Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?...
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- It was a family Fourth of July for Democrat Barack Obama as his wife, daughters, sister and other relatives helped him make an Independence Day play for this reliably conservative state....
Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road....
Obama visits traditionally-Republican Montana
BUTTE, Montana (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....
Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November....
McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution'
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more national in scope....
Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy
FARGO, N.D. (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....
Obama says Jones mailer is not an endorsement
ATLANTA (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."...
Obama may accept nomination at Invesco Field
DENVER (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....
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