The Obama campaign has leapt on John McCain’s admission that he couldn’t remember how many houses he owns.
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US08 Media Wrap: VP hype hits overdrive
The Obama campaign is leaking VP announcement details, and McCain will announce his VP on his 72nd birthday.
US08 Media Wrap: Candidates sharpen knives over Iraq
The gloves came off over Iraq at a Veterans convention this week.
US08 Media Wrap: Musharraf, Georgia, dominate the campaign
The candidates are being forced to address a range of foreign affairs issues this week, from Georgia to the leadership shakeup in Pakistan.
US08 Media Wrap: McCain & Obama’s evangelical Q&A
McCain and Obama both gave hour long Q&A interviews over the weekend. They faced the same questions and gave interestingly different answers.
US08 Media Wrap: Did Obama flunk the “3 am phonecall” test on Georgia?
The Russian invasion of Georgia gives the US voters a look at how the candidates will react to foreign affairs emergencies.
US08 Media Wrap: Is Russia McCain’s “August surprise”?
The situation in Georgia has the US candidates on their toes.
US08 Media Wrap: Obama 2 TXT VP ANNOUNCEMENT
Obama’s promised supporters he’ll text them his VP choice before the official announcement at the DNC. Will McCain get on the online bandwagon?
US08 Media Wrap: Is Wikipedia McCain’s foreign affairs go-to tool?
McCain’s Georgia riff ripped from Wikipedia and Obama’s looking good for the ladies in the latest Republican ad.
US Media Wrap: Dodgy donations and the return of Nader
Dodgy donations, left handed candidates and that celebrity video.
US Media Wrap: A guide to 5 key campaign flip flops
As the war on words over energy policy heats up, here’s a guide to 5 key campaign flip flops.
US Media Wrap: Negative campaigning works: McCain claws back Obama’s lead.
Negative campaigning works: McCain claws back Obama’s lead.
US08 Media Wrap: Obama sells out on offshore drilling
Obama’s sold out on offshore drilling and McCain lied about supporting the Martin Luther King holiday. Who can you trust?
US08 Media Wrap: Has Obama played the race card?
McCain and Obama are engaged in a war of words over the Republican’s ad likening Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. So have we abandoned the detente of a few weeks ago?
US08 Media Wrap: Obama and celebrity, McCain and Rove
The Republicans are hoping their new ad, Celeb, will piece the Obamamania bubble by likening him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
US08 Media Wrap
Crikey presents the latest Guy Rundle video report on the US campaign trail, and our usual wrap of the US media coverage on the election.
US08 Media Wrap
Gallup polls show McCain’s leading - and so is Obama! Welcome to the newly streamlined US media wrap.
US08 Media Wrap
“Acting President” Obama is back from his overseas tour and focusing on domestic policy. But Iraq’s still dominating a lot of the media.
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Obama is still basking in the love of the Europeans, while McCain is dodging hurricanes and criticism of his Iraq policy back home. Is god a Democrat?
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Youngster Obama was supposed to be the one vulnerable to foreign affairs gaffs. But it’s McCain who is tongue-tied, exposing him to scrutiny about his age yet again.
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Get a taste of the best commentary from the US Media here.
US08 Media Wrap
The Republicans are crying media bias after the New York Times rejected an op ed piece by John McCain rebutting an earlier piece by Barack Obama.
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The big campaign news over the weekend was Spiegel’s interview with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in which he endorsed Barack Obama’s timeline for the withdrawal of US troops.
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First it was the Obama-Osama satire, now “the N word” is out there - and Whoopi Goldberg is making people cry on national television. Nice to see the US dealing with race relations in a mature fashion.
US08 Media Wrap: Bush’s final hurrah
The campaign marches on, but back in the White House, George W Bush is trying to ram through some last minute laws — like limitations on abortion laws — before he leaves office.
