Long lines greet voters as polls are deluged
Long lines and malfunctioning machines greeted voters Tuesday as polls across the country were deluged by people wanting to cast ballots in this historic race between Barack Obama and John McCain.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Vietnam War Source:(AP)
2008-11-04
Obama, McCain battle across campaign's closing day
MIAMI - Aiming for a last-minute upset, Republican John McCain embarked on a grueling odyssey through seven swing states Monday while Democrat Barack Obama was headed toward three longtime GOP bastions that have become Democratic-leaning battlegrounds in the historic presidential contest.
Nations:U.S. People:George W. Bush Sarah Palin Curt Schilling Joseph Biden Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008
2008-11-03
Campaigns unleash massive get-out-vote drives
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they'll spend about $8 per presidential vote.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Bruce Springsteen Barack Obama John Kerry Dick Cheney Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-02
Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset
SPRINGFIELD, Va. - Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House, the Republican digging for an upset while his confident-sounding rival told supporters, "We can change this country."
Nations:U.S. Kenya People:Barack Obama Joseph Biden Dick Cheney Sarah Palin John Murtha John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-01
Obama approaches lawmaker about White House post
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday as the marathon presidential race entered its final, frenzied stretch with a Democratic tilt.
Nations:U.S. Colombia People:John McCain Barack Obama Warren Buffett Colin Powell Bill Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-10-31
Sense of urgency drives candidates to swing states
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Their sense of urgency growing as the clock runs down, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are spending their time -- and their money -- trying to win over the same voters in those few states still too close to call.
Nations:U.S. Israel People:Sarah Palin Barack Obama John McCain Bill Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-10-30
Ugly election incidents show lingering U.S. racism
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Two weeks before an election that could install the first black U.S. president, scattered ugly incidents have reflected a deep residue of racism among some segments of white America.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(Reuters)
2008-10-22
Obama to dash to side of sick grandmother
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama will leave the White House trail later this week to dash to the side of his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, just 11 days before the election.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Sarah Palin Barack Obama Colin Powell George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-21
McCain targets liberals in sharpened stump speech
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Republican John McCain and his supporters on Monday branded Democrat Barack Obama a liberal and criticized feminists and the media as they rallied their conservative base in Missouri, a hotly contested bellwether state, two weeks before the election.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin Joseph Biden Barack Obama Lindsey Graham John McCain Colin Powell Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-20
Obama tells 175,000 supporters: change is coming
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama said Saturday the winds of change were blowing across America as he roused monster crowds totalling more than 175,000 in the Republican "red" state of Missouri.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-18
In swing states, McCain and Obama spar over taxes
ST. LOUIS - In an outbreak of class warfare, John McCain and Barack Obama swapped sharply worded charges over tax cuts on Saturday, each accusing the other of shortchanging middle-income Americans at a time of economic hardship for millions.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-18
Candidates spar on energy, taxes, war
Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden sparred over taxes, energy policy and the Iraq war in a high-profile debate in which Palin sought to reclaim her identity as a feisty reformer and Biden tried to undercut the maverick image of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Barack Obama Sarah Palin Joseph Biden Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-03
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