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The GOP has set up a 24-hour rapid-response operation at the Democratic convention, complete with a fence and security guards.
By Mike Madden
August 24, 2008
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The energized vice-presidential candidate uses Saturday's rally to chain John McCain to George W. Bush and propel the Democratic ticket toward the convention.
By Mike Madden
August 23, 2008
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The text message announcing Biden was joining Obama's ticket went out around 3 a.m. Eastern, and by 6 a.m., McCain had a new attack ad.
By Mike Madden
August 23, 2008
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Barack Obama has picked Joe Biden as his running mate, CNN reports and the AP confirms.
By Mike Madden
August 22, 2008
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The signs keep pointing to Joe Biden as Barack Obama's running mate, with the hours dwindling before that text message shows up.
By Mike Madden
August 22, 2008
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Hillary Clinton's aides are assembling a 40-person "whip team" to keep her supporters from disrupting the convention next week.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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An e-mail invites supporters to join Warren Buffett at a campaign event in D.C. on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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The five-term Democrat from Ohio, 58, had suffered a brain aneurysm Tuesday night.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows voters think John McCain, not Barack Obama, is running a negative campaign. So why is it working?
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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A new commercial in Georgia links a John McCain fundraiser with the GOP lobbyist -- and with Jack Abramoff.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Barack Obama's campaign wants to revise the rules for the Democratic primaries for 2012. There would be fewer superdelegates and later elections.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Sorry, Ohio election officials -- the secretary of state says you can no longer store voting machines in your homes.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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The Ohio Democrat, one of Hillary Clinton's staunchest supporters, had an aneurysm Tuesday night and was rushed to the hospital.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Barack Obama refers to his vice president as "he," spurring speculation about the pick to dizzying new heights.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Hillary Clinton's brother Tony Rodham meets with McCain advisor Carly Fiorina in Pennsylvania. So much for party unity?
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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A new poll shows John McCain with a 5-point lead over Barack Obama.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Error-filled chain e-mails designed to scare voters away from Barack Obama are circulating widely on the Internet. Salon deconstructs a pair, one smearing the candidate, the other his wife.
By Mike Madden
August 20, 2008
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Most of Rick Warren's churchgoers still back McCain, but praised Obama's "values." The weekend's big winner was Warren.
By Mike Madden
August 18, 2008
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The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
By Mike Madden
August 17, 2008
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The conservative hatchetman says his Obama book is an important piece of scholarship, just like some of his other weird theories.
By Mike Madden
August 15, 2008
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Politicians' new favorite tactic: Give money and get a chance to win a prize. How did campaigns turn into glorified raffles?
By Mike Madden
August 15, 2008
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In his second-to-last month raising money for the presidential campaign, John McCain took in $27 million, leaving him $21.4 million in the bank.
By Mike Madden
August 15, 2008
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Both campaigns are running harsh new TV commercials about taxes and the economy.
By Mike Madden
August 15, 2008
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Phil Gramm reappears among John McCain's top aides, a month after he quit the campaign for calling America a "nation of whiners" about the economy.
By Mike Madden
August 14, 2008
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Barack Obama and John McCain pick their favorite tunes. A will.i.am one on Obama's list might seem familiar.
By Mike Madden
August 14, 2008