pandagon.net - 8/18/2008
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by Jesse Taylor
Chuck Todd sums up the big media reaction to the Faith Forum event last night.
Quick first impressions: Obama spent more time trying to impress Warren (or to put another away) not offend Warren while McCain seemingly ignored Warren and decided he was talking to folks watching on TV. The McCain way of handling this forum is usually the winning way. Obama may have had ...
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No More Mister Nice Blog —
... -- I'm not sure it matters because, as Jesse Taylor says, he was a lot more interested in trotting out bits of his stump speech than actually answering the questions. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... -- I'm not sure it matters because, as Jesse Taylor says, he was a lot more interested in trotting out bits of his stump speech than actually answering the questions. ...
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