thepage.time.com - 9/28/2008
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The Land of Lincolner skewers McCain’s debate performance, suggesting his answers weren’t targeted toward working voters because’s out of touch during a joint event with Biden in Greensboro, North Carolina.
“He railed against some study of bears in Montana, but he had ...
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Working the phones
Political Animal —
WORKING THE PHONES.... Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail this afternoon, and held what appeared to be a pretty big rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. And how did John McCain spend his afternoon ? Even though his campaign is no longer suspended, John McCain is staying in Washington this weekend to keep working on the bailout legislation. He will not be visiting Capitol Hill, however, preferring to work out of his campaign office. "He can effectively do what he needs to do by phone," said senior adviser Mark Salter. Is that so. According to the ...
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Debate Scorecard
corner.nationalreview.com 9/27/2008 — View As Web Page
McCain: A- (the minus for the tax discussion)
Obama: Solid C
McCain won, hands down, particularly when the conversation shiffted to war and national security. McCain was comfortable, fluent, principled and direct. Obama was weak and ...
McCain's Contempt For Obama
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 9/27/2008 — Larison gets it :
Maybe I am influenced by how poorly Obama used to do when he debated
Clinton, but I thought he did so much better than he has before that it
has to be scored as a win for him. McCain was more aggressive, no
doubt, but it is my ...
A New Bad Habit
corner.nationalreview.com 9/27/2008 — More than one person noticed that Obama repeatedly referred to McCain as 'John.' It seems that Obama has picked up this bad habit from his running mate.
During the primaries the RNC did research and found that Hillary gained sympathy from listeners ...
Diageo/Hotline: Stuck Ind. The Middle With You
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 9/27/2008 —
In the latest Diageo/ Hotline tracking poll, Barack Obama / Joe Biden lead John McCain / Sarah Palin 48-43%. Yesterday, Obama/Biden led 49-42% .
The Dem ticket now holds a commanding 26% lead among Inds, up from their record 22% advantage in ...
Next up: Biden and Palin —
CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) – Now that Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have their first presidential debate out of the way, the focus turns to their running mates.
Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin will face off Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis, ...
Obama-Biden focus on 'middle class' fight —
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From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones and Mike Memoli GREENSBORO, NC -- Obama kept the focus on the economy Saturday, arguing at a North Carolina rally that last night’s debate showed McCain was out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans who ...
McCain ad pins Biden against Obama —
CNN Political Ticker
Watch: The McCain campaign released a new ad highlighting Sens. Biden and Obama's difference on troop funding.
(CNN)—In perhaps a sign of what can be expected from next week's vice presidential debate, the McCain campaign released a new ad Saturday ...