Here are some of the hottest and most current stories on Senator Barack Obama’s :

McCain attacks hit Obama’s poll edge
AFP -
Biting attacks by Republican John McCain on Barack Obama have narrowed the White House race to a near statistical tie, as the foes gird …

Speaking to VFW, Obama Fires Back At McCain on Iraq
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama and John McCain escalated their debate over foreign policy Tuesday, as the Democrat struck back forcefully against charges that his views on …

Obama returning to Springfield; will running mate be with him?
Chicago Tribune - United States
Barack Obama will return to the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Saturday, where he launched his presidential bid in February 2007, and the Illinois …

Obama: McCain ‘doesn’t know what he’s up against’
The Associated Press -
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A combative Barack Obama said Tuesday that Republican John McCain "doesn’t know what he’s up against" in this election and challenged his …

McCain catches Obama in new poll
Boston Globe - United States
… says that after several weeks of unrelenting attacks in TV ads and stump speech, John McCain has cut a 12-percentage-point gap with Barack Obama to 2. …

The abomination that is ‘The Obama Nation’
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
But it doesn’t matter what Barack Obama or his party says about "The Obama Nation" or Corsi. Much of what’s in the book will blow away on a late-summer …

Ticket national electoral map: McCain trimming Obama’s lead
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Barack Obama in national polls. (See also how the experience factor is dramatically boosting McCain in today’s new LA Times Poll here too into a virtual …

Barack Obama close to naming vice-presidential running mate
Times Online - UK
Already the preliminary vetting stage is over, with candidates vying to be Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running-mate having prostrated their private …

Clinton To Stump For Obama In Florida
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
Hillary Clinton will campaign for her former Democratic rival Barack Obama in South Florida on Thursday, the Obama campaign announced. …

How Barack Obama can get his momentum back: talk about health care
BuzzFlash - Chicago,IL,USA
Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton: health care. But as horrible as our health care situation, we have heard virtually nothing since early June. …