| 4:26 PM: | Mitt Romney just wants John McCain to love him. The man the McCain camp used to compare to the antichrist is working hard to win the vice-presidential nod. Salon. | |
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| 4:23 PM: | Obama's Southern Strategy Omits Arkansas, So Far. Senator Barack Obama's campaign has promised they will run a 50-state campaign but it doesn't have an office in Arkansas. NYT. | |
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| 12:29 PM: | Rocker Jackson Browne sues McCain over a song. Rock star Jackson Browne has sued U.S. presidential candidate John McCain for copyright infringement, accusing the presumptive Republican nominee of using the singer's 1977 hit "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad without permission. Reuters. | |
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| 11:35 AM: | Gallup: Race is back to a tie. Gallup says its national tracking poll today shows Republican John McCain at 44%; Democrat Barack Obama at 44%. USA Today. | |
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| 7:31 AM: | McCain ad says Obama will cause 'economic disaster' John McCain's campaign launched a new ad Thursday that sharply criticizes Barack Obama's tax policies. The ad, which also continues the campaign's effort to paint the Illinois senator as a mere celebrity, says Obama's tax policies will lead to an "economic disaster." CNN. | |
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| 7:30 AM: | McCain To Report $27M July Fundraising. Campaign manager Rick Davis said today that the McCain campaign will report raising $27 million in July, when it files its FEC report next week. Time. | |
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| 6:04 AM: | New DNC Web video tries to link McCain to Abramoff scandal. The Democratic National Committee's is taking on John McCain in a new Web video calling into question his reputation as a campaign finance reformer and a maverick who stands outside the inner circles of political dealings in the nation's capital. CNN. | |
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| 3:46 AM: | McCain's Focus on Georgia Raises Question of Propriety. The extent of McCain's involvement in the military conflict in Georgia appears remarkable among presidential candidates, who traditionally have kept some distance from unfolding crises out of deference to whoever is occupying the White House. The episode also follows months of sustained GOP criticism of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who was accused of acting too presidential. Washington Post. | |
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| 2:22 AM: | Huge protests expected at political conventions. "It could be a real nightmare to get 76,000 people into Invesco Field," said Denver City Council member Charlie Brown. "Do we close the interstate or will the protesters? That's a very big issue." Reuters. | |
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