fivethirtyeight.com - 10/28/2008
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John McCain is making no progress in his pursuit of the White House. Our model now projects Barack Obama to win 351 electoral votes to John McCain's 187, and to win the Electoral College 96.7 percent of the time to McCain's 3.3 percent. Both numbers are unchanged from yesterday. Let's take a ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/28/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
The latest guilt-by-association target that the McCain campaign
is using to hit Barack Obama could carry some...
collateral damage for its own candidate. As Politico's Ben Smith reported on Tuesday, the McCain campaign is demanding that the Los ...
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McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To ...
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
redstate.com - 10/28/2008
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redstate.com —
Dan Perrin dared me to front this. Gladly.
Dan, btw, is a Republican strategist, in addition to...
writing wonky books on health care. — Erick. There are seven serious, historic, demographic and other wise culturally compelling reasons Senator ...
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The Seven Reasons McCain-Palin Are a Lock to Win
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Tracking West Virginia? It’s Going To Be A Squeaker.
Firedoglake —
... folks are an indication.
But will Obama close the gap?
Obama had his best month in donations ever from WV last month. My unscientific "drive around town" viewing of increasingly more yard signs, bumper stickers, and homemade notes taped to people's car windows indicates more public Obama support of late.
Most likely, it's pull from the national trend toward Obama. Everyone likes a winner, and Obama sure seems like he'll be one. Folks here are more comfortable with Obama and Biden after feeling ...
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