eschatonblog.com - 10/27/2008
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I actually don't agree that McCain is somehow largely just a victim of circumstances. Leaving aside very recent history, he chose to be a Bush loving conservative instead of Mr. Bipartisan McMaverick or otherwise running against Bush. By Fall of 2005, it didn't take a genius to see that people ...
hillbuzz.wordpress.com - 10/27/2008
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hillbuzz.wordpress.com —
Please go to www.WeWillNotBeSilenced2008.com and watch the preview
of their documentary on the voter fraud and intimidation...
campaign SoetorObama engaged in throughout the Democrats’ primaries and caucuses. If you still wonder why people like us aren’t ...
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BREAKING: you know this audiotape is bad for Obama, ...
online.wsj.com - 10/29/2008
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online.wsj.com —
How ironic that Jeffrey Liebman (" Tax Plan
No Help to Middle Class ," Letters, Sept. 4)...
should charge Martin Feldstein and John Taylor with misrepresenting the candidates' tax plans just one paragraph after he blatantly misrepresents my work. ...
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A Bad Plan That Is Less Bad Is Still Not A Very Good Plan
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Nine days and counting
BlueNC - The people's think tank —
Hello Blue. Thought I'd make a cameo for the countdown.
Plenty out there to latch on ta.
• Palin keeps the wardrobe ball in the air
• TPM reader has an excellent point about Alaska and gifting
• Awful campaign or just bum luck?
• A chopped up 2001 interview dominates the universe — not (go look at Drudge if ya want, I'm not linking from here)
• Beer me some poll analysis, Nate
• Closing argument time
• The Fix says NC red, but hedges a bit on that
Ok, now go vote.
The Fates
Matthew Yglesias —
To be clear, I don’t think that denying that John McCain’s political problems are a result of poor political tactics is equivalent to saying he’s a “victim of circumstances.” He’s a victim of the dual facts that George W. Bush has made the Republican Party extremely unpopular, and of the fact that the national economy has been heading downhill all year.
But neither of those are just vague “circumstances” or bad luck they largely follow from the fact that policies McCain has embraced have had bad consequences. But to me the main difference between 2004 and 2008 isn’t that ...
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