Bush confident Congress will quickly pass bailout
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AP - President Bush said Tuesday he is confident that Congress will reconcile differences and come together to pass a $700 billion bailout bill to deal with the financial meltdown that has shaken the global economy.
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Washington, not just Wall Street, bankrupt: Obama
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AFP - Democrat Barack Obama Monday warned the Wall Street meltdown was no mere "accident of history" but proved the need for sweeping change to purge the waste and abuse staining US politics.
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Clinton says Democrats should win this year
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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Barack Obama is going to be elected the next president and that she has "no doubt" about it.
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Palin to meet world leaders at UN
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AP - Sarah Palin is embarking on her first voyage as Republican vice presidential nominee into the arena of world affairs. And she didn't even have to leave the country.
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What if the bailout plan doesn't work?
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Politico - Lawmakers raised doubts Monday about what would be the largest government bailout in American history, but a bigger, more terrifying question lurked right under the surface: What if it doesn’t work?
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Poll: Clinton backers still think less of Obama
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AP - Some highlights of an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll conducted this month on how supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton are viewing the presidential election:
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How AP-Yahoo poll was conducted
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AP - The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that tracks the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign.
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Poll: Obama struggling to win over Clinton voters
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AP - Barack Obama's support from backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton is stuck smack where it was in June, a poll showed Tuesday, a stunning lack of progress that is weakening him with members of the Democratic Party in the close presidential race.
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Hunt for Palin hacker shaping up to be simple case
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AP - The hunt for the hacker who broke into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account is shaping up to be a remarkably simple investigation, by the standards of major cybersecurity whodunits.
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Palin skips fundraisers; focuses on prep, crowds
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Politico - John McCain’s campaign is scrapping, rescheduling or offering surrogates for nearly every one of the fundraisers Sarah Palin was to hold this month, instead having her campaign jointly with McCain, prepare for her sole debate next month and get some foreign policy exposure.
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Obama, McCain battle over financial crisis
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Reuters - Barack Obama proposed reforms on Monday to rein in practices that led to the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Depression, while White House rival John McCain touted his own remedies and accused Obama of failing to provide leadership.
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All eyes on payday lending struggle in Ohio, Ariz.
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AP - The payday loan industry is bankrolling ballot issue campaigns in Ohio and Arizona to preserve the average 391 percent annual interest rates they charge, as the two states become the focus of industry watchers and consumer advocates.
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Mo. gov. candidate stresses political background
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AP - His mother was the school board president. His father was the mayor.
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McCain campaign on easy street in Arizona
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AP - It's possible to argue that Barack Obama's campaign isn't a lost cause in John McCain's home state of Arizona. Convincing anyone is another matter.
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Obama Ad Targets McCain's Health Care Plan
A key element of John McCain's health care proposal is deregulation of the health insurance system. But a campaign ad for Barack Obama likens the plan to the deregulation of Wall Street and calls it a "prescription for disaster."
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