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This time, Shaheen benefited from strong anti-incumbent sentiment that experts predict led to Democratic pickups in the House and Senate races and a presidential victory for Democrat Barack Obama...
...area is going to make a difference. Yesterday, John McCain greeted 1,500 at Pittsburgh International Airport, while Hillary Clinton stopped by a suburban Pittsburgh Obama office to encourage the troops. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, was campaigning with John Murtha up the road in Johnstown, trying to buck up the anti-war but veteran-friendly Democratic Congressman. Murtha's reelection once seemed inevitable, until he labeled his constituents "racists" and "rednecks" who would find it difficult if not impossible to vote for Obama. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...their insecurity about their jobs and futures in this country. And they're taking it out on the Republicans more than [on] McCain," Amandi says, noting that Latinos are also casting a voto de castigo - a punishment vote - on the GOP "due to their resentment over the party's anti-immigration rhetoric" (which Amandi notes is ironic, given McCain's support for immigration reform...
...hard state for Obama to win, she added. But he has the enthusiasm factor on his side. "You don't have the sense that people are rushing out to vote for John McCain. It's more of an anti-Obama vote than a pro-McCain vote...
...early October - the Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet with Buddhist monks and speak on spirituality. He will not, however, meet with politicians, as the Japanese government is careful to avoid criticism from China by meeting with the leader, whom Beijing accuses of fomenting riots in China and anti-China demonstrations...