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  • President:
    Friday, September 26
    University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

    Tuesday, October 7
    Belmont University, Nashville, TN

    Wednesday, October 15
    Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

  • Vice President:
    Thursday, October 2
    Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Campaign News

Greenspan: U.S. Can't Afford McCain Tax Cuts

Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain, at least not without a corresponding reduction in spending.

Palin, McCain Contradict Each Other

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she sought $200 million in federal projects from Congress - while earlier in the day her GOP running mate insisted Palin had never sought money.

Palin says Obama regrets bypassing Clinton

(09-13) 01:03 PDT New York (AP) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate. Palin praised Clinton's "...

Politics blog: More McCain misrepresentations

Not content to pack the LHC barn in English only, the McCain dropped a Spanish-language ad Friday that accused Obama and the Dems of killing comprehensive immigration reform. One pro-immigrant comprehensive immigration...

Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test voters

(09-12) 09:43 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The "Straight Talk Express" has detoured into doublespeak. Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate,...

Obama Scales Back Events In Ike's Wake

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked his supporters to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike and canceled his plans to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live."

Today on the presidential campaign trail

(09-13) 08:45 PDT (AP) -- IN THE HEADLINES As Hurricane Ike lashes Texas, Obama cancels on 'SNL' and asks supporters to help the victims ... Moose-hunting Republican from Palin's hometown casts crucial vote to subpoena...

Lawmakers Vote To Subpoena Todd Palin

Alaska lawmakers voted to subpoena the husband of Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, in a move that transformed a messy state personnel issue into a national controversy.

Biden releases tax records to pressure Palin

(09-12) 12:06 PDT Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife on Friday released a decade of their personal financial records, showing a veteran U.S. senator who earned less than...

Obama Ratchets Up Counterattacks

Belittling John McCain as a relic of the disco age, Democrat Barack Obama pushed his campaign Friday to a new level of counter-punching "on the issues that matter."

Obama ad mocks McCain as computer illiterate

John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet.

McCain takes slim lead over Obama in poll

(09-12) 08:20 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- John McCain has taken a modest lead over Barack Obama entering the final seven weeks of their presidential contest, buoyed by decisive advantages among suburban and working-class...

Dems Say GOP Should Back Drilling Deal

Democrats sought on Saturday to drum up support for compromise legislation on offshore drilling, challenging Republicans to break from Bush administration policies.

GOP says Dems' plan leaves most oil off limits

(09-12) 16:35 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- House Republicans attacked a Democratic offshore drilling plan Friday for including a 50-mile coastal buffer that they said would leave untouched most of the 18 billion barrels of...

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