stump (POLITICS), sb's pocketbook

With everyone still waiting - and waiting, and waiting - for veep announcements, the Wall Street Journal tops its online newsbox with a new poll that puts US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain in a statistical dead heat. The Washington Post leads with a report on Obama's efforts to break the tie by appealing to voters' pocketbooks; the Democratic nominee lamented US job losses while on the stump in southern Virginia yesterday. The LA Times leads with a look at the candidates' tax proposals; economists say that both candidates' plans would likely add trillions to the national debt.

Obama Takes Stump to Europe

Democrat Greets
200,000 in Berlin,
Pledges Closer Ties

By JAY SOLOMON and MIKE ESTERL

BERLIN -- Barack Obama, seeking to burnish his image as a global statesman ahead of U.S. presidential elections, told an estimated 200,000 Germans here that he will work for rejuvenated U.S.-European ties.

華盛頓郵報
POLITICS
Stumping for Obama, Fenty Says Primary Is Important for D.C., Too
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty opened a D.C. campaign office for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama yesterday and used the occasion to stress the importance of Tuesday's primary election for a city that is seeking congressional voting rights and to urge residents to turn out in large numbers at the...
(By David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

stump (POLITICS) Show phonetics 巡迴演講拉票
verb [T] US to travel around an area giving speeches and trying to get political support:
She remembers when her dad ran for governor and stumped the north of the state.

The Caucus Blog

Clinton’s Firm Counterattack

By PATRICK HEALY 46 minutes ago

Hillary Rodham Clinton retooled her stump speech to take direct aim at Barack Obama and John Edwards.

stump (NO ANSWER) Show phonetics
verb INFORMAL
be stumped to be unable to answer a question or solve a problem because it is too difficult:
I'm completely stumped - how did she manage to escape?
Scientists are stumped by this mystery virus.

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pocketbook Show phonetics
noun [C] US
1 a woman's handbag:
I need a new pocketbook to go with these shoes.

2 sb's pocketbook the money that someone has or their ability to pay for things:
These new tax arrangements will hit everyone's pocketbook.
Voters don't all realize how much the results could affect their pocketbooks.