Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during a town hall event at the Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 18, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)AP - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city where Obama launched his White House bid, a campaign official said.


Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:05 PM at Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama: McCain should stop questioning character (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual conference in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Democrat Barack Obama challenged Republican opponent John McCain on Tuesday to stop questioning his "character and patriotism."


Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:02 PM at Yahoo! News: Elections

Veep short-listers mix positives and negatives (AP)

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius speaks at a Michigan Women for Obama town hall meeting at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Sebelius, a possible Democratic running mate wouldn't say if she expects to be chosen by presidential candidate Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - When Barack Obama shows up Saturday in Springfield, Ill., on his way to the Democratic Convention, he'll have his new running mate grinning beside him. But that man or woman is still unknown, even as speculation rises to a fever pitch.


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Democratic convention to highlight "real people" (AP)

Workers hang Democratic National Convention banners outside of the Pepsi Center in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Denver will host the convention starting next week. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)AP - An Indiana railroader, an Iowa mother and a Michigan truck driver are getting a moment at the Democratic convention to help portray Barack Obama as the people's champion and counter GOP characterizations of him as an out-of-touch celebrity.


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University won't open Obama-related records now (AP)

AP - The University of Illinois on Tuesday refused to release records relating to Barack Obama's service to a nonprofit group linked to former 1960s radical activist William Ayers.
Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:48 PM at Yahoo! News: Elections

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greets members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars after speaking at their National Convention in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - As speculation over veep choice grows, Obama plans to visit Ill. capital where campaign began ... McCain flies to Gulf of Mexico oil platform, calls on Obama to support offshore drilling ... Western states, traditionally Republican, offer possible opening for Obama ... Obama tells military veterans that McCain is wrong to question his character and patriotism ... Atlanta fundraiser tied to Abramoff scandal figure brings in more than $1.75 million for GOP


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Obama bids for Western votes as key to victory (AP)

Barber Pat Welding, 58, cuts a customer's hair at a barber shop in Henderson, Nev., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. 'I registered Democratic because I was so mad,' Welding said. He noted the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Bush's justification for going to war, and said: 'It's a sham.' He said he'd vote for Obama because 'he's talking about getting us out of there.' (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Americans have trekked West in search of riches for more than 150 years — and Barack Obama is doing the same.


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McCain touts drilling agenda from oil platform (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to reporters after touring the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited this oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he claims would lower the cost of food and heating homes.


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McCain weighs a Lieberman surprise (Politico)

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., share a laugh while speaking to reporters during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Birmingham, Mich.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Politico - John McCain is seriously considering choosing a pro-abortion-rights running mate despite vocal resistance from conservatives, with former Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) very much in the mix, close McCain advisers say.


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McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event (AP)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves as he boards the Straight Talk Air campaign charter airplane, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in Orlando, Fla.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser that became high profile after a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff promoted it.


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