Published 10/24/2008
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) – The Republican presidential ticket is continuing to target Joe Biden's comments at a Seattle fundraiser last week warning of a looming international crisis, launching a new ad Friday that declares, "It doesn't have to happen."
"Listen to Joe Biden," the ad's narrator states, before playing a recording of the Democratic VP candidate saying: "It [...]
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