politico.com - 11/1/2008
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Senator John McCain has not answered questions from the audience since facing a belligerent crowd in Lakeville, Minnesota.
online.wsj.com - 10/30/2008
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online.wsj.com —
There is something odd -- and dare I
say novel -- in American politics about the crowds...
that have been greeting Barack Obama on his campaign trail. Hitherto, crowds have not been a prominent feature of American politics. We associate them with the ...
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Obama and the Politics of Crowds
dyn.politico.com - 11/1/2008
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First, there was the angry man who told
John McCain to hit Barack Obama where it hurts....
Then came the woman who called the Democratic nominee an Arab. And don t forget the man who stood up before a packed crowd and said he was scared of an Obama ...
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McCain avoids trouble from volatile crowds - ...
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The Saturday Word: Enemy Turf
The Caucus —
... a short while ago that the audience at a rally with Gov. Sarah Palin started chanting, “Vote McCain, not Hussein,” in reference to Mr. Obama’s middle name. Perhaps because of the tendency of some McCain supporters to be, well, politically incorrect, Politico.com suggests, Mr. McCain has stopped taking audience questions lately, despite his love of the town-hall format. Samuel G. Freedman’s ...
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Daily Kos —
... The Politico notes that McCain hasn't taken any audience questions since October 10th, abandoning his "town hall" format completely once it became abundantly clear that a large portion of his supporters are racist and/or nuts. ...
Rantings of a Sandmonkey —
... John McCain has a problem with his supporters: there is a segment that is intent on saying lots of dumb and stupid thing, no matter how much damage it could do to his campaign, in the name of "speaking truth to power". This has happened so frequently that the Maverick from Arizona is no longer taking questions from his audiences in his signature "Town hall meetings" with his supporters. Hell, he is no longer doing the Town hall thing at all anymore: ...
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