International Business News - Campaign http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate. A sampling from Friday night: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149843-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/fridays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/fridays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:00:29 EDT A pro-slot machine group has reported receiving $3.8 million in contributions, with more than half of the money coming from the Maryland horse industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/md-pro-slots-group-reports-3-8m-in-contributions.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:16:56 EDT Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy. A sampling from Thursday night: http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149085-mccain-2008-palin.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/thursdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/thursdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:24:12 EDT A campaign finance watchdog group on Friday filed a complaint with federal regulators against two groups--one pro-Republican and the other pro-Democrat--alleging they violated the law by airing political ads during the presidential contest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/watchdog-seeks-probe-of-2-political-groups-tv-ads.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:44:57 EDT Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time on Oct. 29, six days before Election Day. Obama campaign officials said the campaign had secured a 30-minute block of time at 8 p.m. on CBS and NBC. CBS already was juggling its lineup to accommodate the Democratic presidential candidate, moving back an episode of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/obama-plans-half-hour-tv-ad-days-before-election.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:43:19 EDT Which late-night comedian poked fun at the presidential candidates' debate performance? That one. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148302-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/wednesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/wednesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:19:40 EDT Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time on Oct. 29, six days before Election Day. Obama campaign officials said the campaign had secured a 30-minute block of time at 8 p.m. on CBS and NBC. CBS already was juggling its lineup to accommodate the Democratic presidential candidate, moving back an episode of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148077-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/obamas-ads-have-the-bucks-mccains-have-the-bark.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/obamas-ads-have-the-bucks-mccains-have-the-bark.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:53:33 EDT Nearly every TV ad Republican John McCain ran last week was negative, compared to just 34 percent of those by Democrat Barack Obama, according to an analysis released Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/report-obama-outspends-mccain-on-tv-ads.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:08:34 EDT Here are brief descriptions and fundraising totals so far for the 12 propositions on California's Nov. 4 ballot, according to campaign finance reports filed this week with the secretary of state's office: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/fundraising-breakdown-for-12-calif-measures.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:45 EDT Led by California's two largest utility companies, million-dollar donors have contributed more than 40 percent of the nearly $140 million raised so far to support or oppose 11 measures on the state's general election ballot. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/million-dollar-donors-flood-calif-ballot-props.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:27 EDT Political debates inform voters--and provide material for late-night TV show hosts. "Tonight's presidential debate took place in Nashville, Tenn. Which is perfect, because the economy right now is like a bad country music song: `I lost my girl, I lost the house, the dog died,'" Jay Leno said on NBC's "Tonight Show." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147434-aptopix-presidential-debate.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/campaign-comedy-tuesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/campaign-comedy-tuesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:02:06 EDT You'd hardly know the Democrats have even chosen a presidential candidate, judging from late-night comedy monologues. It was Republican John McCain and--oh, by the way--his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, who claimed most of the jokesters' attention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/campaign-comedy-mondays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:33:22 EDT One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145630-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/onus-on-mccain-to-turn-presidential-race-his-way.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/onus-on-mccain-to-turn-presidential-race-his-way.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:36:01 EDT One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145361-aptopix-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/onus-on-mccain-to-turn-race-around.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/onus-on-mccain-to-turn-race-around.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:25:06 EDT The vice presidential debate was the toast--make that roast--of late-night television, and that was before the event was held. Shows produced earlier than the match between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden at Washington University in St. Louis on Thursday made sport out of guessing at the outcome. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/campaign-comedy-thursdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:08:01 EDT Shooting a donkey, debating a tree stump and checking out Mexico from across the Arizona border were just some of the ways comedians suggested Sarah Palin was preparing for the vice presidential debate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144134-people-tina-fey.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/campaign-comedy-wednesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/campaign-comedy-wednesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:10:09 EDT Their messages run the gamut, but an explosion of outside advertising targeting the presidential candidates has the same goal: to provoke voters on issues from abortion and judges to killing wolves and John McCain's age. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/independent-groups-aim-at-mccain-obama-in-new-ads.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:39:50 EDT The Associated Press-GfK Poll on the 2008 presidential race was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Sept. 27-30, 2008. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,160 adults which included 808 likely voters from all states. Interviews were conducted with 889 respondents on landline telephones and 271 on cellular phones. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/methodology-for-ap-gfk-poll-on-presidential-race.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:06:23 EDT Nigeria's president says $3.4 billion has been recovered in an anti-graft campaign he launched on coming to power last year. President Umaru Yar'Adua was elected in May 2007 with a promise to tackle corruption in a nation regularly rated among the world's most corrupt. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/nigeria-says-3-4b-found-in-anti-graft-drive.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:35:14 EDT Here's a sampling of political comedy on late-night television from Tuesday night: "Republicans are blaming Nancy Pelosi for the bailout not going through. And Democrats are blaming it on an incomplete proposal by the Republicans. John McCain is blaming Barack Obama. Barack Obama is blaming John McCain. And Sarah Palin is praying nobody asks her what's going on." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/campaign-comedy-tuesdays-late-night-tv-wrap-up.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:27:54 EDT