Biden tells donors about taking job as veep

Joe Biden said that while he did not seek out the vice presidency, a moment at the Democratic National Convention in Denver between his granddaughters and President Barack Obama's daughters erased any doubt he had about taking the job.

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Palin, Biden a lively pairing for veep debate

Sarah Palin brought something more effective than facts and figures to an agriculture debate in the Alaska governor's race. She packed an engaging disposition.

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Style and substance at stake for Biden, Palin

One talks too much. The other hasn't talked enough.

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Politicians with children in war zones

Other national politicians with children who've served with U.S. military in Iraq or Afghanistan include:

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Palin's son's job to guard his commanders in Iraq

The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned to go there soon.

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Biden got Obama call during wife's root canal

Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal.

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Biden speaks — and speaks — his own mind

Barack Obama told everyone he wanted a running mate who will challenge his thinking, and now he's got one. Joe Biden's tendency to speak his own mind — and speak and speak — is entwined in his DNA.

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Veep short-listers mix positives and negatives

When Barack Obama shows up Saturday in Springfield, Ill., on his way to the Democratic Convention, he'll have his new running mate grinning beside him. But that man or woman is still unknown, even as speculation rises to a fever pitch.

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Warner takes self out of VP mix

Former Gov. Mark R. Warner on Saturday removed himself from consideration as a vice presidential running mate for Democrat Barack Obama.

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Obama ramps up search for a running mate

Barack Obama ramped up his search for a running mate on Monday, consulting with one congressional ally by phone and dispatching members of his vice presidential vetting team to the Capitol for meetings. Sen. Dick Durbin said he had spoken with Obama, his fellow Illinois senator.

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Polls suggest mixed effects of Clinton on ticket

Lots of Democrats love Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet plenty of Republicans, conservatives and all-important independents can't stand her, suggesting possible pitfalls for Barack Obama should he make her his vice presidential running mate.

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Are we going to see a less candid Joe Biden? While appearing on Face the Nation this morning, CBS host Bob Schieffer asked Vice President Biden how his new position might change him...

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(Video) McCain Aides Spill the Dirt: Irked Over Unauthorized Palin Shopping Spree   See more irresistible headlines

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Kathleen Parker speculates that the choice of controversial McCain running-mate Sarah Palin may have been influenced by the effect that Palin had on him in a non-professional sense. McCain's "wandering eye" and proclivities where women are concerned are well-documented.

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Obama today said that Biden was merely making the same point that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made to Bloomberg News yesterday, that "any period of transition creates a greater vulnerability, meaning there's more likelihood of distractionYou have to be concerned …

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(Video) Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama on Meet The Press Watch the video See more irresistible headlines

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CNN reports on Sarah Palin's connection to, and her husband, Todd Palin's membership in an Anti-American fringe group, the Alaska Independence Party (AIP) which was founded by a domestic terrorist.. See more irresistible headlines

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You don't think they're considering it? Funny flash pic. Imagine what Palin would be like in the Oval Office. PalinAsPresident.com, click on the various office objects. See more irresistible headlines

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When Barack Obama's campaign bus made a swing through Missouri in July, the unlikeliest of supporters were waiting for him -- or rather two of them, holding the banner: "Rednecks for Obama."

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Chris "Ludacris" Bridges won't have to worry about standing in line at his local polling station next month on Election Day. "I already voted," the Atlanta-born rapper-actor told the New York Daily News.

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We've been waiting three days for this moment.

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....We have enough political convicts, no need to import a notorious felon to be spokesman for opening ANWR.

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Speaking at an outdoor rally on a rainy and dreary day, Obama warned that the economy will continue to decline if new economic policies are not implemented.

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Co-host Whoopi Goldberg immediately checked her on the "hatemonger" label, saying in Wright's defense, "this person did not like America. As a black person, we are very, very lucky. You don't see where that's relevant?"

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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: One thing we didn't hear in last night's debate was John McCain launch the kind of personal attacks against Barack Obama that his campaign has been telegraphing would come.

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At rallies this week where Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made sinister insinuations about Obama, attendees yelled out "Treason!" "Terrorist'" and "Kill him!" in reference to Obama.

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Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain Tuesday agreed that one of the world's richest men, Warren Buffett, would make a good treasury secretary.

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Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.

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A heated exchange Monday morning took place after co-host Barbara Walters, asked Hasselbeck if it was wise for both sides to engage in "smears."

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McCain's Poor Judgment Led To His Capture as a POW

That's right, I said it. Since the McCain campaign has proven they're willing to say just about anything, allege anything, even questioning the patriotism of fellow US Senators, in particular Senator Obama, I'll simply play by the same rules.

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John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.

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Sarah Silverman & Leonardo DiCaprio: "Don't Vote" ..Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill can make even a voting PSA funny... See more irresistible headlines

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Third, opinions about Sarah Palin have become increasingly negative, with a majority of the public (51%) now saying that the Alaska governor is not qualified to become president if necessary; just 37% say she is qualified to serve as president.

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Since John McCain tapped the first-term governor to be his vice-presidential running mate, Palin's sky-high home-state approval ratings have come down to Earth (68 percent).

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The PBS journalist was walking downstairs in her Washington area home Monday when she reportedly tripped while carrying prep material for the faceoff between Republican nominee Sarah Palin and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.... See more irresistible headlines

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