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In his sharpest criticism yet of John McCain and Sarah Palin, Barack Obama went after the idea that the Republicans represent change while campaigning in Terre Haute, IN today.

The Page blog is reporting that Democratic activist and Hillary Clinton supporter Reba Shimansky has withdrawn her support of John McCain over his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia has refused to apologize for calling Barack and Michelle Obama uppity. He has released a statement claiming that he has never heard the term uppity used in a racial way.

Phil Hu is back with his liberal recap of Day 3 of the GOP Convention, "Is it me or is this the second night where the Republicans have attacked Obama for not having any details and then not offered any details or specifics of their own?"

While Republicans are busy trying to spin Sarah Palin’s fluff VP acceptance speech as proof that she is ready to lead, the campaign of Barack Obama put out a statement that called her speech well delivered, but more of the same old song and dance.

If you were watching the Republican convention last night, you probably noticed that not a single speaker mentioned the economy. Barack Obama noticed, and blasted the Republicans today for ignoring the economy at their convention.

The presidential campaign of John McCain put out an ad today that sought to redefine his running mate Sarah Palin as more of a reformer than Barack Obama. The problem is that this so called reformer is governor of a state that depends on big oil.

In case you have better things to do with your time, besides watching Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman put an entire nation to sleep, Phil Hu is here to recap the first two days of the Republican convention from a decidedly liberal point of view.

Although it defies all logic and common sense, the McCain campaign continued to paint Sarah Palin as more experienced and qualified to be president than Barack Obama. What is laughable is that the McCain campaign thinks that people will buy this.

This is the first installment of a five part series grading the two major party tickets for president. Educational background is a good place to start as it gives a view into the early adulthood of a candidate by offering an indication of what shaped them

While speaking to reporters in Fargo, ND today, Barack Obama suggested that he might not hold firm to his plan of getting all U.S. troops out of Iraq in 16 months.