Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterPOLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday Oct. 17th, 2008
Published 10/17/2008 by shannanb at CNN Political Ticker
CNN: McCain faces uphill climb in campaign's final weeks
Sen. John McCain likes to say he enjoys being the underdog. After all, this is the relentless candidate who somehow managed to capture his party's nomination after the political world left him for dead in the summer of 2007.
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Senator Honorable in the Sewer
time-blog.com 10/17/2008 — Back in 2000, in South Carolina, the robocalls--and calls to local right-wing talk radio shows--were about John McCain's "interracial child" and Cindy McCain's drug addiction. They were a craven, disgusting tactic by the George W. Bush campaign. ...
time-blog.com 10/17/2008 — Back in 2000, in South Carolina, the robocalls--and calls to local right-wing talk radio shows--were about John McCain's "interracial child" and Cindy McCain's drug addiction. They were a craven, disgusting tactic by the George W. Bush campaign. ...
How I learned to stop worrying and love like Barack Obama
damianpenny.com 10/17/2008 — Jonathan Kay surprised many readers by endorsing Barack Obama for President, and now his mother follows suit. And if the election were held today (assuming I could vote, of course), I would vote for him, too. No, I haven't drunk the Kool-Aid. I've ...
damianpenny.com 10/17/2008 — Jonathan Kay surprised many readers by endorsing Barack Obama for President, and now his mother follows suit. And if the election were held today (assuming I could vote, of course), I would vote for him, too. No, I haven't drunk the Kool-Aid. I've ...
IBD/TIPP Economic, Presidential Election, and Political Polls -- IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Four
ibdeditorials.com 10/17/2008 — Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 McCain clung to a three-point margin behind Obama entering their last debate. The race remains a virtual dead heat among Independents, with 24% still undecided. Investors are also dead- locked, while non-investors ...
ibdeditorials.com 10/17/2008 — Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 McCain clung to a three-point margin behind Obama entering their last debate. The race remains a virtual dead heat among Independents, with 24% still undecided. Investors are also dead- locked, while non-investors ...
GOP Pamphlet: Ayers Is "Terrorist, Radical, Friend of Obama"
huffingtonpost.com 10/17/2008 — The Republican Party is blasting out a four-page pamphlet tying Barack Obama to Bill Ayers, who they say oversaw a "reign of terror" and is a "friend of Obama." The literature, sent independently to the Huffington Post by readers in Nevada and ...
huffingtonpost.com 10/17/2008 — The Republican Party is blasting out a four-page pamphlet tying Barack Obama to Bill Ayers, who they say oversaw a "reign of terror" and is a "friend of Obama." The literature, sent independently to the Huffington Post by readers in Nevada and ...
George Voinovich calls Barack Obama a 'socialist'
blog.cleveland.com 10/17/2008 — Sen. George Voinovich, what do you really think of Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for president? "He is left of Teddy Kennedy. With all due respect, the man is a socialist." Ohio's senior senator, a Republican, made his comments Thursday...
blog.cleveland.com 10/17/2008 — Sen. George Voinovich, what do you really think of Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for president? "He is left of Teddy Kennedy. With all due respect, the man is a socialist." Ohio's senior senator, a Republican, made his comments Thursday...
As McCain's Road Gets Steeper, Obama Warns of Overconfidence — Wash Post Elections 10/17/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Republican John McCain may have stayed on the offensive during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, but for the last 19 days of the presidential campaign he will be playing nothing but defense.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Republican John McCain may have stayed on the offensive during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, but for the last 19 days of the presidential campaign he will be playing nothing but defense.
Virginia Is Unexpected Battleground — Wash Post Elections 10/17/2008
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain will take different messages to different audiences in different parts of Virginia over the next two days, but they will have the same goal in mind: to urge their supporters to spend the final stretch of the campaign ...
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain will take different messages to different audiences in different parts of Virginia over the next two days, but they will have the same goal in mind: to urge their supporters to spend the final stretch of the campaign ...
Florida turns into tossup after financial meltdown
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/17/2008
AP - Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave ...
AP - Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave ...
Obama Hopes to Turn Reliably Red States Blue — FOXNews.com 10/17/2008
Democrat aims to gain ground in GOP states as John McCain looks to protect his turf with less than three weeks until Election Day
Democrat aims to gain ground in GOP states as John McCain looks to protect his turf with less than three weeks until Election Day
Making your vote count — First Read 10/17/2008
The RNC and the McCain campaign have gotten what they want: a headline that says the FBI is investigating ACORN for voter-registration fraud. An FBI investigation means the RNC and McCain camp can now use the phrase "FBI investigation" in their TV ...
The RNC and the McCain campaign have gotten what they want: a headline that says the FBI is investigating ACORN for voter-registration fraud. An FBI investigation means the RNC and McCain camp can now use the phrase "FBI investigation" in their TV ...
