John McCain promised auto workers at General Motors to help make the company's long-range electric car a success as he outlined ways to help a state and industry hit hard by the economy.
"The stakes are very high for Obama," said Lee Hamilton, president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a supporter of the Illinois Democrat.
A federal judge in Columbus, Ohio, says Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr should be allowed to appear on the November ballot with the party's label.
While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do.
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