Late Senator figures in 2008 presidential furor
(AP)
17 May 2008 at 2:06am
AP - Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah.
Oregon race could spell end of Schumer streak
(AP)
17 May 2008 at 2:10am
AP - As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing on the West Coast. But apparently, Schumer forgot to inform the state's voters.
Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy
(AP)
17 May 2008 at 1:08am
AP - Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.
Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Obama
(AP)
17 May 2008 at 12:06am
AP - Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech Friday to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him.
Obama seizes on appeasement flap
(Politico)
16 May 2008 at 6:19pm
Politico - WATERTOWN, S.D. - By most measures, the American public is not focused on Iraq. Polls show the economy is more prominent in the minds of voters, the media is spending less time covering the war and the presidential candidates are barely debating it.
Analysis: Obama reacts fast to Bush on diplomacy
(AP)
16 May 2008 at 6:09pm
AP - In President Bush's hint that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security.
Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton
(AP)
16 May 2008 at 8:06pm
AP - Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.
Nevada Congressional Races Firmed Up
(CQPolitics.com)
16 May 2008 at 8:32pm
CQPolitics.com - With two of Nevada's three congressional districts facing competitive races in the fall, the contest for each drew many hopefuls who filed to run for the Aug. 12 primary by Friday's deadline. But even with all the competition, the likely Democratic and Republican candidates appear set for the general election.
New leaders unlikely to ease US-Russian tensions
(AP)
17 May 2008 at 1:47am
AP - Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic change that Washington advocated during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. At the same time, all the candidates to succeed President Bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Moscow has bitterly criticized.
FBI: Ohio man wrote threats because ex left him
(AP)
16 May 2008 at 3:31pm
AP - A man who wrote hundreds of hateful letters to black and mixed race men seen with white women apparently was motivated by a girlfriend who left him for a black man, the FBI said Friday.
EU, Latin American leaders meet on trade, climate
(Reuters)
15 May 2008 at 11:23pm
Reuters - Political differences loomed over a summit
of European and Latin American leaders in Peru on Friday,
threatening to undermine their efforts to fight poverty and
global warming.
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