washingtonmonthly.com - 9/27/2008
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"John Was Right" Last night, the fact that Obama said that McCain was right on several occasions caused consternation among some liberals, and great rejoicing on the right. I didn't agree. It would have been one thing had Obama not...
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How Can You Work Across the Aisle If You Can't Even Look Across the Aisle?
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... The Washington Monthly: [T]he McCain campaign seems to think that pointing out the occasions when Obama said that McCain was right is a winning strategy. I think this is wrong, not only for the reasons I mentioned, but because it undercuts one of McCain's main lines of argument: that he is willing to reach across the aisle and work for bipartisan solutions, whereas Obama is not. ...
Let’s Not Get So Upset About “John Is Right”
Comments from Left Field —
... I’m with Hilzoy on this one (my emphasis immediately below and in quote from Pat Lang): ...
Bipartisanship
Shakesville —
The McCain campaign trotted out an ad before Friday midnight about how Barack Obama said "John was right" several times during the debate. They seem to think it's a winning strategy to portray Mr. Obama as a McCain supporter. Hilzoy disagrees: ...
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Next up: Biden and Palin —
CNN Political Ticker 9/27/2008
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