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United States Elections

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/ 2 October 2008

US braces for Palin debate with Biden

US voters braced for the most-anticipated vice-presidential debate in history on Thursday amid speculation that Republican Sarah Palin could stumble.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 September 2008

Obama urges bailout Bill’s passage, offers plan

US presidential candidate Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Tuesday to return to the negotiating table to work on a financial rescue deal.

By Caren Bohan
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/ 30 September 2008

Obama lead gets bigger — and the fight gets uglier

Barack Obama is opening a lead over John McCain after polls showed the public awarding Friday night’s debate to the Democratic candidate.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 September 2008

Hockey moms are key players in hunt for women’s vote

When Raymond Wejroch took to the ice for the first time, ankles buckling in his skates and head bobbing in his helmet, it felt a bit like destiny.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 September 2008

America has a headache, but no one wants to cure it

There is common sense; and there is good sense. Common sense represents the received wisdom of years and the widespread opinion of the day.

By Gary Younge
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/ 28 September 2008

McCain, Obama resume campaign fight after debate

White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain accused each other of playing politics with the financial crisis on Saturday.

By Jeff Mason and Caren Bohan
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/ 27 September 2008

McCain, Obama slug it out in debate

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain battled over spending, taxes and the Iraq War in their first debate on Friday.

By John Whitesides
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/ 26 September 2008

McCain to attend Friday debate with Obama

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will take part in a debate with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, his campaign said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 September 2008

TV spotlight that will make or break candidates

The presidential debate, still scheduled for Friday, provides the first opportunity for voters to see John McCain and Barack Obama together.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 September 2008

McCain, Obama locked in high-stakes financial duel

Just 40 days from the US general election, the financial crisis has transformed the White House race into a daring duel of political brinkmanship.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 September 2008

Palin once blessed to be free from ‘witchcraft’

A grainy YouTube video surfaced on Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from ”witchcraft”

By Garance Burke
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/ 24 September 2008

Obama ahead of McCain amid Wall St turmoil

Democrat Barack Obama has opened a nine-point lead over Republican John McCain in the US presidential race amid turmoil in the financial system.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 September 2008

Obama confident US will overcome crisis

Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said on Monday the US will overcome the financial crisis that has sent shockwaves through Wall Street.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 September 2008

Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites

White House hopeful Barack Obama reversed a Republican surge and bounded into the lead on Thursday in national polls swayed by the financial crisis.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

White House rivals war over ‘worst crisis in generations’

Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed his White House rival John McCain on Wednesday as a lifelong member of the "old boys’ network".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 September 2008

Palin’s travels broadened the horizons

The young governor from the remote state engaged in her own brand of shuttle diplomacy in the summer of 2007, even posing with some of her troops.

By Dan Glaister
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/ 14 September 2008

Campaign gets nastier with new revelations about Palin

The presidential campaign got nastier on Sunday as a newspaper revealed that Sarah Palin used her position as governor to give top jobs to friends.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 September 2008

Obama skewers McCain as White House truce scrapped

Barack Obama on Friday ripped into 72-year-old John McCain as an out-of-touch economic illiterate who had slept through the internet revolution.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2008

Palin gives McCain a jolt in vital swing states

Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin has given party nominee John McCain a jolt in several critical election battlegrounds.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 September 2008

Lipstick comments colour US presidential campaign

A spat over gender politics erupted on the US presidential campaign on Wednesday with John McCain accusing Democrat Barack Obama of a sexist attack.

By Deborah Charles
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/ 10 September 2008

Obama: McCain-Palin message is like ‘lipstick on a pig’

Barack Obama has launched an attack on his Republican rivals’ reformist credentials, likening their promise of change to putting "lipstick on a pig".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 September 2008

Obama slams ‘shameless’ McCain, Palin

Barack Obama ripped into John McCain and Sarah Palin as never before on Monday, accusing his Republican White House foes of ”shameless” dishonesty.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 September 2008

Oprah says no to Palin interview

Oprah Winfrey, America’s favourite daytime TV star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show

By Paul Harris and Ed Pilkington
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/ 5 September 2008

McCain accepts party’s nomination, promises jobs

Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, and vowed ”change is coming” if he is elected president.

By Steve Holland
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/ 5 September 2008

Palin’s ‘something different — out of the box’

Sarah Palin was on Thursday hailed as the single most important unifying force behind the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 September 2008

Palin energises Republicans, lashes out at Obama

United States Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a new attack dog. Her name is Sarah Palin, and she bites hard.

By Steve Holland
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/ 3 September 2008

Sarah Palin makes Republican convention debut

Sarah Palin has dominated the Republican convention for days without making a public appearance but on Wednesday she takes the spotlight.

By John Whitesides
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/ 2 September 2008

McCain’s Republican convention off to slow start

Not only did Gustav slow Republican presidential hopeful John McCain’s big convention party, it also spared him from Democratic criticism.

By Steve Holland
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/ 2 September 2008

Scrutiny engulfs McCain’s VP pick

A flurry of revelations battering Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Tuesday raised new questions about John McCain’s pick.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 September 2008

Gustav overshadows McCain’s show

Republicans open their convention on Monday to nominate presidential candidate John McCain with no pomp and little politics.

By John Whitesides
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/ 30 August 2008

Meet the Barracuda

She hunts. She fishes. She was voted Miss Congeniality after winning a beauty pageant in her small town in Alaska.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 August 2008

Obama vows to reverse Bush-McCain legacy

Barack Obama launched a sharp assault on Republican presidential rival John McCain on Thursday with a promise to reverse the economic failures.

By John Whitesides
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