corner.nationalreview.com - 8/20/2008
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The Washington Post reports this morning on Barack Obama and his Born Alive Infants Protection Act agonistes, writing, 'As a committee chairman in the state Senate in 2003, Obama supported GOP efforts to add language to the act, copied from federal legislation, clarifying that it would have no legal impact on the availability of abortions. Obama then opposed the bill's final passage. Since ...
Poll shows McCain in 5-point lead over Obama
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reuters.com 8/20/2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on ...
McCain vs. Obama: The tightening race —
First Read 8/20/2008
Another national poll -- Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg -- shows the race tightening. “John McCain has begun rallying dispirited Republicans behind him, while Democratic rival Barack Obama has made scant progress building new support, leaving the ...
McCain: There will be oil! —
First Read 8/20/2008
McCain went to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday to drill home his energy policy -- and bash Democratic rival Barack Obama. "Senator Obama opposes new drilling," McCain said. "He has said it will not 'solve our problem' and that 'it's not ...
Battleground: Carolina in my mind… —
First Read 8/20/2008
ARIZONA: McCain leads by 10 points, 40%-30%, in his home state, according to an Arizona State University poll. Twenty-eight percent said they were undecided. The poll showed the same spread in June with more undecided then.
NORTH CAROLINA: "This was ...
The subtle art of campaign humor —
CNN Political Ticker 8/20/2008
(CNN) — Pity the poor Obama beat reporter – sleeping with their blackberry within arms reach and their cell phone tucked under their pillow awaiting the looming vice presidential announcement, their job description expanded to include ...
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