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Dems See McCain Role In Congress

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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PHOENIX — Before resting from the grueling presidential race, John McCain began discussing with senior aides what role he will play in the Senat...

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Wash Post: Obama, Democrats Hold A Commanding Position

Washington Post | David S. Broder, Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama and the Democrats hold a commanding position two days before Tuesday's election, with the senator from Illinois leading in states whose e...

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McCain Forced To Campaign In Arizona

CNN | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Democrats are making a late play for Arizona as new polls show home-state Senator John McCain with a shrinking single-digit edge over Barack Obama. A...

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McCain Running Robocalls In Home State Of Arizona

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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John McCain and the Republican National Committee are now running robocalls attacking Obama as weak on terrorism -- in McCain's home state of Arizona,...

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Israeli Daily Denounced by French Government for Attack on Obama

Jan McGirk | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

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Jan McGirk

Citing alleged insider knowledge of talks conducted between Obama and French President Sarkozy, Haaretz's front page story berated the U.S. Democratic candidate as "utterly immature." The strategy backfired.

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Sam Stein

McCain Ad: Obama Wants Higher Taxes For Workin' Joes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

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Expanding on his closing argument, John McCain put out an ad on Tuesday morning that accuses Barack Obama of pushing redistributive tax policies and w...

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Dozens Of Call Center Workers Quit Over McCain Attacks

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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At least three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attack...

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McCain Camp Waging Ground War Under the Surface Out of Sight

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

Something strange has been going on here in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Johnstown -- and now here in Durha...

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Cheryl Lubin

As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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McCain Hiring Field Organizers Who Support Obama

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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The UK Times reports that some of John McCain's canvassers are actually supporting Barack Obama -- they're just there for the money. Two women walk o...

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What Is a Maverick Anyway?

Sarah Moglewer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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According to Webster's Dictionary, maverick means "unbranded calf." In the case of McCain, could it mean someone who goes out against the pack? Well, in this case, that definition doesn't apply.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Camp Pushes Back On Interpretation Of Radio Remarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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It's pretty clear that, having finally found their narrative at the very last minute in the form of a plumber named Joe in Ohio who thinks that Obama ...

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538's Nate Silver: How McCain Could Win

NY Post | Nate Silver | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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With nine days to go until the election, John McCain's electoral map is in tatters. According to Pollster.com, Obama presently holds leads of five or ...

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The Four Types of Undecided Voters

Barbara Dehn | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Barbara Dehn

With eight days to go, and two totally different candidates, how can anyone still be undecided? Turns out, there are lots of different kinds of undecided voters. They don't fall neatly into an easily parodied pigeon hole.

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Hot Dogs and Handguns at a Hazleton picnic

The Ballot Box | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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HAZLETON, PA, 3:30 p.m. -- Roughly 30 minutes past Scranton, we arrived in Hazleton Saturday morning, wind whipping and rain pouring. If I thought t...

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Even Practical Omaha May Be Welcoming Change This Election

The Ballot Box | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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By Brad Davis OMAHA -- This city touts a market area of nearly 1.3 million, but it's still the sort of place where people ask where you went to high ...

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Weekly Roundup: OffTheBus Readers Engage in Social(ism) Networking

Chris Nelson | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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Chris Nelson

As scattered as the week has been now that all of the major campaign milestones have come and gone, turning the tables on John McCarthy, erm, McCain's criticism of Barack Obama this week has been the one thread in our inbox.

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Middle Eastern Bloggers Disgusted by Slurs Against Muslims, Arabs and Blacks

Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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Amira Al Hussaini

A Negro, a Muslim and an anti-American. These are just some of the names Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been called over the pas...

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Anti-Muslim Heckling Deeply Troubling

E. Joyce Moore | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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E. Joyce Moore

I have two friends who I chose to reach out to for their view of the ongoing attacks by those associated with the McCain-Palin campaign on Senator Bar...

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Campaign Hate Speech Will Leave Our Nation Even More Divided

Rusel DeMaria | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

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Rusel DeMaria

Obama's campaign ground game should remain intact and begin a new mission -- to communicate and bring people together, to begin a national dialog that heals wounds, promotes truth, and unifies us as one nation again.

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"Obama Is a Socialist" Smear Falls Flat

R.W. Sanders | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

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R.W. Sanders

Karl Rove knows that if you repeat a message over and over, people will eventually believe it. For this technique to work, however, one must stick to a simple theme and be consistent. John McCain didn't get that memo.

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Escape to Europe, Our Election Follows

Chris Savage | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

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In this small Italian town at the base of the Alps, I could watch the presidential debate in English on CNN, in English on the BBC and on no less than three other channels shown with a slight delay and translated instantly into Italian.

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Real Change Depends On Replacing Entrenched Party Operatives

David Lucht | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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David Lucht

There may be good reasons to vote the Republican ticket, but the hope that John McCain will bring change to Washington cannot be counted as one of them.

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Growing Majority Thinks McCain Attacks Obama Unfairly

CNN | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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A growing number of Americans believe John McCain has attacked Barack Obama unfairly, a negative perception of the Arizona senator that could cost him...

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Will the Republican Party Survive -- And Does Anybody Care?

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

Until eight years ago, Republicans had a deserved reputation for being more socially and fiscally conservative and responsible.

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