House Minority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri announced today he’s stepping down, which opens the door for his top deputy, Eric Cantor, a young up-and-comer from Virginia, to move up. The move likely saves John Boehner’s hide as Blunt’s blood probably satisfies those looking for a sacrificial lamb in the wake of a second horrendous
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ABC reports that Obama has asked Rahm Emanuel to be his chief-of-staff. No word if Emanuel will accept. As I type this I’m in a bus heading for Obama’s home where we are told he’ll spend the morning taking his girls to school and running errands. And so begins the first day of in the life of Obama-president-elect.
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Here’s a look at whether or not Arizona, McCain’s home state, is really in play. My own guess: it’ll be a squeaker. A lot of folks on both sides worry about how news agencies calling the early states might affect Arizona’s voting.
So I’ve been toting a little video camera around this week and our video guru Craig Duff assembled the footage along with some of Callie Shell’s amazing photographs.
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If there’s a list of people that John McCain doesn’t want to publicly endorse him in the closing days before the election, Vice President Dick Cheney probably rates pretty high. Cheney, stumping for GOP candidates in his home state of Wyoming, earlier today said:
And in three days we’ll choose a new steward for the presidency
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This morning the top question journalists are asking the campaign is how did Obama not know that his aunt — his father’s half-sister from Kenya — was living illegally in Boston in public housing, and had giving illegally to his campaign ($260 in donations that the campaign says they have now returned).
Obama’s Kenyan family
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We’re in Gary, Indiana where Obama’s delivering his closing argument to a crowd of 40,000. Four days until the election and the strain is clearly getting to the Illinois senator who uncharacteristically snapped at reporters waiting for him in front of his home this afternoon.
The running narrative is Obama is cool where McCain is
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The Obama campaign has told the Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News that there will not be room for them to travel on the plane in the last 72 hours of the campaign. Though all three papers have recently endorsed John McCain, an Obama aide points out that they still have seats for the Wall Street Journal,
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We’re basking in 70-degree weather for Obama’s outdoor rally in beautiful downtown Des Moines. It’s hard to be here and not feel nostalgic. I spent a month living here before the caucuses and to be back today feels like revisiting summer camp in the off-season (only reversed – the last time I was in this quad I was doing an NPR
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A chat today with Obama’s David Axelrod.
Ana,
In your below post you wrote:
Any VP candidate who isn’t thinking about running for president one day is probably less trustworthy than one who is — in part because they are probably thinking even darker thoughts. Two words, people: DICK CHENEY.
Am curious — would you therefore call Joe Biden “less trustworthy”? Every …
Politico reports this morning that Al and Tipper Gore will campaign for Obama tomorrow in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach – the first time the former vice president has stumped for a presidential candidate in the Sunshine State since his narrow loss there cost him the presidency in 2000.
The Goracle’s trip comes after Obama
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