MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Putting their political turbulence behind them, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton began a show of unity Friday aboard Obama’s campaign plane as it carried them to New Hampshire for their first public appearance together since the primary race ended.
After greeting each other with a handshake and a kiss on the [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The AFL-CIO has endorsed Barack Obama for president, uniting the nation’s 15 million union workers behind the presumed Democratic candidate.
The long-expected announcement was made Thursday after an unanimous vote by the labor federation’s 56 unions.
The endorsement by the nation’s largest labor organization was inevitable after Obama’s primary rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]

 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Sen. Elizabeth Dole has changed her stance on oil exploration off the North Carolina coast.
Dole said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday that she supports lifting a moratorium that has prohibited
exploration off the Atlantic coast. The Republican senator had long supported the moratorium, saying it was necessary to [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — A coalition of conservative groups rallied at the Legislative Building Wednesday to tell lawmakers they’re disappointed with their work.
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WASHINGTON — According to AdAge.com, MTV is now accepting political advertisements for the first time.
The station has declined political ads since it began in 1981. It has now changed course, but says it will only take ads from political candidates and party political committees, not from third parties.
What John McCain and Barack Obama put in an [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Eight political watchdog groups on Wednesday asked Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to disclose more about the fundraising for their presidential campaigns, including new details about those fundraisers who “bundle” tens of thousands of dollars.
“For those to whom much private money has been contributed, much is required,” the groups wrote, noting [...]

Check out this Web site organized by some Gen Y’s questioning the political and election systems:
 http://whytuesday.org/

WASHINGTON (AP) – John McCain’s stance on the war is unambiguous: He voted for it, supports the current enhanced U.S. troop presence in Iraq and vigorously opposes any timetable to withdraw.
The public’s stance on the war is as equivocal as McCain’s is not: A strong majority of Americans oppose it and believe it was wrong [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets – his top fundraisers – with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign.
Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Clinton pay back [...]