By MIKE ALLEN | 7/26/08 6:06 PM EST Campaign manager David Plouffe says the smooth foreign swing by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will help win votes in the

Carolyn Kaster / - IN ASPEN: GOP presidential candidate John McCain meets with the Dalai Lama after his Denver address to Latino veterans.
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argued that a pullout can only be dictated by conditions on the ground.

By Robert Morgan • rmorgan@thetowntalk.com • July 26, 2008 More than half of the added voters are female (1675), Democrat (1600) and between the ages of 18

BY TODD SPANGLER • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • July 25, 2008 WASHINGTON - Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke today in support of Sen. Barack Obamas overseas trip this past week. He said it signaled a strong outreach to allies to join together on an equal basis without being dominant or dictating our position.
igence Committee. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has sought to clarify his position of late by saying he would certainly not go into any talk with world leaders unprepared -- but neither would he automatically refuse to meet with them.
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By Catherine Dodge July 25 (Bloomberg) - Political strategists and pollsters are on the hunt for the ``soccer moms'' and ``Nascar dads'' of 2008, the blocs of swing voters with enough clout to turn the tide in the presidential race.
Pollsters haven't yet popularized catchy labels for key demographic groups, like the minivan-driving suburban ``soccer moms'' deemed crucial in 1996.
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• The Washington Post - McCain may choose VP before Olympics begin on Aug. 8: "Anxious to counter the blanket media coverage that has followed Sen. Barack Obama on his overseas journey, Sen. John McCain is weighing whether to announce his running mate in the coming weeks before the spotlight shifts to China and the opening of the Olympic Games next month. 'He's in a position to make (the decision) on short notice if he wanted to,' said Charles R. Black Jr., one of McCain's top political advisers. Two top aides to the presumptive Republican nominee said the decision is likely to be announced after Obama returns from Europe on Sunday and before the Beijing Olympics begin Aug. 8."
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By Michael Falcone Senator Barack Obama arrived in Germany earlier today in advance of a highly anticipated speech he’ll deliver in Berlin.