tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/16/2008
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As I noted here yesterday, the way to poll the Blago mess is not to ask respondents the meaningless question of whether people think Obama's team was "involved" in the scandal, as Rasmussen did -- a formulation that could mean literally anything.
Rather, the better, more fine-grained ...
nypost.com - 12/16/2008
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 3:54 am December 16, 2008 Posted:
2:57 am December 16, 2008 Barack Obama is experiencing...
the first "scandal" of his presidency before he's taken office - or so sayeth the media. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of (among much ...
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BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post
dailykos.com - 12/16/2008
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dailykos.com —
Oh brother ... KING: Much like the star
report in the impeachment saga Dana just mentioned. In...
this criminal complaint there are some non-family friendly language that we won't repeat on a Sunday morning, but that is Barack Obama's best defense at ...
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John King: Obama needs to prove a negative
article.nationalreview.com - 12/17/2008
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One in four have bought the nonsense
Political Animal —
... USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted Dec. 12-14, which asked a random half-sample whether Obama's staff members did anything illegal in connection with this matter, and the other half whether Obama's staff members did anything unethical . The results show that about the same percentage of Americans interviewed say members of Obama's staff did something unethical as say they did something illegal. Gallup's report noted that the responses were "highly partisan." That's clearly true -- Greg Sargent noted , "[T]he partisan breakdowns show that those totals are heavily fueled by ...
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