McCain's stump speech more about Palin than self

Two things jump out from John McCain's standard campaign speech: Sarah Palin and change. Mostly Sarah Palin bringing change.

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Obama's stump speech plays to fears, hopes

As Barack Obama paces before 15,000 people with a hand-held microphone, it's easy to assume his 30-minute talk is more or less a free-associating string of talking points and applause lines.

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It's typical for a presidential candidate to stop in Missouri's third-largest city right before Election Day. But as a rule, that candidate isn't a Democrat.

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Despite cold, windy weather, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin thrilled thousands outside Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, Missouri today, mixing in praise for the store and its founder with a standard stump speech criticizing her opponents' tax pla …

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A summary of the arguments raised by each of the candidates for the White House from the latest tump spehes and appearances in battleground states.

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All Obama Has to Say to Win is: "It's Still the Economy"; Meanwhile, McCain still doesn't know anything about that stuff and tries to blame Fannie and Freddie

In the 1980 presidential campaign (and I know I am talking ancient history for some of you) Ronald Reagan closed a debate appearance by asking the American people if they were better off today than they were four years ago.

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Here's your Barack Obama dealing with an angry dingbat who somehow got press credentials for a campaign rally at Ohio's Baldwin-Wallace College. The dingbat, identified as either "John Quinn" or "John Q.

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"This is our moment. This is our time," Obama said to overwhelming applause during a 25-minute stump speech in front of more than 17,000 supporters in the arena and another 2,000 in the Kohl Center's Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion.

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