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Tenn. GOP keeps pushing character envelope
Tenn. GOP keeps pushing character envelope
The Tennessee GOP, which has been at the forefront of attempts largely resisted by McCain and others in the party to inject issues related to race and patriotism into the campaign, has gone where no other official party has dared to venture: explicitly tying Barack Obama and the recently jailed mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. In a new Web video , the state party features a clip of the ...
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Video: Tennessee GOP links Obama to Kilpatrick
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The predictable reaction’s ensuing as we speak, in fact, as Politico presses Tennessee GOP spokesman Bill Hobbs for an explanation. Hobbs should have consulted his ...

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