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TUCSON, July 11 (UPI) — Research shows the circumstances of John McCain’s birth don’t pass constitutional muster for him to be U.S. president, a University of Arizona professor says.
 
A 1937 law granting citizenship to children of U.S. parents in the Panama Canal Zone came too late to apply to McCain, the U.S. senator from [...]

From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
McCain slammed economic adviser Phil Gramm for his “mental recession” and “nation of whiners” comment. He said he didn’t agree with him and even proposed a position in a McCain administration – ambassador to Belarus, “though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that,” McCain said.
“I don’t agree with Sen. Gramm,” [...]

 
NEW YORK — In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a football field rather than at the site of the party’s national convention.
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean acknowledged the decision to move Obama’s speech on the final night of the Aug. 25-28 convention to the Denver Broncos’ Invesco [...]

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) might have flirted with the idea of idea of enlisting his Republican colleague John McCain as his running mate in 2004, but he sounded distinctly less enthusiastic about the Arizona senator today on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Kerry, who is a strong supporter of presumptive Democratic nominee and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, [...]

With his pool crew in tow, Barack Obama headed to the Clark Chateau Museum, a stately brick mansion on Washington Street in Butte, Montana. The candidate was to do some sort of taping, the campaign said. We were initially told the taping had something to do with the DNC Convention, but the campaign later advised [...]

LAS VEGAS —Senator John McCain was performing relatively smoothly as he unveiled his energy plan.
He managed to limit the mechanical hand chops and weirdly timed smiles that can often punctuate his speeches. He delivered his lines with an ease that suggested a momentary peace with his longtime nemesis, the teleprompter. (He relied on a belt-and-suspenders [...]

The US state department has criticised reported comments by a defence official that it was increasingly likely Israel would attack Iran in the coming months.
An unnamed senior defence official told ABC News that if attacked Iran would retaliate against Israel and the US.
The official said Iran’s nuclear programme was nearing “red [...]

A would-be presidential running mate for John McCain is getting married after being dogged for years by homosexuality rumours.

Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, became engaged on Thursday to Carole Rome, a New York socialite.
They had been seeing each other for nine months and speculation was rife about their future, not least because of its [...]

Tired of having his patriotism questioned, the Democratic candidate has made Old Glory a major visual element of his campaign.
By Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 5, 2008
BUTTE, MONT. — Barack Obama, who once considered flag pins a shallow symbol, can’t surround himself with enough patriotic trappings these days.
At the [...]

WASHINGTON — How important is military service in this presidential election?
Republican nominee John McCain has a vaunted military record. Democrat Barack Obama has none. But four months out from the voting, Obama is ahead in national surveys.
History shows that whether a candidate has military experience rarely determines who’ll win election to the nation’s highest office. [...]