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McCain Makes Hay of Obama Inaugural Address Report
By Michael D. Shear MESILLA, N.M. -- Sen. John McCain this afternoon seized on a newspaper report that Sen. Barack Obama's staff has already written a draft of an inaugural address for the Democrat, mocking the presumptuousness. "When I pull this thing off, I have a request for my opponent: I ...
Krauthammer: McCain Gets My Vote
article.nationalreview.com — Don't count me among the wet-fingered conservative ship-jumpers. (more) Krauthammer: McCain Gets My Vote
New York Times Refuses To Believe Obama Will Draft His Own Inaugural Address
New York Times Refuses To Believe Obama Will Draft His Own Inaugural Address
thinkprogress.org — In an article about the upcoming White House transition, the New York Times’ Peter Baker and Jackie Calmes note that John Podesta “has been preparing for the task at the research organization he runs, the Center for American ... (more) New York Times Refuses To Believe Obama Will Draft His ...
McCain for President
realclearpolitics.com — WASHINGTON -- Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama ... (more) McCain for President
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Obsidian Wings — ... Podesta has been mapping out the transition so systematically that he has already written a draft Inaugural Address for Mr. Obama, which he published this summer in a book called "The Power of Progress." The speech calls for rebuilding a "grand alliance" with the rest of the world, bringing troops home from Iraq, recommitting to the war in Afghanistan, cutting poverty in half in 10 years and reducing greenhouse gases 80 percent by 2050." This has been picked up by John McCain: "Sen. John McCain this afternoon seized on a newspaper report ...

For The Record
Political Animal — ... : "Mr. Podesta has been mapping out the transition so systematically that he has already written a draft Inaugural Address for Mr. Obama, which he published this summer in a book called "The Power of Progress." The speech calls for rebuilding a "grand alliance" with the rest of the world, bringing troops home from Iraq, recommitting to the war in Afghanistan, cutting poverty in half in 10 years and reducing greenhouse gases 80 percent by 2050." This has been picked up by John McCain : "Sen. John McCain this afternoon seized on a newspaper report that Sen. Barack Obama's staff ...

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