Friday, August 8, 2008

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Clintons want Obama to win — truly

Aug. 8: NBC's Andrea Mitchell talks with former Hillary Clinton campaign advisor Ann Lewis about whether the Democrats can unify for their convention.  (MSNBC)Hillary Rodham Clinton says she truly wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams. And she's going to keep saying it, despite the doubters.


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In corn country, McCain shares ethanol disdain

Sen. John McCain speaks to the crowd during a campaign stop at the Iowa State Fair Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.Republican presidential candidate John McCain told corn producers Friday at the Iowa State Fair that he didn't want to subsidize their ethanol but was eager to help market farm products around the world.


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McCain, Obama urge halt to fighting in Georgia

The major candidates for president on Friday called on Russia and Georgia to end their military action and appealed for more diplomatic efforts aimed at avoiding a full-scale war.

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Supremacists hope for boost from Obama win

March 18: Barack Obama gave the most expansive and intensely personal speech of his campaign in what many said was a politically necessary move. NBC's Lee Cowan reports.  (Nightly News)They're not exactly rooting for the Democratic candidate, but prominent white supremacists anticipate the election of the first black president  would trigger a backlash of whites rising up.


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Brownstein: On energy, candidates straddle center

Aug. 7: John McCain attacks Barack Obama energy plan, saying the Democratic presidential candidate's tire gauge proposal John McCain and Barack Obama agree on the need for more than one option to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but party differences die hard.


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