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News Analysis: Bringing Lofty Words Down to Earth
nytimes.com - 8/29/2008
News Analysis: Bringing Lofty Words Down to Earth
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Barack Obama confronted two challenges in his speech: to connect his promise of “change” to specific proposals and to show he could take the fight to his opponent. >

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After Obama Speech, McCain Asks Terms of Peace
ScrappleFace — (2008-08-29) — The morning after Sen. Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech as the Democrat nominee for president, his Republican rival today petitioned for terms of peace. “I would only ask for mercy from my clearly-superior opponent,” Sen. McCain said. “In his speech last night, Sen. Obama accomplished more than I have in my military service and Senate career combined. His words carried the power of actual deeds, his rhetoric was tantamount to character itself, and his ability to hold an audience ...

Today on Doing Time- Friday! August 29th
The Latest on Air America — Obama gave the speech he needed to give last night! Despite the “he must do this without doing that” all through yesterday, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama gave a ...

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