All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) Standing beside John McCain at her first town hall meeting since being named to the Republican ticket, Sarah Palin was asked what specific skills she would bring to the White House to “mitigate that concern” of her perceived lack of foreign policy experience.

"Well, I think because I am a Washington outsider that opponents are going to be looking for a whole lot of things that they can criticize and they can kind of beat the candidate here who chose me as his partner to kinda tear down the ticket,” Palin said. But as for foreign policy, you know I think that I am prepared, and I know that on January 20th if we are so blessed as to be sworn into office as your president and vice president, certainly we'll be ready. I'll be ready. I have that confidence. I have that readiness and if you want specifics with specific policy or countries, go ahead. You can ask me. You can play stump the candidate if you want to. But we are ready to serve."

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CHICAGO) Barack Obama’s whirlwind trip to the Middle East and Europe was full of packed schedules, little sleep, and a cast of captivating international leaders. This was his first time abroad since announcing his run for the presidency. What did he learn?

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From CBS News' John Bentley

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) John McCain will go after Barack Obama this morning at a town hall here on his plans to talk about his policy for Iraq and Afghanistan before his scheduled visit to the region.

“He is speaking today about his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan before he has even left, before he has talked to General Petraeus, before he has seen the progress in Iraq, and before he has set foot in Afghanistan for the first time,” McCain will say, according to excerpts released by the campaign.

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From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

CONCORD, N.H. -- John McCain's campaign released a new ad, airing only on the web, that goes after Mitt Romney.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

DUBUQUE, IOWA -- Perhaps in reaction to a perceived slight from her rival Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton spent time laying out her foreign policy experience at a Dubuque campaign event tonight.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- On a tumultuous day in Pakistan, reporters pressed Mitt Romney on why voters should trust a one-term governor from Massachusetts to make important foreign policy decisions.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

MILFORD, N.H. -- Responding to comments made by Barack Obama yesterday where he claimed he had more advisers from Bill Clinton's administration supporting him, Mrs. Clinton said, “this isn’t a campaign about a list of advisers.”

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From CBS News' Joy Lin:

WEST DES MOINES, IA – During a media availability last night, Mike Huckabee said it was “sad” that his opponents attacked his recent foreign policy speech since “they themselves disagreed with many of the points of the president’s policy” but “don’t want to admit that they did.”

Huckabee pointed out that his argument for increasing lines of communication with other countries wasn’t a personal attack on President Bush. He also elaborated on his argument for increasing lines of communication with other countries.

“This isn’t about the president, it’s about his administration’s policies, and so what I clearly spelled out was that, we need to have the kind of policies more that resemble when his father was president – when we didn’t say that if you aren’t with us right now…then that means you’re with the enemy.”

From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

BOSTON, MA -- John McCain spent the morning with someone who knows a little bit about foreign policy: former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- The Obama bus tour ended its six-day tour of Iowa today at a foreign policy summit this morning, featuring experts Anthony Lake and Susan Rice. The campaign organized a similar event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in November.

Roughly 200 Iowa voters were invited to the event. The campaign said a large number of undecided voters attended, most of who describe foreign policy as a high concern.

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