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/ 13 September 2008
An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse.
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/ 11 September 2008
Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin has given party nominee John McCain a jolt in several critical election battlegrounds.
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/ 11 September 2008
A spat over gender politics erupted on the US presidential campaign on Wednesday with John McCain accusing Democrat Barack Obama of a sexist attack.
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/ 10 September 2008
Barack Obama has launched an attack on his Republican rivals’ reformist credentials, likening their promise of change to putting "lipstick on a pig".
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/ 9 September 2008
Barack Obama ripped into John McCain and Sarah Palin as never before on Monday, accusing his Republican White House foes of ”shameless” dishonesty.
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/ 6 September 2008
Furore surrounding John McCain’s running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus
blue state, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 5 September 2008
United States Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday fell victim to cheeky editing of his profile on Wikipedia.
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/ 5 September 2008
Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, and vowed ”change is coming” if he is elected president.
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/ 5 September 2008
Sarah Palin was on Thursday hailed as the single most important unifying force behind the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain.
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/ 4 September 2008
United States Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a new attack dog. Her name is Sarah Palin, and she bites hard.
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/ 3 September 2008
Sarah Palin has dominated the Republican convention for days without making a public appearance but on Wednesday she takes the spotlight.
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/ 2 September 2008
Not only did Gustav slow Republican presidential hopeful John McCain’s big convention party, it also spared him from Democratic criticism.
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/ 2 September 2008
A flurry of revelations battering Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Tuesday raised new questions about John McCain’s pick.
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/ 1 September 2008
Republicans open their convention on Monday to nominate presidential candidate John McCain with no pomp and little politics.
The Republican war room in Denver looked harmless. It was on a busy road in a neighbourhood of modest motels and petrol stations.
Bill Clinton did brilliantly what other Democrats had failed to do — make the case for President Barack Obama, writes Jonathan Freedland.
She hunts. She fishes. She was voted Miss Congeniality after winning a beauty pageant in her small town in Alaska.
With startling chutzpah, Republicans are again casting the opponent as out of touch. Democrats shouldn’t play the game.
US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, a senior official said on Friday.
Barack Obama launched a sharp assault on Republican presidential rival John McCain on Thursday with a promise to reverse the economic failures.
Hillary Clinton delivered a ringing call for Democratic Party unity on Tuesday, promising to work for Barack Obama.
Grass roots organisation brings conservative states within Democrats’ grasp, writes Suzanne Goldenberg.
United States Democrats on Monday worked to unite the party for its convention to nominate presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Standing next to his stall of glassware in downtown Denver, Jim Butcher was delighted that Barack Obama was holding his convention in his city,
We do have the policies, reports Kevin Davie, but there doesn’t seem to be an implementation plan.
United States Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen his Senate colleague, Joseph Biden, as his vice-presidential running mate.
Barack Obama, who is generally regarded as a gifted orator, would do well to find time to unwind before he delivers the speech of his lifetime.
Barack Obama savaged his Republican rival, John McCain, on Wednesday for running a dishonourable campaign.
Barack Obama piled up nearly $8-million in fundraising in a single night, as anticipation built over his looming choice of White House running mate.
Sharing the stage at a mega-church, Barack Obama and John McCain hardly had time for anything but the political equivalent of an air kiss.
Under fire from Republicans, top Democratic politicians in the United States are considering lifting a ban on new offshore oil drilling.
Obama is right about energy keeping them pumped up. Lynley Donnelly reports.