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By Wade Hampton
Does anyone else think that Obama is just not very smart? I mean the guy is obviously very polished and well-spoken but he just doesn’t seem to have the ‘horse-sense’ it takes to run this country.
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What if a Republican candidate had said this?
By Michael
From an AP story about Sen. Obama's visit to Mount Rushmore: Obama said it was his first visit to the landmark. He did express curiosity about the filming of a chase scene in "North by Northwest," Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic ...
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McCain, Obama campaigns squabble over Republican candidate's ...
MILWAUKEE : Republican John McCain's estimate of US troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat...
VOT3R - Republican Party NEWS - http://www.vot3r.com/

Gallup: Obama losing in states he won
By JLB
A new polling analysis spells potential trouble in the fall for Democratic front-runner Barack Obama: He struggles against Republican candidate John McCain even in states where he defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton. ...
Political Forum - http://www.politicalforum.com

State GOP leaves Paul backers empty-handed
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
By BOB VON STERNBER
Gvonste@startribune.com This convention was completely rigged by Ron Carey for John McCain whom 4 of 5 Minnesota Republicans did not vote ...

McCain takes hit from Obama on Iraq progress
Boston Globe - United States
Republican candidate John McCain yesterday sought to shift the subject to what he said was the more important issue of whether the surge had been successful ...

Obama, McCain bicker over US troop levels in Iraq
Reuters - USA
By Deborah Charles GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 30 (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama squabbled with Republican John McCain on Friday over the number of US troops ...

Republican Candidate McCain Raises Money in Los Angeles
Shirley Jahad, Frank Stoltze:
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain spoke with reporters at the Beverly Hilton before a Bel Air Fundraiser. KPCC's Frank Stoltze was there and told KPCC's Shirley Jahad what ...
Southern California News - http://www.scpr.org/news/

GOP delegates send McCain backers to the convention in St. Paul
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
With 14 delegates up for grabs, Republicans backing de-facto nominee John McCain took at least a dozen of them, after several hours of sometimes-bitter ...

Negligible News Day: Susan Sarandon And Bryan Adams Back Barack Obama
Deutsche Welle - Germany
Forget about Hillary Clinton's remarks, Barack Obama's gaffes and John McCain's bladder stones. Just for now. Relax and read. Actress Susan Sarandon might ...

Obama, McCain close in Michigan. Clinton helps Obama ticket there ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
A new poll indicates that John McCain has a slight lead over Barack Obama in Michigan. It also indicates that Michigan voters, at least, want to see Hillary ...

McCain Gaffery
Swampland - USA
So I'm not going to jump on John McCain for his gaffery du jour. We are drawing down in Iraq, but not to a lower level than existed before the surge. ...

Obama slams McCain on Iraq facts
MSNBC - USA
"John McCain was for the invasion of Iraq; I opposed it. John McCain wants to continue George Bush’s war in Iraq indefinitely; I want to end it. ...

McCain fight starts next week: Obama
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia...
November general election against Republican John McCain would begin after the last two primaries were held in South Dakota and Montana next Tuesday. ...

Meet John McCain
By Roatti
In 2008, that number will increase significantly, possibly to 50 million or more, with tens of millions looking for information on John McCain. As these voters are looking for information on John McCain, our actions will direct them ...
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McCain says Pfleger slam on Clinton is "unwarranted, uncalled for ...
John McCain (R-Az.) on Friday weighed in on the Father Michael Pfleger controversy, where the Chicago priest mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (DN.Y.) from the pulpit of Obama family church, Trinity United Church of Christ. ...
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Survey: Europeans love Obama
Ynetnews - Israel
Europeans in love with Barack: Europeans in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia favor presidential hopeful Barack Obama over Republican candidate ...

Should John McCain Be Investigated In Light Of Scott McClellan’s ...
By Cliff Schecter
As Jon Perr points out with his typical brilliance, on many occasions John McCain proffered the very same line of bull in strikingly similar language. So do we need to investigate a man who may be our next president, ...
Firedoglake - http://firedoglake.com

The Condescension of John McCain
By Michael Cohen
John McCain screwed up today - he was wrong about the situation in Mosul and the number of troops currently serving in Iraq. But besides another in a steady litany of misstatements about Iraq, what I found most striking about McCain's ...
democracyarsenal.org - http://www.democracyarsenal.org/

Farmers' Votes May Go to Obama
Wall Street Journal - USA
McCain's opposition to ethanol production subsidies is another reason farmers are unsure of the Republican candidate. He also supports freezing a mandate ...

McCain on Israel, Iran and the Holocaust
John McCain: I think so. I’m a student of history and anybody who is familiar with the history of the Jewish people and with the Zionist idea can’t help but admire those who established the Jewish homeland. I think it’s remarkable that ...
Jeffrey Goldberg - http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/

Ron Paul Endorses Steven Vasquez
By noreply@blogger.com (Albany Lawyer)
He raised large sums of money on the Internet with so-called "money bombs," raising more than any other Republican candidate in the 4th Quarter of 2007. Paul also won substantial percentages in a number of races, including second-place ...
Stop Wasting Money - http://www.wredlich.com/stop-wasting-money/

With Friends Like McCain's...
ABC News - USA
John McCain, D-Ariz., against two of his strongest supporters is coming down the pipeline. Sen. John Warner was among the first to back McCain's quest for ...

Russian Hawks to Favor McCain
Russia Blog - Seattle,WA,USA
In the meantime, some Russian elites have voiced their support for Senator John McCain. This may seem surprising considering that McCain’s Russia record ...

Cheney Tells NY Republicans That McCain Will Win
Gothamist - NY,USA
...and he took the opportunity not to mention former press secretary Scott McClellan's book but to bolster Senator John McCain's campaign and tout the Bush ...