fivethirtyeight.com - 10/29/2008
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Look in later today for our On the Road piece from Wilmington, North Carolina. We're a bit ahead of our coverage, which occasionally happens out here with the long distances, input, output and timing demands. Tonight we'll be at the Obama-Clinton rally in Kissimmee, Florida, and we're breaking ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/28/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
The latest guilt-by-association target that the McCain campaign
is using to hit Barack Obama could carry some
collateral damage for its own candidate. As Politico's Ben Smith reported on Tuesday, the McCain campaign is demanding that the Los ...
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McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To ...
rasmussenreports.com - 10/29/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks
on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading
the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ...
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McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
article.nationalreview.com - 10/28/2008
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Gettin' Ugly
Talking Points Memo —
McCain mob surrounds two Cuban-American Obama supporters in Miami before police intervene to hustle the two away to safety.
"People were screaming 'Terrorist!' 'Communist!' 'Socialist!'", said Raul Sorando, of the two Obama supporters. "I had a guy tell me he was gonna kill me."
Sean Quinn has the rest of the report from FiveThirtyEight.com.
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McCain's Message Resonates
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
His closing arguments have reached the base: "People were screaming 'Terrorist!' 'Communist!' 'Socialist!'" Sorando said when we caught up with him. ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Fed cut interest rates to just 1%. The markets' reaction was mixed . * McCain fans get violent in Miami. * More of the same : "Authorities at the University of Kentucky are trying to find out who hung an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on campus." * Sarah Palin has already been the subject of multiple ethics complaints; what's one more ? * It looks like there are quite a few cheapskates in the Senate Democratic caucus. * The right is now ...
The Daily Blue America Report-- #6
DownWithTyranny! —
... America candidates for a day so we can offer everyone an opportunity to just sit down for 30 minutes and watch Barack Obama make the case for his presidency. Compare it to the vicious and negative John McCain campaign. This is what the country I love is all about. This is the inspiration and hope for the country I love. This isn't a message for Democrats or for Republicans. This was a message appealing to the best in each and every one of us. I'm betting the whole country except the narrowest of McCain ...
Hate Versus Hope
The Mahablog —
... they think of Mr. Obama, the word “socialist” comes up more often than not. They mention that he is a smooth talker, and not in a good way. A lot of them seem to have real problems with Michelle Obama, too, though they cannot pinpoint why.
Of course not.
And they do not much care for that Joe Biden, either, or whatever his name is — many cannot immediately summon it.
Can we say “low-information voter”? See also Sean Quinn’s account of a McCain rally in Miami.
Last night on ...
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balloon-juice.com 10/21/2008 — For John McCain :
As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as ...
McCain On Meet The Press: "I Believe I'm Going To Win"
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: 10/26/2008 — Republican John McCain on Sunday dismissed the sour poll numbers that show him trailing in his White House race against Democrat Barack Obama and said his campaign is "doing fine."
Interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," the Arizona senator said he has pulled closer to Obama.
Watch:
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It's getting ugly out there
politico.com 10/25/2008 — A McCain staffer was assaulted last night in Pittsburgh.
Via Drudge:
Pittsburgh Police are investigating a report by a campaign staffer for John McCain that she was mugged and the letter B was cut into her face following a robbery in Bloomfield ...
Who Do You Believe?
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/25/2008 — The McCain camp is denying that it was a campaign spokesperson who told local TV reporters in Pittsburgh that the "B" supposedly scrawled on the face of a young McCain campaign worker was a reference to "Barack" Obama, angrily carved into her face ...
Will has no use for McCain
washingtonmonthly.com 10/30/2008 — WILL HAS NO USE FOR MCCAIN.... It's probably fair to say conservative columnist George Will has been thoroughly unimpressed by John McCain of late. He's blasted McCain for "behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high." Will...
Stephanopoulos: Is There Anything McCain Can Do?
blogs.abcnews.com 10/15/2008 — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll. Among independent voters -- ...
McToast
americablog.com 10/16/2008 — FL – St. Petersburg Times (Editorial) "McCain's last offensive:" On the same day a new poll showed that voters' confidence in the federal government has reached an all-time low, Obama spoke with a reassuring confidence…But when the questioning turned ...
McCain Campaign, Right-Wing Media Pushed Ugly, Race-Baiting Hoax
thedemocraticdaily.com 10/25/2008 — So you know that ugly, Fox/Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a ‘B’ cut into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM?
Well — surprise, surprise ...
How McCain lost me.
althouse.blogspot.com 11/9/2008 — As promised , I'm mining my archive -- beginning in late August -- to try to understand how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ...
McCain pushes Obama connection to Khalidi —
CNN Political Ticker 10/29/2008
McCain is calling for the release of a tape from an event attended by Barack Obama.
MIAMI, Florida (CNN)- In a radio interview with Radio Mambi in Miami Wednesday, Senator John McCain said that the Los Angeles Times should release a tape of an ...
Obama mocks 'socialism' attack —
First Read 10/29/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones RALEIGH, N.C. -- At a rally here, Obama mocked his rival for linking his plan to end tax breaks for wealthy Americans and provide more tax relief for the middle class to “socialism."
“Because [ McCain ] knows that ...
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