washingtonmonthly.com - 10/14/2008
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THE BAITING WORKED.... Last week, it seemed as if the Obama campaign went out of its way to bait John McCain on the Bill Ayers "issue." Obama, Biden, and surrogates said they were surprised McCain talked all about Ayers leading...
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/14/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Ron Claiborne, Teddy Davis, and Arnab
Datta Report: Speaking to a St. Louis radio station...
on Tuesday, John McCain said that Barack Obama's recent suggestion that McCain does not have guts to raise the Bill Ayers issue to...
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McCain: Obama 'Probably Ensured' Debate on Ayers
realclearpolitics.com - 10/14/2008
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realclearpolitics.com —
I think this is McCain's key problem right
now. Here's a sample of some recent poll data....
First, Obama's net favorability is through the roof. Rasmussen has him at +13, Hotline/Diageo at +14, but others like Fox and ABC News...
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To The Public, Obama Looking Like a President
surveyusa.com - 10/14/2008
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surveyusa.com —
CURRENT ELECTION POLLS 10/14/08 Poll #14591 All SurveyUSA
clients in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Q If the election for...
President were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican John McCain? Democrat Barack Obama? ... Q Is that a firm ...
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The Trap Has Been Set, The Bait Has Been Taken
Comments from Left Field —
... No, there was something very deliberate about the way Obama and Biden went after McCain in this instance. You don’t dare someone to say something to your face unless you’re ready for it. In politics, when your opponent starts hitting below the belt, you don’t say, “Say it to my face,” you either hit them below the belt, defend yourself from the attack, or you do both. Instead, Obama invited McCain to do it again.
In light of this, Steve Benen points to three things that could happen at tomorrow night’s debate: ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
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... declares. Orr envisions viewer-response graphs nose-diving during an awkward exchange about Ayers that makes Obama look good. If McCain brings up Ayers, it will only be because Obama baited him to do so, Steve Benen writes at Political Animal, suggesting Obama’s surprise that McCain didn’t “say it to my face” in the last debate was a strategic move on Obama’s part. No one ever actually yelled “kill him!” about Obama at a McCain rally, ...
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Final Debate, Final Analysis
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McCain On Meet The Press: "I Believe I'm Going To Win"
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Interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," the Arizona senator said he has pulled closer to Obama.
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Obama Campaign: Tonight's Debate Is McCain's "Last Chance"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/15/2008 — The Obama campaign kicks off the pre-debate spin war with a memo from spokesperson Bill Burton that has a sly twist to it:
In tonight's debate, Chuck Todd of NBC News says, McCain needs to "figure out how to disqualify Barack Obama." Time ...
How McCain lost me.
althouse.blogspot.com 11/9/2008 — As promised , I'm mining my archive -- beginning in late August -- to try to understand how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ...
Who's more negative?
time-blog.com 10/16/2008 — It's a draw. This from the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project:
Prof. Ken Goldstein, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project, issued the following statement:
“Analysis from the Wisconsin Advertising Project of Sen. John ...
Who Do You Believe?
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/25/2008 — The McCain camp is denying that it was a campaign spokesperson who told local TV reporters in Pittsburgh that the "B" supposedly scrawled on the face of a young McCain campaign worker was a reference to "Barack" Obama, angrily carved into her face ...
Final Debate Reax
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/16/2008 — Ambinder :
Tonight, we saw a McXplosion. Every
single attack that Sen. McCain has ever wanted to make, he took the
opportunity tonight to make. Around 30 minutes in, McCain seemed to
surrender the debate to his frustrations, making it seem as if he ...
Obama weighs in on McCain plan —
CNN Political Ticker 10/14/2008
DAYTON, Ohio (CNN) - Before heading to greet workers during a shift change at a local factory, Barack Obama told reporters the government’s plan to buy shares in the nation’s banks was “a good one.”
The plan “gives taxpayers a better chance of ...
Palin knocks Obama with ACORN —
First Read 10/14/2008
From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger and Carrie Dann SCRANTON, Pa. – Sarah Palin says the Democratic presidential candidate is partially responsible for voter registration fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
“ Obama ...
McCain's last stand at final debate? —
CNN Political Ticker 10/14/2008
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain sparred about domestic policy during their second presidential debate.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The third and final presidential debate is shaping up to be a make-or-break appearance for both Sens. John McCain and ...
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