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02/08/2008 21:05

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Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge - Obama calls McCain campaign cynical but not racist - McCain and N.Y. Times continue a long-running bout.



Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge

Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of joint appearances before the political conventions, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall.

Obama calls McCain campaign cynical but not racist

Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign is not racist but is cynical in trying to divert voter attention from the real issues of the presidential campaign.

McCain and N.Y. Times continue a long-running bout

It is a tradition at many kitchen tables to yell at the newspaper. At John McCain's kitchen table, it is becoming a tradition to yell at one paper in particular: The New York Times.

Bush rips Democrats for opposing offshore drilling

President Bush chastised Democrats on Saturday for refusing to allow a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling before lawmakers departed for their summer recess.

Bush sees sports, but politics abound at Olympics

President Bush is so emphatic about going to the Olympics in China that one might think flying halfway around the globe to attend the games is what presidents do.

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