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Barack Obama is apologizing to a Michigan TV reporter for calling her "sweetie." Detroit correspondent Peggy Agar shouted a question to him during a campaign stop yesterday at a Chrysler plant. Obama shot back, "Hold on one second, sweetie," telling her there'd be a news conference later. He later left Agar a voice mail message to apologize. Obama told her he has a bad habit of calling people "sweetie." The message adds: "I mean no disrespect, so I am duly chastened on that front."
What does the John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama mean to his campaign? Will it help him with the working class voter, a constituency he needs help with? ABC Political Consultant Torie Clark says the endorsement actually helps Edwards more than Obama. Click here to hear the interview.
John McCain spells out his vision for the White House today. He looks ahead to the end of his first term, saying he expects to see Osama bin Laden captured or dead, government spending curbed and "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also sees getting rid of the April 15th tax filing ordeal, replacing it with a simpler flat-tax system. McCain also wants an end to political partisanship of the kind he says serves no other purpose than to gain a temporary advantage over an opponent. He calls it "mindless, paralyzing rancor" and says it must come to an end.
Jennifer Sharpe is one sharp cookie -- when it comes to selling Girl Scout Cookies. The 15-year-old from Dearborn, Michigan, sold more than 17,000 boxes of cookies. Jennifer was on a street corner with her mom everyday selling Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos and the rest of the cookie line.
