McCain camp hits hard tying Obama to Ayers

Oct. 9, 2008

With just 26 days left until the election, Sen. John McCain's campaign is staying true to its pledge to ratchet up the attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's judgment and character.

Bush: Election repudiation of GOP

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President George Bush said he doesn't view the 2008 election as a repudiation of his presidency, but of his party.

McCain makes quiet return to Senate

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., returned to the U.S. Senate seen by some as a potential ally of the man who defeated him in the presidential campaign.

Obama meets with McCain in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and former Republican rival John McCain pledged Monday to work together to reform the federal government

Obama, McCain to meet in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain meet Monday for the first time since Nov. 4, Obama's transition Web site said.

Analysts: McCain doomed from start

PHOENIX, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain lost his bid for the White House mainly because anti-incumbent fury doomed him from the start, analysts say.

McCain 'eager' to return to U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- John McCain, fresh off his White House campaign loss, will return to the U.S. Senate for a possible lame-duck session this month, staffers say.

KRG congratulates President-elect Obama

ERBIL, Iraq, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Kurdistan Regional Government Thursday offered its congratulations to U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden for winning the U.S. presidential election.

Oprah elated over Obama win

CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Media titan Oprah Winfrey says she's thrilled Democrat Barack Obama has been voted the next President of the United States.

Keystone State breaks Obama's way

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain's gamble on trying to wrest Pennsylvania's electoral votes from the Democrats didn't work Tuesday as the state went Sen. Barack Obama's way.

Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.

GOP strategist Rove sees Obama landslide

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Republican strategist Karl Rove said Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama would win Tuesday's election in an Electoral College landslide.

Sen. McCain casts vote in Phoenix

PHOENIX, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., voted Tuesday morning in Phoenix, quickly slipping in and out of the polling place at Albright United Methodist Church.

Campaigns' moods belie poll standings

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The campaigns of the two major-party U.S. presidential nominees went into Election Day in moods that belie their positions in the polls, observers said.

First voters go for Obama

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The first Election Day ballots of the 2008 U.S. presidential election have been cast with Democratic nominee Barack Obama the beneficiary, officials said.

Poll: Obama leads nationally

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain nationally, an Ipsos/McClatchy Poll indicated Monday.