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johnmccain.com - 10/20/2008
McCain-Palin 2008
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During Barack Obama's recent event in Toledo, Ohio, "Joe the Plumber" asked a simple question and got a surprising answer from the Democratic nominee. When he asked why Barack Obama's tax plan was going to punish him for working hard and living the American Dream, Barack Obama responded, "When ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 10/24/2008
11 Days Out, And The Whispering Begins
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Call it a circular firing squad, or internal dissension, or simply the natural evolution of a campaign... that is disappointed with how the endgame is playing out. There's a faction within the McCain campaign has begun to whisper about Gov. Sarah Palin ... (more) 11 Days Out, And The Whispering Begins

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dyn.politico.com - 10/25/2008
Palin allies report rising campaign tension - Politico.com Print View
— dyn.politico.com — Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of... the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics. Four Republicans close to Palin said she has ... (more) Palin allies report rising campaign tension - ...

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Who Do You Believe?
talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/25/2008
Who Do You Believe?
— talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Who Do You Believe?

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Ari Melber: McCain: Upload Your Joe The Plumber Video
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... "How are you like Joe The Plumber?" asks a new campaign email, directing people to the website www.johnmccain.com/Joe, and promising that the best video submitted "could end up on the air as a TV ad." ...

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The Death of Traditional Campaign Tactics, Part I
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