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themoderatevoice.com - 11/3/2008
Is Cheney’s Endorsement Really a Bid to Seal McCain’s Defeat?
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The moment that Vice President Dick Cheney gave his public endorsement of John McCain and Sarah Palin for president and vice president on Saturday , the Obama campaign talked it up and went to work producing a commercial touting it. It’s understandable why the Obama folks would want to ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/1/2008
Obama On Cheney's Endorsement Of McCain: Congratulations, John!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In Colorado later this afternoon, Barack Obama will pounce on Dick Cheney's endorsement of John McCain earlier today. From the prepared remarks: I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That ... (more) Obama On Cheney's Endorsement Of McCain: ...

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Barack Obama For President
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/3/2008
Barack Obama For President
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — On a spectacular September morning more than seven years ago, our world changed. I remain one of those who believe that that day remains indelible, and its lesson unforgettable. The civilized democratic world came under attack from a small ... (more) Barack Obama For President

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Cheney: "The Right Leader For This Moment In History Is Senator John McCain"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/1/2008
Cheney: "The Right Leader For This Moment In History Is Senator John McCain"
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — It isn't every day that the Obama campaign alerts reporters to a glowing endorsement of McCain, but Dick Cheney -- he of the approval rating in the teens -- is another matter. So the Obama camp was quick to blast out to the press this vid of ... (more) Cheney: "The Right Leader For This Moment In History Is ...

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Althouse:  Why did Cheney endorse McCain? To hurt him?

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Why did Cheney endorse McCain? To hurt him?
Althouse — Mark Daniels smells a Machiavellian scheme: The fact is that Dick Cheney loathes John McCain. McCain went after the Bush Administration for what he saw as its incompetent conduct of the war in Iraq. Maybe even more unforgivable from Cheney’s viewpoint was McCain’s criticisms of the Bush Administration’s incarceration and interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.Obama clearly enjoyed it: Cheney had to know he would. ...

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