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US President George W Bush will claim that the global financial crisis is not "a failure of the free-market system" in a speech later.

More video from the folks who had full access behind the scenes. And I think I’m just going to post all of these because they’re really great little glimpses into the 2008 election.

Looks like Barack Obama is hitting the ground running:

After making the first key appointment to his administration, Obama spoke by telephone with the leaders of Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico and South Korea, hastening the shift in political gravity away from President George W.

Bush.

The financial crisis, the Afghanistan war, climate change and the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises dominated the talks, according to accounts from the various capitals.

Online betting sites, also called prediction markets, were eerily accurate in guessing that George W. Bush would win the presidency in 2004. Can they do it again?

In New Hampshire Thursday, Barack Obama said he's not trying to run against George W. Bush. He said he's against the Bush policies that his opponent John McCain supports.

Obama also charged that McCain hasn't outlined anything he would do differently than President Bush on important economic issues.

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