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Character attacks emerge in McCain-Obama race (AP)
October 7, 2008
AP - The two men who supposedly exemplified a different kind of politics are engaged in an increasingly bitter campaign as character attacks are emerging to compete with issues like the troubled economy.
Palin character attack on Obama may hurt McCain (AP)
October 7, 2008
AP - John McCain is once again trying to dress the political wound that never heals: his role in a 1980s banking scandal that is featured in a new Barack Obama attack video.
McCain link to private group in Iran-Contra case (AP)
October 7, 2008AP - John McCain's campaign is criticizing Barack Obama for his ties to a former radical who engaged in violent acts four decades ago, but McCain himself was closely connected to a private group that supplied aid to rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua during the Iran-Contra affair.
Debate stakes higher for McCain as insults mount (AP)
October 7, 2008
AP - Running short on time, John McCain has the most riding on the second presidential debate, though Barack Obama will be out of his scripted comfort zone in the town hall-style confrontation. It could be ugly if Monday's tussling is any indication.
Dems hope Singlaub is McCainâs Ayers (Politico)
October 7, 2008Politico - Since the mid-1980s, there’s been almost no attention paid to John McCain’s long-ago association with a controversial group implicated in a secretive plot to supply arms to Nicaraguan militia groups during the Iran-Contra affair.
McCain calls Obama a liar, faults his Chicago ties (AP)
October 7, 2008
AP - Behind in the polls, Republican John McCain on Monday called Democratic rival Barack Obama a liar as he leveled his harshest criticism yet, and said the campaign boils down to one basic question: Who is Obama really?
Obama: McCain trying to shift attention from economy (AP)
October 7, 2008
AP - Barack Obama said Monday that John McCain is trying to shift attention from the troubled economy because the issue is bad for the Republican presidential nominee's campaign.
CQ Politics' Balance of Power Scorecards: Dems Poised for Big Gains in House and Senate (CQPolitics.com)
October 7, 2008CQPolitics.com - With exactly four weeks to go before Election Day, CQ Politics' Balance of Power scorecards for the Senate and House of Representatives establish one certainty -- that the Democrats will maintain control of both chambers when the 111th Congress is sworn in come January -- and the very strong likelihood that the Democrats will expand the majorities they won by dominating the 2006 elections.
Bush aides win delay for congressional testimony (AP)
October 7, 2008AP - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected House Democrats' demands to force two of President Bush's top aides to cooperate with an investigation about the firings of nine federal prosecutors in 2006.
Court allows 'choose life' license plate in Ariz. (AP)
October 7, 2008AP - An anti-abortion group has won a long legal fight to force Arizona to issue "choose life" license plates, and the proposed new plates could be available to the group's members within several months.
