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While Barack Obama and John McCain are so far keeping their vice president picks to themselves, voters here in the Hudson Valley are talking.

Washington: U.S. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain on Wednesday rode out intense speculation about their choice of running mates and took their campaigns to key battleground states, each candidate hoping to ...

Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife ...

Sen. Joe Biden's emergence at the center of speculation about who will be Barack Obama's running mate may say more about Obama's challenges in the presidential race than it does about the final selection.

Obama is keeping his decision quiet, but his staff in Chicago and party activists are buzzing about Biden, in large part because he can address two of Obama's biggest weaknesses _ his lack of experience, especially on world affairs, and his reluctance to attack his opponent.

Obama plans to appear with his newly selected running mate Saturday, with the pick announced via text message to supporters. Obama also is believed to be considering Govs. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana.

Democrat Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to create millions of union jobs in alternative energy and end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas, using tough new populist language to convince voters that he, not rival John McCain, is best positioned to lift the limping U.S. economy.

Obama was on a two-day bus tour through Virginia, a likely general election battleground state, amid frenzied speculation about when he would announce his running mate. He brushed off questions about his choice during a morning visit to a farmer's market in Greensboro, N.C., before boarding the bus.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting 'a little testy' as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race.

'I honor his service. I don't honor his policies. I don't honor his politics,' Obama said, taking on his GOP opponent with renewed vigor while some Democrats fret that their candidate has not been aggressive enough.

As the campaign turns increasingly negative, both candidates unveiled fresh attack advertisements ahead of their back-to-back national conventions.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain told voters on Wednesday he is not challenging Barack Obama's patriotism in criticizing his call to pull out of Iraq, only the judgment of his Democratic rival.

A Republican official told The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention.

President Bush is defending his line-in-the-sand approach to the fight against Islamic terrorism, following presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama in a speech to a major veterans group. His address Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., is to highlight themes GOP hopeful McCain has been using to argue that he is better qualified to be commander in chief than Obama, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting.

Bush, in remarks to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, also was expected to address the conflict between Russia and Georgia, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Tuesday.

Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The campaigns made their decision known on the same day that a group backing community service on that day called on the candidates to refrain from partisan campaigning. The group, MyGoodDeed.org, wants Sept. 11 to become a national day of voluntary service and asked that Obama and McCain perform acts of community service instead.

A combative Barack Obama said Tuesday that Republican John McCain 'doesn't know what he's up against' in this election and challenged his rival to stop questioning his character and patriotism.

Obama, campaigning in a state where he hopes to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win in more than three decades, implored his supporters to fight for the presidency.

'Our job in this election is not just 'win,' although I'm a big believer in winning,' Obama said during the rally. 'I don't intend to lose this election. John McCain doesn't know what he's up against.'

Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight." So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces.

Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq 'is finally in sight.' So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces.

The argument over the unpopular war _ a key issue separating the candidates _ flared again Monday after McCain spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, a friendly audience given his service as a Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

Overshadowing the back and forth this week is the mounting speculation about who Obama will choose to be his vice presidential running mate. An announcement is expected within days. Obama is believed to have narrowed the field to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. His vanquished rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also remained a possibility.

Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq 'is finally in sight.' So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces.

The argument over the unpopular war _ a key issue separating the candidates _ flared again Monday after McCain spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, a friendly audience given his service as a Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

Overshadowing the back and forth this week is the mounting speculation about who Obama will choose to be his vice presidential running mate. An announcement is expected within days. Obama is believed to have narrowed the field to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. His vanquished rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also remained a possibility.

Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq 'is finally in sight.' So why, asked Democrat Barack Obama, does his presidential opponent still oppose a timetable for withdrawing American forces.

The argument over the unpopular war _ a key issue separating the candidates _ flared again Monday after McCain spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, a friendly audience given his service as a Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

Overshadowing the back and forth this week is the mounting speculation about who Obama will choose to be his vice presidential running mate. An announcement is expected within days. Obama is believed to have narrowed the field to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. His vanquished rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also remained a possibility.

John McCain told fellow veterans Monday that Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

McCain said Obama placed his political self-interest ahead of his country's, a theme the Arizona Republican has often repeated. McCain told a friendly convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that Obama's positions changed as his political ambitions grew.

'With less than three months to go before the election, a lot of people are still trying to square Sen. Obama's varying positions on the surge in Iraq. First, he opposed the surge and confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge,' McCain said.

John McCain told fellow veterans Monday that Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

McCain said Obama placed his political self-interest ahead of his country's, a theme the Arizona Republican has often repeated. McCain told a friendly convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that Obama's positions changed as his political ambitions grew.

'With less than three months to go before the election, a lot of people are still trying to square Sen. Obama's varying positions on the surge in Iraq. First, he opposed the surge and confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge,' McCain said.

John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

No, really. The Obama camp and its media water-carriers are seriously accusing John McCain of "cheating" in his appearance over the weekend at Rick Warren's Saddleback church forum because he was in his ...

John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as Monday.

McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting, visited the Orange County Emergency Operations Center near Orlando shortly after flying from Long Beach, Calif. Speaking to a pool of reporters, he was optimistic that local and federal officials will work together if the storm strikes.

'The good news is, obviously, no state is better prepared or organized to deal with whatever comes this way than the state of Florida,' McCain told reporters after his briefing.