What’s new: Close race in Florida; Obama’s ad blitz; blogger Dean Barnett dies
Seven days to go in the 2008 campaign. Here is some of the political news making headlines this morning: • The Politico -- McCain needs Florida, but it looks tough: "Florida and its 27 electoral votes are essential to John...Cindy McCain’s half-sister dies
October 10th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Obituary, People in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
A half sister of Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has died of Alzheimer's disease, the Associated Press writes. According to the wire service: "Dixie Lea Burd, 74, died on Tuesday in Phoenix. She had been in...Biden’s mother-in-law dies
October 6th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Obituary, People in politics, Presidential race, 2008
Bonny Jean Jacobs, mother-in-law of Sen. Joe Biden, died Sunday afternoon after a long illness, The News Journal writes. She was 78. Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, will be off the campaign trail until at least Tuesday.What’s new: McCain rejects talk of single term; Bush praises his judgment on war
As we noted earlier, there was no real news overnight about a Democratic vice presidential nominee. But here are some of the other campaign and political stories making headlines this morning: • The Politico -- McCain rules out any "single-term"...Reports were wrong: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has not died
Update at 2:32 p.m. ET: Our original headline on this post was "Reports: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died." Hospital officials in Cleveland just said she is intensive care, but has not died. The Plain Dealer and CNN earlier reported...McCain begins weekly radio addresses; Obama ad says rival is ‘makin’ stuff up;’ Newsweek poll tightens
July 12th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Morning briefing, Obituary, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans, What's new
First, some sad news to pass along: Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died today. He was 53 and had been battling colon cancer. On the campaign trail: • Newsweek says its latest poll on the presidential race gives...