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themoderatevoice.com - 10/18/2008
Chicago Tribune endorses Obama
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Most newspaper endorsements for Presidential candidates are worthless. Editorial staffs typically lean one way or another and predictably back the nominee of the preferred party. Sometimes the endorsement is hearty enough to merit attention; the Washington Post editorial of Obama was ...
chicagotribune.com - 10/17/2008
CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSEMENT: Chicago Tribune endorses Barack Obama for president -
— chicagotribune.com — Obama in Virginia Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama campaigns in Roanoke, Va. today. ( Getty photo... by Joe Raedle / October 17, 2008) (more) CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSEMENT: Chicago Tribune endorses ...

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Aerial photos of Obama's stunning State Senatorial experience
directorblue.blogspot.com - 10/18/2008
Aerial photos of Obama's stunning State Senatorial experience
— directorblue.blogspot.com — I don't hear much about Barack Obama's experience. So I decided to do a flyover of the... neighborhood where Obama served as a state senator. Specifically, the apartment complexes rehabbed and managed by his biggest backers. Folks like convicted felon ... (more) Aerial photos of Obama's stunning State Senatorial ...

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motherjones.com - 10/17/2008
The Right's Final Attack: Obama is a Black Muslim, Anti-Christian Socialist Plotting with an ...
— motherjones.com — With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, time is running out on the rightwing... effort to delegitimize Barack Obama. At the last debate between John McCain and Obama, McCain finally confronted his opponent directly with the Bill Ayers ... (more) The Right's Final Attack: Obama is a Black Muslim, ...

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The Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama
PoliGazette — ... But it’s clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment’s notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country. Now, some unfamilar with the editorial board of the Tribune are probably thinking, “that liberal rag.”  You might be surprised to hear that this is the first time they’ve endorsed a Democrat for president in their entire history.  The whole history after the jump. (H/T Elrod @ TMV) 2008: Obama 2004: Bush 2000: Bush 1996: Dole 1992: ...

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