nationaljournal.com - 8/1/2008
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In a much-discussed column this week, Huffington Post political editor Thomas Edsall reviews an ongoing debate among political scientists over whether the presidential election is headed for a "blowout" for Barack Obama or a very close race with John McCain . One side of the debate is anchored by an essay from political scientists Alan Abramowitz , Thomas Mann and Larry Sabato . "Virtually all ...
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Daily Kos —
... is on the right side of the political cycle at a moment of distress all across the wealthy democracies. But there is a message to John McCain in Cameron's rise: The British Conservatives didn't get this close to power by sticking with their old ideas or confining themselves to assaults on the Labor Party. Eugene Robinson: John McCain - desperate... ugly... snarling... mean-spirited nonsense... sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Mark Blumenthal: Arguments about what we can predict from the polls of July ...
The Friday Political Thread: Best Week Ever
Hit & Run —
... and three moronic web ads. Naturally it was all anyone talked about and he moved up in the polls. - Barack Obama doesn't care about black people, it turns out. - Bob Barr might have made the West Virginia ballot, which could give him 49-state (and D.C.) presence. - Republicans squatted in the House to protest the lack of movement on energy bills, and Democrats turned the power off. Really, this happened. Below the Fold - Mark Blumenthal sweeps aside the polls and figures out when the election is. (November, if you were ...
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news.yahoo.com 8/1/2008 — AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama seized on a record oil company profit to argue that rival John McCain offers only tax breaks for Big Oil and "short-term gimmicks" to consumers struggling with soaring gasoline prices.
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news.yahoo.com 8/1/2008 — AP - Barack Obama is once against betting that his eloquence can persuade price-weary consumers read that as voters to take the long view and not jump at a short-term fix when it comes to soaring energy prices.
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Washington Post: Race Moves to Center Stage
Sen. John McCain's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama of playing the "race card" on Thursday, a day after the Democrat said his opponent and other Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing to Obama's ...
Ludacris' song points to Obama dilemma —
msnbc.com: Politics 8/1/2008
A new rap song points to the dilemma facing Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who wants the support of the hip-hop community but needs to steer clear of the controversy so commonly associated with its music.
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