americablog.com - 10/21/2008
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NBC just released the results of its latest poll. Obama is opening up a big lead. More importantly, Palin is the biggest concern voters have about McCain: NOTE FROM JOHN: Palin's negatives have soared, but more importantly, she has now become John McCain's greatest liability - greater than ...
msnbc.msn.com - 10/21/2008
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> Decision '08 WASHINGTON - With voters’ increased
confidence in his ability to serve as commander in...
chief, as well as a majority who now believe he would do a good job as president, Barack Obama has opened up his biggest advantage over John McCain ...
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Poll: Obama opens biggest lead over McCain - Decision ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/21/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
A bit more on CNN's "quote" from National
Review in its story on Sarah Palin. In the...
CNN interview with Palin, aired today, reporter Drew Griffin said to Palin: GRIFFIN: Governor, you've been mocked in the press, the press has been pretty hard on ...
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Palin and CNN
article.nationalreview.com - 10/22/2008
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Poll: Palin Is Now The Top Concern Voters Have About McCain
TPM Election Central —
AmericaBlog flags a stunning finding in the new NBC/WSJ poll:
Now, Palin's qualifications to be president rank as voters' top concern about McCain's candidacy -- ahead of continuing President Bush's policies, enacting economic policies that only benefit the rich and keeping too high of a troop presence in Iraq.
Respondents were read a list of things and were asked to pick the two that most concern them about McCain. Thirty-four percent named Palin, versus only 23% for the runner-up, which was that it seems likely he'd continue Bush's ...
Senator McCain? The Chicken is home...
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Where would you like her to roost? Now, Palin's qualifications to be president rank as voters' top concern about McCain's candidacy -- ahead of continuing President Bush's policies, enacting economic policies that only benefit the rich and keeping too high of a troop presence in Iraq. It's pretty ironic that the very thing that McCain's Boys thought would win the election for him turns out to be the biggest worry among voters, and the thing that will probably lose the election for him. There's a measure of poetic ...
Epic Fail
Balloon Juice —
During the Sarah Palin interview CNN passed along a question from a third grader at a local elementary school.
Q: Brandon Garcia wants to know, “What does the Vice President do?”
PALIN: That’s something that Piper would ask me! ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/21/2008 — AmericaBlog flags a stunning finding in the new NBC/WSJ poll :
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The Palin Factor
the-reaction.blogspot.com 10/19/2008 — By Mustang Bobby Sen. Barack Obama is way ahead in endorsements by major newspapers across the country, including some big surprises such as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times , both considered to be conservative in ownership and ...
The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick
huffingtonpost.com 10/22/2008 — The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now viewed as a serious liability to the McCain campaign.
As it stands, Palin's polling numbers are ...
Eight is Enough
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 10/22/2008 —
Lots of people are talking about Jane Mayer's description of how some horny neocons took a cruise to Alaska and discovered Sarah Palin there. But that's by no means the best part of the article.
The best part is the last paragraph:
Palin ...
Is the Race Over?
pajamasmedia.com 10/25/2008 — Don't write off the underdog just yet.
The Real McCain
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/30/2008 —
Anne Applebaum and Joe Klein, like countless others, cannot support McCain because of his repulsive, vicious, negative, McCarthyite campaign and his unvetted spur-of-the-moment decision to pick Sarah Palin, an unhinged, know-nothing, ...
McCain Campaign Tensions Swirl Around Palin And Former Bush Aides
themoderatevoice.com 10/25/2008 —
As the battle between presidential wannabes Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain heads towards its final week, one candidate remains the subject of continued media scrutiny, cryptic and at times disrespectful references by ...
Will has no use for McCain
washingtonmonthly.com 10/30/2008 — WILL HAS NO USE FOR MCCAIN.... It's probably fair to say conservative columnist George Will has been thoroughly unimpressed by John McCain of late. He's blasted McCain for "behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high." Will...
WSJ/NBC Poll: Obama Ahead By Ten
talkleft.com 10/22/2008 — The Wall St Journal/NBC Poll released today has Sen. Barack Obama with a ten point lead over John McCain, his biggest yet. The poll results are here (pdf. Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead in the presidential race, with a growing ...
McCain: Obama's flip-flopped on the Phillies —
CNN Political Ticker 10/21/2008
(CNN) — Fighting for a Pennsylvania victory his campaign has called critical, John McCain accused Barack Obama of flip-flopping on his support for the hometown Philadelphia Phillies.
“I heard that Senator Obama was showing some love to the Rays ...
Could 'Palin factor' save McCain? —
CNN Political Ticker 10/21/2008
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (CNN) – As the presidential campaigns enter their final days, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is getting getting the rock star treatment, drawing much bigger crowds than her running mate, Sen. John McCain.
But it's still a ...
Obama opens double-digit lead over McCain: poll —
Reuters: Politics 10/21/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain two weeks before the November 4 U.S. election, according to Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Tuesday. ...