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/ 31 October 2008
Barack Obama and John McCain are embarking on a frenzied, multi-state blitz over the final days of the election campaign.
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/ 31 October 2008
Not long ago it was fashionable to say that American elections didn’t matter much to the rest of the world. After eight years of George W Bush…
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/ 30 October 2008
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama buried the hatchet and joined forces on Wednesday to deliver a rousing call for change six days from the US election.
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/ 29 October 2008
John McCain renewed his attacks on Barack Obama’s ties to a 1960s radical on Wednesday as he targeted voters in the key battleground state of Florida.
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/ 29 October 2008
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launches an unprecedented television blitz on Wednesday to push his economic message on US networks.
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/ 28 October 2008
White House frontrunner Barack Obama on Monday traded blows with John McCain over how to repair the stricken United States economy.
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/ 27 October 2008
Barack Obama was on Monday set to present his "closing argument" to voters as his epic White House duel with John McCain entered its final week.
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/ 27 October 2008
The manipulation and intimidation that African-Americans must face in order to cast a vote will only get worse this year.
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/ 27 October 2008
Democrats are gazing at a radical new dawn while Republicans are ready to attack the victor, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 26 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama’s lead over Republican rival John McCain has dropped to five points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll.
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/ 25 October 2008
John McCain, fighting for traction 11 days before the presidential election, said on Friday he has a tough battle against Barack Obama in Colorado.
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/ 25 October 2008
A John McCain campaign volunteer admitted she made up a story of being robbed and having the letter ”B” carved into her cheek by an assailant.
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/ 23 October 2008
A close-quarters struggle is evolving between Barack Obama’s vengeance-seeking Democrats and Republican John McCain’s crack ground troops.
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/ 22 October 2008
John McCain raised the spectre of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival Barack Obama’s widening lead in the US polls.
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/ 20 October 2008
Republicans have race-baited in one form or other in most of our presidential contests since Richard Nixon’s time.
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/ 19 October 2008
John McCain compared Barack Obama to socialist leaders in Europe on Saturday, saying his rival wants to raise taxes on the wealthy.
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/ 19 October 2008
An elder statesman of the Republican Party cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential election this week.
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/ 18 October 2008
Sam, the hotel waiter, wasn’t at breakfast on Friday morning. For the three weeks I have been in Roanoke we have talked politics over the buffet.
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/ 18 October 2008
Despite strong words, the final debate is unlikely to be the game-changer McCain had hoped for.
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/ 17 October 2008
It came so close to being remembered as the hockey mom election. But, doggone it, hockey moms will just have to wait another four years.
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/ 17 October 2008
The presidency is not won or lost by televised knockabout, but Obama has taken the opportunity to confirm his credentials.
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/ 16 October 2008
John McCain went for the jugular in his final debate with Barack Obama on Wednesday as he sought to revive his flagging White House hopes.
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/ 15 October 2008
Republican John McCain has a third and final chance to debate his way back into contention when he faces Barack Obama in New York later on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has a four-point national lead over Republican John McCain as the White House rivals head into their final debate.
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
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/ 14 October 2008
In a career littered with comebacks, Republican John McCain is now vowing one more effort to overhaul Barack Obama’s commanding poll lead.
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/ 13 October 2008
Republican hopeful John McCain has bowed to a growing chorus of condemnation over his personal attacks in the US election campaign.
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/ 13 October 2008
American voters have lost faith in the Republican party amid the economic meltdown, says a Republican strategist.
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/ 12 October 2008
Nothing typifies the plight of John McCain’s campaign more than the roller-coaster ride of his vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin.
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/ 12 October 2008
Sarah Palin may be making all the headlines but in Canton, Ohio, it has always been about the economy.
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/ 11 October 2008
John McCain’s election campaign on Friday night suffered the body blow for which Republicans had been bracing themselves.
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/ 10 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a five-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race, and expanded his support among women.