elections.foxnews.com - 10/31/2008
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The Barack Obama campaign has reportedly booted from its campaign plane reporters from three newspapers that endorsed John McCain.
drudgereport.com - 10/31/2008
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/1/2008
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The Barack Obama for president campaign has kicked
off its campaign plane three newspaper reporters. The campaign...
says it was a tough decision deciding to boot the working reporters for the New York Post, the Dallas Morning News and the ...
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3 newspapers endorse McCain; coincidentally, their ...
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Three Newspapers Kicked Off That One’s Plane
Pirate's Cove —
... Journalists from three major newspapers — each having endorsed John McCain — reportedly have been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race. ...
Obama seeking more O campaign-friendly reporters for the final stretch?
Sister Toldjah —
This is an intriguing report (via Memeo):
Journalists from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain have reportedly been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race.
The Washington Times reported Friday that it was notified of the Obama campaign’s decision Thursday evening — even though the paper has covered Obama from the start.
Executive Editor John Solomon told FOXNews.com that the Obama campaign said it didn’t ...
McCain Endorsing Papers Booted From Obama’s Plane
Stop The ACLU —
... and others who whined about Mo Dowd, an opinion writer, getting the boot from McCain’s plane will cover Journalists from three major newspapers — each having endorsed John McCain — reportedly have been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race. The Washington Times ...
If you don’t make me glow, you gotta go
Michelle Malkin —
Tired of throwing all his nutball friends off the bus, Barack Obama has taken to throwing disfavored reporters off his plane. He needs to make room for bigwig media sycophants and documentarians. If you don’t make me glow, you gotta go. C-YA: Journalists from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain have been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race. The Washington Times reported Friday that it was notified of the Obama campaign’s decision Thursday evening — even though the paper has covered Obama from the start. Executive ...
Another harbinger of an 'Obama's America'
Hyscience —
The Obama campaign has thrown three newspapers off its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states to make way for Black magazines - and all three newspapers endorsed Sen. John McCain for president: ...
Snakes on Obama's Plane?
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Why did Obama boot reporters from the New York Post, the Washington Times, and the Dallas Morning News last week? It's not quite the uniting move, but at this stage the demand for seats is at a premium so some folks just had to go. All of these papers' editorial boards have endorsed John McCain, so it may or may not be a coincidence, but either way, Drudge pounced on the move to swap reporters out for " ...
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time-blog.com 10/21/2008 — Yes, yes, I've been banned from McCain's plane, though I don't consider it a big deal, which is why I haven't written about it. I can attend the McCain and Barracuda rallies, as I did last week. I can talk to McCain staffers--the less rabid sorts, at ...
Off The Plane
balloon-juice.com 10/31/2008 — In general, I think this kind of thing is petty and stupid, just like I did when the McCain crew did it to Joe Klein :
The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground ...
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Off the plane
politico.com 10/31/2008 — Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Drudge's report that two right-leaning papers, the Washington Times and the New York Post, have lost their seats on the Obama plane, along with the Dallas Morning News.
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OBAMA CAMPAIGN OUSTS NEWSPAPERS FROM PLANE - New York Post
nypost.com 10/31/2008 — Last updated: 1:36 pm October 31, 2008 Posted: 1:21 pm October 31, 2008 Barack Obama's campaign is kicking reporters from The New York Post and two other newspapers off his plane in the final days of the campaign. All three papers had endorsed John ...
Washington Times Loses Seat on Obama Plane
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/31/2008 — By Howard Kurtz The Washington Times, which has had a reporter traveling with Barack Obama's campaign for nearly three years, has been kicked off his press plane. "The decision came just three days after the editorial page endorsed John McCain," Times ...
Ashley Todd Story Pushed By McCain Campaign Aide, Say Reporters
huffingtonpost.com 10/25/2008 — John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters ...
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Battleground: The changing South —
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In its front-page centerpiece, the Boston Globe looks at the changing South. The racial divides that have buttressed Republican power in the South for decades appear to be crumbling in this year's elections, loosening the GOP's firm grip on the ...
Obama goes up in AZ, GA and ND —
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From NBC's Mark Murray and Lauren Appelbaum and NBC/NJ's Athena JonesIn a conference call with reporters this morning, Obama manager David Plouffe announced that the campaign was going with ads in McCain's home state of Arizona, as well as in the red ...
Podcast: Candidates rush to woo undecideds —
CNN Political Ticker 10/31/2008
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(CNN) –- With just four days before Election Day, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are rushing to pick up last-minute undecided voters in the battleground states. In ...
Palin Calls Obama’s Tax Plans ‘Phony’ —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 10/31/2008
Elizabeth Holmes reports from York, Pa. on the presidential race.
Sarah Palin called Barack Obama s tax plans phony on Friday, continuing the GOP tickets attacks of late.
The vice presidential candidate and running mate to John McCain ...
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