Saturday, September 6, 2008

Politics

Clinton Avoids Palin Questions During Stump

Clinton brushed aside questions about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin during appearances at New York City's annual Labor Day parade and later during a stop on Staten Island. (File) Source: Getty Images/Win McNamee/Getty Images

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the nation's most-talked-about female leader.

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  • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.




    ">McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain?     AP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
  • Democrats post big gains in voter registration AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
  • Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe AP - Sat Sep 6, 7:31 PM ET
  • Sarah Palin has yet to meet the press Politico - Sat Sep 6, 6:21 PM ET
  • Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, signs autographs as she greets supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. Palin's husband Todd looks on and smiles. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
    McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain? AP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.

  • Linda Graham , right, holds the clipboard as Florence Dziamniski, 82, fills out the voter registration form outside the senior citizen's home in Clairton, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Five days a week, Graham trolls southwest Pennsylvania for unregistered voters, working to add to the big gains Democrats have posted this election cycle. Graham, 45, has taken three months unpaid leave from her job at Pittsburgh's Central Blood Bank to volunteer with Service Employees International Union. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
    Democrats post big gains in voter registration AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    CLAIRTON, Pa. - Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats — one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.

  • Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles as his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, talks about his accomplishments during an airport campaign rally Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
    Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe AP - Sat Sep 6, 7:31 PM ET

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Republican lawmaker wants the Democrat overseeing an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner removed because he seems intent on damaging her vice presidential candidacy.

  • US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Indiana. Economic issues dominated the campaign trail Saturday as presidential hopefuls Obama and John McCain battled over who could best lead the nation in troubled times.(AFP/Saul Loeb)
    Obama takes first hard hit at Palin Politico - Sat Sep 6, 2:40 PM ET

    TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Barack Obama took his first direct swipe at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, criticizing her for supporting congressional earmarks before opposing them.

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