Day: March 29, 2008

Senator Barack Obama had a few words of advice Saturday for his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do not drop out on my account.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) – The Bush administration has jeopardized national security and the ability to intervene in world crises because of the huge U.S. debt held partly by China, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said on Saturday.

With a Yuengling and a "Terrible Towel," candidate woos voters in the blue-collar hamlets of western Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Upcoming Treasury Department proposals to make the Federal Reserve the chief regulator of U.S. financial markets and give it sweeping new powers won praise on Saturday from the central bank and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A plan would give the Federal Reserve broad new authority to oversee financial market stability.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, beginning three days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders who are seeking to reach a peace deal, said on Saturday she would push to ease West Bank restrictions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year….

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday she would push to ease West Bank restrictions but had not come to the region with proposals on how to bridge differences in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

An endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania underlined the ferment in the Democratic race.

HAMMOND, Indiana (Reuters) – Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday vowed to stay in the White House race, rejecting a fellow senator’s suggestion that she pull out to improve their party’s chances in November.