politicalwire.com - 7/30/2008
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You Won - Now What? Taegan D. Goddard is the creator of Political Wire, a political column updated around the clock with the most interesting news, buzz and commentary. Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have ...
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The Celebrity Factor
Political Insider —
Today, Sen. John McCain's campaign is comparing Sen. Barack Obama to celebrities like Britney Spears in both an attack television ad and a blistering campaign ...
Ex-McCain Aide Blasts Former Boss
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that McCain’s current campaign strategy “diminishes John McCain” and the recent ad linking Sen. Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears was “childish.” Said Weaver: “For McCain to win in such troubled times, he needs to begin telling the American people how he intends to lead us. That McCain exists. He can inspire the country to greatness. There is legitimate mockery of a political campaign now, and it isn’t at Obama’s. For McCain’s sake, this tomfoolery needs to stop.” Related on ...
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Keeping Track
talkingpointsmemo.com 7/30/2008 — I note with interest today, John McCain's new tactic of associating Barack Obama with oversexed and/or promiscuous young white women. (See today's new ad and this from yesterday.) Presumably, a la Harold Ford 2006 , this will be one of those ...
Weaver, McCain's Former Strategist, Calls "Celeb" Ad "Childish"
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 7/30/2008 — John Weaver, for years one of John McCain's closest
friends and confidants, has been in
exile since his resignation from McCain's presidential campaign last year. With
the exception of an occasional interview, he has, by ...
Change *We* Can Believe In
thenation.com 7/30/2008 — A Bipartisan Lovefest With Bankers Presidential Election 2008 Robert Scheer : This is a time to condemn the banking industry, not embrace it. So what do McCain and Obama think they're doing? Obama From the Agora History Tom Hayden : Assessing Barack ...
Obama on Offense in Florida
fivethirtyeight.com 7/30/2008 — Here's something interesting: a tally of campaign ad spending over the past seven weeks, as tallied by TNS Media Intelligence and reported by the New York Times . There's lots of interesting stuff to look at there, but what about those Florida ...
McCain Campaign Mocks Obama's Celebrity, Again
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 7/30/2008 — This time, it's a memo from campaign manager Rick Davis. Obama is compared to Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears... the memo drips with the type of patented status/class/cultural warfare that Republican political operatives used to ...
Obama Links McCain to Failed Economic Policies —
FOXNews.com 7/30/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he offers fundamental change from reckless Republican economic policies that he contended have hammered middle-class families and would continue under ...
Obama pushes economic relief in Missouri —
Reuters: Politics 7/30/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama pushed his plans for middle-class economic relief in a Republican area of Missouri on Wednesday, and said White House rival John McCain wanted to scare voters about an Obama presidency.
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