead from children’s toys; toughest standard in the world

• Obama pushes economic plans in new TV ad aimed at those watching Olympic Games

• Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad

• Edwards’ ally explains $14,000 payment to mistress

• Obama campaign issues rebuttal to book’s claims

• Attorney general aims to loosen restrictions on FBI’s domestic probes

• Man fired from job kills Ark. Democratic chairman

• Clinton backers to make noise at Dem convention

• Poll Notebook: 4 in 10 still not firmly behind a presidential candidate, race still fluid

• A figure in Abramoff scandal, strategist Ralph Reed now raising money for McCain’s campaign

• Democratic Party chairman calls shooting of Arkansas party chairman a ‘senseless tragedy’

• Bush administration finds Russia-Georgia conflict frustrating to track

• Pelosi calls Lieberman’s characterization of Obama ‘totally irresponsible’

• Gunman kills Arkansas Democratic Party chairman

• Republicans Throw in With Obama

• Lavish praise from Pawlenty becomes praise from McCain

• Partisans on both sides unmoved by arguments that GOP’s Hagel is a good pick for Obama veep

• Obama interrupts vacation to raise $1.3 million from home state donors

• Students learn hard lesson in school budgets

• Air Force Welcomes New Chief of Staff

• Edwards’ future political impact lost with affair

• AP IMPACT: Underground FEMA fuel tanks could leak

• US, allies weigh punishment for Russia

• SALONS APPLAUD TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR LAID OFF TRW WORKERS

• Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal

• Boeing May Drop Tanker Bid

• Report says most corporations pay no federal income taxes; lawmakers blame loopholes

• Obama’s ‘no income taxes on seniors’ draws critics

• Report: Clinton told to cast Obama as un-American

• Howard Dean Weighs in on Candidates

• McCain’s Attacks on Rival Fall Flat With Vets Group

• AP Exclusive: US disregarded experts over biolab

• President Bush wraps up trip to Asia

• Reduce partisan fight over judges, lawyers urge

• McCain and Obama energy plans compared

• In scathing critique, McCain accuses Obama of seeking to ‘legislate failure’ in Iraq

• Bush: No one should fear religious freedom

• A Whole New McCain

• Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate

• Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child

• Bi-PARTIAN PUSH FOR TRADE BENEFITS FOR LAID-OFF TRW WORKERS

• Predator Pilots Suffering War Stress

• Some white supremacists believe election of Obama would set off backlash they long for

• Bolten, Miers ask for delay in their congressional subpoenas so they can appeal

• McCain urges probe of DHL plan threatening Ohio jobs; takes heat for aiding 2003 DHL merger

• AP Enterprise: Despite Bush pledge to protect remote Hawaiian islands, cleanup has slowed

• Officials say Bill Clinton to speak at Democratic convention, ahead of Obama’s running mate

• Bush gives pep talks to US Olympians in Beijing

• American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500

• Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats

• U.S. segregates violent Iraqi prisoners in crates

• McCain campaign to return 50K in donations

• Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave

• Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years

• Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama

• Bin Laden driver to seek leniency from Gitmo jury

• China rejects Bush criticism of its affairs

• Democratic Party News Roundup

• Hawaii and its multiracial society influenced Obama’s view of the world and politics

• McCain to discuss potential job losses in Ohio from corporate merger aided by campaign manager

• A spendy dinner for Obama backers

• Bush cites oppression, human rights abuses in Asia

• Iraq Banks Billions in Surpluses, GAO Says

• Hillary Clinton seeking solace at Democratic convention for her delegates

• White House pleased by verdict in case against bin Laden’s driver, defends military commission

• Obama overexposed? Nearly half say they’re hearing too much about him, poll says

• McCain, like Obama, will run TV ads during the Olympics

• Gasoline costs, energy rivet candidates’ attention

• A look at McCain, Obama farm policies

• McCain opposes farm bill and ethanol subsidies backed by Obama, risks losing key Midwest votes

• Officials: Anthrax case solved, but still open

• White House denies fake Iraq-al-Qaida link letter

• Obama leads McCain nationally in AP-Ipsos poll

• Hillary Clinton sets campaign dates for Obama

• McCain ad pushes independence, distance from Bush

• S. Koreans fire water cannons at Bush protesters

• Sen. Barack Obama Addresses Energy Policy in Lansing, Mich.

• Bush Says It’s ‘Important to Engage’ China

• Cheney not expected to attend GOP convention

• Is this the face of a terrorist?

• Obama, McCain campaigns engage in hard-hitting politics, but show differences in style, tone

• Bush kicks off Asia trip with visit to S. Korea

• Surge of War Vets Running for Congress

• Navy Seeks Ways to Cut Fuel Costs

• Obama Returns to Economy as McCain Assails Foreign Tour

• Obama contests 7 historically Republican states; GOP suspects ploy to divert McCain funds

• AdWatch: McCain’s tax breaks aren’t for oil companies alone, as Obama ad suggests

• Fact Check: GOP mocks Obama suggestion to inflate tires, but experts say it has merit

• McCain visiting motorcycle rally, nuke power plant

• A New Direction for America - Still Going Strong

• House of Representatives News Summary

• Bush heads to Asia for diplomacy and sports

• Obama: Tap nation’s oil reserve to help gas prices

• Not All Veterans Salute McCain

• Obama ad calls for windfall profits tax

• 2 U.S. Soldiers Are Charged in Iraqi Death

• Democratic platform drafters embrace Obama’s change theme and Clinton health care pitch

• McCain’s attack strategy paying dividends as he pulls even with Obama in key poll

• Obama says give Fla. and Mich. delegates full vote

• Fit to print or slanted? A rocky relationship continues between McCain and The New York Times

• Democratic leaders drafting party platform draw ideas from both Obama and Clinton camps

• In veep search, McCain asks Cantor for records

• Obama backs away from McCain’s debate challenge

• After suicide, feds consider closing anthrax case

• Democrats: Congress working to overcome GOP neglect of agencies critical to public safety

• Highlights of President Bush’s planned weeklong trip to Asia

• Obama opposes slavery reparations, apology

• McCain chides Obama over school vouchers

• Senate approves Great Lakes compact

• McCain defends Web ad mocking Obama as messianic figure, saying ‘it’s got a lot of humor’

• Democratic leaders drafting platform are looking to showcase Obama-Clinton unity

• Obama shifts, says he may back offshore drilling

• CNN Poll of polls: McCain gains on Obama, trails by 3 points

• Navy Defends Scrapping New Destroyer

• Obama Addresses Economy at Campaign Event

• Bush Orders Revamping Of Intelligence Gathering

• McCain says Obama opposes education policies that would help underprivileged students

• Republicans stage talk-in on energy after House adjourns

• Obama’s team raising unlimited convention funds

• Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices

• Obama on One-Year Anniversary of I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse

• Democrats defeat GOP effort to censure powerful Rep. Rangel over use of NYC apartments

• Analysis: Obama opposes new offshore oil drilling, risking backlash from price-weary voters

• Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in

• House set to pass budget bill today before recess