corner.nationalreview.com - 11/5/2008
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Compared to Bush's 2004 performance, as you note, Rich, McCain slipped by roughly the same amounts among self-described conservatives and moderates. But the losses among the moderates hurt more because there are more of them.
susiemadrak.com - 10/30/2008
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susiemadrak.com —
About ten seconds after the final out, the
fireworks started to echo through the neighborhood. As I
ran outside to get in my car, a crowd of teens ran past, waving a huge Phillies banner. I drove around the corner and saw a crowd of several hundred ...
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The Fan Base
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/5/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
On those vote totals again. At the moment,
Obama has 62.4 million votes, while McCain has 55.4
million. In 2004, Bush won 62 million votes, and Kerry 59 million. So if there wasn't this vaunted through-the-roof turnout, what do the numbers say ...
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McCain, the Base, and Turnout
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Newshoggers.com —
... That's very true - but what Charles doesn't mention is that it was also a referendum on the hardline neoconservative agenda, and that agenda very definitely didn't win either. Ramesh Ponnuru at the Corner: ...
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