washingtonmonthly.com - 10/30/2008
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OF COURSE IT'S ABOUT RACE.... Following up on an item from yesterday, John Judis made the case that the McCain campaign's argument about "spreading the wealth," "socialism," and "redistribution" is ultimately about race. The argument, Judis said, "is aimed ultimately...
rasmussenreports.com - 10/29/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks
on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading
the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ...
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McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/31/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
As the only reporter during this election who
has actually visited upwards of 50 of John McCain's
field offices around the country (13 battleground states and counting), this piece by Matthew Mosk at the Washington Post comes as no surprise: The ...
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The Big Empty
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/30/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
It turns out that I'm wrong to think
that Obama's election would have even symbolic benefit. Hans
Bader informs us that Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, "Obama's top advisor on race issues, explains that since Obama is 'biracial,' his election ...
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Re: Race and the Presidential Race
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Brainster's Blog —
... economy will overshadow these concerns. Several people have picked up on this supposed connection between redistribution of income and the progressive income tax; I don't get it. For starters, Obama was talking about redistributing the wealth in that 2001 video, not income (although he did talk about redistributing income in his discussion with Joe the Plumber). Second, there is no "re-distributing" going on in the income tax; it's all taking. Steve Benen continues the "when John McCain says socialist, he means black" canard. I ...
FMB (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net —
... Eagleburger Blisters Palin: “Of Course” She’s Not Ready
Romenesko, Alt-weeklies endorsements: Obama, 57; McCain, 0
“Doonesbury” strip for next Wednesday declares Obama the winner
Thursday
Crooks & Liars, Neil Cavuto on John McCain: ‘On economic matters, you have no convictions’
TPM, McCain’s Disgrace
Political Animal, Of course it’s about race
George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless ...
Friday McBush/McSame Bashing (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net —
... Eagleburger Blisters Palin: “Of Course” She’s Not Ready
Romenesko, Alt-weeklies endorsements: Obama, 57; McCain, 0
“Doonesbury” strip for next Wednesday declares Obama the winner
Thursday
Crooks & Liars, Neil Cavuto on John McCain: ‘On economic matters, you have no convictions’
TPM, McCain’s Disgrace
Political Animal, Of course it’s about race
George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless ...
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