New York - Every electoral campaign has its popular catch phrases that remain in our collective memory. In the US presidential campaign one of the catchiest is the Republicans' "drill, baby, drill."
The party of candidate John McCain has turned the phrase into a slogan for the extraction of oil and natural gas within the United States. The country's energy problem is of great importance, and has emerged as one of the great challenges facing the next US president.
Washington, Oct. 20: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has added over 150 million dollars in September to his campaign kitty.
His campaign released this figure on Sunday, a day before it must file a detailed report of its monthly finances with the Federal Election Commission.
According to a FOX News report, Obama''s money is fueling a vast campaign operation in an expanding field of competitive states. It also has underwritten a wave of both national and targeted video advertising unseen before in a presidential contest.
Washington, Oct. 20 : Aides to Barack Obama and John McCain are being briefed on national security threats well before inauguration day.
For the first time in American history, according to Fox News, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is vetting members of the next administration in an effort to make sure that staff members of John McCain or Barack Obama are ready to handle any national security threats, which ever one of them takes over as president.
Fayetteville (North Carolina, US), Oct. 20 : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has rubbished the McCain campaign''s oft-repeated charge that he is promoting a brand of socialism and welfare that could have dangerous implications for the future of the United States.
Taking McCain head on at a rally here on Sunday, Obama forcefully, called McCain''s tactics "the oldest trick in the book," a scare tactic, and nothing more than name calling.
Toleda (Ohio, US), Oct. 20 : Seeking to project himself as the defender of the American middle class, Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday said that he wouldn''t raise taxes on small businesses if he was elected the next president of the United States.
"I will keep small business taxes where they are, help them keep their costs low and let them spend their earnings to create more jobs, not send to Washington," the Washington Times quoted McCain, as saying in Toledo.
Washington, Oct. 20 : Both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his republican rival John McCain are reportedly banking on every early vote they can secure in key battleground states to win their respective bids for the White House a fortnight from now.
According to Fox News, McCain is, however, more selectively working to lock in the early votes of his most iffy supporters, figuring the rest will make it to the polls sooner or later.
New York - Every electoral campaign has its popular catch phrases that remain in our collective memory. In the US presidential campaign one of the catchiest is the Republicans' "drill, baby, drill."
Washington, Oct. 20: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has added over 150 million dollars in September to his campaign kitty.
Washington, Oct. 20 : Aides to Barack Obama and John McCain are being briefed on national security threats well before inauguration day.
Fayetteville (North Carolina, US), Oct. 20 : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has rubbished the McCain campaign''s oft-repeated charge that he is promoting a brand of socialism and welfare that could have dangerous implications for the future of the United States.
Toleda (Ohio, US), Oct. 20 : Seeking to project himself as the defender of the American middle class, Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday said that he wouldn''t raise taxes on small businesses if he was elected the next president of the United States.
Washington, Oct. 20 : Both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his republican rival John McCain are reportedly banking on every early vote they can secure in key battleground states to win their respective bids for the White House a fortnight from now.
