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PHOENIX - As a top adviser in Senator John McCain’s now-imploded campaign tells the story, it was bad enough that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska unwittingly scheduled, and then took, a prank telephone call from a Canadian comedian posing as the president of France. Far worse, the adviser said, she failed to inform her ticketmate about her rogue diplomacy.

Well, the final day before the official presidential voting and the final version of Karl Rove's exclusive national electoral map sees a strong victory for Barack Obama, gaining the most electoral votes since Bill Clinton's lopsided win over Bob Dole in 1996.

A very simplistic view,Deville51. We are at the point of our history that the old way is just THAT. Obama understands that we need to take a new TURN and re-invent our future, otherwise the progress and development is going to be a mediocre one just like our latest leader is.

The Republican National Committee has reportedly spent about that amount (roughly £92,000) on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's wardrobe since she was chosen as John McCain's running mate less than two months ago.

WASHINGTON: Insurance giant American International Group Inc, which was bailed out of a cash-flow crisis last month by a loan that temporarily made the US government its majority shareholder, said Monday that it would stop lobbying in Washington. A spokesman said that the company's Washington office would continue to monitor federal lawmaking to assess impacts on AIG, but that routine work to influence congressional legislation would stop. In addition, the company has cancelled more than 150 posh corporate events, saving an estimated $80 million. AIG management came under fierce criticism from lawmakers after the revelation that executives spend $440,000 on a retreat at a luxury spa, just days after the federal loan that kept the company afloat. AIG is continuing to try to sell off assets to repay an $85-billion loan from the federal government.

It is getting harder and harder to remember the last time anything happened in Campaign 2008 that John McCain's camp would regard as clear, unambiguous good news. Colin Powell was himself once tipped as a presidential candidate

Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr. (December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944), known in private and public life as Al Smith, was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He then became president of the Empire State, Inc. and was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression.

Sen. Barack Obama was preceded - actually, introduced - at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner by Sen. John McCain, who took the first turn at the lectern. He delivered many lines that left Mr. Obama laughing out loud.

Washington, DC, October 4, 2007 - New data released by the IRS today offers interesting insights into the distributional spread of the federal income tax burden, new analysis by the Tax Foundation shows.

At times showing anger and at others a methodical determination to make all his points, Mr. McCain pressed his Democratic rival on taxes, spending, the tone of the campaign and his association with the former Weather Underground leader William Ayers, using nearly every argument at his disposal in an effort to alter the course of a contest that has increasingly gone Mr. Obama’s way.

John McCain yesterday ramped up his attempts to tar Barack Obama for his association with William Ayers, who along with his wife led a radical group that bombed government buildings in the early 1970s.

The University of Mississippi community is pleased to host the first presidential debate of 2008 on September 26. Foreign policy and national security issues will be the focus of the 8:00 p.m. (CDT) debate, and several related events showcase the university’s institutes and centers that are working to find solutions to this country’s challenges.

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed a $700 billion financial-market rescue plan designed to unlock credit markets and restore confidence in the nation's banking system.

For one thing, Mrs Palin's repeated attempts to bait MR Biden into making one of his famous "gaffes" or saying something "condescending" - she repeatedly sought to provoke his ire by pointing out instances (such as Iraq war funding, or the experience issue) where he and Mr Obama had disagreed in the past - did not succeed.

For the most part she spoke fluently but simply about the economy, climate change and the war in Iraq, our correspondent says, and there were few of the stumbling gaffes that have become the staple of late-night comedy shows.

OXFORD, MS—Amid discussions of possibly postponing the debate altogether, Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) were able to agree Thursday on a new guideline that would allow each candidate one 15-second strangulation during...

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