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people-press.org - 10/21/2008

Overview: Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and Campaign Conduct

— people-press.org — Barack Obama s lead over John McCain has steadily increased since mid-September, when the race was essentially... even. Shortly after the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, Obama moved to a 49% to 42% lead; that margin inched up to 50% to 40% in a ... (more) Overview: Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age ...

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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/20/2008

Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain

— jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com — There was an astonishing quotation in a recent New York Times story about John McCain from Robert... Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's.  Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ... (more) Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain

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blogs.tnr.com - 10/22/2008

How Obama Could Still Lose

— blogs.tnr.com — At our  election discussion last week at the Sixth and I Synagogue, Frank asked if anyone thought Obama... could lose barring some catastrophic external event. I happen to think Obama's chances of winning are upward of 80 ... (more) How Obama Could Still Lose

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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The McCain is falling back on a new argument for the home stretch of the campaign: That a Republican should be elected president as a check on what is expected to be a large Democratic majority in Congress. "That argument is a bank shot," McCain strategist Charlie Black told the Boston Globe. "We're reminding them that by considering Obama they're delivering a monopoly to liberal Democrats." ...

McCain to push a pro-gridlock message
Political Animal — MCCAIN TO PUSH A PRO-GRIDLOCK MESSAGE.... The campaign that changes its pitch on a nearly daily basis is about to change its pitch again. The new argument is pretty straightforward: if voters elect Obama, there will be a Democratic president working with a Democratic Congress. In making the case, Republicans acknowledge, McCain is caught in a bind. The argument that they think may best resonate with independents is the one that calls upon them to make an issue out of a party label McCain has worked elsewhere to shrug off. "That argument is a bank shot," said McCain ...

McCain And Congressional Republicans Agree: The Other Guy Is Gonna Lose
TPM Election Central — ... The McCain campaign has been arguing that he should be elected because divided government is healthier than one-party control. This argument, of course, presumes a Republican loss in the Congressional races -- or at the very least, that the GOP is certain to remain in the minority. ...