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»  Third House loss shakes GOP, raises fears for fall
»  Summary Box: Third House loss raises GOP's fears for fall
Democrats
»  Unions turn toward Democratic front-runner Obama
»  Dems raise money together
»  Obama defends his patriotism, quarrels with McCain
»  Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy
»  Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks from her campaign plane on the tarmac in Rapid City, South Dakota Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, Sen. Clinton. Michigan and Florida can't save your campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario. Her position, pa...
Analysis: Gay marriage back as campaign issue
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses while speaking at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)WASHINGTON (AP) -- A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues. John McCain, t...
Unions turn toward Democratic front-runner Obama
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich.  Wednesday, May 14, 2008 after receiving the endorsement of former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards.    (AP Photo Adam Bird)WASHINGTON (AP) -- The union tide is turning toward Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama, but cracks are showing inside the labor movement as its leaders grapple with internal and external strife as the nomination race drags on. More and more labor unio...
Tenn. GOP mocks Michelle Obama's 'proud' remark
Michelle Obama smiles as she greets supporters, during a campaign event at the Botanical Gardens in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Michelle spent two days campaigning in Puerto Rico for her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-IL, ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Republican Party "welcomed" Michelle Obama's visit for a fundraiser Thursday night with an online video that takes the Democratic presidential front-runner's wife to task for a comment some considered unpatriotic. Michelle Obam...
Edwards endorsement pays off for Obama
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, wave to the crowd Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Mich. after Edwards announced his endorsement of Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee.  (AP Photo Adam Bird)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama collected the support of seven of John Edwards' Democratic convention delegates on Thursday, then gained the backing of four superdelegates and a large labor union as he marched steadily toward the party's presidential nomination. The...
Clinton scolds McCain for opposing farm bill
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks from the porch during a campaign event at Jones' Farm in Bath, S.D., Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BATH, S.D. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded John McCain Thursday for opposing the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is already competing against the certain Republican presidential nominee even as her chances of winning the Democratic nomina...
Old friends recall Obama's years in LA, NY
This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows the Democratic presidential hopeful, Obama, in New York City, while a student at Columbia University. Obama received his B.A. degree in political science in 1983 from Columbia. (AP Photo/Obama Presidential Campaign, File)NEW YORK (AP) -- The way Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when a large, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head. This was in the 1980s, a time when New York was a fearful plac...
Obama says Bush falsely accused him of appeasement
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to reporters on his campaign charter en route to Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama accused President Bush of "a false political attack" Thursday after Bush warned in Israel against appeasing terrorists - early salvos in a general election campaign that's already blazing even as the Democratic front-runner tries to s...
McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers his speech, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdra...
Fact check: Clinton vote claims under scrutiny
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertions that she leads Barack Obama in the popular vote are a stretch, at best. The New York senator is using such claims to shore up supporters and help justify why she's still in the Democratic presidential race despi...

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