Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3167 Race for '08 - Barack Obama en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3167 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp ap/20080704/campaign_rdp AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte, Montana, attending a parade and picnic. It's a state that usually gives its three electoral votes to a Republican. Only two Democrats have carried Montana since 1948. Republicans typically take it for granted and Democrats usually write if off. But this year, Obama is spending a sizeable amount of time and money to try to win it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground ap/20080704/montana_battleground AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/montana_battleground"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.cab3f9c4400942e19834aceddee0ff3d.montana_battleground_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=56&q=85&sig=SWO8wVJiP_Bgh2wqVEjTPg--" align="left" height="56" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Saturday, April 5, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at the Adams Center at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown ap/20080704/2008_race_rundown AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:19:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.052b64536668430aa04edf0c2fdd4e84.mccain_2008_mxmo115.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=5s1e8NspNMw_OMV3HqCG1w--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tours Mexican Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapala section of Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - Obama struggles to explain how his trip to Iraq could refine his policy on US presence there ... McCain calls campaign staff shake-up part of "natural evolution" ... Obama says 'mental distress' not valid for late-term abortions</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.052b64536668430aa04edf0c2fdd4e84.mccain_2008_mxmo115.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=5s1e8NspNMw_OMV3HqCG1w--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tours Mexican Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapala section of Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq ap/20080704/obama_iraq AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:42:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.af7a6895c4b543a1993a7da082926926.obama_2008_ndjh123.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=fAtq5v8KxjYpBVNzq_mJEQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_georgia_senate ap/20080704/obama_georgia_senate AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:37:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_georgia_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.1394f5acaf4944f0850b44e91a56cd95.obama_2008_ndjh112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=jEH0H_Ao2TcguncwOVykLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Supporters wear campaign buttons supporting Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at Obama's campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama's presidential campaign distanced itself Thursday from a mailer by Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Vernon Jones that shows them together under Obama's signature slogan: "Yes we can."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_georgia_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.1394f5acaf4944f0850b44e91a56cd95.obama_2008_ndjh112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=jEH0H_Ao2TcguncwOVykLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters wear campaign buttons supporting Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at Obama's campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_convention ap/20080704/obama_convention AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:34:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_convention"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.4b211a2a9ce446ae90fb8101040f3606.obama_2008_ndjh125.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=tqpfMDxqK6iJfU4YzbZo.A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks toward the news media for a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama's campaign is considering having him accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High instead of the Pepsi Center, the chosen site for the Democratic National Convention, two people with knowledge of convention planning said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_el_pr/obama_convention"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.4b211a2a9ce446ae90fb8101040f3606.obama_2008_ndjh125.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=tqpfMDxqK6iJfU4YzbZo.A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks toward the news media for a news conference in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080704/us_time/mccainandobamaonpatriotism time/20080704/mccainandobamaonpatriotism Time.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:15:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080704/us_time/mccainandobamaonpatriotism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.a385f6fe12894d18ab299a6859ac28b1.mccain_2008_mxev110.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=ATEgst6VIamoiK2InR.dqg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves the stage for a media availability at a hanger at the Mexican Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapalapa section of Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - How the candidates define their love of country may help determine the election's outcome. TIME asked each for his view of the meaning of patriotism. Here's how they responded</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080704/us_time/mccainandobamaonpatriotism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.a385f6fe12894d18ab299a6859ac28b1.mccain_2008_mxev110.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=ATEgst6VIamoiK2InR.dqg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves the stage for a media availability at a hanger at the Mexican Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapalapa section of Mexico City, Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc nm/20080704/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:14:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t011550_450x410_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq_1.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=qm6rkFbp4Z_w98WJngydmA--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of armoured vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t011550_450x410_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq_1.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=qm6rkFbp4Z_w98WJngydmA--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of armoured vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usvoteiraqobama afp/20080703/usvoteiraqobama AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usvoteiraqobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa64.040708012723.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Y88Era1ZL1WipEATxBTNSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan to order immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/usvoteiraqobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa64.040708012723.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Y88Era1ZL1WipEATxBTNSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states ap/20080703/obama_red_states AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:02:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_red_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.b543b7748c01481b8c983cddbb5f74c7.obama_2008_ndjh108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Pjr0mz2AgQh3Ha9n4rQBjw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during his campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_abortion ap/20080703/obama_abortion AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:59 GMT AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_el_pr/obama_iraq_glance ap/20080703/obama_iraq_glance AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:10 GMT AP - Barack Obama's policy for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq as stated on his Web site: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc nm/20080703/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t173646_450x318_us_usa_politics_mccain_mexico.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=MUOw_XlhUwrN.PRd2xPQwA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy attend a news conference during a visit to a new federal police center in Mexico City July 3, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain took a veiled swipe at Democratic rival Barack Obama over trade on Thursday in the final leg of a Latin American trip aimed at showcasing the Arizona senator's foreign policy credentials.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_mexico_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t173646_450x318_us_usa_politics_mccain_mexico.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=MUOw_XlhUwrN.PRd2xPQwA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy attend a news conference during a visit to a new federal police center in Mexico City July 3, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*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/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq_dc nm/20080703/usa_politics_obama_iraq_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:55:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t165440_450x292_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ZCggAq9K3GTtykV8Qols3w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Washington, June 28, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama left open the possibility on Thursday of revising his 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq, saying he could "refine" his stance after he visits the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t165440_450x292_us_usa_politics_obama_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ZCggAq9K3GTtykV8Qols3w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Washington, June 28, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamanatoafghanistan afp/20080703/usvoteobamanatoafghanistan AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamanatoafghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa18.030708224651.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=wKkRpfmcqzI7bbA2t_j..w--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, will press European NATO partners for more troops for Afghanistan and to ease operational restrictions on those already there if he is elected president, a foreign policy aide said Thursday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Barack Obama will press European NATO partners for more troops for Afghanistan and to ease operational restrictions on those already there if he is elected president, a foreign policy aide said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamanatoafghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa18.030708224651.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=wKkRpfmcqzI7bbA2t_j..w--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, will press European NATO partners for more troops for Afghanistan and to ease operational restrictions on those already there if he is elected president, a foreign policy aide said Thursday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_dc nm/20080703/usa_politics_obama_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205327_450x307_us_usa_politics_obama.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9z5vB_MbJQOMYKSHQGxljg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to children in a summer youth program at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pushed deep into Republican territory in North Dakota on Thursday, saying he saw the potential for a significant political realignment in November's election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205327_450x307_us_usa_politics_obama.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9z5vB_MbJQOMYKSHQGxljg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to children in a summer youth program at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080703/ts_usnews/mccainswarserviceisofflimits usnews/20080703/mccainswarserviceisofflimits U.S. News & World Report Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:13:01 GMT U.S. News & World Report - Top Democratic strategists, and Obama supporters, warn their own to stay away from McCain's war record http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteeconomy afp/20080703/usvoteeconomy AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwy30.030708182217.photo00.photo.default-512x371.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=aHLdnjirKWswiwtSJ8jjvA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="US Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain addresses the audience during a town hall meeting at the National Constitution Center in June 2008 in Philadelphia. White House foes Barack Obama and John McCain Thursday jousted for political points on the prime issue of the economy, after new official figures showed a sixth straight month of job losses.(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)" border="0" /></a>AFP - White House foes Barack Obama and John McCain Thursday jousted for political points on the prime issue of the economy, after new official figures showed a sixth straight month of job losses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ts_alt_afp/usvoteeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwy30.030708182217.photo00.photo.default-512x371.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=aHLdnjirKWswiwtSJ8jjvA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain addresses the audience during a town hall meeting at the National Constitution Center in June 2008 in Philadelphia. White House foes Barack Obama and John McCain Thursday jousted for political points on the prime issue of the economy, after new official figures showed a sixth straight month of job losses.(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-the-middle ap/20080703/ap_yahoo_poll_the_middle AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-the-middle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.9d5db957cf4149cfa94027f6adc9a076.obama_2008_cojh106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=VJnVu0TXrzTNVhm8HSca2g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters after speaking at a campaign stop in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama08/*http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-the-middle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.9d5db957cf4149cfa94027f6adc9a076.obama_2008_cojh106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=VJnVu0TXrzTNVhm8HSca2g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters after speaking at a campaign stop in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)