Barack Obama Debate

It's Going to Take a Lot More Than Joe the Plumber

Mary Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'd still like to like John McCain, especially since I once did - to some degree anyway. But with every day on this marathon, in every speech, and every debate, I'm less motivated to do so.

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McCain: At Wednesday's Debate I Plan To Bring Up Ayers

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taegan Goddard reports that John McCain confirmed this morning he would try to bring up William Ayers at Wednesday's debate. McCain appeared to blame ...

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Right-Wingers Mock Obama's "Ostentatiously Exotic" Pronunciation Of Pakistan

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama pronounces "Pakistan" correctly, with a soft "a," just like a lot of people who know what they're talking about, including Gen. David Pet...

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Biden On McCain: "An Angry Man Lurching From One Position To Another"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back on the campaign trail, Sen, Joseph Biden relished the chance to rip into John McCain for his performance in last night's debate. After admonishin...

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Soldier's Mother "Ecstatic" Obama Mentioned Bracelet In Debate

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MILWAUKEE — The mother of a Wisconsin soldier who died in Iraq says she was "ecstatic" when Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama mention...

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Why So Many Pundits Wrongly Scored the Debate 'Even'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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My feeling is that the Couric interview might have done for McCain what the first Nixon-Kennedy debate did for Nixon in 1960 -- a true watershed moment.

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NYT: Obama's Debating Record Uneven

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Barack Obama has shown himself at times to be a great orator. His debating skills, however, have been uneven. Some of his chief strengths -- ...

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Obama Goes South To Prepare For Debates

Posted 05.25.2011

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama planned to head to Florida this week for three days of preparation for the first ...

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In An Otherwise Genial Debate, A Brief Moment of Jujitsu

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tonight's rules of engagement appear to be: strive to be nice. Clinton and Obama are clearly taking more enjoyment in hammering President Bush and th...

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Debate Ends With A Reverse Snub

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only one last piece of business to take care of as this cordial debate ends. Barack's got to knock down criticism of the blown-out-of-all-reasonable-...

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Obama And Clinton Play It Safe In Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood, Calif. -- The much-anticipated Tinseltown one-on-one Democratic debate tonight lacked much of the drama that had been widely predicted and ...

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On The Matter Of Dynasties

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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A question came up at tonight's debate on the subject of dynasties. What's a voter to do who's never known a Presidential election without a Bush or ...

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Watch Obama's and Clinton's Top Latino Supporters Talk Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are engaged in a fierce battle to capture the crucial emerging Latino vote during next week's s...

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Obama, Clinton Spar on War, Immigration

AP | TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war ...

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Obama And Hillary Debate In Hollywood

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The spin: Mark Halperin rounds up the opposition research from the Clinton and Obama camps on the debate here. Obama camp's debate statement: "Tonig...

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