nytimes.com - 10/28/2008
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The candidates have slipped a few times into the “when I’m president” construction in campaign speeches but are usually more careful. >
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The Early Word: The Week Ahead
The Caucus —
... Mr. McCain offered the other side of that historic divide, accusing Mr. Obama of wanting to take money from those who have it and give it to those who do not. Mr. McCain seized on a radio interview Mr. Obama gave seven years ago to reinforce the argument that Mr. Obama wants to “spread the wealth,” as the Democrat put it on the campaign trail recently. And The Times’s Mark Leibovich notes that as they make their closing arguments to voters over the next few days, both candidates are being careful not to count their chickens before they hatch , as the saying goes. ...
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