Clinton for VP drive folds, as hopes for dream ticket fade


WASHINGTON - "Vote Both," a group dedicated to persuading Barack Obama to pick former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate, is folding, as hopes of a "dream ticket" fade.

Organizers Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Arora said they were halting their campaign, based on indications that the presumptive Democratic nominee was looking elsewhere for a right-hand man, or woman.   details

Obama damns McCain for taking 'low road'
by Jitendra Joshi

WASHINGTON - Democrats Thursday accused a "desperate" John McCain of offering voters a paucity of hope, after the Republican invoked Britney Spears to damn Barack Obama as nothing more than a glitzy showman.

Obama's White House campaign, berating McCain for stooping to the "low road" of politics, pounced on newspaper headlines across the United States that castigated the Republican contender's new negative tone.   details