politico.com - 12/12/2008
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John McCain's top pollster, Bill McInturff, said this evening that attacking Barack Obama over his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright would not have helped McCain's campaign and could have destroyed his presidency, had he been elected.
Some Republicans were angry during the campaign that ...
chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/8/2008
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Citing the revelation to Mary by the angel
Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be...
born the Son of God, Wright said Mary's disbelief was similar to the doubts some faithful shared about the future of Trinity after Wright's retirement and the ...
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Wright visits Trinity pulpit, lashes media
suntimes.com - 12/8/2008
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Wright: Obama made 'bad' choice to distance self,
but it's ok TRINITY | He also mocks 'dumb...
broad' from 'The View' President-elect Barack Obama made a "bad decision" by distancing himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his church, Wright said ...
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Wright: Obama made 'bad decision' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ...
tigerhawk.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008
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The election behind us, Trinity Church in Chicago
welcomed Jeremiah Wright back to the pulpit. The church...
banned reporters from the service, but somehow the Prince of Darkness managed to get a video clip. Here's the best part (from the automatically ...
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... “I said ‘Look, if f we do win we’ll win with about 273 electoral votes and we’ll lose the popular vote by 3 million,’” recalled McInturff of the internal discussions about cutting attack ads with Wright. “If [McCain] had used that issue that way, you’d already be delegitimized as a president. You couldn’t function as government .”
Pragmatism, Not Honor
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
by Chris Bodenner Ben Smith reports: John McCain's top pollster, Bill McInturff, said this evening that
attacking Barack Obama over his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright
would not have helped McCain's campaign and could have destroyed his
presidency, had he been elected.
Some Republicans were angry during the campaign that McCain had --
reportedly for reasons of principle, and out of concern that he'd be
viewed as racist -- refused to air ads with Wright's inflammatory
sermons.... "I said 'Look, if we do win we’ll ...
Friday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... from his website. * Why didn't the McCain campaign push the Jeremiah Wright story more aggressively? Because, according to McCain's pollster, it wouldn't have worked . * Senator-elect Mark Begich (D-Alaska) has tried to reach out to Sen. Ted Stevens (R), but Stevens ...
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