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Reports of stories leading up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election on November 4, 2008. The stories of the race between Democratic and Republican Party contenders for the top spot.

2008 U.S. Presidential Election


Obama Names Foreign Policy Panel
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:50:00 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has named a foreign policy panel of former U.S. officials from whom he will seek advice on weighty foreign policy matters such as Iraq and Afghanistan.   Full Story
 

McCain Pushes Energy Conservation, Oil Exploration
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:57:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO—U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain will call Tuesday for energy conservation and the lifting of a ban on U.S. oil and natural gas exploration to help address the nation' ...   Full Story
 

New Poll Sees Close Presidential Contest
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:56:00 AM
WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama opens the U.S. general election campaign with a narrow lead over Republican John McCain but the two score near even among independent voters, Th ...   Full Story
 

Obama Chastises Deadbeat Black Fathers
Monday, June 16, 2008 6:51:00 PM
In a speech on Father's Day at one of Chicago's largest predominantly black churches, Democratic president candidate Barack Obama chastised deadbeat black fathers."Too many fathers also are ...   Full Story
 

Carly Fiorina Woos Clinton Supporters for McCain
Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:55:00 PM
WASHINGTON—Republican John McCain enlisted the high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get women behind his campaign for th ...   Full Story
 

Obama, McCain Squabble Over Town Hall Faceoffs
Friday, June 13, 2008 9:34:00 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Barack Obama and John McCain, rivals for the White House, squabbled on Friday over terms for a series of face-to-face town hall meetings and each side blamed the other for an inability ...   Full Story
 

Possible U.S. Democratic Vice Presidential Candidates
Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:50:00 PM
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is in the early stages of what he says will be a deliberative and wide-ranging search for a running mate.   Full Story
 

Under Fire, Obama's VP Search Leader Steps Down
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:57:00 PM
CHICAGO—The chief of Democrat Barack Obama's search for a vice presidential running mate stepped down from that role on Wednesday over questions about loans he received from a company involved in ...   Full Story
 

McCain, Obama Stake Out Divergent Paths on Taxes
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:55:00 PM
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama staked out starkly opposing stances on taxes on Tuesday, with McCain promising corporate tax breaks and Obama pledging tax increases for many.   Full Story
 

Obama Backs Oil Profits Tax, Attacks McCain
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:52:00 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to tap into Americans' anxiety over high gasoline prices Monday by pledging to seek a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies if elected.   Full Story
 

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