AP Campaign Minute

SelectPlusAP Campaign MinuteAP Campaign MinuteThe Associated PressHere are the top AP campaign stories for July 2nd: McCain campaign shakeup; Obama calls for more service: Did McCain rough up aide to Nicaragua's president?; Poll rates candidates' wives.Republican John McCain has shaken up his presidential campaign. Steve Schmidt, who's been an active part of the campaign for six months, will have an expanded role. The move comes amid criticism that McCain hasn't taken advantage of the fact that he locked up the nomination months before Barack Obama did the same on the Democratic side.Obama is calling on people to make the American dream a reality for everyone. He's calling for expanded public service programs. The Democrat wants to double the size of the Peace Corps and add to the size of AmeriCorps.John McCain denies a report that he roughed up an associate of Nicaragua's president during a 1987 diplomatic mission. The allegation comes from a fellow Republican senator. McCain is known to have a hot temper.An A-P Yahoo poll says 30-percent of Americans have a favorable view of Michelle Obama, while 27-percent have a favorable view of Cindy McCain. The same poll of candidates' wives shows that the Mrs. Obama's unfavorable rating is twice that of Mrs. McCain's. More than half of respondents said they knew little about McCain, compared to about a third who said they weren't informed about Obama. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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