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Polls: Obama Way Ahead In Four Battleground States
A new set of polls from Quinnipiac gives Barack Obama very strong leads in four key swing states: He's up 52%-43% in Colorado, 54%-38% in Michigan, 51%-40% in Minnesota, and 54%-37% in Wisconsin. Three of these four states have gone Democratic ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/30/2008 — Polls: Obama Ahead In The Battlegrounds -- And Running Close In Arizona
The new CNN state polls : Obama is up 55%-43% in Pennsylvania; up 52%-46% in North Carolina; up 52%-45% in Nevada; up 51%-47% in Ohio; and is trailing McCain 53%-46% in McCain's ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/22/2008 — New McCain Ad: "I'm Joe The Plumber"
The new TV ad from John McCain, set to air in key states, features everyday people proclaiming their solidarity with Joe The Plumber against Barack Obama's tax policies:
One man reacts indignantly: ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/23/2008 — Polls: Obama Ahead In Florida, Ohio And Pennsylvania
A new round of Quinnipiac polls gives Barack Obama the lead in the three largest swing states. Obama is ahead 49%-44%, 52%-38% in Ohio, and 53%-40% in Pennsylvania. The Ohio result seems like an ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/16/2008 — New Obama Ad: McCain May Not Be Bush, But He Sure Votes With Him
The Obama campaign already has this new TV ad set to air on national cable, taking on John McCain for his declaration at the debate last night that he's not President Bush:
"You ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/1/2008 — McCain Playing Defense In Home Stretch -- Including Arizona
John McCain is spending the final days of the election by almost entirely playing defense in states won by George W. Bush in 2004. And perhaps most ominously for him, his final Election Eve ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/17/2008 — Obama Ad: McCain Will Tax Your Health Benefits And Cut Medicare
The Obama campaign has another TV ad in targeted states, warning voters that their health benefits will be taxed under John McCain's plan and he'll cut Medicare too, in an effort to ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/24/2008 — McCain Ad: An Obama Crisis "Doesn't Have To Happen"
The new McCain ad, which will air in key states, uses Joe Biden's gaffe about how Barack Obama will be tested in an international crisis, so as to warn voters that Obama is too much of a risk -- ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2008 — New McCain Ad: He's For "Workin' Joes"
The new McCain ad, set to air in targeted states, contrasts the two candidates and attacks Obama on the McCain campaign's apparent closing issue of wealth redistribution:
"For higher taxes," the ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/21/2008 — Obama Cancels Campaign Events To Visit Ill Grandmother
Barack Obama is canceling his campaign events on Thursday and Friday, in order to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii. Madelyn Dunham's health has taken a turn for the worse, and the ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/3/2008 — Quinnipiac: Obama Ahead in Big Three
The final Quinnipiac polls of the largest three swing states give Barack Obama stable leads of various margins: Obama ahead by two points in Florida, 47%-45%, unchanged from a week ago; Obama ahead by seven ...
ON THE TRAIL: Tuesday, Oct. 14th, 2008 —
CNN Political Ticker 10/14/2008
* Sen. John McCain participates at a rally at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA
* Gov. Sarah Palin participates in a “Road to Victory Rally” in Scranton, PA
* Sen. Barack Obama is in Oregon, OH with no public events scheduled
* Sen. ...
Joe Biden on McCain's tactics —
msnbc.com: Politics 10/14/2008
Hardball’s Chris Matthews talks with the Democratic vice presidential candidate about the GOP efforts to paint Barack Obama as someone who associates with terrorists, and not to be trusted.
Obama: The Sarah Silverman project —
First Read 10/14/2008
The New York Times looks at the Sarah Silverman project to get young Jews to go to Florida to convince their grandparents to support Obama. "This weekend was the first big test, a kickoff for the so-called Great Schlep, and so far, momentum has ...
Palin Takes the Fight to Biden’s Hometown —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 10/14/2008
Elizabeth Holmes reports from Scranton, Pa., on the presidential race.
GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin didnt let her itinerary stop her attack lines Tuesday, even if it meant going after her Democratic counterpart in his hometown ...