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Will the polls move on the basis of this debate?
Will the polls move on the basis of this debate?
We’re going to see a lot of spot polling done in the first blush of the debates, but it’s helpful to remember two historical points about their effect. First, it’s difficult to know what will resonate from any one debate. In the first few hours after the Jimmy Carter/Ronald ...
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The Mac is Back
Stop The ACLU — AP, CNN Both Distort Laura Bush Saying Palin ‘Lacks Foreign Policy Experience’ The Mac is Back Posted on September 27, 2008 Roger Simon sadly admits McCain kicked Obama’s but in the debate. Byron York has a debate drinking game for the next debate where you never lift the glass. Ed Morrissey: Will last night’s debate move the needle? Noah Pollack: CNN’s Poll vs. CNN’s Spin » Filed Under Barack Obama , Elections , John McCain , News , Uncategorized Trackback URL Comments Leave a Reply Name ...

Is The Mac Back?
Hyscience — ... was as if McCain was paying Obama back for that moment in Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention when Obama said McCain would not serve America well, "not because John McCain doesn't care; it's because John McCain doesn't get it." But McCain seemed to get it Friday night. He certainly knew enough to try to turn his age into a plus and not a minus. "There are some advantages to experience, knowledge and judgment," McCain said.Related: Will the polls move on the basis of this debate? CNN's Poll vs. ...

SATURDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... asserts on the right. Hot Air's Ed Morrissey agrees, saying it's hard to tell whether any moments of the debate will resonate with voters in the long run. When Obama asserted that Kissinger, a McCain adviser, advocated meeting with Iran without preconditions, he failed to mention that Kissinger does not support such meetings to happen at the presidential level, ...

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