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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/28/2008
Obama Leading In Eight Battlegrounds Bush Led In Four Years Ago
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Here's another way to assess the state of the race right now: We've drawn up a chart comparing the Real Clear Politics averages right now in 13 core battleground states with the RCP averages in the same states from right before the 2004 election . The results are startling. Obama is ...
More executives sold on Obama
usatoday.com - 10/28/2008
More executives sold on Obama
— usatoday.com — Cooper said he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, having voted in past elections for every Republican presidential nominee back to Richard Nixon. In October 1992, he presented a specially made rifle to the first President. Bush during a Billings ... (more) More executives sold on Obama

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digbysblog.blogspot.com - 10/27/2008
Hullabaloo
— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Sunday, October 26, 2008 Blocking All Roads Into Town by digby I've been writing for a very long time that the minute a Democratic president is sworn in, the Village cries for bipartisanship are going to be deafening. They did it after 2006 --- ... (more) Hullabaloo

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boston.com - 10/29/2008
The 'dictator' label
— boston.com — Perhaps the Obama campaign's efforts to smother political speech are simply the tactics of a campaign in its adrenaline-fueled sprint to the finish. But what if they are the first warning signs of how an Obama administration would deal with its ... (more) The 'dictator' label

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Talking Points Memo — ... How do the polls stack up for Obama now compared to Kerry at the same time in 2004? Dramatically better, especially in battleground states. ...

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