rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 10/16/2008
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David Frum , on his primary-season choices: While nobody could have predicted that a global
financial crisis would erupt in the fall of 2008, it was observable a
year ago that the incomes of the middle class had stagnated during the
Bush years. (I know because I observed it--in fact, in 2007 I ...
news.yahoo.com - 10/16/2008
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US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the...
stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate ...
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McCain's Mistake
article.nationalreview.com - 10/16/2008
huffingtonpost.com - 10/16/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Just when you didn't think things could get
worse for John McCain - they go in the...
toilet. Literally. So, you remember Joe the Plumber, who John McCain kept relentlessly bringing up. And up. The apparently undecided plumber who had complained ...
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Robert J. Elisberg: John McCain and the "Joe the ...
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... declares, but it may help benefit Democrats down-ballot. McCain should have run more to the center on taxes, allowing him to hit Obama on immigration and climate change from the right, Ross Douthat states. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] [image] ...
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The Corner on National Review Online —
... is right that McCain found an issue on taxes on Joe the Plumber, but McCain would be in a much better position to attack here if he had endorsed (I know, I know I'm boring myself) a substantial middle-class tax cut. See Ross on this. ...
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