By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Source: Jerusalem Post
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to stem damage from divisive comments delivered by his pastor, while bluntly addressing anger between blacks and whites in the most racially pointed speech yet of his presidential campaign.
Obama, the son of a white mother and a black father, expressed understanding of […]
by Domenico Montanaro
Source: MSNBC
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Huckabee celebrated the end of his presidential campaign by bowling water bottles down the aisle of his campaign plane.
Continuing a game that had been started the night before, Huckabee autographed a miniature water bottle and then bowled it down the aisle, trying to hit a full-sized bottle placed […]
By Orly Azoulay
Source: Ynetnews.com
WASHINGTON - When he launched his US presidential campaign, only few people knew that Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein. His political rivals, however, made sure to reveal this fact and attempted to paint him as a pro-Arab Muslim.Over the past few weeks, his rivals have spread rumors that Obama […]
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent
Source: Haaretz
WASHINGTON - A little while after the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War, a group of Israelis visited Senator John McCain in his office, armed with maps. Among them was the IDF military attache, Major General Dan Harel, and ambassador Danny Ayalon. The maps were laid out, a briefing was […]
By MICHAEL COOPER
Source: New York Times
Senator John McCain of Arizona won the most states and the most delegates on Tuesday, with impressive primary victories in the delegate-rich states of California, New York and Illinois. Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, revived his candidacy with victories across the South.
Their strong showings posed a serious challenge to […]
By JTA
Source: Jerusalem Post
Most of Rudy Giuliani’s Jewish backers will now back John McCain, McCain’s top fund-raiser said.
Fred Zeidman, a top lawyer and lobbyist with offices in Washington, told JTA that the former New York mayor’s fund-raisers, among them prominent Republican Jews, were coming over in […]
Mike Huckabee stands for Israel
An ordained Southern Baptist minister who has made his Christian faith a prominent feature of his campaign, Huckabee has been outspoken about Iran’s threat to Israel. “I condemn Iran’s irrational call for the destruction of Israel and its reckless defiance of the international community by its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and other […]
MANCHESTER, Iowa — It seemed as if everybody in this northeast Iowa town had squeezed into the Cedar Lodge Steakhouse one night this month for a John Edwards event.
Everyone, that is, except Mr. Edwards.
Forty-five minutes after he was scheduled to arrive, Mr. Edwards had yet to show up, and his campaign’s county coordinator, Judy McMahon, […]
