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Republicans launched an enormous wave of phone calls Thursday blasting Sen. Barack Obama for "having worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers," party sources said.

Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, has a chance of doing something this year that neither of his predecessors could during the past two elections. The Illinois senator has a shot at winning a state in the South.

Sen. John McCain likes to say he enjoys being the underdog. After all, this is the relentless candidate who somehow managed to capture his party's nomination after the political world left him for dead in the summer of 2007.

Sen. Ted Stevens took the stand in his corruption trial Thursday afternoon and denied that he filed false financial forms with the Senate.

AP - A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.

AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are together again, this time at an political dinner in New York City.

The Associated PressBiden says McCain 'more angry'The Associated Press - 28 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — John McCain, angry man? Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden calls McCain a longtime friend, but he said Thursday the ...Video: Post Debate With Joe Biden CBSAngry McCain, Cool Obam. […]

AP - John McCain, angry man?

Washington PostJoe the plumber arrives too late to save John McCainBelfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 50 minutes agoLaunching multiple attacks on his opponent at the debate at Hofstra University in New York, a notably scrappy John McCain repeatedly evoked the plumber, ...Video: McCain Highlights. […]

AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are together again, this time at an political dinner in New York City.

Boston GlobeMcCain vs. Obama: The story on taxesUSA Today - 27 minutes ago... deficit and a recently enacted $700 billion financial bailout, John McCain and Barack Obama have pledged to lower taxes for millions of Americans. ...McCain Calls Obama 'Risky' In Spanish Washington PostHow Obama and McCa. […]

Boston GlobeObama extends campaign furtherStraits Times, Singapore - 32 minutes agoWASHINGTON - DEMOCRAT Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters and confidently broached ...Obama renews efforts to link McCain to Bush The Associat. […]

Straits Times3 out of 3 to ObamaStraits Times, Singapore - 32 minutes agoBarack Obama? No, Joe the Plumber. In fact, he appeared to hurt no one more than himself with his aggressive approach in the final face-to-face clash, ...Video: Obama: People Want Solutions, Not Attacks AssociatedPressThe Chr. […]

AP - Democrat Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters who rejected his primary season appeals, and confidently broached the subject of victory in a presidential contest playing out on Republican turf.

Telegraph.co.ukBush's shadow still hangs over McCainSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 1 hour agoJohn McCain seemed today to be suffering from an identity crisis of his own making - with a little help from George W. Bush. Witness the new ad for Sen. ...'I'm not President Bush,' says McCain Times of I. […]

AFPNorth Korea: Why sponsor terror if you can seduce the enemy with a ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoIf the deal lives up to its White House billing, there would certainly be cause for optimism that a country that was once part of President George W Bush's ...Japan-US Summit Telec. […]

Daily MailObama v. Bush on "Experience"Washington Post, United States - 2 hours agoBut Rove exaggerates the extent of public doubts about Obama's experience compared with George W. Bush's in 2000. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll just ...Bush should have been impeached: Donald Trump AFPObama tak. […]

New York Daily NewsOliver Stone’s Vision Thing: Bush, the FamilyNew York Times, United States - 3 hours ago... question that hovers over Oliver Stone’s queasily enjoyable “W.,” his Oedipal story about the rise and fall, fall, fall of George W. Bush is: why? ...Video: George Bush on the Big. […]

AFPBush Expected to Add More Countries to Visa Waiver ProgramWall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 3 hours agoPresident George W. Bush will make an announcement Friday about an issue that gets huge attention – in Eastern Europe anyway. It’s visas. ...US to waive visa rules for 7 countries Internatio. […]

AP - A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.

AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are together again, this time at an political dinner in New York City.

AP - John McCain, angry man?

AP - A female telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account — that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have. […]

AP - John McCain told David Letterman that "I screwed up" by canceling a "Late Show" appearance three weeks ago, then faced a sharp round of questioning about Sarah Palin and his campaign tactics.