Under scrutiny from fellow Republicans that his campaign was poorly managed, John McCain put Steve Schmidt -- a veteran of President Bush’s 2004 campaign and a confidant of Karl Rove -- in charge of day-to-day operations and demoted campaign manager Rick Davis. Schmidt is the latest of several Rove associates to join the McCain camp.
Continuing his week-long series of speeches on faith, family, and patriotism, Barack Obama pledged to expand opportunities for public service and urged Americans "to step into the strong currents of history" and volunteer. He will speak about veterans in Fargo, N.D., on Thursday and will give remarks on family as he celebrates Independence Day in Butte, MT.
After declining to accept public financing dollars for the general election -- and following a month where he saw his fund raising dollars dip from their previous levels -- Obama will step up his schedule of big-money fundraising events, planning more than two dozen over the next t...
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About That Press Conference ...From: progressillinois.com
Post Date: 2008-06-02 10:46:21
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