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washingtonindependent.com - 10/20/2008
McCain Adviser Calls for Obama Financial Transparency
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Citing reports alleging that Sen. Barack Obama has received illegal campaign contributions from overseas, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis called for the Obama campaign to release its small-donor list ($200 or less) and live up to its promise of transparency.…
time-blog.com - 10/16/2008
Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain
— time-blog.com — From TIME's Amy Sullivan: In politics it is generally not considered a good sign when voters are... laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters who had gathered in Denver for Democratic ... (more) Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain

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blogs.tnr.com - 10/22/2008
How Obama Could Still Lose
— blogs.tnr.com — At our  election discussion last week at the Sixth and I Synagogue, Frank asked if anyone thought Obama... could lose barring some catastrophic external event. I happen to think Obama's chances of winning are upward of 80 ... (more) How Obama Could Still Lose

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McCain: Brother, can you spare a ruble?
Political Animal — ... campaign. In this connection we would like to reiterate that Russian officials, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations or the Russian Government do not finance political activity in foreign countries." Intrigued, I called the Russian Mission and a press officer there directed me to this item on the Mission's website. It seems that the McCain-Palin campaign sent a generic fundraising letter to Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly I Churkin. Accepting foreign money is, of course, against the law. The McCain campaign was, in effect, asking the Russian ...

B-B-B-But… KGB!!!!!
Comments from Left Field — ... Accepting foreign money is, of course, against the law. The McCain campaign was, in effect, asking the Russian ambassador for an illegal campaign contribution. ...

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