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With the Democratic stage to himself for the first time, Senator Barack Obama opened a two-week tour of battleground states on Monday, attacking Senator John McCain’s economic policies and moving to focus on the ailing economy as the central theme of the general election campaign. In his most pointed and sustained attack on Mr. McCain’s economic agenda, Mr. Obama said that a McCain presidency would be a continuation of President Bush’s faltering economic policies. And he highlighted his own proposals to aid economically beleaguered Americans: tax cuts for middle-income families and retirees, a $50 billion economic stimulus package, expansion of unemployment benefits, and relief for homeowners facing foreclosure. The address, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, pushed for a more active government role in restoring the nation’s economic health and aiding distressed families, setting up a stark contrast with Mr. McCain, who has proposed tax cuts for corporations and other tax reductions to spur the economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/us/politics/10obama.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=2008%20presidential%20election&st=nyt&oref=slogin
With Barack Obama as their future nominee, the Democratic National Committee is adopting his policy of no longer accepting donations from federal lobbyists or political action committees.
The change will make the party and the candidate have a consistent position. Obama often says banning the donations is one way to help keep him free of the influence of Washington insiders. The new policy will eliminate one source of contributions to the DNC, which has significantly trailed its Republican counterpart in fundraising.
http://www.al.com/election/index.ssf?/base/politics-15/121267045332800.xml&storylist=politics
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton’s decision came as some of her most prominent supporters — including former Vice President Walter F. Mondale — announced they were now backing Mr. Obama. “I was for Hillary — I wasn’t against Obama, who I think is very talented,” Mr. Mondale said. “I’m glad we made a decision and I hope we can unite our party and move forward.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Picture a cozy weekend at Camp David for President Obama, Vice President Hillary Rodham Clinton and their lively spouses. They'd talk policy and politics in the confines of the rustic retreat. After the long campaign and all the bruised feelings, Michelle Obama could finally reach out to Bill Clinton, as she recently said she's been wanting to do. She actually said, "I want to rip his eyes out." Then added: "Kidding."
They could bring along Obama's national security adviser, let's say Samantha Power. She's the foreign policy specialist who had to leave the Obama campaign after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster." Now that Clinton is angling to become Obama's running mate, the question arises how two frosty rivals and their seething camps might come together without sticking flag pins into each other.
http://www.al.com/election/index.ssf?/base/politics-15/1212633579304020.xml&storylist=politics
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defended staying in the Democratic nominating contest on Friday by pointing out that her husband had not wrapped up the nomination until June 1992, adding, “We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California.” Her remarks were met with quick criticism from the campaign of Senator Barack Obama, and within hours of making them Mrs. Clinton expressed regret, saying, “The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator Kennedy,” referring to the recent diagnosis of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s brain tumor. She added, “And I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive.” Still, the comments touched on one of the most sensitive aspects of the current presidential campaign — concern for Mr. Obama’s safety.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/politics/24clinton.html?scp=58&sq=primary+election+2008&st=nyt
To confront the Obama juggernaut, Senator John McCain, whose fund-raising has badly trailed that of his Democratic counterparts, is leaning on the Republican National Committee. Mr. McCain’s efforts to raise money suffered a blow this weekend when a key fund-raiser, Tom Loeffler, resigned because of a new campaign policy on conflicts of interest. Mr. McCain is likely to depend upon the party, which finished April with an impressive $40 million in the bank and has significantly higher contribution limits, to an unprecedented degree to power his campaign, Republican officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/politics/19donate.html?scp=198&sq=2008%20presidential%20election&st=nyt
A popular parlor game in political circles in recent years has been dissecting the shifting relationship between Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. Two years ago, there were signs of a thaw, with Mr. Murdoch, who owns The New York Post, not only endorsing Mrs. Clinton’s bid for a second Senate term in his paper, but also organizing a fund-raiser for her. Mr. Murdoch is the powerful chairman of the News Corporation, which includes in its vast holdings the Fox News channel, The Post and, most recently, The Wall Street Journal. Some of his media outlets have been criticized for conservative bias, having made a sport over the years of tearing into former President Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton, among other Democratic leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/us/politics/02murdoch.html?sq=2008%20presidential%20election&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=613&adxnnlx=1213099500-FCG45iadavjovZiJJxJp9g
The McCain campaign’s first general election ad, released Friday, includes moving footage of him as a prisoner of war. What was Democratic Chairman Howard Dean’s reaction? “While we honor McCain’s military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn’t understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years.” Most Americans want to be told we can leave Iraq sooner rather than later. McCain has chosen instead to tell Americans the hard and unpopular truths that we’ll be there for a while, and that there’s no sacrifice-free path to defeating our enemies and securing a lasting peace. This is “blatant opportunism”?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31kristol.html?scp=621&sq=2008%20presidential%20election&st=nyt
Mitt Romney announced he was suspending his presidential campaign on Thursday, a move that all but cedes the Republican nomination to rival Sen. John McCain. Romney was a former Massachusetts governor who spent $35 million of his own money in pursuit of the White House, as well as millions more that he raised from others. He told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., that dropping out was for the good of the Republican Party, which needs to unite for the general election.
"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or (Barack) Obama would win," he said. "And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18772382
Rudolph W. Giuliani appeared to move a step closer to announcing his presidential ambitions yesterday, saying after an appearance in South Carolina that ''there's a real good chance'' he will run. Mr. Giuliani's intentions have been all but taken for granted by most political observers. He has made two trips to New Hampshire -- home of the nation's first primary -- and has promised to make more. He has formed an exploratory committee, hired campaign workers and moved to divest himself from a large chunk of his consulting business to avoid conflicts in the event of a presidential bid. But on the nascent campaign trail itself, the former New York City mayor has coyly stepped around the question of ''Will he or won't he?''
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Former Senator John Edwards, surrounded by his wife Elizabeth and his children, announced Wednesday his presidential bid has come to an end. "It's time for me to step aside so that history can blaze it's path," Edwards said, making his announcement against the backdrop of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans on the site of a Habitat for Humanity home-building project. Following his announcement, Edwards told ABC News' David Muir that that he was willing to continue a dialogue with Clinton and Obama about what they plan to do going forward in their campaigns. He would not say which candidate he would endorse, if any. Elizabeth Edwards said she was not surprised the other candidates wanted Edwards' support, but noted that the person he would most likely be supporting in the coming days, was her.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4215091&page=1
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