newsbusters.org - 10/24/2008
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Time’s Joe Klein interviewed Barack Obama again for the November 3 print edition, and hailed his utter lack of drama and his steadiness. Left unasked: isn’t it easier to appear calm and steady when your interviewer doesn’t want to upset your no-drama image? Klein went on an extended exploration ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/25/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
I've been thinking this for a while so
I might as well air it here. I honestly...
never thought we'd see such a thing in our country - not yet anyway - but I sense what's occurring in this election is a recklessness and abandonment of rationality that ...
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The Obama Temptation
jonswift.blogspot.com - 10/23/2008
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jonswift.blogspot.com —
No matter what happens in this year’s election,
the conservative blogosphere deserves to win a collective Pulitzer...
Prize for its election-year coverage. While the mainstream media has given Americans a very distorted picture of Barack Obama, ...
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Great Moments in Election-Year Blogging
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/27/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
On September 6, 2001, then-state senator Barack Obama
appeared on a public radio chat show to discuss...
"Slavery and the Constitution." You can listen to the whole show HERE. In that show -- WBEZ-FM's "Odyssey" -- Obama discussed the role...
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McCain to Attack Obama for Public Radio Comments from 2001
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Stones Cry Out —
... One of the ongoing story lines in this election season is the preponderance of positive media stories for Senator Barack Obama. The latest example was Time’s Joe Klein gleefully speculating what an Obama presidency might look like. (Hat tip: Newsbusters) ...
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Jonathan Weisman reports on the presidential race.
Obama campaign officials showed uncharacteristic confidence this afternoon, saying Sen. John McCain would need an implausible, 40-point swing among independents in the next 11 days to win the ...