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salon.com - 10/15/2008
Patrick Ruffini, the demise of the right and the Democratic alternative - Glenn Greenwald
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(updated below - Update II - Update III) From the Right's super-savvy, Gen-Y, high-tech, rising-star political strategist of the future, Patrick Ruffini, July 11, 2008 : Barack Obama's Strategic Miscalculation on Public Finance Sean Oxendine and Soren have already covered Barack Obama's ...

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Oliver Willis:  Patrick Ruffini On Obama’s Public Financing

Comments from Left Field:  The Stench of Desperation (I am [not] Joe).

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Patrick Ruffini On Obama’s Public Financing
Oliver Willis — Point, laugh, and realize that this is the future of the Republican party.

The Stench of Desperation (I am [not] Joe).
Comments from Left Field — ... all the irony-free ‘I am Spartacus’ circle jerks in the world won’t magically reverse the real average Joe and Josephine’s negative home equity, protect their jobs, nor will it restore their 401k, inoculate them from losing it all. Like it or not, in this election cycle, issues are trumping (trouncing, trampling) identity. Which is why your out of touch, totally overwhelmed and over-matched Maverick is losing. Deal with it.

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