The “real” McCain game changer as Vice President - Pick Hillary

In the race for who will be the Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican ticket, pundits and commentarists alike exclaim that Sen. McCain needs a dynamic choice - a “game changer” - that will somehow propel the party back to national prominence and expunge the significant defects of Sen. McCain’s voting record with some of [...]

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According to the latest Associated Press tally, Obama heads into tonight’s vote-counting in Montana and South Dakota with 2,094 total delegates, just 24 short of the number needed to secure the nomination. Clinton has 1,916 delegates.
Clinton campaign officials have said they will concede if Sen. Obama reaches 2118 this week.
Obama plans large Super Delegate [...]

FT: US begins to break foreign oil ‘addiction’

London, UK (FT.com): The US is starting to break its “addiction” to foreign oil as high prices, more efficient cars, and the use of ethanol significantly cut the share of its oil imports for the first time since 1977.
The country’s foreign oil dependency is expected to fall from 60 per cent to 50 per cent [...]