McCain Hopes To Shine In Town Hall-Style Debate Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:55:00 -0400 The presidential election is exactly one month away and it appears Republican John McCain is running behind in the polls. Surveys suggest that Democrat Barack Obama is approaching the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. The two candidates will meet Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., for a town hall-style debate. Candidates Mine For Rural Votes In Nevada Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:54:00 -0400 Nevada is one of several states still up for grabs. Republican voters in the state's rural counties are enthusiastic about Republican presidential nominee John McCain. But Democrat-run voter registration drives are gaining ground in urban areas like Las Vegas. However neither campaign is taking the state for granted. Obama: Congress Should Help More Families Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:53:00 -0400 Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama campaigned Monday in North Carolina, where he told supporters Congress should pass an economic stimulus package to help American families. He also said John McCain lacked the understanding necessary to fix the troubled economy.
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The Editors: The better candidate for 2008. The Editors Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Never in living memory has an election been more critical than the one fast approaching--that’s the quadrennial cliché, as expected as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a sense that a Presidency . . . Steven Kurutz: Sarah Palin and the Washington tanning lobby. Steven Kurutz Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Of the many things revealed about the Alaska governor Sarah Palin since she became John McCain’s running mate last month, one of the most curious is the fact, reported two weeks ago, that she had a tanning bed installed in the state mansion in Juneau. Obama supporters seized on the . . . Nick Paumgarten: Goldman Sachs alums contemplate the future. Nick Paumgarten Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Last Thursday evening, around the time the Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs chief executive Henry Paulson was down on one knee, begging the congressional leadership not to scuttle his seven-hundred-billion-dollar bailout plan, Lloyd Blankfein, his successor at Goldman, was hosting a private reception at the Public . . .
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