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Bob Shrum

Obama v. Past Dems

It’s remarkable to me that a younger candidate like Obama is so much better in these high-stakes contests than either Gore or Kerry. In particular on national security, he walked a knife’s edge between sounding appropriately...

Stage is set for much-awaited Biden-Palin debate

Washington - US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were preparing to take centre stage Thursday night in a highly anticipated debate barely one month before the November 4 general election. The stakes are...

PREVIEW: Low expectations, high stakes in Biden-Palin debate

Washington - Lowering expectations before a political debate is an old trick to make the outcome seem more positive. Ahead of Thursday's debate between the vice-presidential candidates, expectations are indeed very low. ...

What Biden, Palin must accomplish in their debate

can't sound like comedian Tina Fey. Democrats expect Biden to use a low-key approach, defending Barack Obama and keeping the focus on McCain with little direct interaction with Palin. Whether contradicting Obama on the wisdom...

Debate moderator draws criticism over Obama book

Ifill said in an interview that she began writing the book in spring 2007, long before Obama seemed likely to win the Democratic nomination. Ifill's authorship of a book that delves into the career of Obama raised some concern...

Grueling Prep Work Precedes Critical Clash

If John McCain decides to participate, he and Barack Obama will stride across the stage of the University of Mississippi's performing arts center in Oxford at 9 tonight, shake hands and take up positions behind lecterns...

Now Gordon Brown's biggest asset goes into battle...his wife Sarah

Whatever the fate of the Brown government, one figure in his camp can hardly be faulted for grit in times of trouble: Sarah Brown. A political wife who used to ration her attention to that role and demand more privacy...

'The L word' makes its campaign debut

Sep 21, 2008

And he had a knack for foot-in-mouth verbiage, most famously when he declared, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." During the first presidential debate, when the moderator, Jim Lehrer,...

Analysis: Crises put spotlight on Obama, McCain

WASHINGTON -- The financial crisis has turned into a tryout of sorts for the next president, an unexpected chance for Barack Obama and John McCain to shine _ or stumble _ just as most voters are deciding whom to back. At...

Can Obama really pull it off?

Can Barack Obama actually blow this thing? Can he actually lose in November? We have a deeply troubled economy, an unpopular war, a very unpopular president and a historic reluctance on the part of the American people to...

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