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by Chris Durden (ST. PAUL, Minn.) Kansas Senator Sam Brownback spoke in front of a packed house in St. Paul Thursday night. The one-time presidential contender spoke before fellow Senator John McCain accepted the party's nomination for president. Below is the text of Brownback's remarks: John McCain is a friend of mine, a colleague and an inspiration. He comes from the Teddy Roosevelt wing of the Republican Party. Bold and aggressive. Given to action more than words.

Press Release Bill Burton of the Obama Campaign "The speech that Gov. Palin gave was well delivered, but it was written by George Bush's speechwriter and sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we've heard from George Bush for the last eight years. If Gov. Palin and John McCain want to define change' as voting with George Bush 90 percent of the time, that's their choice, but we don't think the American people are ready to take a 10 percent chance on change.

RENO, Nev. - Democratic candidate Barack Obama is mocking his Republican rival, John McCain, for trying to distance himself from President Bush. Speaking Saturday at a baseball stadium in the toss-up state of Nevada, Obama said it is too late for McCain to say that Bush let the economy get out of whack. Obama puts it this way: "John McCain attacking George Bush for his out-of-hand economic policy is like Dick Cheney attacking George Bush for his go-it-alone foreign policy.

(WICHITA, Kan.) As James Tucker displays his Obama and McCain sculptures carved from wood for a family reunion, his sister Tilly ponders the possibility of a female vice president. "I think it's great but I would not want to see John McCain's vice president be a woman," Tilly Madden says. She says she'll still vote for Obama, hoping the Democrats will one day be the first party to cross that barrier. The Plaza of Heroines at Wichita Sate University honors women who are admired and emulated for their acheivements.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (AP) - John McCain is promising to make environmental issues a focus of his presidency. McCain, campaigning today in New Jersey, said there is "no doubt our environment is globally challenged," and added that he was proud of his environmental record. The presumed Republican nominee listed working toward a global climate change agreement that includes India and China as one the priorities would have as president. New Jersey environmentalists immediately challenged McCain's record on the environment, saying it put him "in lockstep with the Bush administration.

Charleston, West Virginia (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is the winner in West Virginia's Democratic primary. She takes home 16 of the state's 28 delegates. Barack Obama took away 7 delegates and is still the leader in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton's spokesman says the primary results show that voters "don't want to be told that this thing is over. " He says the people of West Virginia sent a very clear message that Hillary Clinton is the best person to take on John McCain in the fall.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories. McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree - and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they'll be donated to charity. McCain offered no further comment, except to say that the Republican National Committee doesn't buy his clothes.

by Cindy Klose (WICHITA, Kan) A Kansan  told the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, rural America can help John McCain win. Carolyn Dunn is a farm wife from St. John, Kansas. She previously worked in Washington, D.C. for the Department of Agriculture and also for Kansas lawmakers. Her speech talked about the importance of repopulating rural areas, keeping young people in the small towns that cultivate a strong work ethic and personal responsibility.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is calling for a "clean break" from the Bush administration's energy policies, which she says relied too much on importing foreign oil. In a policy address Wednesday in Toledo, Ohio, Palin says the recent drop in oil and gas prices shouldn't prevent the development of alternative energy sources. The Alaska governor renewed her call for more drilling in U.S. coastal waters and said she and GOP presidential candidate John McCain would press for the construction of 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030.

While Iowa holds its caucuses Tuesday night, Kansas Republicans are looking forward two months. That's when they'll hold their 2012 caucus. It falls on March 10th, the Saturday after Super Tuesday, when ten others states have primaries and caucuses. Bob Dool, the chairman of the Sedgwick County Republican Party told Eyewitness News, "we're hoping there will still be an active race at that point. We're looking at hopefully getting some candidates in here. " Dool says the caucus four years ago attracted more attention to Kansas.

While Iowa holds its caucuses Tuesday night, Kansas Republicans are looking forward two months. That's when they'll hold their 2012 caucus. It falls on March 10th, the Saturday after Super Tuesday, when ten others states have primaries and caucuses. Bob Dool, the chairman of the Sedgwick County Republican Party told Eyewitness News, "we're hoping there will still be an active race at that point. We're looking at hopefully getting some candidates in here. " Dool says the caucus four years ago attracted more attention to Kansas.

About 600 people showed up to see former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Andover for the latest stop on her book tour. The former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor is promoting "American by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag. " The book is her first since her memoir, "Going Rogue. " The tour began two weeks ago in Phoenix, the home state of her 2008 running mate, John McCain. People started waiting in line early Sunday morning at the Andover Dillions for wristbands and copies of the book.

By Chris Durden (SALINA, Kan.) Former Vice-Presidential candidate and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is coming to Kansas. Palin will speak at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce's Annual Banquet and Meeting on February 5th. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bicentennial Center . Location of Bicentennial Center "We are so pleased that Governor Sarah Palin has accepted our invitation to come to Salina as...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Singers Marc Anthony, Sheryl Crow and Jack Johnson will entertain inaugural ball-goers. Faith Hill, Carole King and Patti LaBelle will croon at special dinners honoring Joe Biden, Colin Powell and John McCain. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the lineup for Tuesday's 10 official balls celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration. Among the performers, the Derek Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi at the Southern Ball, Anthony at the Western Ball and James Taylor at the Eastern Ball.

MIAMI (AP) - When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. But, the Miami Herald reports, this was no prank. "I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me," Ros-Lehtinen told the newspaper. "They got Fidel Castro to go along. They've gotten Hugo Chavez and others to fall for their tricks.

by Jim Grawe (Wichita, Kan.) A Topeka man wants a national holiday named after Barack Obama.  Sonny Scroggins is organizing weekly rallies at a downtown McDonald's to promote the idea.  But a leading presidential historian isn't ready to jump on board. Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke at the annual meeting of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce.  Goodwin tells Eyewitness News the election of Obama may be historic, but he president-elect has yet to earn such an honor. "Now the task is for him to be a leader that is worthy of that election, and I think he'd be the first to say it's pretty premature to name a national holiday after me right now," Goodwin says.

by Megahn Snyder (NORTON, Kan.) On the same day President-elect Sen. Barack Obama takes his oath of office, Sen. John McCain will get his own inauguration in Kansas.  The "They Also Ran Gallery" in Norton will induct him into its collection of candidates who ran for the country's highest office, but lost. Map of Norton, KS Curator Lee Ann Shearer says she's already begun preparations. She has a picture of the Arizona senator, but she still needs to write a short biography.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they'll spend about $8 per presidential vote. With just two days to go, most national polls show Obama ahead of McCain. State surveys suggest the Democrat's path to the requisite 270 electoral votes - and perhaps far beyond - is much easier to navigate than McCain's.

WASHINGTON (AP) - After weeks of being out-advertised by Barack Obama, John McCain and the Republican Party are nearly matching the Democrat ad for ad in key battleground markets. Ad spending and ad placement data obtained from Democratic and Republican operatives show that in the closing days of the campaign the Republican voice has grown louder in states such as Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania. For instance, Obama had been scheduled to buy about $2.5 million in Florida ads for the last week of the campaign.

(CBS) With less than one week until Election Day, Barack Obama maintains a clear lead over John McCain in the presidential race, a new CBS News/New York Times poll suggests. The Democratic nominee now leads his Republican rival by 11 percentage points, 52 percent to 41 percent, among likely voters nationwide. A small percentage of these voters could still switch sides: The figures include both firm supporters of each candidate and those who lean towards one or the other but have not fully committed.