2008 Presidential Election News

A long way from Iraq and the war debate in Washington, Herman Moore sat outside a tent in a downtown New Orleans homeless camp, trying to make sense of a proposal that helps Iraqi war refugees but will likely exclude Hurricane Katrina victims.

'Messed up is not the phrase. I think you know the phrase,' Moore said. 'This place has been forgotten, just forgotten.'

The 56-year-old lifelong city resident is referring to Congress' plan to spend $212 billion to finance the war in Iraq. In the massive spending bill, $350 million is set aside to help Iraqi refugees while just $73 million has been allotted to help shelter physically and mentally disabled Katrina victims _ and that money could be cut as early as Tuesday.

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All of the seven Michigan superdelegates who had backed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday they've switched their support to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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The two main U.S. presidential candidates are mapping out campaign strategies to win the support of voters frustrated with a weak economy and prolonged war in Iraq.

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Angling for the backing of women voters, the Obama campaign has created a wide array of support groups: Prime Time Women for Obama, Boomer Women for Obama, Middle-Aged Women for Obama, Women over 50 for Obama, and even Obama's Mamas.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News made a formal offer to host the first proposed presidential town hall meeting between John McCain and Barack Obama, according to a letter being sent to both candidates Sunday.

McCain, the likely Republican nominee, last week asked his Democratic counterpart to join him in 10 meetings in the coming months, and campaign managers for both sides said they have agreed in spirit to schedule some type of joint appearances.

Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor who toyed with mounting his own independent presidential run this year, and ABC News President David Westin formally proposed in a letter to both candidates that the first meeting take place at Federal Hall in Manhattan.

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At a news conference yesterday, a reporter asked McCain whether Bush’s warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program, exposed in December 2005, was illegal. McCain said it’s unclear whether Bush broke the law by spying on Americans without court approval.

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton formally threw her support behind Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, clearing the way for Mr. Obama to head into the general election with a plan to challenge Senator John McCain in typically Republicans states.

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By Chuck Todd, NBC NEWS

WASHINGTON - A close friend of Sen. Hillary Clinton argues that “Coulda, shoulda, woulda” ought to be the title of any book written by one of her campaign staffers. No doubt, it would chronicle what went wrong with the most anticipated presidential candidacy in a generation. According to this same friend, this phrase is one that Hillary Clinton loves to mutter when folks try to tell her what she did wrong.

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Thursday, on right-wing host Mike Gallagher’s radio show, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay claimed that Obama is a Marxist.

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It’s difficult to overstate Barack Obama’s achievement in wresting the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Rodham Clinton—or the magnitude of the gamble he represents for his party.

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