Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2840 Politics - Bloomberg en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:28:03 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2840 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo bloomberg/20080703/aghxb4mgmqxo Bloomberg Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.b1ad4b39f4014145a3681ce119a13ebd.obama_2008_cocol104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=naopHFP7l_z9W6zfuMYR_Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Barack Obama speaks with a Colorado state flag in the background, during a campaign stop at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Bryan Oller)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- When Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign, he called his three years as a community organizer in Chicago in the 1980s ``the best education I ever had.'' He's putting those lessons to good use in his drive for the White House, say many of those who worked with him then.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/aghxb4mgmqxo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.b1ad4b39f4014145a3681ce119a13ebd.obama_2008_cocol104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=naopHFP7l_z9W6zfuMYR_Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Barack Obama speaks with a Colorado state flag in the background, during a campaign stop at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Bryan Oller)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/axqzshcroi4 bloomberg/20080703/axqzshcroi4 Bloomberg Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/axqzshcroi4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080607/capt.1a6d7b74999d48acbd603c5a3414cb6c.mccain_2008_dcmo101.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=J5C6rD.ayKWydS28ZxNKrg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, listens to senior campaign advisor Steve Schmidt as Mark Salter looks on after their arrival in Washington, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain is restructuring his presidential campaign for the second time in a year, diminishing the duties of campaign manager Rick Davis and putting Steve Schmidt, a protege of Karl Rove, in charge of day-to-day operations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/axqzshcroi4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080607/capt.1a6d7b74999d48acbd603c5a3414cb6c.mccain_2008_dcmo101.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=J5C6rD.ayKWydS28ZxNKrg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, listens to senior campaign advisor Steve Schmidt as Mark Salter looks on after their arrival in Washington, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080702/pl_bloomberg/ah0_cygs8avc bloomberg/20080702/ah0_cygs8avc Bloomberg Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- When President George W. Bush went to his first Group of Eight summit in 2001, a dominant issue was the dollar -- the strong dollar, that is. The U.S. currency was on a record-setting streak, and the free-marketeering president wasn't going to stand in the way. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080703/pl_bloomberg/ak7lkvt4eeuq bloomberg/20080703/ak7lkvt4eeuq Bloomberg Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:28:03 GMT Bloomberg - July 4 (Bloomberg) -- The quadrennial discussion of an ``October surprise'' centers this year on whether an international crisis would overturn voter perceptions of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama or Republican contender John McCain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080701/pl_bloomberg/a4tbbvlw0jtm bloomberg/20080701/a4tbbvlw0jtm Bloomberg Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:42:51 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would spend at least $500 million a year to promote community aid programs run by faith-based groups. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080630/pl_bloomberg/adkfd6p4yuoa bloomberg/20080630/adkfd6p4yuoa Bloomberg Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:51:15 GMT Bloomberg - June 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on some of the country's most divisive issues in its just-completed term. The court may have also injected itself into the presidential campaign. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/amrbgwmknfks bloomberg/20080629/amrbgwmknfks Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/amrbgwmknfks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080628/2008_06_28t133116_450x323_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=1CzXftLlP9jirXchCXhnJg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain speaks to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) 25th Annual conference and political convention in Washington, DC, June 28, 2008. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, in his sharpest attack yet against rival Barack Obama, said the Democratic presidential candidate's word ``cannot be trusted.''</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/amrbgwmknfks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080628/2008_06_28t133116_450x323_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=1CzXftLlP9jirXchCXhnJg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain speaks to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) 25th Annual conference and political convention in Washington, DC, June 28, 2008. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080701/pl_bloomberg/aix_or5pkp90 bloomberg/20080701/aix_or5pkp90 Bloomberg Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080701/pl_bloomberg/aix_or5pkp90"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.8aa3553a952441178de24204ed50772e.mccain_2008_pamo123.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Wk_rozUdr8DpPng6vBz2mA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy McCain participate in a town hall-style campaign event in Pipersville, Pa., Monday, June 30, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- As a senator, John McCain has condemned policies that pick market winners and losers, aiming particular criticism at government ethanol subsidies as a taxpayer rip-off.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080701/pl_bloomberg/aix_or5pkp90"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.8aa3553a952441178de24204ed50772e.mccain_2008_pamo123.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Wk_rozUdr8DpPng6vBz2mA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy McCain participate in a town hall-style campaign event in Pipersville, Pa., Monday, June 30, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080630/pl_bloomberg/aretofgf5zuo bloomberg/20080630/aretofgf5zuo Bloomberg Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:11:50 GMT Bloomberg - June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama said the U.S. can no longer afford to rehash the ``threadbare arguments'' of the 1960s over what it means to be a patriot amid a war and an election campaign to determine the country's future. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080628/pl_bloomberg/ae7x4t_vn4ws bloomberg/20080628/ae7x4t_vn4ws Bloomberg Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:57:20 GMT Bloomberg - June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, fending off Republican criticism that he's short on foreign policy experience, plans to visit Europe and the Middle East by the end of August, his campaign said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/adxigrysu5pa bloomberg/20080629/adxigrysu5pa Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned its clients last month that Barack Obama would be ``a negative for defense stocks'' if he became president, because he will cut weapons programs that generate the companies' biggest profits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080702/pl_bloomberg/atre1yqbr1su bloomberg/20080702/atre1yqbr1su Bloomberg Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080702/pl_bloomberg/atre1yqbr1su"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn54.020708055703.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=gajbASr1kyFrbpgDgnrGYw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials 25th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2008. Republican White House pick John McCain heads to Colombia Tuesday, on a trip also including Mexico, designed to draw sharp contrasts over trade and foreign policy with Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Mansfield, Ohio, town square hasn't seen a Democratic presidential candidate since John F. Kennedy in 1960. Barack Obama may change that.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080702/pl_bloomberg/atre1yqbr1su"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn54.020708055703.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=gajbASr1kyFrbpgDgnrGYw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials 25th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2008. Republican White House pick John McCain heads to Colombia Tuesday, on a trip also including Mexico, designed to draw sharp contrasts over trade and foreign policy with Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080702/pl_bloomberg/au8hbrcal4wi bloomberg/20080702/au8hbrcal4wi Bloomberg Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:21:23 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Republican John McCain met tonight with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to emphasize his support for free trade and the South American nation's fight against drug trafficking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080630/pl_bloomberg/a_igqjiry0cs bloomberg/20080630/a_igqjiry0cs Bloomberg Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080630/pl_bloomberg/a_igqjiry0cs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi89.260608224118.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=U4bkcvYqmotmuDRPI6zLFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A view of the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court struck down Thursday a campaign finance law that eased restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents who bankroll their own electoral bids, calling the rules unfair.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - June 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court thrust itself into some of the country's most divisive issues in its just- completed term. The court may have also injected itself into the presidential campaign.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080630/pl_bloomberg/a_igqjiry0cs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi89.260608224118.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=U4bkcvYqmotmuDRPI6zLFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court struck down Thursday a campaign finance law that eased restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents who bankroll their own electoral bids, calling the rules unfair.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/axcooughorfq bloomberg/20080629/axcooughorfq Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:07:46 GMT Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, an adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said Republican contender John McCain has oversold his military and national-security experience. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/ak_xnvep6m6s bloomberg/20080629/ak_xnvep6m6s Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:53:24 GMT Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, an adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said Republican contender John McCain lacks the executive experience for the job. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/aptvirsubnw bloomberg/20080629/aptvirsubnw Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:54:47 GMT Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, the presumed Republican nominee for president, offers ``more of the same'' energy policy as George W. Bush while gas prices rise to record levels, Jon Corzine, New Jersey's Democratic governor, said today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/ak5nxhxojru0 bloomberg/20080629/ak5nxhxojru0 Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:53:47 GMT Bloomberg - June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Janell Mader and Sheryl Randoll are undecided American voters, and Barack Obama has to show them he has the right stuff to lead the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080629/pl_bloomberg/amxc6iujduii bloomberg/20080629/amxc6iujduii Bloomberg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:30:35 GMT Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, in his sharpest attack yet against rival Barack Obama, said the Democratic presidential candidate's word ``cannot be trusted.'' http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080628/pl_bloomberg/a1zollsd6cqa bloomberg/20080628/a1zollsd6cqa Bloomberg Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:12:37 GMT Bloomberg - June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama wooed government officials from the nation's growing Latino community today in dueling Washington speeches.