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Obama urges his Wisconsin supporters to vote now
Associated Press WriterSen. Barack Obama urged his Wisconsin supporters Monday to vote before Election Day as his campaign increased its focus on early voting. "Voting is easy in Wisconsin. You can go do it today. Just go to your local clerk's office," Obama said on a video...Tags: National Government, Government, Wisconsin, Voting, Barack Obama
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Acting ATF director still not confirmed after 2 years in job, blocked by his own party
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) _ For more than two years, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan has been consumed by the latest entry on his resume: acting chief of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Republican has been balancing both jobs...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Parliament, Lawyers
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Obama knocks on doors, surprises voters
The SwampSen. Barack Obama canvasses a Holland, Ohio neighborhood on October 12, 2008.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) by Jill Zuckman Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain. But......Tags: Oregon, Richard Nixon, National Government, Ohio, North Carolina
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Obama settles into Ohio battleground
The Swampby Jill Zuckman Barack Obama jetted back to Ohio today to spend three days preparing for his final debate with John McCain. His move to the Toledo area comes as a new Ohio Newspaper poll puts the race at a......Tags: Richard Nixon, Oregon, North Carolina, Government, National Government
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Trillion: It's the new billion
The Associated PressThere's an old saying attributed to Everett Dirksen, the Illinois senator who dotted his speeches with colorful rants against government borrowing: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money. Not these days, you're not....Tags: Everett Dirksen, New York, State Budgets, Illinois, Ronald Reagan
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Kerry to visit Wisconsin, encourage early voting
Democratic Senator John Kerry is set to speak at a rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday to encourage people to vote early for Barack Obama. Kerry will speak at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Red Arrow Park near City Hall in downtown Milwaukee. Kerry, the Democratic...Tags: Democratic Party, Wisconsin, Barack Obama, Milwaukee
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Masters of the ground game, Republicans see their forte challenged by Obama's motivated masses
Associated Press WriterBLUE BELL, Pa. (AP) _ Barack Obama, a former community organizer, is spending untold millions of dollars to identify and mobilize voters, and Republicans acknowledge that John McCain's team probably will be outspent and outmanned. They hope it won't be...Tags: Al Gore, National Government, Maryland, Voting, Sarah Palin
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Election will show if Florida has changed — in 5 different ways
Special to the SentinelIf nothing else, the results of this presidential election between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will speak volumes about whether Florida has changed. Here are five measures: 1. Will Florida voters actually choose a non-Southern...Tags: Joe Biden, Al Gore, Polls, Harry S Truman, Political Candidates
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Obama thanks, jabs at McCain
Chicago Tribune CorrespondentPHILADELPHIA — Barnstorming to get out the vote across this pivotal Pennsylvania city, Barack Obama paused Saturday to thank John McCain for restraining his supporters before rebuking him on the economy. "I want to acknowledge that Sen. McCain...Tags: State Budgets, Pennsylvania, National Government, Government, Bill Clinton
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Illinoisans grapple with array of issues
Associated Press WriterAn Air Force officer hopes universal health care never takes flight, equating it with socialism. A grape grower worries about the squeeze from the flagging U.S. economy. A 21-year-old student doesn't have a pet issue, cynically wondering if any of it...Tags: Al Gore, National Government, Art Institute of Chicago, Sarah Palin, Republican Party
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Battleground Pennsylvania
Of The Morning CallBarack Obama made a fervent appeal for votes in the heart of the state's Democratic stronghold on Saturday, urging voters at four neighborhood rallies to call friends and knock on doors in the closing weeks of the campaign. The push, barely three weeks...Tags: State Budgets, National Government, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Sarah Palin
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Scenes from the campaign ground game: knocking on doors, hosting coffees, changing minds
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) _ Twenty houses in four hours. That's what Barack Obama volunteer Maria Logsdon hits every weekend, knocking on doors in the suburbs north of Denver. In a finicky state that polls show could go either way, both Obama and John...Tags: New Mexico, National Government, Pennsylvania, Illinois, National Basketball Association
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