Here are some of the hottest and most current stories on Senator Barack Obama’s 2008 :

The swing states of 2008
Salon - USA
Read Paul Maslin's article "How will Barack Obama get to 270?" here. By Thomas F. Schaller The presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were unique in American history in how little changed on the electoral map. States that were red in 2000 stayed red four years later, and states that were blue remained blue. Only three states changed hands…

Clinton to Join Obama As He Courts Female Vote
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama in New Hampshire on Friday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee began reaching out to female voters who had formed the backbone of Clinton's support in the primary season. The Obama-Clinton event will take place in the town of Unity…

Republicans admit Obama is winning the online battle
guardian.co.uk - UK
Barack Obama's campaign's superiority in its use of the internet as a political tool in the US presidential race was underlined in by a new media conference in New York yesterday, where senior Republican advisers admitted their party had become complacent in the past four years and lost the initiative.

Obama's Pocketful of Talismans
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama emptied his pocket at a town hall meeting here today, but it wasn’t loose change he showed the crowd. “People are so generous to me, investing their hopes in me," Obama said, holding up a cupped hand full of trinkets. "This I usually don't show in these town hall meetings. I have all these things that people give me -- all these different little good luck charms."

McCain's $300 million car battery
Chicago Tribune - United States
Forget Powerball….Sen. John McCain is offering $300 milion which is the size of the prize the government should pay for any runaway technology in the development of new car batteries, this is McCain’s answer to the “$4 per gallon” issue. . I guess someone should let John know that this technology is already available. Does "Who killed the electric car" ring a bell?

Obama banks on Hollywood
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP Barack Obama's gala fundraiser today will attract big-screen talent and boldface names -- actors Samuel L. Jackson and Dennis Quaid, model Cindy Crawford and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard -- and confirm again that the entertainment biz remains one of the most reliable sources of Democratic campaign cash. Hillary Clinton's withdrawal from the race all but guarantees a Hollywood windfall for Obama.

Bolton: Israel will strike Iran if Obama is elected
Ynetnews - Israel
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton,... believes Israel will stage a raid against Iran's nuclear facilities if Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama wins the upcoming presidential elections. Bolton said the IAF would likely strike in the interim term between election day (November 4th) and the inauguration (January 20th 2009) – while George W. Bush is still in office. "I think if they are to do anything, the most likely period is after our elections and before the inauguration of the next President," Bolton said in an interview with FOX News.