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ABC will air "Pushing Daisies" in its usual time period on Wednesday night -- not the Barack Obama ad. The news ends a guessing game...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/29/2008
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ABC, which is the only one of the
networks that won't air Barack Obama's unusual 30-minute special...
during prime-time tomorrow, has taken a bit of a swipe at Obama and told its viewers not to watch Obama's appearance. A source sends over some video ...
(more)
ABC Tells Viewers Not To Watch Obama's Half-Hour Special ...
abcnews.go.com - 11/2/2008
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ABC Pushing ‘Daisies,’ Not Democrats
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... The Obama campaign is running a big media blitz on Wednesday night, with CBS, Fox, NBC and Univision all airing the Democratic presidential candidate’s muy mysterioso half-hour advertisement at 8 p.m., but ABC and the CW won’t be joining in the Obamathon. ...
I call SHENANIGANS!!!
Rising Hegemon —
Every network is airing Obama's half-hour special on Wednesday, taking his million dollars. But ABC, obviously in the tank for Obama is going to be giving McCain free airtime. ...
ABC won’t air Obama’s infomercial (Open Thread)
Rathergate.com —
CBS, FOX, and NBC will accept $1-million payments from David Axelrod and air Obama’s 1/2 infomercial on Wednesday night at 8p ET. ABC will air the regularly scheduled Pushing Daisies . I’ve heard no account of what will be in this infomercial, but I hope he doesn’t stoop to hawking a free DVD which teaches how to buy and sell houses with no money down. That would be particularly crass at this point. I will not watch either way. What’s on your minds this morning?
Remainders: Around the block
Ben Smith's Blog —
In Cleveland, early voters stretch around the block.
Warning: This edition of remainders is really, really long (blame Ben). Treat it like I just ate the whole of cheese.
A columnist warns that Obama voters will be damned for eternity.
Early voting sets records in Miami.
ABC blinked.
Joe the Plumber convinced one former Democratic speechwriter to support McCain.
The owner of the Miami Dolphins rushes to sell his team because he fears Obama's taxes.
The ...
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Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain —
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a 4-point national lead over Republican John McCain as they head into the final week of the presidential campaign, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
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