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huffingtonpost.com - 8/29/2008
Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama Goes On the Offense
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No, Barack Obama did not land a knockout blow tonight. But he showed that he fully understands that the best defense is a good offense. After weeks of absorbing punishment from John McCain, Obama went on the attack. Obama's decision to target McCain so closely was a risky strategy, but it ...

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The Moderate Voice:  Obama Defines Change Specifics And Answers And Defines McCain In Historic Speech

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Obama Defines Change Specifics And Answers And Defines McCain In Historic Speech
The Moderate Voice — ... his fitness for office and his liberalism? The fact that his mother was from Kansas? This was an angry speech as these things go, and (like Joe Biden’s) a dishonest one. If the McCain campaign wanted to provoke Obama, it succeeded. The political environment may be such that independent voters will have no problem with Obama’s stridency, the kind typically associated with VP nominee. But if they are that upset, Obama need not have given a speech. –The Huffington Post’s Jacob Heilbrunn: No, Barack Obama did not land ...

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