tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/24/2008
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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 -- with some truly incredible imagery:
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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 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 10/21/2008 — 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 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 10/23/2008 — 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 10/14/2008 — 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. ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/20/2008 — Poll: Ayers Not A Legitimate Campaign Issue, Palin's Selection Bad For McCain
A new ABC News/ Washington Post poll contains two particularly bad numbers for John McCain. First, 60% of likely voters said they do not think Bill Ayers is a legitimate ...
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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 ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/27/2008 — Obama To Deliver "Closing Argument" Speech
Barack Obama is rolling out his "closing argument" speech today, with the rhetorical points he will stress for the remainder of the campaign. There won't be any great substantive change, but this line from ...
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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 ...
McCain v Obama: Ignoring the context? —
First Read 10/24/2008
"While Republicans seized on Biden's remark to raise doubts about Obama, they ignored Biden's own conclusion about Obama's response to such a foreign test: 'They're going to find out this guy's got steel in his spine,'" the AP points out. "History ...
McCain targets Biden's comments in new ad —
CNN Political Ticker 10/24/2008
(CNN) – The Republican presidential ticket is continuing to target Joe Biden's comments at a Seattle fundraiser last week warning of a looming international crisis, launching a new ad Friday that declares, "It doesn't have to happen."
"Listen to ...