CADH - Advocacy

Obama plays some hoops, works on speech (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.0835735c95bf438182441806be434929.democratic_convention_corg194.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=eXjanxPkhy8LxiR6jFVAAg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, joins his running mate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on stage after Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium and millions more at home how as president he would make a difference in their lives. 

McCain says no vice presidential decision yet (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.211a53993b9844da909f889801c34a79.elections_veepstakes_mccain_2008_ny133.jpg?x=130&y=47&q=85&sig=o.9MhkbspFQyzsmYW.zIvQ--" align="left" height="47" width="130" alt="Should Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain win, he would be 72 when he takes the oath of office, the oldest first-term president in U.S. history. He has survived three bouts of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, and acknowledges his choice of a vice presidential running mate will be of 'enhanced importance.' McCain is believed to be mulling over, from left: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former Ohio Rep. Rob Portman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Looking toward his turn in the spotlight, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain sought to siphon attention from Democrat Barack Obama's show in Denver by playing coy about his pick for vice president. 

Biden: Obama cannot win without Pennsylvania (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_biden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.73188a340a664e319b8dfdf8dcd775f2.aptopix_democratic_convention_codc152.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=zK9BmuD7bL_2vyTinvN06A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., wave at the crowed at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told Pennsylvania delegates Thursday that running mate Barack Obama can't win the White House without the Keystone State. 

Excitment, tears and Kumar on convention floor (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_walking_the_floor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080826/capt.b94ce5957b654f4b9858469bf8e87d2f.democratic_convention_comw102.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=lbMXfVE6fKNbRDoAf7eGxg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Actor Kal Penn, left, talk to national delegates Juan Perez, center, and Bernard Hill while working as a floor whip at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - You never know who you'll run into on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. It might be a football immortal, or a 1980s TV actress, or the former secretary of state. Even the star of the "Harold and Kumar" movies, an ardent Democratic activist. 

McCain ad to rebut Obama's DNC speech (Politico)
Politico - Tonight, John McCain will talk directly to his opponent in a television ad his campaign is airing in battleground states, around the time Barack Obama accepts the presidential nomination, McCain's campaign said.

Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080828/i/r291231401.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=aSinW0ff6gEg.Mm5mRUbTQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden applaud on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 27, 2008. REUTERS/Chris Wattie" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him. 

Some Clinton fundraisers squeezing money for Obama (AP)
AP - Alexander Heckler is working hard to dispel The Rift.

Joey Biden's Big Night (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - DENVER--Joseph Biden is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, widely respected for his knowledge of international affairs.

Friends: Abramoff a changed man, deserves leniency (AP)
AP - It used to be, when Jack Abramoff needed something, he had an address book full of powerful Capitol Hill contacts to call on, people he plied with expensive meals, campaign contributions and golf junkets.

Ohio man sentenced for writing racial hate letters (AP)
AP - A man who wrote hundreds of threatening letters over 20 years to black and mixed-race men including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison.

Russia says Georgian attack negated UN resolutions (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_eu/un_russia_georgia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080828/i/r567855950.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=GaIikJe08S8YgvJUu9oOMw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="An Ossetian woman inspects the ruin of her house that was destroyed during fighting in the village of Tkviavi near the border to Georgia proper, some 10 km (6.2 miles) from Tskhinvali August 28, 2008. Russia's envoy to the European Union said on Thursday he did not expect the bloc would impose sanctions on Moscow because of its military action in Georgia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (GEORGIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday he doesn't think Russia's recognition of two separatist regions in Georgia will lead to a new Cold War though he predicted a difficult period ahead in relations with the West.