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huffingtonpost.com - 10/15/2008
Obama Widens Lead Due To Economy, Voter Backlash Over Negative Ads
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With the economy dominating the news, several new polls show Barack Obama widening his lead over John McCain, with voters trusting the Democratic candidate to fix the "serious economic crisis" and firmly rejecting the recent spate of negative personal attacks targeted at Obama. Most ...
time-blog.com - 10/16/2008
Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain
— time-blog.com — From TIME's Amy Sullivan: In politics it is generally not considered a good sign when voters are... laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters who had gathered in Denver for Democratic ... (more) Undecideds Laughing At, Not With, McCain

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latimes.com - 10/14/2008
Obama widens lead over McCain, thanks to the economy
— latimes.com — As election day nears, Barack Obama leads John McCain 50% to 41%. Only 10% say the country... is on the right track. Still, the Democrat has not broken the race open. >  ... (more) Obama widens lead over McCain, thanks to the economy

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weeklystandard.com - 10/14/2008
No One Ever Said 'Kill Him' About Obama
— weeklystandard.com — A look back at the original language used by Palin at the rally in question makes it... nearly impossible for the exclamation to be misunderstood as an attack on Obama unless you happen to be a MSM member just dying to think the worst of the Right.  ... (more) No One Ever Said 'Kill Him' About Obama

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Suck It, Old Man
I Am TRex — You too, Governor Puck-Up. Fresh polls: With the economy dominating the news, several new polls show Barack Obama widening his lead over John McCain, with voters trusting the Democratic candidate to fix the “serious economic crisis” and firmly rejecting the recent spate of negative personal attacks targeted at Obama. Most dramatically, Obama has widened his lead to double digits, at 14 points, in a NYT/CBS News poll that shows - for the first time - white voters evenly divided between the candidates. Two ...

Final Presidential Debate Liveblog
Crooks and Liars — ... Long Island and having the final debate here at Hofstra is pretty exciting. Too bad it was virtually impossible to get tickets. According to all objective measurements, Obama/Biden are 3-0 so far, and I'm sure Senator Obama will be looking for the sweep tonight. John McCain finds himself in an unenviable predicament. On the one hand, he desperately needs to shake up the race and cut into Obama's lead while making him seem unacceptable. On the other hand, his relentless attacks have seemed to backfire, with Obama seeing ...

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