McCain and Obama clash on economy

CEDARBURG, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years.

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Voters say economy overshadows political hoopla

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Trudy Tucker doesn’t know if the back-to-back U.S. political conventions addressed the financial worries she has raising four children — she was too busy to watch.

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Congress faces big push on offshore drilling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America’s pain at the gasoline pump has been years in the making, but there will be a big push in Congress next week, when lawmakers return from summer break, to fix the problem by expanding offshore oil drilling.

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Polling “bounce” from the RNC Convention?

After a brief breach of the 50% marker according to Gallup, both Rasmussen Reports and the Gallup Daily Tracking now show McCain/Palin in a close race with Obama/Biden, following Sen. McCain’s acceptance speech at the RNC Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Is this a “bounce” out of the RNC Convention? Probably not.
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Would Hillary be the nominee if Edwards had exploded earlier?

“I believe we would have won Iowa, and Clinton today would therefore have been the nominee,” former Clinton Communications Director Howard Wolfson told ABCNews.com today. Well, you know what, he’s probably right.
Obama won 37.6 per cent of the vote. Edwards won 29.7 per cent and Clinton won 29.5 per cent, according to results posted by [...]