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A tale of two buses
There are two stories about covering the presidential election today in the Los Angeles Times. Taken together, they're very interesting. Maeve Reston, who has followed John McCain, writes an embarrassing piece that seems more like the diary entry of a recently-jilted girlfriend. You should read ...
McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
rasmussenreports.com — After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading... the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ... (more) McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
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gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- The political landscape could be improving for Barack Obama in the waning days of... the campaign. Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Oct. 28-30 shows him with an eight percentage point lead over John McCain among traditional likely voters ... (more) Gallup Daily
The Undecideds
fivethirtyeight.com — Earlier tonight , I suggested that there were in fact proportionately more undecideds among white voters than... black voters, as the McCain campaign claimed today . This was based mostly on a recollection of numbers that I'd looked at several weeks ago ... (more) The Undecideds
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A Tale Of Two Buses
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — And the press coverage of two campaigns: This would seem to tell you something about the two candidates. One pouts over a perfectly valid question. The other shrugs off a published falsehood. No prizes for which is which. ...

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balloon-juice.com 10/21/2008 — For John McCain : As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as ...
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americablog.com 10/16/2008 — FL – St. Petersburg Times (Editorial) "McCain's last offensive:" On the same day a new poll showed that voters' confidence in the federal government has reached an all-time low, Obama spoke with a reassuring confidence…But when the questioning turned ...
Stephanopoulos: Is There Anything McCain Can Do?
blogs.abcnews.com 10/15/2008 — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll. Among independent voters -- ...
Final Debate, Final Analysis
commentsfromleftfield.com 10/16/2008 — Last night Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama shared a stage for what is most likely the last time during this presidential election season. It was the last best chance for McCain to force a game changer to save his flagging campaign, ...
McCain On Meet The Press: "I Believe I'm Going To Win"
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: 10/26/2008 — Republican John McCain on Sunday dismissed the sour poll numbers that show him trailing in his White House race against Democrat Barack Obama and said his campaign is "doing fine." Interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," the Arizona senator said he has pulled closer to Obama. Watch:  ...
What to Make of the Polls
anonymousliberal.com 10/29/2008 — This has been an especially odd election when it comes to polls. We're seeing an exceptionally large divergence in both state and national poll numbers, not only in absolute numbers but in trendlines. Both of these phenomena are worth pondering.  ...
How McCain lost me.
althouse.blogspot.com 11/9/2008 — As promised , I'm mining my archive -- beginning in late August -- to try to understand how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ...
Stephanopoulos Goes 4 for 4 in Declaring Democrat the Winner
newsbusters.org 10/16/2008 — Though he decided “this was John McCain's best debate,” Democratic operative-turned ABC News journalist George Stephanopoulos made it a “clean sweep for Barack Obama” as he declared on Nightline after Wednesday's third and final presidential debate: ...
York: I Am Not President Bush.
article.nationalreview.com 10/16/2008 — Who won? There seems little doubt that McCain scored many more points than Obama.
What Joe Doesn't Know
corner.nationalreview.com 10/16/2008 — John McCain was on tonight-sharp, confident, and powerful. I think he won this debate, although only on points. True, McCain needed something more than a narrow win, but I still think he did himself some good. On the other hand, even when Obama is on ...
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From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones SARASOTA, Fla. -- At an early vote rally in a county President Bush won the last two elections, Obama talked about new data showing an economic slowdown, saying they were a result of the failed, trickle-down ...
Fact Check: Did experts say Obama plan would 'destroy' 6 million jobs?CNN Political Ticker
Would Obama’s plan really cost the country jobs? The Statement In a news release Thursday, October 30, responding to news that the U.S. gross domestic product fell in the third quarter of this year, the campaign for Republican presidential ...
Obama campaign uses star power to court volunteers (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Edie Falco is fidgeting and looks nervous. The star of "The Sopranos" admits to her North Carolina audience that she's a product of lower Manhattan who barely understands voters above 14th Street. She talks for just five minutes and never ...
McCain, Obama: White House or bust?POLITICO.com: Politics
The loser is entitled to a consolation prize — an all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the United States Senate.
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Politico - The loser of the looming Barack Obama-John McCain contest is entitled to a consolation prize: an all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the United States Senate.