tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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Obama Raised Nearly $750 Million, With Over $100 Million In Home Stretch
Barack Obama's fundraising for the 2008 campaign has now come to a record-breaking $750 million , a demonstration of just how successful his fundraising model of seeking small donors and getting them to come back again ...
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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 10/30/2008 — 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 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 10/22/2008 — 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 11/3/2008 — 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 10/23/2008 — 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 10/29/2008 — Obama To Air TV Special Tonight
Barack Obama is set to air his half-hour TV special on most of the major networks tonight, an experiment in long-form TV advertising that hasn't been attempted since Ross Perot -- and not by any major-party nominee in ...
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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 11/13/2008 — McCain To Campaign In Georgia Senate Race
The former GOP presidential nominee is set to campaign for incumbent GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss in Georgia today. McCain's planned trip raises anew questions about why the GOP appears to be outworking Dems ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/4/2008 — Poll Closings
Here are the closing times in some of the key states: Most of Indiana closes at 6 p.m. ET, with the remainder closing at 7 p.m. ET; all of Virginia, most of Florida and most of New Hampshire close at 7 p.m. ET, with Florida panhandle ...
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday Dec. 5th, 2008 —
CNN Political Ticker 12/5/2008
CNN: Has Palin snubbed Oprah?
Did Sarah Palin snub Oprah Winfrey?
CNN: Congressmen demand explanation on torture, pardons
Two key House Democrats demanded in a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Thursday that he explain his recent comments ...
Senior Democrats want Obama to keep FDIC chief —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Barney Frank said on Thursday he and Sen. Christopher Dodd are urging President-elect Barack Obama to retain Sheila Bair as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and possibly give her a larger role to regulate ...