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Will has no use for McCain
WILL HAS NO USE FOR MCCAIN.... It's probably fair to say conservative columnist George Will has been thoroughly unimpressed by John McCain of late. He's blasted McCain for "behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high." Will...
McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
rasmussenreports.com — After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ... (more) McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
The Big Empty
The Big Empty
fivethirtyeight.com — As the only reporter during this election who has actually visited upwards of 50 of John McCain's field offices around the country (13 battleground states and counting), this piece by Matthew Mosk at the Washington Post comes as no surprise: The ... (more) The Big Empty
The Undecideds
fivethirtyeight.com — Earlier tonight , I suggested that there were in fact proportionately more undecideds among white voters than black voters, as the McCain campaign claimed today . This was based mostly on a recollection of numbers that I'd looked at several weeks ago ... (more) The Undecideds
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Shakesville — McCain loses Thatcher voter (!) Anne Applebaum, prompts George Will to go off on him, and can't even secure the endorsement of Francis Fukuyama; says Emptywheel: "That's right, the guy who literally wrote The End of History has figured out that Barack Obama is history in the making." Zoinks. Though I'm not sure anything makes McCain look more destined to lose than his own campaign preemptively scapegoating their veep nominee for a loss that has yet to happen.

And Elsewhere In The World
Eschaton — Bad things still happen. NEW DELHI — A series of apparently synchronized explosions tore through four towns in the troubled state of Assam in northeastern India on Thursday, killing at least 67 people and leaving more than 210 wounded, according to witnesses and police. Hopefully there's someone around to tell President McCain who the villain is. Probably it's Russia.

FMB (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net — ... Obama, 57; McCain, 0 “Doonesbury” strip for next Wednesday declares Obama the winner Thursday Crooks & Liars, Neil Cavuto on John McCain: ‘On economic matters, you have no convictions’ TPM, McCain’s Disgrace Political Animal, Of course it’s about race George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless Political Animal, Will has no use for McCain TalkLeft, Conservatives Dis and Ditch McCain-Palin ...

Friday McBush/McSame Bashing (Penultimate Edition)
Discourse.net — ... Obama, 57; McCain, 0 “Doonesbury” strip for next Wednesday declares Obama the winner Thursday Crooks & Liars, Neil Cavuto on John McCain: ‘On economic matters, you have no convictions’ TPM, McCain’s Disgrace Political Animal, Of course it’s about race George F. Will, Call Him John the Careless Political Animal, Will has no use for McCain TalkLeft, Conservatives Dis and Ditch McCain-Palin ...

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