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First thoughts: Not over 'til it's over

 
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Not over ‘til it’s over: Down in the polls with just 11 days left, the McCain campaign has used two of the biggest CW table-setters out there -- the New York Times’ Adam Nagourney and the Washington Post’s Dan Balz -- to argue that this race isn’t over just yet. Per Nagourney's piece, “‘The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000,’...( read more ) (link)

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