talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/19/2008
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If you're thinking to yourself that there's little more than two weeks before election day and Obama has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure.
Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain campaign's final weeks' strategy under and just ...
article.nationalreview.com - 10/20/2008
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/20/2008
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com —
There was an astonishing quotation in a recent
New York Times story about John McCain from Robert
Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's. Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ...
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Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
zogby.com - 10/19/2008
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zogby.com —
Released: October 19, 2008 Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 47.8%,
McCain 45.1% McCain slowly gains on Obama UTICA, New
York - Republican John McCain continued a slow advance on Democrat Barack Obama in the race for President, moving back within three ...
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Zogby International
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... As the robocalls sink in, those parts of the country most susceptible to being scared of "the other" show movement in McCain's direction. What Rove's proteges and McCain are about to unleash will be much worse than anything already done, because the real excrescences come in the last fortnight. I agree, sadly, with Josh Marshall: ...
Beware the Muck at the Bottom of the Lake
Comments from Left Field —
... Kyle’s post immediately below gives me the perfect segue for this commentary by Josh Marshall: ...
Words of warning
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings From Josh Marshall: If you're thinking to yourself that there's little more than two weeks before election day and Obama has a solid lead in the polls, don't be so sure. Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain campaign's final weeks' strategy under and just above the radar. McCain's final strategy relies on two pillars. The first is aggressively playing to voters' fears of ...
The Blood of Patriots
The Democratic Daily —
... The William Ayers case is, of course, how the Republican party is trying to smear that fellow who spoke to 100,000 in St. Louis on Saturday. ...
Evil Eliciting the Challenge of a Conscious Good
TPMCafe —
... As Josh said yesterday, it's clear that the McCain campaign will finish up the race with a Greatest Hits of their racist McCarthyite campaign. Their bet? The media won't fight back with enough force to make calling Obama a Muslim socialist terrorist a net negative. ...
Words of Warning: It Ain’t Over Yet
The Democratic Daily —
From Josh Marshall:
If you’re thinking to yourself that there’s little more than two weeks before election day and Obama has a solid lead in the polls, don’t be so sure.
Yes, it looks good for the Democrats. But you need to play close attention to the McCain campaign’s final weeks’ strategy under and just above the radar. McCain’s final strategy relies on two pillars. The first is aggressively playing to voters’ fears of electing a black president. Make no mistake: not just his campaign in a general sense, ...
Base: How Low Can You Go?
The Poor Man Institute —
... No one could have predicted, a few bad apples, etc:
Wow, that’s a weird isolated incident. I wonder where that guy got those kooky ideas?
In less camera-shy quadrants of the wingnutosphere, Rush Limbaugh, Mike Gallagher, Pat Buchanan, the Freepi, Judith Apter Isosceles Perambulate Marcalculate Klinghoffer, and many, many others determine that Colin Powell is a huge racist for endorsing Barack Obama. Because, you see, they are both black. The Media Blog goes a ...
Talking Points Memo: analysis or flacking?
The Next Right —
... "). What's more, Marshall has decided recently that any references to Obama's less savory associations are "smears", which also appears to be a ...
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Obama 'beyond honored' for Powell's support —
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From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Hours after winning the endorsement of Colin Powell , Barack Obama thanked the general for his support at a North Carolina rally, calling Powell a trailblazer who embodied America's highest ideals ...
McCain said he's not surprised by Powell —
CNN Political Ticker 10/19/2008
Powell endorsed Obama Sunday.
(CNN) — John McCain said on “FOX News Sunday” that he was not surprised by General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama.
“Well, I've always admired and respected General Powell. We're longtime friends. This ...
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