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Obama ad paints McCain 'out of touch'

 
(CNN) — Barack Obama’s campaign continued to slam John McCain for his house-counting gaffe Friday with a new ad and a dozen events in nationwide – mainly in fall battleground states — designed to paint McCain as wealthy and insulated from the nation’s economic woes. “Call it ‘Country Club Economics,’” says the announcer in the new [...] (link)

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