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Talking Points Memo | McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/21/2008 — The McCain campaign is road-testing a new argument in responding to Obama's criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe, an approach the McCain camp has never tried before: The houses gaffe doesn't matter because ... he was a POW! "This is a guy who ...

The Hanoi Hilton Defense
talkleft.com 8/21/2008 — Unlike the entire Left blogosphere, I could not care less how many homes John McCain's heiress wife has purchased for him. I worry about McCain's tendency to react like a madman regarding foreign policy issues (see the Russia-Gerogia conflict). But I ...

Obama Ad Slams McCain on (G)Reed
cliffschecter.firedoglake.com 8/21/2008 — The Obama camp is releasing an ad in Georgia slamming John McCain accepting campaign fundraising from Jack Abramoff 's crony, Ralph Reed . As the voiceover says, McCain headed up a major Senate inquiry into the Abramoff. The Senator used the ...

Born in the U.S.A.
factcheck.org 8/22/2008 — The truth about Obama's birth certificate.

Source: Obama was 'hung up' on change vs. experience
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 8/22/2008 — (CNN) — The VP choice was a difficult one for Obama, a source close to the Illinois senator tells CNN's Gloria Borger. Specifically Obama was "very hung up on the experience versus change,” the source said, and how his message of change may ...

Veepstakes: A man courted and detested — First Read 8/21/2008
The Boston Globe sums up the enigma of Joe Lieberman. "Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, sits in a position of extraordinary power in the presidential campaign, simultaneously courted and detested by members of both political parties." ...

McCain, Obama Agree to Fall Debate Schedule — FOXNews.com 8/21/2008
WASHINGTON — John McCain and Barack Obama say they are agreeing to hold three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate before the Nov. 4 election. The campaigns issued a joint statement Thursday. The first will be at the ...

It's show time for Obama, McCain at U.S. conventions — Reuters: Politics 8/21/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's show time for Barack Obama and John McCain, with back-to-back presidential nominating conventions offering them tightly-scripted spectacles designed to polish their images and highlight their messages.

Giuliani and Romney to crash Democrats' Denver party — Reuters: Politics 8/21/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Democrats gather in Denver next week to nominate Barack Obama for president, they'll be joined by such uninvited guests as Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney.

Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer — Wash Post Elections 8/22/2008
A few years ago, executives at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center were concerned that an increasing number of patients were arriving at their emergency room with what the executives considered to be non-urgent complaints. The visits ...