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 Barack Obama in Chester, VA (video)
Barack Obama in Chester, VA (video)
Barack Obama spoke out about the economic challenges America faces at a town hall in Chester, VA on August 21, 2008
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Obama: If You Don't Know How Many Homes You Have, You Don't Understand Economic Climate
News — Obama: If You Don't Know How Many Homes You Have, You Don't Understand Economic Climate Touching on other recent economic statements by John McCain–that Americans qualify as rich if they make $5 million per year and that the U.S. economy is fundamentally strong –Barack Obama today had this to say about a report that John McCain is unsure of how many homes he owns: "I guess if you think that being rich means you’ve got to make $5 million and if you don’t know how many houses you have, then it’s not surprising that you might think the economy was fundamentally strong," Obama said today in Chester, Virginia. "But if you’re like ...

Obama knee-caps McCain over house gaffe
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Now THIS is what I'm talking about (transcript follows): Here is the text of what Obama said: But the fact of the matter is that John McCain is offering more of the same. He said a while back that he thought that we had made great progress economically during the years that George Bush has been in office. Now, that raised some eyebrows. Great progress economically. Who is he talking to? And it turns out that you get a sense of who he's talking to because some of you saw the Saddleback Forum with Rick Warren. He was asked, well, who do you consider rich? And he ...

House flap manna from heaven for Obama, Dems
Political Animal — Have you had the feeling that the Obama campaign has seemed troubled of late? They’re on the ropes, slipping in the polls? Maybe they could use a little spark to help shake up the race? Based on the last few hours, I think they got one. We talked earlier about a reporter from the Politico asking John McCain yesterday how many homes he owns. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.” In an impressive display of rapid-response, the Obama campaign already has a new ad out, ...

The McCain-Obama house debate pins the gaffe-ometer
Top of the Ticket — Now THIS is what we like to see -- the campaigns focusing on the issues that matter (and yes, we know, sarcasm doesn't translate well in print, but trust us, it's there). If we worked for Comedy Central, we'd be offering up a little logo here: "It's Gaffe-orific!" John McCain -- who, as they say, married well -- couldn't answer a question Wednesday that most people have no trouble answering: How many houses do you own?  "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them ...

McCain can’t remember how many homes he owns
Crooks and Liars — Only non-elitists have trouble keeping track of all their multi-million dollar houses. Politico:  (audio available here) Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.”  Is McCain’s memory so shot that he genuinely can’t remember? Hell, a parking lot he owns is ...

OBAMA SPEECH ON JOHN MCCAIN’S PERSPECTIVE OF THE ECONOMY
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More Of The Same
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Ezra Klein thinks Obama has found his economic message. From today on the stump:

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