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A Sign That Obama Is Fighting Back
It's "crunch time," Barack Obama tells Karen Tumulty. Indeed. There are signs that Obama has taken his gloves off and locked them in a cabinet somewhere, maybe in Hawaii. The Obama campaign is officially sanctioning an attack on John McCain's wealth and lifestyle -- the first time they've been willing to go there. The proximate cause is McCain's fumbling answer to Politico about the number of ...
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What’s worse?
Sister Toldjah — ... regular people “cling” to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?  “The reality is that Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans.” Stop The ACLU  wonders, too, if ”57 State Obama” really wants to go there.  Oh,  let’s hope so. 

John McCain Doesn’t Know How Many Homes He Owns
The Moderate Voice — ... actually decided? Or are they going to continue to decide to play the game seemingly alone on an unofficial field by rules they set using themselves…rules by which the judges won’t definitely decide the game? Inquiring political junky junkies minds want to know: Is Obama going to fight the election the Chicago Way? Or the Transcendental Meditation Way? HERE’S A CROSS SECTION OF REACTION TO THIS STORY: –Marc Ambinder (a reliable reporter as well as an excellent blogger and writer): The Obama ...

Gotcha, McCain
Weekly Standard Blog — The party of John Edwards, Inc. and John and Teresa Heinz Kerry is having quite a field day with John McCain's statement that he's unsure how many houses he owns. McCain spokesman Brian Rogers responds: “Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people ...

Fighting Back
The Democratic Daily — Obama is finally taking the gloves off: It’s “crunch time,” Barack Obama tells Karen Tumulty. Indeed. There are signs that Obama has taken his gloves off and locked them in a cabinet somewhere, maybe in Hawaii. The Obama campaign is officially sanctioning an attack on John McCain’s wealth and lifestyle — the first time they’ve been willing to go there. The proximate cause is McCain’s fumbling answer to Politico about the number of houses he owns. (”. “I think ...

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